Trade and Investment
Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation streamlines international trade
By the end of 2022, Alliance initiatives had achieved an initial 10-times return on investment, saving US$ 60 million in seven project countries.
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Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and materials science expertise, leading business positions, and environmental, social and governance leadership to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,800 people. It delivered sales of approximately $57 billion in 2022.
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Cities and Urbanization
A net zero carbon future for cities
The World Economic Forum is convening stakeholders with a role to play for global cities to have a chance of reaching the net zero carbon goal for by 2030.
Manufacturing
Reducing the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry through data sharing
The World Economic Forum is working with manufacturing companies to securely exchange data to help identify and reduce the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry
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Plastics and the Environment
Our indispensable problem: the paradox of modern plastics
Plastics pose a huge environmental challenge - but they also offer enormous environmental benefits, too. Here's how we can address the former without sacrificing the latter.
Ocean
We must stop choking the ocean with plastic waste. Here’s how
The growing problem of plastic waste in the ocean is hurting marine life and livelihoods around the world - and it's going to take a new, global, circular economy-based approach to solve it.
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