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The Logistics Industry is Taking A Turn For The Electric

YoungUpstarts

According to Ananth Srinivasn , research consultancy Frost & Sullivan mobility expert, “In Europe, less than 5% of vehicles are commercial vehicles or heavy duty trucks, but they contribute to almost 20% of greenhouse gas emissions.” World Business Leaders Are Getting on Board With Green Practices.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

“Staple green cards to the diplomas of foreign students who graduate from any U.S. TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. But I have some.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

They are no longer remarkable in Santa Monica or Venice or in many cities in America, Europe or South America. In my home town of Santa Monica they painted 19 miles of bike lanes green to help delineate bikes & scooters from cars and they built 3 miles of soft barriers to test how this works with traffic flow. They’re acceptable.

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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. Buah, a company producing and selling freeze dried fruits in Germany overhauled their e-commerce platform completely while their business was still green then rebuilt it with new designs, labels and new packaging. The results were rewarding.

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These are the British Businesses Adopting Green and Sustainable Practices

The Startup Magazine

It was suggested as early as 2010, in a report by the European Commission that SMEs accounted for approximately 64% of the industrial pollution in Europe[3]. It appears as though consumer demand is motivating businesses to become more sustainable which is reinforced by government green tax breaks for energy-efficient SMEs.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

former leader of the Green Party Femke Halsema and documentary journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius?—?accompanied Here’s the result: Journalists, designers and developers participated in brainstorm sessions about how De Correspondent would operate. Entrepreneur Europe Insider Media Analysis and Opinion' Two of them?—?former

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26 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Word That Could Represent Them and Their Business in 2021

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This is because this year has seen the rise of tech startups not only from the traditional centers of innovation like the US, East Asia and Europe, but also in countries that you wouldn’t normally associate with it. #9- Empowering. Photo Credit: Rithy Thul. In 2021, our business was quite similar.