Emerging Market Global Players (EMGP) A major development in the global foreign direct investment (FDI) market over recent years has been the rapid rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging markets. In furtherance of its overarching mission, CCSI aims to ensure more sustainable investment by these emerging-market MNEs.
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Getting better insights from the operations will help to reach climate goals. Most of the manufacturing companies have already taken carbon neutrality and sustainable operations as key strategic initiatives. Sustainability will not only become a competitive advantage but a demand from customers in order to engage in business relationships. Data insights and emerging technologies, such as Edge AI, can assist on the path towards carbon neutrality.
Two weeks ago, I spent my day with a group of very intelligent 4th graders sharing with them the importance of water and its use in semiconductor manufacturing. If you are not aware, in short, we need ultrapure water to remove impurities from our silicon wafers. But as I started talking with the students, it was quickly evident they knew that water is a critical and scarce resource. A few students even shared with me, on that ironically rainy day, how technology can help save water. Their enthusiasm was contagious and today, on World Water Day, if caused me to reflect on our progress at Intel and on what I can do at home to save more water too.
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