GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Companies disclosing environmental impacts through CDP now account for more than two-thirds of global market capitalization.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Cult Food Science is taking on the food system, with sustainability and ethics in mind and cellular agriculture as its guiding light. The first publicly traded company of its kind in North America, the investment company boasts a portfolio of early-stage cultured protein products, including GOOD Meat, the first lab-grown chicken to receive regulatory approval in Singapore and the United States.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Nemo Equipment’s gear for camping and conquering mountains aims to prevent mountains of waste.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Market operator says Australia's main grid breaks renewable energy production record for the second time this week - both on working days. The post Australia’s main grid hits new renewable energy record – on another weekday appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, October 20, 2023 /3BL/– LyondellBasell announced it has acquired a 50% stake in Rodepa Vastgoed B.V., the holding company of De Paauw Sustainable Resources (“DPSR”). The Dutch plastic waste recycling company is involved in the sourcing, processing and trading of post-consumer and post-industrial plastic packaging waste. DPSR operates production facilities located in Hengelo and Enschede, the Netherlands, with an annual processing capacity equivalent to the amount of plast

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Urban environments have become hotspots for understanding how rapid evolution occurs in response to extreme environmental changes. These habitats exert selective pressures on resident organisms that impact their evolutionary trajectories. Recently, researchers investigated how the creeping woodsorrel plant might adapt in response to elevated temperatures that result from urbanization.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2023

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Positive externalities. What’s in a name? When we launched ImpactAlpha almost a decade ago, we wanted to cut. The post The Week in Impact Investing: The Alpha in Impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Discovery Education, worldwide edtech leader, and Comcast released a new study showing that U.S. schools are well-positioned to help families get online with low-cost, high-speed Internet options through the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). However, the study also found that educators lack centralized resources and direct support necessary to successfully overcome barriers to the digital divide.

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Cisco CSR

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For more than twenty years, Deloitte and Cisco have been dedicated to creating meaningful results for our mutual clients in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LONDON, October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, hosted a panel on improving the representation of women in the technology sector and the link between diversity and innovation at the Women in Business and Tech Expo in London. The company also hosted a roundtable on building career confidence.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some leading indicators improved, though outlook still fragile; confidence stable but consumers lean toward saving; inflation and trade volumes continue downward trend.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As originally published by GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative Where We’ve Been.And Where We’re Going A timeline of key reports, resources, and a selection of recent highlights. Timeline: Venture Forward Microbusiness Reports Over the years, we’re proud to have published and partnered on key reports. Select any listed below to download. 2020 Venture Forward Microbusiness Reports: Executive Summary : A New Measure of Digital Participation Summer 2020 : Venture Forward Report Fall 2020 :

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Ron Shaich, founder of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain, explains why discovery, innovation, and transformation pave the way to success.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Originally published on TriplePundit Big tech companies are looking for ways to differentiate in a hyper-competitive landscape amid economic headwinds that caused tech giants to lose a combined market value of around $2.5 trillion in 2022. Rather than seeing that as an excuse to cut programs that might seem ancillary to the bottom line, like those related to sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, many tech leaders see ESG as critical as ever to their business in 20

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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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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Social entrepreneur Tyler Norris champions health advocacy through a wide range of leadership roles and global initiatives aimed at advancing physical, mental, social, and spiritual health for all.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Energized by Edison By Jaivon Grant ENERGIZED by Edison Writer The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden has helped more than 14,000 underserved students from schools in lower-income communities with limited resources for environmental education. In September, Southern California Edison volunteers traversed 127 acres of the Arboretum gardens, where staff provided information on specific sustainable gardening techniques, including lasagna mulching, weeding and planting.

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Cisco CSR

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As businesses aim to improve the customer experience and also run more smoothly, they’re turning to software solutions that supercharge their digital transformation.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Originally published on Principal.com Principal ® Foundation, a nonprofit supporting areas locally and globally where Principal Financial Group ® does business, announced 17 finalists for its inaugural national short story contest that invited people to share short stories around lived experiences with money. The contest is part of Money Chronicles: A Story Initiative , a new program from Principal Foundation that uses the power of storytelling to help destigmatize and encourage conversations ab

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hybrid work has left oceans of cubicles vacant—and had ripple effects on retail and residential neighborhoods as well. What’s the fate of real estate in a hybrid future?

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Originally posted on USAToday.com Do employees today wake up in the morning feeling excited about going to work? Sadly, the answer is likely no. In 2022, only 32% of employees were engaged on the job and that number has fluctuated with the increase of remote work. Since the pandemic, the business landscape has changed dramatically for organizations and their employees.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Climate tech startup Overstory announced that it has raised $14 million, with proceeds aimed at helping the company develop its AI-based product to reduce the risk of wildfires and power outages. Founded in 2018, Amsterdam-based Overstory offers predictive AI-based technology for utilities that provides tree-level insights about vegetation, to help mitigate wildfires, protect biodiversity, and enable informed decision making about natural resources.

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Development 85

3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The chief financial officer of CEMEX, Maher Al-Haffar, joins Workiva’s Mandi McReynolds to examine how ESG is influencing the office of the CFO. Mandi and Maher discuss the pivotal role of CFOs at the intersection of sustainable finance and its potential impact on business and society. Listen Now Looking for more? Subscribe to the ESG Talk podcast on Apple , Spotify , Google , and YouTube.

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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.

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Doubling food production, saving water, and increasing carbon storage capacity -- this may sound paradoxical, but would be theoretically feasible considering the biophysical potential of the Earth. Reaching this goal, however, would require a radical spatial reorganization of land use.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Food insecurity is a complex issue impacting more than 33 million people in the United States, including 9.3 million children. As part of our Recipe for Change, we’re committed to fighting food insecurity at a local level, so all our neighbors can thrive. Each year our stores donate millions of pounds of food to local organizations that are on the front lines in the fight against hunger.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Researchers at Tampere University and the University of Eastern Finland have reached a milestone in a study where they derived a new kind of wave equation, which applies for accelerating waves. The novel formalism has turned out to be an unexpectedly fertile ground for examining wave mechanics, with direct connections between accelerating waves, general theory of relativity, as well as the arrow of time.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb., October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - More companies are turning to tree planting as a way to drive positive change in global communities, while simultaneously meeting their sustainability goals. In his latest piece as an official member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council , Arbor Day Foundation chief executive Dan Lambe discusses the unique, unifying power of tree planting in an increasingly divided world.

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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.

Cisco CSR

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Phishing is a problem that affects everyone, from the untrained to the highly skilled. It’s a problem that happens everywhere, from the office to the home.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Now October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - We’ve reached an inflection point in human history where our relationship with nature and the environment must change for the well-being of ourselves, and future generations. It’s critical that we understand the increasing environmental challenges affecting communities across the United States and globally—and how we can each take action to support nonprofits working towards solutions.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  In both the public and private sectors, this week saw incremental progress in support of sustainable investment objectives, rather than transformative changes. Reporting relief – Sighs of relief were audible around the European Parliament on Wednesday as MEPs endorsed the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, overcoming last-ditch efforts to derail them.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., October 20, 2023 /3BL/ –Springfield Boys & Girls Club (SBGS) has received a $10,000 charitable grant from KeyBank Foundation, the charitable foundation of KeyBank. The grant will support the club’s Brain Gain Program, an afterschool program designed to bolster appropriate grade-level reading skills for the inner city, at-risk children and youth served by the club.

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