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Sustainability

Scientists have been aware of climate change for 200 years, since Guy Callendar connected carbon dioxide increases in the Earth’s atmosphere to an insulating effect. Yet, the ecologically devastating results of climate change have only become a serious concern among the general public within the last thirty years. Thankfully, this has led to a surge of investment, interest, and advancement in the field of sustainability, which aims to prolong humanity’s ability to coexist with Earth’s damaged environment. Read on to learn about the groundbreaking work scientists and entrepreneurs are doing to rectify and prevent further damage to our world.

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Higher profits and happy employees are among the benefits of an increased focus on sustainability

These businesses are seeing how going green pays off

Boston-based entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and startups are taking on climate change with water, wind, and financial backing.

These innovative organizations are putting Boston at the center of the sustainability movement

These steps can help the world reach a low-carbon future.

Reaching net zero: A challenging but necessary journey

These tech startups are leading the way to a sustainable future.

Challenge accepted: Tech solutions in the battle against climate change

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The future with science and technology is bright

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Using virtual reality to build better workplaces

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Start-up helps track COVID-19 through sewage water

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The future with science and technology is bright

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Advances in science and technology have helped humanity solve some of its biggest challenges throughout history. In this special section, explore how today’s innovations are addressing complex problems — from predicting disease outbreaks to generating empathy in the workplace — and shaping tomorrow.

Science & Tech Shaping Tomorrow

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Climate change is among the most dire threats we face today. To address it, the scientific community largely agrees on the urgent need to set ambitious emission reduction targets to limit the rise in the global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. These commitments should support and fully align with the Paris Climate Agreement, and we must see them translated into concrete actions by corporations, governments, and society at large. Philip Morris International (PMI) is in the midst of a profound corporate transformation, investing billions of dollars over the last decade toward becoming a smoke-free company, driven by science and technology. We strive for transparency in how we address pertinent climate change risks and build resilience while seizing opportunities presented by a low-carbon future. And as we embark on a path to deliver a smoke-free future, we are acutely aware of the impact our company has on both society and the environment, and we have been putting in place actions and policies that can create a positive impact that is measurable and verifiable. For example, our low-carbon transition plan presents the entire climate and carbon work PMI has done, and sets the baseline for achieving our ambitious carbon targets; namely, to become carbon neutral in all our direct operations by 2025 and across our entire value chain by 2040. We hope that the stories presented today can help raise awareness, encourage dialogue, and spark change. This change is necessary and it requires cross-sector collaboration to address current social and environmental challenges on the journey toward a more sustainable future.

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Jennifer Motles, Chief Sustainability Officer, Philip Morris International

The colossal challenges our world faces in 2022 would be insurmountable in the absence of society’s most potent resources: science and technology. In the past two decades alone, experts in these fields have developed mind-controlled exoskeleton prosthetics, sequenced the genome of a cancer patient, created a computer chip that mimics the human brain, and grown meat in a lab, with potentially significant implications for the fight against climate change. Philip Morris International (PMI) is in the midst of a profound corporate transformation. Over the last decade, PMI has invested billions of dollars to accelerate toward the ultimate objective of becoming a smoke-free company, driven by science and technology. To advance societal progress, CEO Jacek Olczak has called for a new approach in which “science prevails and everyone works together with a sense of urgency and a common purpose.” With this series, we seek to promote a rich and productive conversation around how science and technology can be harnessed for the greater good, producing innovations in critical areas such as climate change, hunger eradication, disability access, and more. We invite everyone to take part.

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Marian Salzman SVP, Global Communications, Philip Morris International

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