ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2025

The release marks the latest in a series of initiatives across jurisdictions to set up a classification system for the definition of sustainable economic activities, including taxonomy systems already established or in development in the EU , UK , Singapore , Hong Kong, Canada , and India.

Decarbonize

3BL Media

JANUARY 30, 2025

The section 45X advanced manufacturing production tax credit, introduced as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 , represents a transformative step in bolstering domestic clean energy manufacturing. This article delves into the key aspects and implications of section 45X, guiding manufacturers through its complexities.

Manufacturing

3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Thats certainly important, but its definitely not the start or end of the matter. We can estimate the value of carbon emissions over entire product lifecycles, including manufacturing, shipping, and usage. Every piece of technology your company uses has its own, often significant, footprint when considering its entire lifecycle.

Net Zero

3BL Media

JULY 30, 2025

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR: Strategic approach Action plans and progress Goals and metrics HIGHLIGHTS Approximately (37)% CO 2e emissions reductions across our manufacturing operations in 2024 (vs. In 2024, about 54% of the electricity we used in our manufacturing sites was renewable, compared to around 45% in 2023. (5)

Climate Change

3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2025

Client background The company is a global leader in food manufacturing, originally serving a small customer base with limited product offerings. Over time, the company expanded its reach to serve thousands of customers across multiple continents, growing into a highly diversified organization with a complex operational structure.

Manufacturing

3BL Media

MAY 27, 2025

If your facility manufactures, processes, or uses certain toxic chemicals, you may be required to report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). manufacturing, utilities, mining, etc.). Chemical Use: You manufacture, process, or otherwise use a TRI-listed chemical above the reporting threshold. Thresholds by Activity: 25,000 lbs.

EPA

McKinsey Sustainabilty

JUNE 16, 2025

Yet they have their share of critics, who note (among other remonstrances) that vague definitions can lead to NBS being co-opted by entities that may not prioritize genuine ecological benefits. Over the past few years, NBS have been increasingly incorporated into policy frameworks and financial mechanisms.

Decarbonize

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research. The current list has been updated with data through January 29, 2025.

Negative Screening

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research. The current list has been updated with data through January 29, 2025.

Negative Screening

3BL Media

AUGUST 6, 2025

Testing methods vary: The lack of harmonized testing protocols makes it difficult to compare studies or draw definitive conclusions—highlighting the need for universally accepted guidelines.

Analytics

3BL Media

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 /3BL/ - Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) is an annual reporting requirement due by July 1 of each year for those facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use specific TRI-listed chemicals over their reporting threshold.

Manufacturing

3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2025

Nasdaq A Trusted Benchmark for Sustainability Reporting Software Buyers The Verdantix Green Quadrant: ESG & Sustainability Reporting Software (2025) is a definitive industry benchmark that evaluates the 21 most prominent vendors in the ESG and sustainability software market.

Sustainability Professional

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2025

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Manufacturing

3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2025

Its programs span a cross-section of industries, recognizing achievements in climate mitigation, green building, product manufacturing, food and agriculture, forestry, consumer products, and more. Comments received from industry and research organizations during the public comment period were invaluable in shaping version 2.0 of the Standard.

Development

Eco-Business

JULY 3, 2025

” Pastelok said while there has not necessarily been a big change in the number of wildfires year-to-year recently, they are getting bigger. “We’re seeing a definite increase in the larger fires over the last 20 years,” he said. Education 5. Gender equality 6. Energy 8. .”

Climate Change

James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

To create it, investors must provide clear definitions of what qualifies as “impact investing” — along with easily understood social impact matrices that clarify the impacts they’re targeting, and their plan for pursuing them through their interactions with philanthropic partners.

Impact Investing

Corporate Knights

AUGUST 11, 2025

The hydrogen is stored onsite in an 80,000-gallon tank, manufactured in Minnesota by Chart Industries. For Energy Vault and the budding hydrogen industry, the next right step will be expanding hydrogen production that’s definitively low-emissions, and closing the 2,800-mile gap between supply and demand.

Supply Chain

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Key areas of focus by industry such as energy transition and critical mineral development requires expertise not only in mining, but also in the downstream ecosystem and across the resource, manufacturing and capital investment value chains.

Manufacturing

Eco-Business

AUGUST 5, 2025

H otspots and vulnerability According to the UN definition used by the study, slum households are those in urban areas that lack at least one of the following: “durable housing, sufficient living space, easy access to safe water, adequate sanitation and security of tenure.” Education 5. Gender equality 6.

