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Emissions: China first. USA first pro capita (per person)


Financial Times 11 November 2024. E Global greenhouse gas emissions hit a new record high of 57.1 GtCO2e in 2023, up 1.3% from 2022 levels, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which published its annual Emissions Gap Report (EGR), one of the most important benchmarks for climate negotiations while 2024 will be the hottest year on record and will exceed 1.5°C warming compared to the pre-industrial era for the first time Drafted 10 November, updated 11 November 2024

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Over the past five years, Penny Market’s soft discount turnover in Italy has grown but profitability is negative


In recent years, Penny Italia has experienced significant growth, going from a turnover of EUR 1.1 billion in 2019 to EUR 1.459 billion in 2023 (27.4%, with a growth of 8.85% in the last year)... The EBIT from 2019 to 2023 were negative for the entire period: the values for 2020, 2021 and 2022 are slightly negative (around 0.%), while 2019 and 2023 show values over -2%, with 2023 being precisely -2%. ... the REWE Group's management and financial support are crucial for a company growing in turnover but with high investments, which have yet to translate into adequate financial results. Penny is a soft discount store (which would like to pretend that it is a supermarket, like Lidl).