Are carbon offsets a joke? A response to the comedian John Oliver
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
A mild, solar charged Sunday has delivered a new winter minimum operational demand low on Australia's main grid, AEMO says. The post Solar squeezes out coal to set new record low for demand on national grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
ProducePay teams up with Allcot to create a carbon crediting project designed for fruit and vegetable growers.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Oregon based Powin enters Australian storage market with deal to supply first three big battery projects of Akaysha Energy. The post US battery supplier Powin enters Australia market with 1.7GWh storage deal with Akaysha appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
Africa’s abundant solar and wind energy could make it a global hub for producing low-carbon hydrogen, the IEA says, but its residents still face access challenges.
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 30, 2022
With files from Rick Spence and Susanne Ruder. The glass ceiling at Canada’s greenest companies is getting pretty thin, and the women at the top have their sights set on climate change. “I personally don’t know of any senior leaders in Canada that don’t think [climate change] is a risk, and I couldn’t say that five years ago,” says Laura Zizzo, CEO of Manifest Climate.
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
AEMO puts out call for urgent efforts to ramp up construction of wind, solar, storage and new transmission lines to ensure capacity in place before coal exodus. The post Crunch time for grid: More wind, solar, storage and links urgently needed before coal exodus appeared first on RenewEconomy.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
Sponsored: The SEC regulation proposal includes mandatory Scope 3 reporting for enterprises. Find out what you can do to prepare and why you should not wait it out!
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
There is a multitude of skills shortages that could threaten the low-carbon transition, but one stands out as critical to Australia’s future prosperity. The post One skill shortage more than any is holding back Australia in the race to net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
As you do so, Ampibar and Booster™ stand ready to help. SOURCE: Booster Fuels. DESCRIPTION: Underground storage tanks — also referred to as USTs — store fuel at gas stations, fleet yards, businesses and more. Though long believed to be a necessary staple of the fueling industry, the growing amount of pollution related to aging and deteriorating USTs is harming communities.
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
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Norwegian energy giant leads €30m investment into Dutch large-scale flow battery storage company Elestor, which has eyes on the Australian market. The post Oil giant Equinor leads €30m investment in long duration flow battery storage company appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
Words by Ellen R. Delisio. SOURCE: TriplePundit. DESCRIPTION: Not many college students can say they saved a major multinational company time, money and space. A partnership between the engineering department at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (North Carolina A&T) and HanesBrands (HBI) is allowing senior industrial engineering majors to do just that by solving real-world organizational and time management problems for the clothing giant.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Snowy Hydro's owner and its contractor have both said Snowy 2.0 is delayed, but the market operator has not been told. Turns out it won't make much of a difference. The post Market operator not told of Snowy 2.0 delays, but it won’t be missed much appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 30, 2022
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) is a scalable application for managing Fibre Channel SAN. However, in some cases a single NDFC server may not be efficient. For example, it may be a better solution for large global environments to utilize a dedicated NDFC server for each region or department. But how do you get a centralized view of the global SAN infrastructure when using multiple instances of NDFC managing separate regions or departments?
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.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
CEC, engineers and unions says urgent action needed to solve jobs shortages that threaten to throttle Australia's green energy transition. The post CEC warns labour shortages could harm Australia’s green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 30, 2022
The higher education sector has a major role to play in the journey to Net Zero – both in terms of reducing its own environmental footprint and by helping to develop new climate technologies through applied research and co-innovation with industry. The convergence of digital and Net Zero is a new frontier for innovation and is another major driver for Universities digital transformation.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: SCS Global Services. DESCRIPTION: Water scarcity. Water stress. Water resilience. Climate crisis. Floods. Droughts. Fires. Water-related issues are headlined daily, and major reports back this up. The CDP Global Water Report (2020) informs us that, when it comes to water security, “The cost of inaction is five times the cost of action.”. CDP and Planet Tracker’s High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets , May 2022 report recognizes that “Water risk is already stranding assets a
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 30, 2022
There’s a myth about clouds that they are an easy button that magically makes complexity disappear. Sure, business runs better on the cloud and there are huge business and technical benefits to moving workloads and applications to the cloud. But the multi-cloud world is no panacea. In fact, managing the multi-cloud world is tough. The elasticity and flexibility that the cloud makes possible increases the complexities of operating and supporting clouds.
