GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2022

The trade association issue is central to solving the climate policy challenge. Companies must tackle this issue, or we’ll keep hitting a roadblock we can’t get around.

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MAY 24, 2022

Victoria seeks input into long-term strategy for managing grid voltage, and an alternative to constraints on rooftop solar. The post Victoria seeks smarter ideas than solar taxes to manage grid voltage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2022

Automotive companies including Volkswagen Group, Ford, Mercedes and even Tesla are struggling to meet customer demand. If drivers and commercial fleets want more EVs, why not produce fewer gasoline vehicles and prioritize EVs?

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MAY 24, 2022

First rise in household bills announced, conveniently delayed until after election as Coalition hands its energy mess to Labor and the cross bench. The post Household power bills jump as Coalition hands energy market mess to Labor 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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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2022

Sponsored: Lamington Group’s hotel brand, room2, sets a new standard for boutique hotels by providing an experience that’s both comfortable and good for the planet.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

Principal® Mental Health and Well-Being Series. SOURCE: Principal Financial Group. DESCRIPTION: Personal demands and routines in many cases have become only more complicated for employees—or have been completely upended. Here’s how you can stay aware of your employees’ work-life balance needs and do your best to support them with all the types of family stress. 1.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

The report is part of the Ceres Food Emission 50 initiative, an effort focused on decarbonizing the nation’s food sector. SOURCE: Ceres. DESCRIPTION: A new report released today by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres reveals few companies in the U.S. food sector have disclosed their climate transition strategies nor concrete actions to achieve them, despite increasing investor pressures and the growing threats of climate change.

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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2022

UN Chief Antonio Guterres tells university graduates not to work in industries that are "killing the planet", including fossil fuels. The post “Don’t work for climate wreckers:” UN chief warns young people off fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: Ericsson. DESCRIPTION: Managing the social, ethical, and environmental impacts of Ericsson’s supplier base is part of the Company’s value chain approach and aims to meet increasing regulation and stakeholder expectations. Ericsson is working with its suppliers to create sustainable business value through integrating responsible business values in sourcing processes, tools and culture.

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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2022

Does the value of neighbourhood batteries stack up? And do they cut emissions? Local communities will want to know. The post Neighbourhood Batteries: To bring power to the people, you need to listen to what they want appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

WSP USA helped raise the standard for green building design, energy and water efficiency and indoor environmental quality with opening of the Watershed building. SOURCE: WSP. DESCRIPTION: Design standards for water and energy efficiency are becoming more stringent in many parts of the world—and few regions can beat Seattle for ambition in green and sustainable building design.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2022

Nature usually has the most elegant solutions. Why aren’t we using more of them?

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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2022

Queensland state owned utility gives go-ahead to the first wind farm to be built in Australia by the renewables offshoot of French nuclear energy giant EdF. The post Big Banana: CS Energy signs up for French nuclear giant’s first Australian wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2022

From creative financing to better walking infrastructure, these strategies can reduce traffic, noise, and pollution.

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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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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2022

The biggest source of Australian household emissions is the car you drive, while the trade emissions don't include burning of coal and gas overseas. The post Chart of the Day: Breaking down Australia’s household and trade emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: The Chemours Company. DESCRIPTION: At Chemours, we believe every innovation should help move our customers, our communities, and our planet forward. In 2018 we launched our ten, bold Corporate Responsibility Commitment goals. These enterprise-wide targets are challenging us to find solutions for some of the biggest issues facing people and our planet—from clean air and water to diversity and inclusion to products that tackle some of society’s greatest challenges with minimal impact on ou

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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2022

Positive sentiments may be returning to Australia's carbon markets, but what's in-store for the Safeguard Mechanism under an Albanese government? The post Analysis: What’s next for Safeguard Mechanism under Albanese appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: The Home Depot. DESCRIPTION: Whether you’re a master gardener or have little patience for lawn care, there are many ways to make your yard more attractive and functional while conserving water. Enhance your landscapes with water-saving techniques and technologies. Discover sustainable WaterSense options that will fit your yard type and lifestyle: Learn more about saving water while creating your better yard and see additional resources at EPA.gov/WaterSense.