Waste

Gail Tverberg

MAY 27, 2025

Without enough goods and services for everyone to maintain their current standard of living, there will be a definite tendency for more conflict to occur. Replacement parts for automobiles may also be difficult to find, especially before an aftermarket of locally manufactured parts appears. [10]

Banking

Eco-Business

AUGUST 7, 2025

Though not to the same extent as home insurance, severe weather definitely does affect auto insurance rates, said Matt Brannon, the author of the report. Education 5. Gender equality 6. From June 2022 to June 2024, the average annual cost of insurance in the United States rose by more than 40 per cent, upward of US$700, the report found.

Climate Change

Eco-Business

JUNE 11, 2025

“Clean energy is definitely going to be a big push in the future,” she said by phone. Education 5. Gender equality 6. The course helped Cook land a carpentry-related position, and she is keeping her eye on potential jobs in Chicago – building energy-efficient high-rises, perhaps, or working on a new subway extension.

Waste

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Doing less evil sustainable funds did a great job of tracking overall returns, despite horrible things like weapons manufacturers and for-profit prisons getting a bump from Trumps win late in the year, says Tim Nash, the founder of Good Investing, in an email.

Divestment

James Militzer

JULY 24, 2025

But it also has well-known limitations: classification challenges, inconsistent reporting, and varying definitions of “agricultural lending” across institutions and markets. It offers a directional indicator of how seriously the financial system is treating agriculture as a strategic sector.

Development

Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As I’ve written about elsewhere , the single-family, two-generation patterns of real estate occupancy were heavily promoted by the secondary beneficiaries of single-family-housing in the early 20th century: real estate and home mortgage brokers, automobile tire manufactures and oil companies.

Development

McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Can manufacturers and grocers do anything about it? Definitely—and it will be good for business, people, and the planet. An estimated $600 billion worth of food is lost during or just after harvest.

Manufacturing

3BL Media

JULY 24, 2024

Sofidel, a global leading manufacturer of paper for hygienic and domestic use, known particularly in Italy and Europe for its Regina brand, is pleased to announce the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Clearwater Paper Corporation’s Tissue Business (“CLW Tissue”).

Manufacturing

GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

The initiative — the creation of a manufacturing plant for Nexii’s "sustainable concrete" alternative Nexiite — will bring at least 300 new jobs to a redeveloped brownfield site in the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh that thrived in the era of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

Manufacturing

Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Examples are, mobile robots, AGV(automated guided vehicles), and manufacturing infrastructure. This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. Manufacturing Logistics.

Logistics

GreenBiz

JULY 16, 2020

By weight, that’s more than all of the commercial airliners ever manufactured, and only 20 percent of the stuff is formally recycled. Close to half of them, 45 percent, said electronics recycling should be handled by the manufacturer. When I started mining some of my stories from a year ago, those figures were eerily familiar.

Waste

Daniel Burrus

MAY 31, 2023

Joe is an author, investor, entrepreneur, and business advisor who has invested in and advises companies ranging from snowboard manufacturers to bourbon businesses. However, there are most definitely systems and processes in the healthcare industry that could be streamlined far better, for sure. This may be a crazy comparison, I know.

Manufacturing

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

After years of debate over the definition of materiality, 2020 has brought a consensus that materiality is double — meaning that businesses should report on financially material topics that influence enterprise value as well as topics material to the economy, environment and people. This is covered by the SASB definition of materiality.

Supply Chain

GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

are complex concepts, and many manufacturers struggle to sort through what it means and how to approach the topic. For manufacturers with industrial asset data but are struggling to put it to use, Asset Performance Management may offer a unique approach to launching your manufacturing digital transformation.

Digital Transformation

Cisco CSR

APRIL 27, 2022

Digital manufacturing stresses factory networks in ways their designers never dreamed of. By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021. By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021. But unmanaged switches and isolated networks can’t meet the demands of smart manufacturing.

Manufacturing

GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

"What's so exciting about the regenerative agriculture opportunity is basically that it's a way that we can hit on all three of those pillars with one project," said Zack Angelini, environmental stewardship manager at Timberland, the outdoor apparel and footwear manufacturing company, which uses leather for much of its outdoor wear.

Regenerative

GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Here are some of them: Investments in new semiconductor manufacturing processors (specifically 7 nanometer technology). Moore said close collaboration with customers (such as the original equipment manufacturers using AMD chips for their computers) was also critical. "A Changes to the real-time power management algorithms.

Supply Chain

GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

Arcadis , a Dutch engineering firm, is applying that knowledge to cities around the world by creating infrastructures with sustainability at the forefront, such as water recycling facilities inside manufacturing companies in Mexico. . Arcadis did this by creating recycling facilities that preserve the local water supply and quality. .

Climate Change