Fri.Aug 12, 2022

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Tips on marketing sustainability without greenwashing

GreenBiz

PepsiCo sustainability and social impact market executive Maddy Kulkarni discusses her new book, “Social Impact Marketing,” a primer for building awareness of sustainable products and solutions.

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Danish group unveils second 3GW offshore wind project in WA, with 385 metre turbines

Renew Economy

Copenhagen Energy, an aspiring Danish renewable energy developer, has unveiled a second massive 3GW offshore wind project off the coast of Western Australia, this time off the coast of Kalbarri, some 500kms north of Perth. The unveiling of the Midwest Offshore Wind Project follows that of the Leeuwin offshore wind project to the south of […]. The post Danish group unveils second 3GW offshore wind project in WA, with 385 metre turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Coalition for Community Solar Access collaborates for community solar success

GreenBiz

An interview with CCSA chief executive and co-founder Jeff Cramer on accelerating community solar through business models and policies.

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Is the green tourism industry truly sustainable?

Corporate Knights

The frenzy of travel in the past several months has been marked by all manner of vacation chaos, thanks mainly to airport and airline staff shortages and the falling-dominos effect of delayed flights. From a sustainability perspective, all that flying likely undid the climate benefits that accrued during the plane-free skies in COVID’s first year – evidence that pent-up demand for travel still exerts a greater emotional tug than global warming.

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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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National order bans single-use plastics in national parks. Does it go far enough?

GreenBiz

What's worth celebrating, critiquing and waiting on.

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TCS Welcomes Top Mexican Students for a Behind the Scenes Look at the Company's Top Innovation Center

3BL Media

SOURCE: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). DESCRIPTION: Tata Consultancy Services was thrilled to welcome the winners of the Desafío Jóvenes Recrea STEAM competition from Jalisco, Mexico at our Silicon Valley Customer Collaboration Center on July 25th. The Collaboration Center is the base for TCS’ Next Gen Solutions, which applies the latest advances in software technology to real-world business problems that customers may face.

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Arrow Electronics and Play Like a Girl Teach Students About STEM Careers

3BL Media

SOURCE: Arrow Electronics. DESCRIPTION: NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Play Like a Girl, a non-profit that empowers girls to become leaders in the STEM workforce through the power of sports, provided 15 middle-school girls with a deep look inside the technology-rich world of high-performance INDYCAR racing prior to the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, Tenn.

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Episode 327: Meet carbontech startup Air Company

GreenBiz

In this episode, Gregory Constantine, co-founder and CEO of Air Company, talks growth plans for his startup. Plus, we debate deep-sea mining and the purpose of purpose.

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CNH Industrial's Sustainability Initiatives Recognised at UBS Forum's CSR Summit and Awards

3BL Media

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: CNH Industrial has been recognised yet again for its leading sustainability initiatives in India, winning an impressive four major prizes at the 2022 UBS Forum Corporate Social Responsibility Summit and Awards. The prestigious awards, now in their fifth edition, were held at the Grand Hyatt in Gurgaon and strive to recognise the significant social impacts made by corporations and NGOs across India.

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Count on Webex for your Data Locality and Sovereignty Needs

Cisco CSR

Covid has accelerated adoption of modern collaboration services by the public sector. While the switch to cloud provides a variety of benefits for hybrid work, it also raises concerns about exposing sensitive information that can be included in documents, whiteboards, meeting recordings, rosters, and attendee information used in collaboration. Global governments, Defense, and critical national infrastructure entities, as well as other regulated organizations, need to protect the personally ident

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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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Probably the Best Eco Beer Bottle in the World

3BL Media

By Ricardo Pengel. SOURCE: Acre. DESCRIPTION: Carlsberg Group has unveiled its largest pilot to date, an innovative fibre bottle which is lined with natural raw materials. The trial will see 8,000 fully recyclable bottles rolled out across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, Poland, Germany and France to stakeholders at select festivals and events, and product sampling will also be offered.

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Exploring Default Docker Networking Part 1

Cisco CSR

Following up on my last blog post where I explored the basics of the Linux ‘ip’ command , I’m back with a topic that I’ve found both interesting and a source of confusion for many people: container networking. Specifically, Docker container networking. I knew as soon as I decided on container networking for my next topic that there is far too much material to cover in a single blog post.

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Investing in Community Prosperity Through STEM Summer Camps

3BL Media

By Lea M. Baylis - Corporate Community Engagement Manager. SOURCE: Keysight Technologies. DESCRIPTION: August 12th is International Youth Day, a great day to highlight issues impacting the youth of today. How can we support the younger generations and the leaders of tomorrow? A crucial issue impacting youth around the world is access to quality education.

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The ten rules of growth

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Empirical research reveals what it takes to generate value-creating growth today.

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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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Franklin Templeton's Employees Engage in Local Events to Give Back to the Community

3BL Media

SOURCE: Franklin Templeton. DESCRIPTION: This June, Franklin Templeton again celebrated Impact Days, the firm's global month of service led by its global volunteering program, Involved. After two years of the pandemic, the firm's Global Citizenship team said, “HELLO volunteers!” and invited colleagues around the world to join in person for the longstanding company tradition of volunteering.