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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

Cisco CSR

MAY 24, 2022

Find out how you can stretch your organization’s security budget amidst inflation and its economic impacts. No one could have predicted the lasting effects of the pandemic on our economy. A strain has been put on the overall supply chain, causing the value of the dollar, or any other local currency, to not go as far as it once did. Consumers are experiencing skyrocketing energy, gas, and food prices, and businesses are facing delays in deliveries of goods and services to their customers.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: DuPont. DESCRIPTION: What excited you most about taking on this role? I’m excited that we elevated this role to an executive level position, not for myself, but for the strategic oversight, expanded scope, and impact the role has now. I believe culture makes an organization. Safety has always been a strong part of our culture—now I see DE&I gaining that level of recognition and engagement around the world in alignment with our Respect for People core value.

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Utiliity Dive

MAY 24, 2022

"Bridge" rates for customers with solar will give the utility and the solar industry more time to work out a new package of incentives for distributed energy customers, installers say.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: Black & Veatch. DESCRIPTION: Though the embrace of digitalization and data analytics have made companies significantly more efficient and informed, it has also made them more vulnerable to cyberattacks. With several high-profile utilities and pipeline operators — including the Colonial Pipeline — fighting off cyberattacks in recent years, much of the attention around pipeline security has shifted toward cybersecurity.

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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.

Cisco CSR

MAY 24, 2022

Cisco is announcing two additions to our IoT product portfolio to meet Industrial networking production environment requirements. As customer infrastructures are evolving faster than ever before, we have the opportunity to provide technologies that increase partner relevance in your accounts and drive scalable and profitable solutions for customers.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

By Elizabeth Utley. SOURCE: Alibaba Group. DESCRIPTION: The world’s biggest retail companies and e-commerce platforms are leveraging their global networks to deploy responsible consumption strategies, audiences heard on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. “As it relates to sustainable and responsible consumption, we are either a big part of the problem or a big part of the solution,” Alibaba Group President Mike Evans noted during a panel discussion.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 24, 2022

This article is by Andrew Allemann. Those who live and breathe the Internet of Things can get a little too close to it. We lose sight of what it’s like for the typical person to live with connected technologies. So I asked my husband to think about which smart home devices around our home he appreciates the most. Here’s what he had to say: June Oven – This is my favorite connected device in our home.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

By Rich Lang. SOURCE: VMware. DESCRIPTION: Over the past year, VMware’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) journey has been marked by renewed purpose and real progress. We have implemented strategies that are embedded into the rhythm of the business in order to accelerate achieving our DEI goals more consistently. Our just-releasesd 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Report details these strategies and demonstrates that at VMware, we affect progress in the world by creating it togethe

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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.

Utiliity Dive

MAY 24, 2022

An analysis of U.S. land and wind resources indicates distributed wind energy could generate 1,400 GW, but the opportunity dwindles further into the future.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

Our Durham, N.C. site became one of the first Merck locations to adopt the OneTen initiative, with the goal of closing the wealth gap for Black Americans. SOURCE: Merck & Co., Inc. DESCRIPTION: One million jobs in 10 years. It’s a promise Merck and about 50 other leading companies have made to change hiring practices in the U.S. and place skilled Black workers into family-sustaining jobs.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 24, 2022

Read the full story from the Pew Research Center. About two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say science has had a mostly positive effect on society, while 28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a mostly negative effect, according to a recent Pew … Continue reading When Americans think about science, what do they have in mind?

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

SOURCE: Comcast Corporation. SUMMARY: People can sign up for Internet Essentials Plus, a service that is free after the ACP Benefit, at 500+ Xfinity stores. The initiative is a part of Comcast’s Project UP, the company’s $1B commitment to advance digital equity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities. DESCRIPTION: As the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) , and its predecessor the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), approaches, Comcast today announced new

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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.