February, 2022

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Does linking ESG performance to executive pay actually make a difference?

GreenBiz

The percentage of public companies tying ESG performance to C-suite pocketbooks is climbing, but poorly designed pay packages make the practice fertile ground for greenwashing.

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Fortescue starts work on world-first “Infinity Train,” a regenerating battery on rails

Renew Economy

FFI to spend $50m to develop "world-first" regenerating battery electric iron ore train to save tens of millions of litres of diesel. The post Fortescue starts work on world-first “Infinity Train,” a regenerating battery on rails appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Divesting works: Study finds ditching fossil stocks lowers corporate footprints

Corporate Knights

For the leaders of the divestment movement, which encourages institutional investors to sell off their shares in fossil fuel companies, winning isn’t everything. Eroding public support for the sector has been considered valuable work in itself. But after a decade of determined lobbying, the divest side is suddenly doing a lot of winning. Just before the launch of COP26, the UN climate conference in November, the DivestInvest network calculated that endowments, portfolios and pension funds worth

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Collaboration for the Future?

Cisco CSR

As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I want to take a moment and reflect on the lessons learned these past two years. Just like any life-changing event, the pandemic brought us loss and pain. It spotlighted the inequities—the imperfections—that exist in our society. But, at the same time, it pushed the human mind to adapt, adopt, and define the new normal.

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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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Toward smart production: Machine intelligence in business operations

McKinsey Sustainabilty

A detailed study of machine intelligence in industrial and manufacturing operations reveals the surprisingly different paths companies can take. But a group of leaders shares similar characteristics.

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Molten Salt Reactor to Be Built at the Idaho Lab

Energy Central

Molten Salt Reactor to Be Built at the Idaho Lab Czech Gov’t to Release Tender for a PWR at Dukovany NuScale Inks MOU with Wisconsin Coop Oklo Inks $4.5M Deal with Argonne lab Blue Wave AI Labs and Constellation Invest in AI Software Ghana / Site For First Commercial Nuclear Reactor Will Be Chosen Soon Kenya Seeks Public Views on 4000MWe Nuclear Power Project Molten.

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Major Queensland coal port to investigate pivot to green hydrogen exports

Renew Economy

One of the world's largest metallurgical coal ports, the Dalrymple Bay Terminal in Queensland, to prepare plans for pivot to green hydrogen. The post Major Queensland coal port to investigate pivot to green hydrogen exports appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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As corporate leaders pledge to embrace purpose beyond profit, are business schools keeping up?

Corporate Knights

Once seen largely as the career launch-pad for Bay Street and Wall Street, some business schools are staking out a role as global problem-solvers. Over the past five years, the most ambitious schools have moved to promote sustainability-rich course content, multidisciplinary research and partnerships with underserved communities. But too many remain on the sidelines.

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NFL Teams Up with Cisco to Secure Super Bowl LVI

Cisco CSR

Much like in sports, preparedness is often the name of the game when it comes to security. That’s why, leading up to this past weekend, the NFL teamed up with Cisco to make sure its Super Bowl LVI network infrastructure was as secure and resilient as possible. Since it’s a live event, 100 percent uptime is imperative for the Super Bowl, ensuring fans don’t miss a moment of the action.

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BlackRock partnership commits $650 million to charging infrastructure for electric trucks

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 2 — A lack of charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles is slowing the deployment of electric trucks. The joint venture between. The post BlackRock partnership commits $650 million to charging infrastructure for electric trucks appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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LoRaWAN 101: The network for IoT devices

Stacey Higginbotham

We often talk about LoRa, or Long Range networks, as they relate to IoT devices. More specifically these days, we focus on LoRaWAN. But do you really understand what LoRaWAN is, and more importantly, why it’s important for the IoT? This overview will help you learn both. . What is LoRa? As mentioned, LoRa stands for long-range. Think range greater than your typical, modern home wireless network.

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Cue the qubits: Where quantum computing intersects ESG

GreenBiz

From an ESG standpoint, quantum computing technology has the potential to affect pretty much all of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Voters see green energy as key to future prosperity, shun coal and gas

Renew Economy

New polling shows voters in Queensland and New South Wales overwhelmingly back clean energy - not coal and gas - to deliver the best economic future. The post Voters see green energy as key to future prosperity, shun coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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RBC shareholder resolution confronts greenwashing loopholes in ‘sustainable debt’

Corporate Knights

A shareholder advocacy group is challenging the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) use of a fast-growing new financing tool called sustainability-linked debt, in which companies promise to pay financial penalties if they don’t meet social and environmental performance targets. The new product line, which includes both bonds and loans, has seen explosive growth in the last year, with total offerings 150% higher in the first nine months of 2021 compared with all of 2020.

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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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Personal Care Brands Partner to Fight Plastic Pollution

Environment + Energy Leader

One hundred personal care brands based in more than 15 countries are partnering in an effort to remove 4127 tons of plastic waste every year. The post Personal Care Brands Partner to Fight Plastic Pollution appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Preventing pandemics costs far less than controlling them

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

An analysis by epidemiologists, economists, ecologists and biologists at 21 institutions finds we could reduce the risks of future pandemics by investing as little as 1/20th of the losses incurred so far from COVID into conservation measures designed to stem the spread of zoonotic viruses from wildlife to humans in the first place. This includes funding programs to train more veterinarians, create a global database of virus genomics, and end tropical deforestation and wildlife trafficking.

