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Agriculture is a solution to reach a net zero economy

GreenBiz

Investors need to shift their focus to agriculture and smart-farming to create the next tech boom and fight climate change.

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Canadian doctors prescribe fines for natural gas 'greenwashers'

Corporate Knights

If you follow @FuellingCanada on Twitter , you might have read recently that “Canada ranks as a world leader in responsible natural gas production.” If you click on the link to their website, you’ll find a host of disinformation describing how “Canada’s natural gas industry works 24/7 to ensure affordable, clean, and reliable energy for families and businesses.”.

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Sustainable aviation fuel offers flight path to net-zero air travel

GreenBiz

It will take long-term, coordinated action from airlines, aircraft manufacturers, fuel producers, airports and governments for zero-emissions flight to really take off.

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Opinion: Treated Mine Water Release Essential to Oilsands Reclamation

3BL Media

By Pierre Gratton. SOURCE: Suncor Energy. DESCRIPTION: Current global unrest and ongoing impacts from the pandemic have brought the security of supply of energy and resource products into sharp focus, not just for Canadians but our allies around the world. This priority was reinforced at the highest political levels with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland saying in a recent speech that “Canada must — and will — show similar generosity in fast-tracking, for example, the energy and mining pro

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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What sets Amazon’s cloud water strategy apart

GreenBiz

Like rivals Microsoft and Google, Amazon Web Services has set a goal to become ‘water positive’ in its data center operations, but it’s expressing progress in a different way.

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Using ESG and impact to sort leaders from laggards in 2023

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 22 – It’s not about the scores. It’s about the solutions. ESG – shorthand for the consideration of environmental, social and governance considerations. The post Using ESG and impact to sort leaders from laggards in 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Get Started With Terraform and Cisco Modeling Labs

Cisco CSR

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a hot topic these days, and the IaC tool of choice is Terraform by HashiCorp. Terraform is a cloud provisioning product that provides infrastructure for any application. You can refer to a long list of providers for any target platform. . Terraform’s list of providers now includes Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) 2 , so we can use Terraform to control virtual network infrastructure running on CML2.

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Southern Company Continues To Receive High Marks for Environmental Transparency

3BL Media

Southern Company Continues To Receive High Marks for Environmental Transparency. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 13:25. Type of Content. Article. Layout. Featured Media. Body. For the third consecutive year, Southern Company earned a score of A- for its 2022 CDP Climate Change Disclosure , demonstrating leadership for the North American region and thermal power generation sector.

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Coca-Cola, Walmart and Salesforce call on Indiana utilities to offer green tariffs

Utiliity Dive

Proponents say a green tariff program would make Indiana more attractive to businesses and generate billions in capacity investments.

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A Heartwarming Project Action Grant Recipient, Noel, Created “Thank You” Baskets for Local Veterans

3BL Media

SOURCE: The Hershey Company. DESCRIPTION: With help from a Heartwarming Project Action Grant, Noel and other student volunteers created "thank you" baskets for local veterans. Teens can receive a $250 grant to help strengthen and support their community. Apply by December 31, 2022. . Tweet me: With help from a @HersheyCompany Heartwarming Project Action Grant, Noel and other student volunteers created "thank you" baskets for local veterans.

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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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Author Talks: A toolbox for social change

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Cofounder of Candid and former GuideStar CEO Jacob Harold details the tools—from design thinking to game theory—that organizations can use to optimize their social-impact work.

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2023 Social Impact, CSR and Sustainability Conferences Guide

3BL Media

SOURCE: Realized Worth. DESCRIPTION: It's finally here. your 2023 Conferences Guide! Explore this comprehensive list of CSR, Social Impact and Sustainability Conferences at the link below to start planning your 2023 calendar. The guide is updated regularly with new events and registration details, so you'll want to bookmark this one! Have an event that isn't listed already?

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Top Five 2022 highlights from Cisco IoT Industrial Networking

Cisco CSR

2022 has been a year of acceleration for digitization of physical infrastructure. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has helped our customers around the globe in transforming industries like manufacturing, ports, mining, transportation, utilities, and public sector. As we reflect on the last year, there’s a lot to be proud of. Let’s look at some key moments and see what we achieved together.

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CNH Industrial Hosts Sustainability Session at Tech Day 2022

3BL Media

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: At its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona, CNH Industrial outlined its commitment to sustainably advancing the noble work of agriculture and construction workers. Speakers highlighted the Company’s progress in three key areas. Stefano Fiorati, Head of Zero Emission & Advanced Drivetrain, focused on Alternative fuels , and how they are critically important to unlocking an on-farm circular economy.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Podcast: Matter upgrades aren’t ready for prime time

Stacey Higginbotham

We tried Matter for the first time late last week , and have a lot to share with our listeners about what we and other journalists learned through the process. The early verdict is that most people should not update for a while because the process is tedious at best and downright frustrating at worst. But if you want to update, we provide tips. Then we focus on a story about iRobot’s Roomba vacuums that shows how a larger ecosystem of tech partners are taking device data and potentially sh

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How Boston Scientific Celebrates the Spirit of Giving All Year Round

3BL Media

SOURCE: Boston Scientific. DESCRIPTION: The months of November and December, with all their holidays and celebrations, have come to be known as a season of giving around the world. At Boston Scientific, though, giving back is made a priority all year long. With help from the company’s Global Community Engagement team, employees are empowered to donate their time, talent and resources to address the most pressing needs around them in three focus areas: health, education and supporting communities

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Does America Need a Renaissance of Civic Virtue? – Thursday, January 19

Caux Round Table

Professor Emeritus Doran Hunter, a member of our board, has proposed that the Republic of the United States of America needs a renaissance – a rebirth – of civic virtue. I agree. Please join me and Doran for lunch at noon on Thursday, January 19 at Landmark Center in St. Paul. Doran’s thesis is that in the beginning – ad fontes as leaders of the Italian Renaissance directed – private virtue was proposed as the foundation of a just society, economy and polity.

