Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2022

In the pursuit of its net-zero 2050 goal, Canada needs a rigorous strategy to require banks and other key financial system players, including Crown corporations, to fully align their operations with the country’s international climate commitments. To achieve that goal, Senator Rosa Galvez on March 24 introduced a private member’s bill that would hasten the transition of the financial sector to meet the challenges of the growing climate emergency. .

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

To act or not to act? Climate risks are outstripping clean energy transition anxieties for major corporations.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 24, 2022

Ørsted is exploring the use of Jet Suit paramedics to support staff working on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. The post Jet suits are being trialled for paramedics in offshore wind farm teams appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

In the first quarter of 2022 the large food companies that have made many commitments are backing them up with pilots and programs.

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: Rockwell Automation. DESCRIPTION: MILWAUKEE, March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) Chief Supply Chain Officer and Senior Vice President Ernest Nicolas was a recent guest on the University of Wisconsin’s EPod podcast , which features interviews with some of the brightest minds in engineering about exciting ideas at the forefront of the field.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 24, 2022

ARENA backs AGL's Broken Hill battery to include advanced inverters and provide system strength at the edge of the grid. The post Broken Hill to get big battery to provide system strength at edge of grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 24, 2022

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield crunched the numbers on shuttering AGL's coal plants – the move was designed to make money as much as to make a difference. The post How a cash Cannon aimed at coal proves the economics of renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: element6 Dynamics. DESCRIPTION: LONGMONT, Colo., March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - element6 Dynamics (formerly Santa Fe Farms), announced today that it hosted Colorado’s Governor Polis and members of his team along with several strategic partners for a demonstration of its new industrial hemp processing equipment earlier this week. element6 Dynamics is expanding its industrial hemp Farm Partner Program and hemp processing capabilities in the state of Colorado as part of their initiative to cu

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

Evaluating radical new solutions based on whether they scale can be directly at odds with the very nature of these solutions.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: Cummins Inc. DESCRIPTION: On the heels of celebrating World Water Day, Cummins Inc. announced a $3,000,000 three-year grant to The Nature Conservancy to restore water resources in the Mississippi River Basin (U.S.). Cummins launched a new global community program last year called Cummins Water Works, tasked with addressing the global water crisis by partnering with leading water experts and investing and engaging in sustainable, large scale, high impact water projects around the world.

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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.

GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

Increased investment in renewable energy will increase supply and reduce prices

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

By Sydney Frost. SOURCE: Cisco Systems Inc. DESCRIPTION: Cisco is a tech giant, but social good is at the heart of everything they do. Cisco’s 2021 Purpose Report highlighted several accomplishments in 2021, including: providing job training to roughly three million students worldwide, contributing $477 million to community programs globally and deriving 85 percent of its energy from renewable sources.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

Our stories are as important as our strategies when it comes to advancing ESG.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: AEG. DESCRIPTION: In honor of Women’s History Month, soccer players’ wives, girlfriends, and mothers from AEG’s LA Galaxy, along with the team mascot, Cozmo, visited the Women’s Shelter of Long Beach and prepared more than 50 gift bags filled with a variety of cosmetic and self-care products including makeup, body lotion, shampoo, hair conditioner, body wash, tooth paste and mouth wash.

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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2022

Companies such as Mercedes and BMW increasingly want sustainable steel to meet their own climate targets. New tech is helping.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

Water scarcity and climate change concerns across the U.S. are driving water supply agencies to explore strategies to optimize and diversify resources. SOURCE: WSP. DESCRIPTION: Historically, groundwater and surface water have been managed independently as separate resources with different requirements and regulations. But attitudes toward that approach are changing.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 24, 2022

Australia’s first renewable energy training tower has been officially opened today at Federation University Australia in Ballarat. The post Australia’s first renewable energy training tower officially opened at federation university appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: We are deeply disturbed by what's happening in Ukraine. As we continue to closely monitor the situation, FedEx Corp. is committing more than $1.5 million USD in relief aid to provide humanitarian assistance to those impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. The immediate relief commitment includes a $550,000 cash donation to nonprofit agencies including GlobalGiving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, World Central Kitchen, The International Rescue Committee, Caritas -

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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

Renew Economy

MARCH 24, 2022

Queensland transport minister Mark Bailey explains why Tesla not included in state rebate scheme for EVs. The post The Driven Podcast: Why Tesla Model 3s don’t need a rebate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

The guiding practices from ISEAL set out practical steps for companies to support and invest in landscape and jurisdictional initiatives, monitor progress, and manage claims. SOURCE: ISEAL. DESCRIPTION: LONDON, March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - With companies under increasing pressure to address critical sustainability issues at a global scale, holistic and collaborative solutions are needed.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 24, 2022

Now that Cisco’s UCS X -Series launch is behind us, I wanted to discuss the tenets that shaped the product architecture of UCS X- Series. It has been more than decade since Cisco launched our UCS platform, a newcomer into the well-established enterprise server market. Rest is history. What has changed since then? Shift towards Heterogenous Computing.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

Resources created through a collabortive effort to support the advancement of the next generation of park advocates. SOURCE: National Parks Conservation Association. DESCRIPTION: Partners since 2009, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Nature Valley recently worked together to advance leadership opportunities for the next generation of park advocates.

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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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

MARCH 24, 2022

Our latest IT survey confirms the accelerating pace of at-scale core technology transformations. The road map for success reflects the practices and capabilities of leading companies.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

MoU to work towards an interconnected approach for sustainability disclosures. SOURCE: GRI. DESCRIPTION: March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The IFRS Foundation and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced today a collaboration agreement under which their respective standard setting boards, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), will seek to coordinate their work programmes and standard-setting activities.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 24, 2022

In this blog post we will talk about writing secure code. Am I pretending to always write secure code?… Heck no! I am lazy just like the rest of us :-). That being said, there are a few things that one should be aware of when writing code (even when it is sample code). I believe that you can still write your simple samples. However, if you know at least what vulnerabilities your code might have then you can write that down in your README.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: Truist. DESCRIPTION: Are you looking for a fun, at-home activity for young readers and writers? Look no further. The Truist WORD Force Build A Story Project for families can help. You and young readers and writers (ages 5 – 7) can learn and practice literacy skills at home for a chance to win a WORD Force prize pack while supplies last. Start story building with your learner today.

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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.

Global Renewable News

MARCH 24, 2022

Work is well underway at Minesto to.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: Antea Group. DESCRIPTION: March 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In 2019, the EPA published final rules that added waste “aerosol cans” to the list of universal wastes at the federal level, with the rules going into effect in February of 2020. As a generator of this waste, the new rule can significantly ease the regulatory burden of managing this waste.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 24, 2022

A week after the CSA said that the Matter smart home interoperability standard would be delayed we get a chance to talk about why the standard is delayed until fall, and what it means for consumers and smart home device makers. We then share Omdia data on how much ownership of different smart home devices has grown in the last year and explain what new design and privacy tweaks are coming to the Google Home app.

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3BL Media

MARCH 24, 2022

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: CNH Industrial has been awarded with a ‘Lifetime achievement trophy’ from Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) , the government agency for international entrepreneurship in the Flanders region of Belgium. This trophy recognizes the longstanding commitment and investment on behalf of foreign companies operating in the region.

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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.