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3 challenges for making global sustainability strategies local

GreenBiz

They say "all politics are local." So are effective sustainability strategies.

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The Importance of Sustainable Project Management in India

Green Project Management

Sustainable development has recently taken center stage for governments and organizations worldwide. India, one of the world’s major growing economies, has experienced significant social and environmental challenges due to its rapid industrialization and growing population. Therefore, sustainable project management is essential to achieve India’s sustainable development goals.

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Episode 362: Circularity, climate and the coronation

GreenBiz

This episode features conversations with Jon Smieja, vice president of Circularity at GreenBiz, and James Murray, editor in chief of BusinessGreen.

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FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets

Utiliity Dive

Power plants are retiring faster than they’re being replaced, according to FERC Commissioner Mark Christie. “The arithmetic doesn’t work,” he said at a Senate hearing Thursday.

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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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A skeptic's hope for packaging

GreenBiz

Key takeaways from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's annual Impact conference.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Basics

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? On the ground. There was no shortage of complex issues to dissect at this week’s Milken Global Conference, The post The Week in Impact Investing: Basics appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Nursing in 2023: How hospitals are confronting shortages

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Nearly a third of surveyed nurses still report an intent to leave their current jobs. Will hospitals’ efforts bend the curve?

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Accenture, Cervest Partner on AI-Powered Climate Risk Solutions

ESG Today

Global professional services firm Accenture announced a new collaboration with AI-powered climate intelligence (CI) platform Cervest, aimed at expanding Accenture’s climate-related consulting capabilities, and to provide with solutions to manage climate risk. Founded in 2016, Cervest offers solutions, based on its Earth Science AI data modeling and machine learning technology, that help companies, financial institutions and governments measure and assess climate risk and opportunities on global

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5 Uncommon Tips for IT Career Success

Cisco CSR

As an IT professional, I get requests for advice from individuals who want to break into the tech industry but who feel intimidated by the prospect. My response is always the same.

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Minnesota highway initiative goes national to advance co-located energy, communications buildout

Utiliity Dive

The NextGen Highways initiative in January secured funding from the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy to expand its advocacy for building transmission along public rights-of-way.

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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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Performance Food Group Pilots Electric Refrigerated Truck at ACT Expo

Environment + Energy Leader

Likewise, the implementation of the truck marks an important step toward new California regulations that require the adoption of zero-direct emission truck refrigeration technologies.

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VPPs provide same resource adequacy as gas peakers, large batteries at up to 60% less cost: study

Utiliity Dive

The study, conducted by The Brattle Group and funded by Google, found that virtual power plants could save consumers billions and are just as dependable as more traditional means of resource adequacy.

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Become a Network Troubleshooting Pro at Cisco Live

Cisco CSR

This blog was co-authored by Desiree Lindfield, Technical Education Content Developer. A user at PC1 logs a ticket stating that they’ve lost access to the 198.51.100.

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Near real-time data added to popular Sewage Map

Envirotec Magazine

Only Thames Water has released suitable data so far. Near-real time alerts of raw sewage discharges have been added to the interactive Sewage Map provided by charity The Rivers Trust, and the group is now calling for all water companies to make this kind of data publicly available. The layer shows which combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are discharging at any given moment, as well as those that have discharged within the last 48 hours.

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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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"Woman, Life, Freedom" in Iran -- and what it means for the rest of the world | Golshifteh Farahani

TEDxInnovations

In this poetic and moving reflection, actor, musician and activist Golshifteh Farahani honors those who have fought for "Woman, Life, Freedom" following Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of Iran's religious morality police. Calling upon our shared humanity, she urges everyone to take a stand against violence inflicted on innocent people around the world.

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Captura, AltaSea Plan Ocean Carbon Removal System at Port of Los Angeles

Environment + Energy Leader

Moreover, the partnership will also enable Captura to conduct technology development and ocean modeling work to guide feasibility studies for commercial facilities.

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How biotech and collaboration can enable sustainable animal production

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Animal production will continue to play an important role in feeding a growing world population. Biotechnology can help make it more sustainable, supporting a global path to net zero.

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Australia to Launch Net Zero Authority to Manage Climate Transition for Workers, Industry, Investors

ESG Today

The Australian Government announced today plans to legislate the establishment of a Net Zero Authority, responsible for guiding the country’s economic transformation to net zero emissions, including reskilling workers for the energy transition, and coordinating with industry and investors on transformation opportunities. The creation of the new authority follows the establishment into law by the Albanese government last year of Australia’s climate goals, including its targets to reduce greenhous

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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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AEP plans to sell competitive retail, distributed energy businesses in move to simplify, lower risks

Utiliity Dive

It is also considering selling transmission joint ventures to focus on its service territory, Julie Sloat, AEP president and CEO, said Thursday.

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EH2 Acquires Massachusetts Site for Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Production

Environment + Energy Leader

The facility will have a yearly manufacturing capacity of 1.2 gigawatts with production expected to begin early next year.

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Delivering Superior Calling Experience to Over 40M Users via Webex for BroadWorks

Cisco CSR

Hybrid works continues to be top of mind for many and organizations are working through how to provide a great experience for employees and customers.

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The Scope 3 challenge: Solutions across the materials value chain

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Addressing Scope 3 emissions across industries can be complex but has the potential to radically transform business models and create real business value.

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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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Arkema to Cut Emissions Across Value Chain by More than Half by 2030

ESG Today

Specialty materials producer Arkema announced today an update to its emissions reduction goals, raising its 2030 targets for both direct and indirect value chain emissions, following progress the company has made on its climate efforts since setting its initial targets last year. Arkema’s new climate goals include targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 48.5%, and Scope 3 emissions by 54% by 2030, on a 2019 basis.

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Author Talks: Why breaking the rules could help you defy the odds

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Creating a clever detour may bring greater rewards than taking the path of least resistance.

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Archaea in a warming climate become less diverse, more predictable

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Using a long-term multifactor experimental field site researchers showed that experimental warming of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem significantly altered the community structure of soil archaea and reduced their taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity.

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What can be the opportunities and Challenges for DISCOMs in India when any disruptive regulation, policy or technology comes.

Energy Central

What can be the opportunities and Challenges for DISCOMs in India when any disruptive regulation, policy or technology comes. Could anyone suggest me some case studies how UK, Australia and US DISCOMs solved their problems when any disruptive regulation, policy or technology comes.

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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.

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Single approach on wild horses

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Because contrasting societal views have created an approach that simultaneously manages horses on the range as wildlife, livestock and pets, current U.S. government programs are incapable of succeeding, according to researchers.

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The Present & Future of Real-Time Air Monitoring

Environment + Energy Leader

Why is it essential to public health that levels are assessed regularly?

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Archaeologists map hidden NT landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Scientists have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land in Australia. These ground-breaking methods showed how this important landscape in the Northern Territory was altered as sea levels rose about 8,000 years ago.

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The ESG world is turning more to private investments

Financial Times: Moral Money

For pension funds, endowments and family offices, there are more options beyond listed equities to make an impact

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How Will Virgo Season Impact Your ESG Communication?

3BL’s in-house experts merge the celestial wisdom of astrology with current environmental, social, governance (ESG) communication trends to offer a unique perspective and practical advice on sharing your company’s commitments effectively. 3BL’s new “Navigating ESG Comms through the Cosmos” series begins with Virgo season! In this edition, we delve into: How businesses have responded to environmental disasters over the past few months and why you can expect a continued focus on the climate crisis