GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It’s rare to find a company that perfectly closes the loop, but it’s valuable to embrace the diversity of circular solutions.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Planning approval given for 2,000 MWh battery in Collie that could double in size and will be used to soak up solar and shift it to the evening peaks, replacing coal. The post Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The state alleges PepsiCo misled the public about the damage caused by single-use plastics.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

At the COP28 climate summit this week, Canada released its much-anticipated draft regulations for oil and gas methane, which are expected to result in a more than 75% reduction in methane emissions by 2030. As national and international policies impel fossil fuel companies to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG), and as lower-carbon energy products become increasingly competitive, it’s important for the public to have accurate information about companies’ emissions.

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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.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The regulatory landscape is quickly shifting, from the recent passage of California’s SB 253 and 261 to updates to SBTi FLAG emissions reporting. These new regulations will soon have implications for large companies doing business in the state.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY, December 8, 2023 /3BL/ — KeyBank has awarded a $100,000 grant to Utah Food Bank to expand the organization’s Culturally Responsive Food Project. The project allows the organization to identify, track and distribute culturally familiar foods to communities in need throughout Salt Lake County communities, and eventually state-wide. Since its founding in 1904 under the name of Salt Lake Charity Association, Utah Food Bank has remained committed to serving Utah citizens in need.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Originally published by the Catholic Standard To kick off the season of giving, Catholic Charities of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and Pepco on Tuesday, Nov. 21 served a sit-down Thanksgiving meal and distributed winter coats to those who are homeless or hungry.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A challenge among three housemates to identify species around their inner-Brisbane home has resulted in an academic research paper, showcasing the rich biodiversity in urban landscapes.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Sold exclusively at Albertsons Companies, Extending Smiles flowers by debi lilly design™ make a difference one bouquet at a time. This program supports various causes and charities, and in 2023 enabled donations to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Trinity Health, Homes for our Troops, and Family Promise. Every Extending Smiles bouquet purchase includes a $0.75 donation to charity and has raised over $1 million for those in need since 2019.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Record breaking marine heatwaves will cause devastating mass coral bleaching worldwide in the next few years, according to a coral reef scientist.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Originally published by KFC PLANO, Texas, December 8, 2023 /3BL/ - KFC announced key milestone store openings with two new restaurants in Haryana, India and Bucharest, Romania, as KFC expands in markets across the world. A new KFC opens somewhere in the world every 3.5 hours and in 2024, KFC plans to enter its 150 th country. This global growth is fueled by KFC's mission to serve feel-good food, at scale, through inclusive, equitable and sustainable business practices.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lawmakers in the European Parliament and Council announced today that they have reached a provisional agreement to strengthen the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), aimed at reducing energy use and emissions in buildings, with revisions including a phase out of fossil fuel boilers, as well as a target for all new buildings to be zero emission by 2030.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

On December 10, 2023, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It’s a day to honor and remember the universality and indivisibility of human rights. For this occasion, I sat down with SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid and Stephanie Raabe, human rights officer at SAP, to explore what role enterprises including SAP play, what’s new in the company’s recently updated human rights commitment statement, and what trends and challenges both see for hum

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Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Last year, Cisco introduced Partnering for Purpose , where innovation and business goals with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives were highlighted to benefit partners and their… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A determined group of people will brave the freezing night at McDonald Park in Kamloops, BC on Dec. 8. They’re not homeless, but they want to put a spotlight on youth homelessness. A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) , a non-profit organization, has organized an annual Campout to End Youth Homelessness since 2017 to promote awareness around the issues of youth homelessness, and raise funds to support youth programs.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying homes and infrastructure, and creating air pollution. In order to properly forecast and manage wildfires, managers need to understand wildfire risk and allocate resources accordingly.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) has today announced that it will be collaborating with Nike in order to help displaced young people find belonging through sport. The ORF and Nike have entered into an agreement, which includes making a financial contribution dedicated to supporting the ORF in its work to ensure displaced women and girls benefit from safe sport through the ORF’s flagship Terrains d’Avenir programme in Paris.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world including for daily food packaging, shopping bags and reagent bottles, and the researchers say that while recycling of PE is still in early development, it could be an untapped resource for re-use.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas, December 8, 2023 /3BL/ - Local real estate developers, community partners and residents celebrated the grand opening of Cowan Place Senior Living. It was built with the assistance of a $750,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas through one of its members, Texas Capital Bank in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  Science was back on the curriculum at COP28, followed by cautious optimism about the response to the Global Stocktake. Siding with science – The week in Dubai started with a row about a row. COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber found it necessary to emphasise his commitment to science , after an ill-tempered webinar circulated in which he said there was no scientific evidence to suggest 1.5°C would be reache

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

ROCHESTER, N.Y. , December 8, 2023 /3BL/ - Paychex, Inc. , a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, employee benefits, insurance services, and payroll, today shared the results of the annual Priorities for Business Leaders survey, which highlight a diverse set of challenges America’s business owners and HR leaders are expecting to face in 2024 – and nearly all (98%) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve them.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Marine organisms play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it in organic matter that sinks to the deep ocean where it can be stored for long periods of time. Until now, this process -- the biological carbon pump -- was thought to be particularly efficient in oxygen-poor areas.

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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.

3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Originally published in Scaling Circularity: Novelis 2023 Sustainability Report Our carbon neutral by 2050 goal demonstrates our long-term commitment and is the pinnacle of our sustainability journey. To further our progress in the near-term, we set a target to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 30% by FY26 from a FY16 baseline. We calculate our absolute Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 (Category 1 and Category 4) emissions in line with the guidance of the GHG Protocol.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2023

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? General practitioners. Agents of Impact are getting pretty good at structuring deals, raising capital, measuring impact – and sharing. The post The Week in Impact Investing: The How appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Originally published on HARMAN Newsroom HARMAN’s Automotive division has been recognized with numerous industry accolades on our continued journey of delivering consumer experiences at an automotive grade, and the momentum continued in 2023! HARMAN Automotive creates road-ready products for a safer, personalized, and more connected in-vehicle experience, and our commitment to quality has never wavered.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The numbers tell the story: overall attendance at COP28 is up threefold from last year – and the number of fossil fuel lobbyists. The post A tale of two COP28s with Marilyn Waite and Dawn Lippert appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.

3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By Nestor Mato The scenarios are make-believe, but the lessons are of real value. Regions associates kicked off November by holding events that gave youth a reality check. Regions Next Step Reality Check is an interactive and engaging way for students to learn about building and balancing a budget. The goal is to make the assigned decisions during the course and complete the experience with a budget surplus.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A recent study has revealed that an unlikely event, occurring over 12 million years ago played an important role in shaping one of Canada's most damaging invasive species. Zebra and quagga mussels, belonging to the Dreissenid family, are widespread freshwater invasive species throughout North America that present a significant danger to native ecosystems by competing for resources.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Read Green digital solutions for corporate biodiversity action By Gaya Herrington , VP Sustainability Research at the Schneider Electric TM Sustainability Research Institute This follow-up paper to “The Why, What, and How of Corporate Biodiversity Action” dives into what concrete biodiversity action can look like when it is bolstered by the clear business trend of technological disruption.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A research team has concluded that China will be the first country worldwide to become independent of the need to mine the raw materials which are essential for batteries. They have also established that this development could be accelerated in all the regions they looked at -- including the USA and Europe.

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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.