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Eve Motion Blinds: Quiet, smart, relatively inexpensive and Thread compatible

Stacey Higginbotham

For years I’ve wanted smart blinds in my home. I never pulled the trigger though, partially because different brands used different radio protocols and because of the cost. After testing out a demo of Eve Motion Blinds with Thread support , I might finally be getting out my wallet. These blinds are quiet, work with my other Thread and HomeKit devices, and are a little less expensive than competing products.

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Moore’s Law is our 'secret weapon' for a sustainable civilization

GreenBiz

Renewable energy can take advantage of this huge increase in computing power, along with artificial intelligence (AI), robotic deployment, and automation, in a way that fossil fuels cannot.

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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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Cannon-Brookes’ unstoppable billions pierce the bubble of fossil fuel denial

Renew Economy

Bid by Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield for AGL is an assault on the citadel itself, from the inside out, and we should all be cheering from the sidelines. The post Cannon-Brookes’ unstoppable billions pierce the bubble of fossil fuel denial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Is employee ownership a better way for businesses to beat the Big Quit?

Corporate Knights

A recent survey says 84% of Canadian workers have experienced burnout during the pandemic, with 34% reporting high or extreme levels of stress. The Ceridian poll finds that 21% are looking for new jobs. In the U.S., a record-breaking 38 million quit their jobs in the Great Resignation , a.k.a the Big Quit, of 2021. Hard-pressed bosses who had trouble recruiting talent before the COVID-19 pandemic are now scrambling to cut turnover, reduce employee stress and make their businesses magnets for tal

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Headcount alone isn’t enough for your headaches

Cisco CSR

We’ve all heard the phrases: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; failing to plan is planning to fail. But sometimes even the best plans fall short when attackers come calling on your enterprise. Helmuth von Moltke was famously quoted as saying, “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.”.

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Technology Industry Playing a Bigger Role in ESG Advances

Environment + Energy Leader

As ESG concerns prevail across industries, Jefferies takes a look specifically at what is seen as important across technology fields. The post Technology Industry Playing a Bigger Role in ESG Advances appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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OQ is trying to combine cellular and satellite for the IoT

Stacey Higginbotham

Lately, it’s hard to go a week without a new satellite announcement aimed at the IoT. There are already plenty of companies using satellite connectivity to connect to LoRaWAN gateways on the ground, or to satellites themselves to send data directly from a device to the web. And with OQ Technology there’s a company trying to use satellites as a means to expand existing cellular NB-IoT networks to corners of the Earth where cell towers are scarce.

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Rolls-Royce eyes first battery planes from 2025 as it inks private e-jet deal

GreenBiz

The engineering giant expects the first commercial use of small aircraft powered by its battery systems to take off within three to five years.

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Australia’s first “milestone” hydrogen shipment carried just one tonne of “clean” hydrogen

Renew Economy

While the Morrison Government praised the first shipment of "clean" hydrogen exports as a milestone, it mostly consisted of conventional fossil hydrogen. The post Australia’s first “milestone” hydrogen shipment carried just one tonne of “clean” hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer

Gail Tverberg

We have been told that intermittent electricity from wind and solar, perhaps along with hydroelectricity, can be the basis of a green economy. Things are increasingly not working out as planned, however. Natural gas or coal used for balancing the intermittent output of renewables is increasingly high-priced or not available. It is becoming clear that modelers who encouraged the view that a smooth transition to wind, solar, and hydroelectric is possible have missed some important points.

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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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StateRAMP Leading the Way on Cyber Best Practices

Cisco CSR

A s cyber threats against state and local governments increase, the need for a united front is more critical than ever. StateRAMP, modeled on the Federal government’s FedRAMP program, is leading the way. By promoting best practices through education, advocacy, and policy development, StateRAMP is helping drive a standardized approach to cybersecurity, resulting in more strategic and effective cyber postures for state and local governments.

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Hydrogen Consortium Aims to Decarbonize Heavy Transport, Increase Renewable Energy

Environment + Energy Leader

A group of industry leaders has been formed to participate in pilot programs to increase the use of hydrogen across the country as a way to increase decarbonization. The post Hydrogen Consortium Aims to Decarbonize Heavy Transport, Increase Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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When do we start legislating personal data captured by robots?

Stacey Higginbotham

Recently we’ve seen a range of legislation, both passed and proposed, creating rules to protect personal data captured by connected devices. These revolve around ways for consumers to delete such data, what companies can or can’t do with the data, and protecting private health information. We’ve also seen a walk-back from the Internal Revenue Service requiring that U.S. citizens provide biometric data, in the form of facial recognition, to access their federal tax information.

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UN Global Compact CEO: These 4 actions will help business achieve the SDGs

GreenBiz

We’re almost halfway through our timeline for the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on reporting, supply chains, SMEs and accountability are crucial.

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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.