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Tis The Season For Corporate Cause Ads - And I'm Glad!

3BL Media

By: David Hessekiel. SOURCE: Subaru of America. DESCRIPTION: That’s an impressive number, but kudos for re-upping the biggest and longest-running year-end automotive charity program once again goes to Subaru for its incredible Share The Love program. Now entering its 15th year of linking donations to vehicle sales, Subaru expects that Share The Love will break the cumulative $250 million donation mark this year.

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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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HR’s new operating model

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Interviews with more than 100 chief human resources officers and people leaders reveal how the HR operating model is changing to drive value in a volatile business environment.

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Black & Veatch to Deliver Seawater Desalination Plant in Indonesia Saving Precious Fresh Water Resources at World's Largest Designed Single Line Copper Smelter

3BL Media

The plant will produce over 1,400 cubic meter per hour (m3/hr) of desalinated seawater to support PT Freeport Indonesia’s new copper smelter and refinery. SOURCE: Black & Veatch. DESCRIPTION: JAKARTA, Indonesia , December 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ – PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has appointed Black & Veatch to design and manage the delivery of a seawater desalination plant for its Manyar Smelter in East Java, Indonesia, as part of its sustainable development commitments.

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UK Awards Over £80 Million to Projects Converting Waste to Sustainable Jet Fuel

ESG Today

The UK’s Department for Transport announced today that it has awarded more than £80 million to a series of projects aimed at producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from sources including household and commercial waste, and industrial waste gases. The largest awards included a £27 million grant to UK-based sustainable fuels technology company Velocys, for its Altalto Sustainable Aviation Fuel project in Immingham, UK, which will convert black bin bag waste into SAF, and £25 million to carbon c

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Abbott Receives Three CES 2023 Innovation Awards for Advancements in Health Technology

3BL Media

SOURCE: Abbott. DESCRIPTION: The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) awards Abbott multiple CES 2023 Innovation Awards for industry-leading health technologies. Abbott's Aveir™ single-chamber (VR) leadless pacemaker, Proclaim™ Plus SCS system, Alinity® m Monkeypox PCR test honored. Other recent Abbott innovation honors include Abbott's FreeStyle Libre® technology named the best medical technology in the last 50 years by the Galien Foundation.

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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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New study models the transmission of foreshock waves towards Earth

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

As the supersonic solar wind surges towards Earth, its interaction with our planet's magnetic field creates a shock to deflect its flow, and a foreshock filled with electromagnetic waves. How these waves can propagate to the other side of the shock has long remained a mystery.

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Emerging Sustainability & ESG Topics Garner More Audience Attention in Q4

3BL Media

SOURCE: 3BL Media. DESCRIPTION: Consumers, investors, employees and other stakeholders are increasingly interested in the operational details and outcomes of company environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, according to recent data from 3BL Media, the leading distributor of corporate sustainability and ESG news, commentary, and content. “We’re seeing a shift in audience attention in the final months of 2022,” commented Dave Armon, CEO of 3BL Media.

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Black Hat Europe 2022 NOC: The SOC Inside the NOC

Cisco CSR

Our core mission in the NOC is network resilience. We also provide integrated security, visibility and automation, a SOC inside the NOC. In part one , we covered: Designing the Black Hat Network, by Evan Basta. AP Placement Planning, by Sandro Fasser. Wi-Fi Air Marshal, by Jérémy Couture, Head of SOC, Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Meraki Dashboards, by Rossi Rosario Burgos.

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Entergy Nuclear Volunteers Ensure No Child Goes Hungry at the Holidays

3BL Media

Jackson headquarters employees donate food to North Jackson Elementary School. SOURCE: Entergy Corporation. DESCRIPTION: JACKSON, Miss., December 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Entergy Nuclear headquarters team has partnered with its adopted school, North Jackson Elementary School, this holiday season to fight childhood hunger. Entergy employees donated hundreds of cans of food and other non-perishable items, which will be provided to parents and their children to ensure proper nutrition during the

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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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Greif Announces New Sustainability Targets

Environment + Energy Leader

Greif, an industrial packaging products and services company, has announced new sustainability targets which will reinforce the company’s commitment to building a more sustainable and equitable future. The post Greif Announces New Sustainability Targets appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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The Home Depot Foundation Surprises Atlanta's Mary Hall Freedom Village With $100,000 To Support Homeless Veterans

3BL Media

SOURCE: The Home Depot. DESCRIPTION: This holiday season, The Home Depot Foundation surprised Atlanta-based nonprofit partner, Mary Hall Freedom Village (MHFV), with $100,000 to support local women veterans transitioning out of homelessness. The grant will support MHFV’s new family services center, which will offer career development, childcare, veteran housing and numerous other health and wellness services.

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Southeast US Battery Storage Projects Add 150 MW for Grid Reliability

Environment + Energy Leader

Origis Energy and Mitsubishi Power Americas are partnering to add the energy systems at three solar sites. The post Southeast US Battery Storage Projects Add 150 MW for Grid Reliability appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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How Do You Cultivate an Innovative Mindset? Invest in Education.

3BL Media

By John Sampson. SOURCE: DOW. SUMMARY: The challenges facing our local and global communities are complex and interconnected, and we know solutions to these challenges will require ideas fueled by creative innovators. DESCRIPTION: Imagine Better by investing in Education. As we live through the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), we are experiencing social and technological change at an exponential pace.

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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.