February, 2020

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Inside Bill Weihl’s quest to give employees and job seekers a 'ClimateVoice'

GreenBiz

A new initiative aims to press companies to have a strong and active voice on climate policy in the United States. Your company and its campus recruiters just may be a target.

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Cash is hot: Investors find new options to put deposits to work for community development

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 12 – Denver-based and Native-owned Native American National Bank serves Native communities, governments and enterprises across the U.S. To boost the bank’s lending power, RSF Social Finance, Candide Group’s Olamina fund and other impact investors have created deposit accounts and CDs at the bank. “The best way to support our bank is through.

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Oxford-Cambridge rail scheme’s “net gain” commitment shows HS2 failing nature, says RSPB

Envirotec Magazine

A site in Birmingham cleared for work on HS2, in December 2019. Transport Secretary’s announcement of preferred route for East West Rail timely reminder of HS2’s failure to protect environment, says conservation group. Responding to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapp’s announcement on 30 January of the preferred route for the proposed East West Rail connection between Oxford and Cambridge, the RSPB has said the scheme highlights the environmental shortcomings of its more (in)famous

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Super Secret Perovskite Solar Cell Company Bursts Out Of Stealth Mode

CleanTechnica

This legacy oil and gas holding company could disrupt the global energy market with new high efficiency, high durability perovskite solar cell.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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

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Conserving and restoring forests won’t be cheap and easy after all

GreenBiz

The corporate world has fallen for trees. But to be effective, the cost of offsetting CO2 emissions with the sequestration power of forests will have to go up. Are companies willing to pay?

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The low price of freed parking

GreenBiz

The 270 million vehicles in the United States are parked over 90 percent of the time. There are far more parking spaces than vehicles. How many spaces? The data is imprecise. There could be 500 million parking lot spaces and 1 billion spaces on streets. Add parking in home garages, carports and driveways, and another estimate is 2 billion parking spaces.

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4 ways to scale regenerative ag

GreenBiz

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week, I want to talk about one of the most exciting options we have for reforming our food systems and tackling climate change: regenerative agriculture.

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Big businesses are failing forests

GreenBiz

Amazon, TJ Maxx and Tyson are among well-known U.S. companies with no publicly stated deforestation strategy. Is your organization complicit?

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Salesforce: Why corporate sustainability must change

GreenBiz

This article originally appeared on the Salesforce corporate blog. 2019 was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural (or at least unprecedented) force and frequency.

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Championing diversity and inclusion requires courage, provocation, smart goals

GreenBiz

Cultivating a culture of inclusion is easier said than done even in organizations with mature programs. And with the workforce shifting dramatically in recent years given the rise in technology and four generations learning to work together, the task remains for most diversity and inclusion leaders, quite monumental.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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Rushing to go nowhere: How can we make more progress on diversity in the corporate sector?

GreenBiz

If we are to make any significant progress on critical issues such as ending poverty and climate change, as set forth in the Sustainable Development Goals, we will need everyone at the table.

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How to shape your sustainability story

GreenBiz

I’ve been working in sustainability marketing — helping companies communicate about what they’re doing on sustainability in order to drive brand preference and sales — for 15 years. I used to spend a lot of time trying to convince executives of the power of sustainability as a lever: to attract and retain employees, to drive consumer preference, to appeal to investors.

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Delta lifts off with $1 billion pledge to become carbon neutral

GreenBiz

The airline plans to invest in aircraft renewal, sustainable jet fuel, weight reduction, and CO2 offsetting and sequestration projects.

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How leading companies use LinkedIn to promote sustainability messages

GreenBiz

Telling your story should be easy with so many social media platforms available. Success lies in selecting the best channel and using tactics specific to sustainability messaging.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

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

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Why Silicon Valley is taking a big interest in trees

GreenBiz

Forest data startups such as Pachama and Silviaterra can help the biggest players in tech tackle their emissions.

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How digital identities could bring us closer to a circular economy

GreenBiz

Tracking technologies could provide information throughout a product's journey, from the start all the way through to its use at the consumer level, and ultimately to its disposal or reuse in the future.

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Corporate philanthropy in the era of climate shocks

GreenBiz

With companies’ environmental, social and governance initiatives largely focused on mitigation and adaptation, the lines are blurring between corporate sustainability and philanthropy.

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Can this app solve our coffee cup problem?

GreenBiz

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week I want to talk about our coffee cup problem. Nearly two in every three Americans drink coffee, and many of us grab a cup to go. That’s a lot of cups. Because most disposable cups can’t be recycled, it’s also a lot of waste headed to landfill.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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

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This Texas port city is a big fan of wind logistics

GreenBiz

The U.S. appetite for renewable energy is creating opportunity across the Lone Star state in places such as Brownsville, Houston, Corpus Christi and Galveston.

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Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?

GreenBiz

Around the world, communities are using "Rights of Nature" laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.

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Native species or invasive? The distinction blurs as the world warms

GreenBiz

With species on the move as the climate changes, a growing number of scientists say that efforts must be made to help migrating species adapt to their new habitats.

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Deep decarbonization: A realistic way forward on climate change

GreenBiz

Global emissions have soared by two-thirds in the three decades since international climate talks began. To make the reductions required, what’s needed is a new approach that creates incentives for leading countries and industries to spark transformative technological revolutions.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

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.

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How big data and AI can make supply chains better for consumers and the planet

GreenBiz

Mining information about what people want and what they buy (as well as when and why they buy) can lead to surprising innovations that can have far-reaching effects.

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How to make ending factory farming irresistible, delicious and lucrative

GreenBiz

Animal activists have made huge strides over the past two decades. But it hasn’t been enough to tip the scales of justice.

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We need to think beyond urban farming

GreenBiz

But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.

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How Main Street Project creates healthier farms and stable economics for farmers

GreenBiz

It’s not enough to just blame Big Ag. We need to create new ways of thinking and doing when it comes to food production.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

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.

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13 sustainability podcasts that will keep your earbuds plugged in

GreenBiz

Looking for solutions to some of the biggest problems of our time? So are these podcasts.

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What separates companies that succeed at becoming more sustainable from those that fail?

GreenBiz

Winning worker hearts and minds.These companies have done that by embedding sustainability into their culture — from the mailroom to the boardroom.

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New Jersey sets its sights on a decarbonized economy

GreenBiz

The state is planning comprehensively for economy-wide decarbonization, and putting meaningful, near-term policies in place to affordably reduce emissions.

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Provocations, diatribes and lessons in courage at GreenBiz 20

GreenBiz

A rich set of conversations, from animal welfare expert Temple Grandin to corporate philanthropy visionary Daniel Lee.

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Supercharge Your ESG Content This Libra Season

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.