A dream team for ocean carbon capture?
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2023
A group of former Google, SolarCity and Tesla executives in April snagged $20 million in what is being called the largest ocean-based carbon removal investment to date.
Wed.May 03, 2023
432 
A year after “climate election”, Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit record $57 billion
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
New report says fossil fuel subsidies to hit record $57 billion, just a year after so-called "climate election". The post A year after “climate election”, Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit record $57 billion appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Join 5,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
LinkedIn calls for green upskilling as demand for sustainability roles grows
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2023
New data reveals demand in the green labor market is accelerating faster than supply, fueling fears of a sustainability skills bottleneck.
Teck needs to figure out how to transition out of the coal business
Corporate Knights
MAY 3, 2023
It has been an intense few weeks for Teck Resources, as Canada’s largest diversified mining company faces an existential fork in the road. With a takeover lurking in the wings, the company must now figure out how to transition out of its 20-million-tonnes-a-year coal business. The proposed takeover of Vancouver-based Teck, a company recognized as a sustainability leader, by Swiss mining giant Glencore PLC, a company saddled with a history of human rights, bribery and environmental problems,
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Giga-scale desert region solar plants may have positive climate impact
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
Gigawatt-scale solar projects planned for China’s Gobi Desert and other arid regions could have significant positive climate impacts, scientists find. The post Giga-scale desert region solar plants may have positive climate impact appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Organic Valley’s farmer program prioritizes insetting
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2023
The dairy co-op expands a pilot carbon insetting program to its entire 34-state supply chain.
Sign up to get articles personalized to your interests!
ESG Impact Zone brings together the best content for ESG professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
More Trending
From pledges to plans to achieve net zero
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2023
Sponsored: Ball Corporation’s chief sustainability officer, Ramon Arratia, discusses the company’s detailed plan to reach its decarbonization goals.
Bandt says Australia is “petrol state” dealing with “last gasp” of gas lobby
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
Federal Labor must make crucial decisions on role of gas – and powerful fossil fuel lobby – or miss the opportunity to electrify Australia, Greens say. The post Bandt says Australia is “petrol state” dealing with “last gasp” of gas lobby appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A Guide to Different Types of Solar Panels
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 3, 2023
As concerns about climate change continue to mount, many individuals and communities are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and adopt more sustainable practices. Solar power is a key component of this effort.
Extend the RET: Wind industry giants call for reboot of federal renewables incentive
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
CEC and Acciona call for extension to federal Renewable Energy Target as Australia struggles to compete in the global clean energy race. The post Extend the RET: Wind industry giants call for reboot of federal renewables incentive appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?
Advertisement
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.
ADB Launches Program to Mobilize up to $15 Billion in Climate Finance in Developing Countries
ESG Today
MAY 3, 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Tuesday the launch of the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific (IF-CAP), a new program aimed at mobilizing as much as $15 billion in financing to fund climate-focused projects in Asia and Pacific countries. The ADB is a regional multilateral development bank that provides loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments aimed at promoting social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific, and to eradicate e
Wind industry begins recycling drive to stop 599 ageing turbines going to landfill
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
Australia is looking to solve a major landfill problem as a quarter of the country's farms approach the end of their design life. The post Wind industry begins recycling drive to stop 599 ageing turbines going to landfill appeared first on RenewEconomy.
SwitchBot Hub 2 and BlindTilt: Matter tested and approved
Stacey Higginbotham
MAY 3, 2023
Although we’ve loved the smart home approach SwitchBot has taken, I’ve never actually used its products. The company makes some “mechanical” solutions with smarts, such as a connected light switch flipper and automated blinds that turn the old-style blind rods. I took the latter of those products for a spin, along with the SwitchBot Hub 2, which now has Matter support.
Sharpe says she wants to accelerate NSW renewable and storage roadmap
Renew Economy
MAY 3, 2023
New energy minister Penny Sharpe praises work of Matt Kean and says she is looking to accelerate the state's renewable and storage roadmap. The post Sharpe says she wants to accelerate NSW renewable and storage roadmap appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
SDSN Commemorates International Year of Millets
Sustainable Development Network
MAY 3, 2023
The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) and named the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the lead agency for celebrating the Year in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders. The objective of IYM 2023 is to raise awareness of, and direct policy attention to, the socio-cultural, nutritional, and environmental benefits of millet cultivation.
Australia talking renewables at Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2023 while new gas projects launch
John Englart
MAY 3, 2023
Senator Jenny McAllister at Petersberg Climate DialogueThe Petersberg Climate dialogue is ocurring in Berlin, Germany over 2-3 May 2023. About 40 countries are represented. Australia is represented by Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy.
