GreenBiz
APRIL 28, 2023
The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger.
Corporate Knights
APRIL 28, 2023
A decade on, we remember Rana Plaza through a series of indelible images. Drone shots captured from across Dhaka’s Aricha Highway render eight factory floors to a concrete smash cake; workers crushed in the grim grey layers of industrial machinery. Survivors, bereft, swarming ground zero, desperate to recover their loved ones alive among the rebar, cement and fulminated fabric bolts.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 28, 2023
Sponsored: Microgrids can provide the solution to the sustainability dilemma and offer other business benefits, learn why now is the time for on-site microgrids.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
APRIL 28, 2023
Executives’ enthusiasm for the economy rose—and then came back to earth. Meanwhile, concerns about financial-market volatility as a risk to growth have increased.
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
GreenBiz
APRIL 28, 2023
Journalist Esha Chhabra discusses her new book, "Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business.
TEDxInnovations
APRIL 28, 2023
Computer scientist Yejin Choi is here to demystify the current state of massive artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, highlighting three key problems with cutting-edge large language models (including some funny instances of them failing at basic commonsense reasoning.) She welcomes us into a new era in which AI is becoming almost like a new intellectual species -- and identifies the benefits of building smaller AI systems trained on human norms and values.
ESG Impact Zone brings together the best content for ESG professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
APRIL 28, 2023
With inflationary pressures and a tight labor market, our latest Consumer Pulse Survey shows that shoppers across America are sometimes feeling and acting in contradictory ways.
Stacey Higginbotham
APRIL 28, 2023
On a recent Internet of Things podcast , we took a voicemail from Jared on our podcast hotline. Jared’s home is equipped with solar panels and he recently purchased a Tesla EV. He’s looking for some smart device that will let him charge his EV directly when his home is producing more energy than it’s using. I can relate to Jared’s question because I had 41 solar panels on my prior home.
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
Building those lines could produce a “stunning payoff,” Daniel Palken, an aide to Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said Thursday. “The technical term for this would be ‘a goldmine.
Environment + Energy Leader
APRIL 28, 2023
For consumers who are still uncertain about EVs, the opportunity for a tax credit is a solid incentive. However, what continues to wane is customer preference, which poses a number of challenges. The post U.S. Electric Vehicle Market Set to Expand with New Tax Credit Rules appeared first on Environment+Energy Leader.
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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.
Energy Central
APRIL 28, 2023
It's always a pleasure to talk with an energy entrepreneur such as Nadim Chaudhry. He heads up World Hydrogen Leaders and stands at the forefront of this most vibrant of sectors. Here Nadim asks a series of insightful questions around ammonia - and especially the renewably produced green variety. As we can see from the above it was.
ESG Today
APRIL 28, 2023
Prestige beauty company Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) announced today that it has appointed Nancy Mahon as its first Chief Sustainability Officer. Mahon joined Estée Lauder in 2006 as Vice President of MAC Cosmetics and Executive Director of the MAC AIDS Fund, and has held roles in the company including Senior Vice President for Philanthropy and Social Initiatives, with responsibility for cause-marketing programs for Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone London, and La Mer, in addition to MAC.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
APRIL 28, 2023
Companies in the Middle East are facing the headwinds of the global crisis—but out of crisis comes opportunity. Three McKinsey leaders tell us how companies can grow in this environment.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 28, 2023
ImpactAlpha, April 28 — A first generation Nigerian-American, Su Sanni grew up in East New York, Brooklyn and Jamaica, Queens. The low-income neighborhoods, The post Su Sanni, Dollaride: From dollar-van commuter to urban-mobility entrepreneur appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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
ESG Today
APRIL 28, 2023
Green hydrogen tech startup Ohmium International announced that it has raised $250 million, with proceeds aimed at scaling its business, including its manufacturing capacity for electrolyzers and its international presence. Hydrogen is viewed as one of the key building blocks of the transition to a cleaner energy future, particularly for sectors with difficult to abate emissions, in which renewable energy solutions such as wind or solar are less practical.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 28, 2023
(Left to right) Mark Morton (SDS), Neil Sewell (SDS), Sam Dickinson (SDS), and United Utilities’ Johnny Phillips. Water technology firm SDS has completed the installation of its latest smart rainwater management systems at homes in Forton, Lancashire, and Deal, Kent, as part of water companies’ ongoing efforts to reduce sewage spills into rivers and the sea.