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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.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: Quest Diagnostics. DESCRIPTION: As the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, Quest stepped up and answered the call to play a central role in the national response to COVID-19. Since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, our nearly 50,000 employees have been working to meet evolving testing needs and to provide insights into disease trends through research partnerships.
Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 30, 2022
Apple's goal is carbon neutrality by 2030 and to create products that are also net zero by the same time. It also hopes to ensure its product supply chain only uses renewable electricity by 2030. . The post Apple Is Tackling Climate Change by Using Renewables, Increasing Recycling, Limiting Waste appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
“Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.”- Bill Watterson. SOURCE: Aflac Incorporated. DESCRIPTION: For Gabe and his mother, Jessica Brown, a sickle cell diagnosis was a call to action — to raise awareness of the disease and become a catalyst for change. Through social media, Jessica tells Gabe’s story, showcasing his vibrant personality, educating others on what a sickle cell diagnosis means, and creating an open dialogue that advocates for change in health care resources
Alternative Energy Mag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Image Science is a manufacturer and designer of varying optical test equipment. All of this is for assessing the quality level of both infrared and visible lenses.
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
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: Meta. DESCRIPTION: Sustainability. It’s a buzzword, it’s a big word. It can mean everything and nothing. But what does “sustainability” even mean today? And does it have the same meaning for everyone? In this episode, host Sophia Li sits down with climate change educator Ariel Maldonado and filmmaker and activist Anya Sastry to discuss what sustainability means to them, why this idea is so important, and why each of us needs to reframe our relationship with sustainability in order to wor
Stacey Higginbotham
AUGUST 30, 2022
When it comes to industrial IoT, it’s pretty clear that sustainability use cases are driving more investments , although a new report from Microsoft shows how ROI is still a bigger use case in industrial automation. The report, which was released earlier this month, also shows how far companies have come in adopting smart manufacturing, and anticipates that the next investments will be in digital twins, building connected products, and edge computing.
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: DICK'S Sporting Goods. SUMMARY: During 50 new trade-in events in 2022, DICK'S athletes can resell their used sports gear and receive a DICK'S e-gift card instantly for the value of their gear. DICK'S athletes can expect to find even more SidelineSwap events in 2023. DESCRIPTION: PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ -- DICK'S Sporting Goods and SidelineSwap , the world's largest online marketplace for new and used sporting goods, are expanding their partnership to offer a series of 50 ne
McKinsey Sustainabilty
AUGUST 30, 2022
In an interview at the M30 Mobility Summit, Navistar’s Michael Grahe shares his views on the latest developments in mobility.
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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
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: Tapestry, Inc. DESCRIPTION: As a brand for and by women, kate spade new york, along with its Foundation, has focused its social impact mission on empowering women and girls with a focus on mental health for over a decade. Together, the brand and Foundation supported more than 20 organizations reaching more than 12,000 women and girls in FY2021. k ate s pade n ew y ork has made a commitment to reach 100,000 women and girls by 2025 with access to empowerment and mental health resources, as
ESG Today
AUGUST 30, 2022
TD Asset Management (TDAM) announced today the launch of TD Global Carbon Credit Index ETF, a new exchange-traded fund aimed at offering investors exposure to the global carbon credit market. Demand for carbon offset projects that counteract the release of greenhouse gases, and related credits, is expected to increase significantly over the next several years, as companies and businesses increasingly launch net zero ambitions, and turn to offsets as a bridge to their own absolute emissions reduc
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: In Curitiba, Brazil, two of CNH Industrial’s brands, New Holland Agriculture and Banco CNH Industrial , are supporting the participation of around 720 high school students across four schools in the Crê-SER project. Crê-SER is led by the Gente de Bem Association , who believe that young people should be educated for today’s world through methods that are not limited to the classroom.
Alternative Energy Mag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided technical support to Network Rail throughout the supplier identification and negotiation process which has ultimately led its corporate power purchase agreement for 49.9MW of solar power from EDF Renewables UK.
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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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