On the verge of a digital banking revolution in the Philippines
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 3, 2023
As regulators encourage new players to enter the digital financial services sector, firms that take the initiative can gain an early advantage in one of the world’s largest greenfield markets.
Investors Confront Barclays at AGM Over Oil & Gas Financing
ESG Today
MAY 3, 2023
A coalition of investors, coordinated by responsible investing NGO ShareAction, urged UK bank Barclays at its annual general meeting today to end its financing of new oil and gas projects, and to provide more details on the bank’s plan to assess its clients’ climate transition plans. Institutional investors represented by ShareAction in its statement included AkademikerPension, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Brunel Pension Partnership, Candriam, Ethos Foundation, Ethos Engagement Pool International, Falk
What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?
Advertisement
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
West Virginia PSC report calls for disallowing $203M in AEP cost recovery over low coal plant usage
Utiliity Dive
MAY 3, 2023
Appalachian Power Co. and Wheeling Power failed to take steps to run three coal plants at a 69% capacity factor, a level set by state regulators, according to a report released Friday.
The Brief: Investing in reproductive care, gender lens on fintech, clean cookstove acquisition, long-duration batteries, Chicago’s muni impact investors
Impact Alpha
MAY 3, 2023
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Investing in Health Opportunities for impact investors to champion reproductive care after Dobbs. The legal battles over access. The post The Brief: Investing in reproductive care, gender lens on fintech, clean cookstove acquisition, long-duration batteries, Chicago’s muni impact investors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
2023 Cisco Partner Innovation Challenge is LIVE!
Cisco CSR
MAY 3, 2023
This year marks the sixth annual global Cisco Partner Innovation Challenge and our continued celebration of the extraordinary innovative talent within our partner community.
From start-up to scale-up: Accelerating growth in construction technology
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 3, 2023
To achieve scale, founders, executives, and investors in construction technology need to eliminate the barriers to efficient growth. Here’s how.
What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?
Advertisement
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.
EU Lawmakers Propose Ban on Generic Environmental Claims to Protect Consumers from Greenwashing
ESG Today
MAY 3, 2023
The European Council announced today the adoption of its negotiating position on new proposed rules requiring companies to substantiate and verify their environmental claims and labels, aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing, which includes a ban on generic environmental claims, such as ‘eco-friendly’, ‘green’, or ‘climate neutral.’ The Council’s position follows the release of the proposed “Directive on Green Claims” by the EU Commission in March 2023.
Insurer of the future: Are Asian insurers keeping up with AI advances?
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 3, 2023
AI’s potential for competitive advantages remains largely unrealized in the Asian insurance industry. There is a framework for success: invest in AI not discretely but across the value chain.
State regulators, others urge FERC to reject PJM plan to delay upcoming capacity auctions
Utiliity Dive
MAY 3, 2023
“Halting the markets before the commission has all of the facts before it may actually serve to delay the energy market transition … and raise prices for consumers,” the Organization of PJM States said.
Massachusetts Water District Adds Solar, Battery Storage
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 3, 2023
Acton Water District is adding its second renewable energy project to help power its operations.
The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges
Advertisement
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.
'Devastating' fungal infections wiping out crops and threatening global food security, experts warn
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 3, 2023
Worldwide, growers lose between 10 and 23 per cent of their crops to fungal infection each year, despite widespread use of antifungals. An additional 10-20 per cent is lost post harvest. In a commentary in Nature, academics predict those figures will worsen as global warming means fungal infections are steadily moving polewards, meaning more countries are likely to see a higher prevalence of fungal infections damaging harvests.
Resilient Power Best Practices Document Prepares Critical Facilities for Disasters
Alternative Energy Mag
MAY 3, 2023
In partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Resilient Power Working Group (RPWG), muGrid Analytics participated in detailing the resilience best practices in clean energy for a variety of critical facilities and sites.
KKR Impact Fund Acquires Energy Efficient Data Center Cooling Solution Provider CoolIT
ESG Today
MAY 3, 2023
Global alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced today the acquisition of CoolIT Systems, a provider of energy efficient scalable liquid cooling systems for data centers. KKR’s investment in CoolIT was made through its Global Impact strategy , launched by the firm in 2018 to invest in companies with business models that provide commercial solutions to environmental or social challenges, particularly those contributing measurable progress toward one or more of the UN Sustainable
Commerce Department delays final decision in solar panel tariff case until August as battle brews in Congress
Utiliity Dive
MAY 3, 2023
“These inquiries pose numerous complex methodological issues for which Commerce requires more time to analyze,” the department wrote in an April 26 memo.
Supercharge Your ESG Content This Libra Season
Advertisement
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.
Let's personalize your content