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IoT news of the week for August 12, 2022

Stacey Higginbotham

Arlo is making this subscription thing work: Last fall I wrote about Arlo’s financials and wondered if the connected camera company could make it as a stand-alone business by forcing customers to pay for monthly subscriptions. It seems it’s doing well based on its results posted this week. During its second quarter, its annual recurring revenue hit $117 million, up 117% from the same period last year.

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Bread Financial Supports American Red Cross Humanitarian Mission Through Annual Disaster Giving Program

3BL Media

Share on LinkedinShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via email Pledge of ongoing support enables Red Cross to prepare for and respond to disasters of all sizes. SOURCE: Bread Financial. DESCRIPTION: COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 12, 2022/3BL Media/ - The Central & Southern Ohio Region of the American Red Cross recognizes Bread Financial, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, for increasing its annual support to Red Cross Disaster Relief through the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) with a gift of

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First Code… Then Infrastructure as Code… Now Notes as Code!

Cisco CSR

First, let me say how we take notes and what tools we use are admittedly a personal preference and decision. Hopefully, we are doing it, however! Most of us are creatures of habit and comfort – we want it simple and effective. When we put that developer hat on as part of our DevOps/SRE or AppDev roles it’s optimal when we can combine our code development environment, or IDE, with a tool that we take notes in.

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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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Pizza Hut Delivery and Hatch Enterprise Launch New Grant Scheme

3BL Media

The grantees will be selected based on the impact the funding will have on their business, as well as the social and environmental outputs of the project. SOURCE: Yum! Brands. DESCRIPTION: Pizza Hut Delivery and Hatch Enterprise are moving their New Founder Programme partnership into the next phase with the introduction of a grant opportunity for participants.

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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

Envirotec Magazine

Cooling towers at Drax, North Yorkshire (image credit: Shutterstock.com / Phil Silverman). Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.

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Boeing and MIT Commit Research Project to Help Decarbonize Aerospace

3BL Media

SOURCE: Boeing. SUMMARY: - Collaboration focuses on research that will inform a more sustainable aerospace future - Announcement builds on existing relationships between researchers at Boeing and MIT to combat climate change. DESCRIPTION: FARNBOROUGH, England, August 12, 2022 /3BL Media/ — Recently Boeing [NYSE: B.A.] announced a three-year project, called Pathways to Sustainable Aviation with MIT to evaluate technical and economic factors that contribute to a more sustainable aerospace future.

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People and places: How and where to work next

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Selling, general, and administrative functions are integral to your organization’s success. What’s the best place for those people to work?

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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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Tackling Our Societal Challenges Together

3BL Media

SOURCE: Bayer. DESCRIPTION: Social inequality in our world is growing and is exacerbated by challenges such as climate change and pandemics. Access to adequate health care or sufficient and quality food is limited for many parts of the world's population. At Bayer, we want to contribute to a world where everyone has access to enough food and can live a healthy life.

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The Arctic Is Warming 4 Times Faster Than Rest of the World – and More Quickly Than Previously Thought

Impakter

Impakter. The Arctic Is Warming 4 Times Faster Than Rest of the World – and More Quickly Than Previously Thought. That the Arctic has been warming faster than the rest of the world in previous decades is no news; as a group of Finish scientists writes in their new study, this is “considered a robust fact” nowadays and the phenomenon even has a name: Arctic amplification.

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Stewards of Life Out Here: Water, Waste and Recycling

3BL Media

2021 Sustainability Report. SOURCE: Tractor Supply. DESCRIPTION: Our vision for the world starts with being good stewards of the land. It’s a common belief of Tractor Supply and our customers that we need to be good stewards of the land and our natural resources so that future generations can enjoy Life Out Here. This desire to protect our natural resources for our children and grandchildren is what drives Tractor Supply to enable our customers to live sustainably in the communities that we serv

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How not to solve the climate change problem

Environmental News Bits

by Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland When politicians talk about reaching “net zero” emissions, they’re often counting on trees or technology that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What they don’t mention is just how much these proposals or geoengineering would cost to allow the world to continue burning fossil fuels. There are … Continue reading How not to solve the climate change problem.

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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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Gas Ops Delights West Deptford Children With Important Safety Message

3BL Media

SOURCE: Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). DESCRIPTION: Recently, about two dozen youngsters got a glimpse of what it’s like to work in PSE&G Gas Ops and learned about natural gas safety during the West Deptford Safety Town Camp. “The children were all very attentive to the presentation and we could tell by their answers to our prompts that they were really picking up the information we were giving them,” said Chelsey Van Heest, Gas Ops process analyst.

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Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science

Environmental News Bits

Jessica Espenshade, Adam Reimer and Lekha Knuffman (2022). “Increasing agricultural conservation outreach through social science.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 77 (4) 56A-59A; DOI: [link] Abstract: The sustainability challenges facing US agriculture now are more complex and challenging than the technological and productivity challenges of the previous century (Batie 2009).

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Illumina Ranked as One of the 50 Smartest Companies in China 2021

3BL Media

SOURCE: Illumina. DESCRIPTION: Illumina was named as one of the 50 Smartest Companies in China 2021 by MIT Technology Review. This is the sixth consecutive time Illumina has been included on the list. The innovation in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and relentless efforts to combat COVID-19 worldwide contributed to Illumina’s inclusion.

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The Inflation Reduction Act: A 'ground-breaking' climate deal

Environmental Finance

The proposed US bill could have a transformative effect on low-carbon investment, with implications for credit ratings, Michael Hurley writes

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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.