Industrial | Page 20

Southwest Airlines Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks.

Grainger, a broad line distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, announced the company lowered its global absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 31% since 2018 and achieved its previous 2030 target of a 30% reduction seven years early.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states.

Emerson College, a higher education institution, announced it entered into a partnership to convert 100% of their heating operations by implementing a thermal energy solution.

BorgWarner lowered its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 32% through 2023 from a 2021 baseline, achieving progress toward its goal of carbon neutral operations in 2035.

Select Water Solution, a provider of sustainable water management and chemical solutions, announced its efforts on lowering GHG emissions resulted in a 9% reduction in combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions intensity from 2022.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company,  announced it has surpassed its Scope 1 and 2 science-based GHG emissions reduction targets for FY 2023 by 5 percentage points and received approval for near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).

Natural gas producer Ascent Resources lowered its Scope 1 GHG emissions intensity to approximately 20% below the company's 2020 baseline year.

Watts Water established an absolute carbon emissions reduction target, a change from the company's previous approach of targeting reduced emissions intensity. By 2034, the Watts' goal is to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 30% over the next 10 years.

Rogers Corporation, an electronic and elastomeric materials manufacturer, set a goal to lower Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions at its manufacturing sites by 20% by 2030 with a baseline year of 2022.