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Date: 27 May 2021
Background
On the occasion of awarding the Gold Medal 2020 to Ford Motor Company, the World Environment Center convened an Executive Roundtable to learn from leaders in the transportation sectors about their efforts to drive sustainability in transportation and discuss further efforts required in the years ahead for mobility systems change. This Roundtable was designed to share goals and strategies, and to lead the global decarbonization efforts in mobility.
Participants:
Automotive: Bob Holycross, Chief Sustainability, Environment & Safety Officer,
Ford Motor Company
Total
IBM
Jacobs
ERM
moderated by Glenn Prickett, President & CEO, World Environment Center
The Roundtable was held virtually in a webinar format, with approx. 30 senior executives from WEC member
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Could Texas be an electric vehicle hub?
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Machinery at the Tesla factory under construction on Harold Green Road and State Highway 130 in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Tesla Inc. s new factory in Austin, Texas, won’t build only the Cybertruck: State filings suggest the company also plans to make batteries on site as part of an ambitious strategy to further integrate its supply chain. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/BloombergBronte Wittpenn / Bloomberg
WASHINGTON - The push to clean up the world s energy sector to fight climate change has always presented an existential threat to oil and gas producing regions like Texas.