Just Capital
APRIL 28, 2023
(Morsa Images/Getty Images) JUST Capital is pleased to announce the launch of the Corporate Care Network , an initiative that connects and supports companies and business leaders dedicated to making care visible and advancing access to care benefits, like paid leave, flexible work, and child care support. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the critical role care benefits play in ensuring workers are able to both deliver for their families, as well as for their employers.
Cisco CSR
APRIL 28, 2023
As businesses shift to running more applications in the cloud, the end-to-end control points that customers once owned have disappeared, making it challenging to securely deliver exceptional… Read more on Cisco Blogs
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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
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
FERC Acting Chairman Willie Phillips says the agency is nearing action on interconnection reform and interregional transfer requirements while increasing its focus on environmental justice.
Cisco CSR
APRIL 28, 2023
As customers migrate to network fabrics based on Virtual Extensible Local Area Network/Ethernet Virtual Private Network (VXLAN/EVPN) technology, questions about the implications for application… Read more on Cisco Blogs
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
Company executives affirmed their commitment to an affordable energy transition after reporting a 10% increase in earnings following protests against high energy bills in Colorado.
Stacey Higginbotham
APRIL 28, 2023
Amazon kills off its Halo band business : Amazon is bowing to the inevitable and killing off its Halo Band fitness tracking business effective July 31. If you purchased a Halo band or Halo-branded devices, including the recently launched Halo Rise sunrise lamp, in the last 12 months you get a full refund. Which is absolutely the right way to handle the end of a short-lived device.
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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.
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
Other “totally lawful opportunities” exist for local governments to phase out gas in new buildings, such as through building codes, said a senior fellow at Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
ESG Today
APRIL 28, 2023
International banking group Standard Chartered announced today an update to one of its key value chain emissions reduction goals, replacing its prior intensity-based oil and gas sector financed emissions reduction target with a new commitment to reduce absolute emissions from its activities in the sector. Standard Chartered has set a goal to reduce emissions associated with its finance activities by 2050, and in 2021 the bank announced interim goals for several of the most carbon intensive secto
Energy Central
APRIL 28, 2023
The New York Times reports that the elimination by Twitter of “blue check” marks signaling authenticity of any account on the social media platform has opened the door to multiple accounts impersonating government agencies, entertainment celebrities, and political figures of all persuasions. Disinformation is rampant by postings from sources from Russia.
Financial Times: Moral Money
APRIL 28, 2023
Cash has flowed out of ESG strategies over past year even as sector continues to boom in Europe
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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.
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
Comments submitted “underscore the need to build trust between communities and DOE and ensure fairness in the stakeholder engagement process.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
APRIL 28, 2023
Researchers have discovered that the electrical fields and activity that exist through a cell's membrane also exist within and around another type of cellular structure called biological condensates. Like oil droplets floating in water, these structures exist because of differences in density. Their foundational discovery could change the way researchers think about biological chemistry.
Utiliity Dive
APRIL 28, 2023
A review of the Southwest Power Pool’s response to Winter Storm Elliott in 2022 found room for improvement in areas of operations, transmission planning, communications and compliance.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
APRIL 28, 2023
New research pushes back the oldest evidence of C4 grass-dominated habitats in Africa -- and globally -- by more than 10 million years, with important implications for primate evolution and the origins of tropical C4 grasslands and savanna ecosystems across the African continent and around the world.
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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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