Ikea is guiding its customers toward sustainable consumption. Here’s how
GreenBiz
MAY 6, 2024
The giant furniture retailer is using its procurement clout and in-store promotions to nudge millions of customers toward lower-emissions products.
GreenBiz
MAY 6, 2024
The giant furniture retailer is using its procurement clout and in-store promotions to nudge millions of customers toward lower-emissions products.
Renew Economy
MAY 8, 2024
A mineral sands mining company expects to save five million litres of diesel a year by adding a solar farm and a battery storage system to its remote titanium mine site in western NSW. The post Solar and batteries to save five million litres of diesel a year at remote NSW titanium mine site appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Renew Economy
MAY 6, 2024
Julia Gillard to chair new energy transition fund aiming to build 15 GW of solar, wind and battery storage in Australia. The post Gillard to chair new multi-billion dollar energy fund targeting wind, solar and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 2, 2024
Verizon In the heart of Washington, D.C., Howard University is redefining STEM education by embedding within it elements that reach far beyond the conventional realms of science, technology, engineering, and math. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has woven Black history and culture, meditation, yoga and African dance into the curriculum of its Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers program.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Corporate Knights
MAY 7, 2024
After years of protest from First Nations and climate activists, the Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to an audit of its Indigenous and racial community business practices, and disclosure of key climate change data. While these measures are a step forward, they don’t give Indigenous communities a say over the financing of particular projects or exclude new fossil fuel financing – two key demands of the bank’s critics.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 8, 2024
When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, including those that cause disease. Researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots) that captured bits of plastic and bacteria from water.
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Renew Economy
MAY 5, 2024
The recent addition of a number of new big battery projects is being felt on the grid, with a big leap in the record for battery charging over the weekend. The post Big batteries leap to new charging record on Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 8, 2024
The medical plastic waste recycling pilot brought together B. Braun Medical Inc. (a medical device manufacturer of smart-infusion therapy and related products), Lehigh Valley Health Network (a nationally ranked premier health system based in Allentown, Pa.) and PureCycle Technologies LLC (an advanced recycler of plastic) to evaluate and evolve the concept of health care medical plastic recycling.
ESG Today
MAY 6, 2024
Microsoft and Swedish energy company Stockholm Exergi announced today a 10-year offtake agreement with Stockholm Exergi providing Microsoft with more than 3.3 million tonnes of carbon removal certificates from its planned bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan, Stockholm. The agreement marks the largest-ever permanent carbon removal deal to date, according to the companies.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 3, 2024
Narcissism. Overconfidence. Low EQ. Why do we persist in selecting for leadership traits that hamper organizational progress—and leave the right potential leaders in the wrong roles?
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
GreenBiz
MAY 2, 2024
The enterpriser software provider is one of the large corporations signing offtake agreements with carbon reduction and capture projects.
Renew Economy
MAY 5, 2024
There is little chance nuclear power plants will ever be built in Australia. But for climate obstructionists that is not the point. The post Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 8, 2024
by Molly Frey, Frey Vineyards Frey Vineyards started as a commitment to organic agriculture and winemaking when there was none. In 1980, young sweethearts Katrina and Jonathan Frey made their first barrel of wine. They both had become organic farmers under Alan Chadwick’s tutelage. Although they had respectively grown up in gardening families, after they studied under the charismatic Shakespearean teacher, together they embarked on their enterprise: founding America’s first organic winery.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 3, 2024
A new study finds people who have nature-based experiences report better well-being and lower psychological distress than those who do not. Birdwatching in particular yielded promising results, with higher gains in subjective well-being and more reduction in distress than more generic nature exposure, such as walks. Because birdwatching is an easily accessible activity, the results are encouraging for college students -- who are among those most likely to suffer from mental health problems.
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 6, 2024
Pilots of generative AI commercial use cases at biopharmaceutical and medtech companies have been promising, but success at scale hinges on a clear—and budgeted—gen AI strategy and custom solutions.
GreenBiz
MAY 6, 2024
As the aviation industry lobbies for sustainable jet fuel, new tax breaks could help lower the carbon footprint of business travel.
Renew Economy
MAY 5, 2024
New report finds rooftop solar can lower electricity network infrastructure costs, cut power prices, and support electric vehicle adoption, but rules need to change. The post Power to the people: Rooftop solar seen as “secret weapon” to energy transition and EV uptake rooftop appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 7, 2024
Last week the UN Plastics Treaty reached its final stages of negotiations at INC-4 in Ottawa, Canada, to develop a legally binding, international agreement to tackle plastic pollution across the entire plastics life cycle. The fifth and final round of negotiations is due to complete by the end of this year, where an agreement is expected to be formally ratified in 2025.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 8, 2024
Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, about 1400 km north of where it was previously known to live.
Good.is: Planet
MAY 3, 2024
Researchers said the ancient people created these petroglyphs as they were curious and interested in what the dinosaur prints represented
GreenBiz
MAY 8, 2024
Policy briefing sets out how industry can move away from fossil fuel feedstocks and embrace low carbon and sustainable alternatives
Renew Economy
MAY 6, 2024
A wind farm developer is proposing a 100km transmission line and huge 1GW battery in Victoria's central west to connect up to 4GW of renewables. The post Wind farm developer launches private transmission and massive battery plans in western Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.
Impact Alpha
MAY 8, 2024
Tonya Allen won’t take the bait. The president of Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation isn’t retreating in the face of right-wing attacks on diversity, equity. The post McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen: Philanthropy has the right and responsibility to counter attacks on DEI (Q&A) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 8, 2024
Pore pressure diffusion generated by carbon dioxide injected underground at a carbon storage site in the Illinois Basin is the likely cause of hundreds of microearthquakes that took place at the site between 2011 and 2012, according to a new analysis.
ESG Today
MAY 6, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), with up to $500 million available for projects expanding CO2 transport infrastructure capacity, aimed at supporting the future growth of the U.S. carbon capture and storage industry. Funding under the new program is being made available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , which allocates approximately $6.5 billion over five years in funding to carbon management projects and initiatives
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2024
Florida bans lab-grown meat; the G-7 nations double down on their intention to phase out fossil fuel-powered utilities.
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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.
Renew Economy
MAY 5, 2024
More Australian superannuation funds are excluding so-called "climate wreckers" from their portfolios. The post Super funds dump thermal coal mining companies, up to a point appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 3, 2024
This playbook for founder CEOs on scaling from start-up to standout and beyond borrows lessons from the global B2B software-as-a-service industry.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 6, 2024
By using experimental electrochemical analyses, mass spectrometry, and computational quantum chemistry modeling, the researchers created an 'atomic-scale storyline' to explain how ozone is generated on NATO electrocatalysts. They identified that some of the nickel in NATO is probably leaching out of the electrodes via corrosion, and these nickel atoms, now floating in the solution near the catalyst, can promote chemical reactions that eventually generate ozone.
ESG Today
MAY 8, 2024
Sustainability management solutions provider Optera announced today the launch of its Outreach module as part of its Supply Chain Manager solution, adding new capabilities aimed at helping companies to efficiently collect emissions data from suppliers. The new capabilities come as companies globally face increasing regulatory pressure to report on their scope 3, or value chain, emissions, with emerging sustainability reporting standards including the EU’s CSRD and the IFRS’ ISSB standards requir
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Throughout Climate Week, a feeling of urgency on tackling the climate crisis was palpable. Yet, questions continue to linger about corporate progress. Are we truly moving the needle or are we stuck in a cycle of empty statements and a flood of reports and guidelines? In the latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Libra Edition , we use Climate Week outcomes to explore how brands can communicate progress credibly.
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