Alana joined GPI in 2024 as a program associate on the Carbon Management team, specifically supporting the Industrial Innovation Initiative, where she helps to advance industrial decarbonization through GPI’s consensus-building approach. Alana previously worked as an account executive at Jamf, where she helped current K-12 education customers improve and scale the management and security of their Apple device deployments. Alana has spent most of her professional years working with Minnesota nonprofits, including two years as an AmeriCorps member with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. She holds a bachelor’s degree in community environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Solution Type: Low-Carbon Procurement
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Federal Policy Can Put American Industry On Competitive Path to Net-Zero
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 30, 2024 **Media Contacts Listed Below** Minneapolis, MN/Washington, DC (January 30, 2024) – A new report from an industry-labor-NGO partnership recommends a suite of policies to Congress and the federal administration that would set the US industrial sector on track to achieve net-zero emissions by midcentury. The 2024 Federal Policy Blueprint…
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What does ‘green’ procurement mean? Initiatives and standards for cement and steel
Decarbonizing cement and steel production will be critical to achieving national and global climate goals, but it has been slower than in other sectors – like transportation and power – for several reasons. One prominent reason is the role of carbon dioxide (CO2)-emitting chemical processes in steel and cement production. Alongside entrenched manufacturing practices, slow…