GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The 2-year-old company aims to keep apparel and footwear out of landfills by keeping them in rotation longer.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As global leaders gathered in Glasgow to negotiate the latest UN climate agreement, a small Colorado-based company struck a quietly disruptive deal with one of the world’s largest pet food manufacturers. Bond Pet Foods announced in November an industry-first partnership with Hill’s Pet Nutrition (a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive) to develop “cultured meat proteins” – meat grown in a lab.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Houdini Sportswear set a goal to have all of its products and services be circular by design by the end of 2022.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Over the last half century, industrial agriculture has evolved to grow as much low-cost food as possible, with the promise of feeding the world’s hungry. Between 1960 and 2015, the amount of food produced across the world more than tripled. But these massive yields have come at a heavy environmental and ecological cost. In Canada, the agricultural sector accounted for roughly 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions in 2019.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Wild foods are becoming endangered at a time when we are struggling to understand what our diets should look like.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Discovery Education. DESCRIPTION: SILVER SPRING, Md., February 4, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The 2022 Possibility Grant Sweepstakes, which offers five K-12 schools across the United States an opportunity to win a $5,000 STEM grant to purchase supplies and technology for any STEM-related initiative, is now accepting entries here. Open through April 22, 2022, educators and educational professionals are encouraged to enter daily for a chance to win.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Through a $5 million grant, Mastercard will support the creation of the Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics (CADSA) on Howard’s campus focused on addressing racial bias in AI-driven credit approval processes. SOURCE: The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. DESCRIPTION: PURCHASE, NY & WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2022 /3BLMedia/ - Mastercard and Howard University are pleased to announce a new dimension to their partnership with a $5 million grant from Mastercard that will support

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The beauty conglomerate says it is on track to sell perfumes made using recycled carbon from partner LanzaTech.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: AMD. DESCRIPTION: After achieving in 2020 the AMD 25x20 Energy Efficiency Goal for mobile processors, the company’s engineers were hungry for a new, bold challenge in processor energy efficiency to benefit customers and our world, which we have now identified. By 2025, AMD aims to deliver a 30x increase in energy efficiency in the rapidly growing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) space. [1] The goal focuses on accelerated compute nodes in the data center u

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

An analysis by epidemiologists, economists, ecologists and biologists at 21 institutions finds we could reduce the risks of future pandemics by investing as little as 1/20th of the losses incurred so far from COVID into conservation measures designed to stem the spread of zoonotic viruses from wildlife to humans in the first place. This includes funding programs to train more veterinarians, create a global database of virus genomics, and end tropical deforestation and wildlife trafficking.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

An entrepreneurial spirit, family culture, and Good Spirited approach have ensured business success for generations. SOURCE: Bacardi Limited. DESCRIPTION: HAMILTON, BERMUDA, February 4, 2022 /3BL Media/ – The world's largest privately held spirits company, Bacardi, celebrates 160 years in the spirits business today. Over the last seven generations, Bacardi has developed a portfolio of iconic spirits brands and nurtured talented teams worldwide that applaud the Company for its Good Spirited corp

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Being able to adapt to new technologies, clean fules and renewable energy as part of an effort to reach zero emissions is key to benefiting from being a smart city, according to a new report. The post Smart Cities Use Rapidly Changing Tech to Advance Zero Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Workiva. DESCRIPTION: About this Event: With razor-sharp candor and business smarts, Kevin O'Leary of ABC’s Shark Tank draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of finance, investing, economics, and business to discuss a variety of topics without pulling punches. The respected investor, author, and venture capitalist joins Mandi McReynolds , Senior Director of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at Workiva, for a lively discussion about 2022 business trends, the future of ESG reporting

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The first unified vision of the world ocean biodiversity, based on analysis of DNA sequences from the surface to deep-ocean sediments, unveils the rich and unknown life in the abyssal realm, the last terra incognita of the Earth surface. This collective effort was made possible by 15 international deep-sea expeditions.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Whirlpool Corporation. DESCRIPTION: It’s in our DNA to create industry-leading, reliable products that people can count on day in and day out, with innovations based on what families and households really want and need—rather than innovating for innovation’s sake. About Whirlpool Corporation: . Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is committed to being the best global kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home.

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Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Because of the nature of Python (interpreted language), securing the source code is a challenging task. In order to execute the source code, it must be available in some form. Throughout this article, I’ll detail the compiling modules with Cython method/solution to the challenge of protecting a Python-based codebase. Cython is a static compiler for Python and Cython programming languages, it simplifies the job of writing Python C extensions.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: The Chemours Company. DESCRIPTION: From emerging STEM leaders to seasoned professionals, our Chemours family is full of innovative thinkers. This Black History Month, we’re celebrating Black employees and scholars who are making ‘Chemhistory’ by shaping a better world through the power of chemistry. Follow Chemours on Twitter and LinkedIn to see who we spotlight next and learn more about Chemours’ commitment to is building an inclusive and diverse workforce here.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When Chicago-based Invenergy scored $3 billion from global asset manager Blackstone in January, it was one of the largest renewables investments in North American history. The announcement was one of several recent examples of large, institutional investors dumping money into the renewables sector. In another instance, Goldman Sachs announced it would invest $250 million in Hydrostor’s energy storage projects.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Arrow Electronics. DESCRIPTION: CENTENNIAL, Colo., February 4, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Arrow Electronics, Inc. has again been named to FORTUNE’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, topping the “Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment” category for the ninth consecutive year. Arrow’s overall score included a number-one ranking in social responsibility and innovation, among other criteria.

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Stacey Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Here’s some of the IoT news making waves this week. Subscribe to our newsletter to get this in your inbox every Friday. From hot mugs to cold boxes: Ember, the company behind the Ember self-heating coffee mug ( the best gift I’ve ever given !) has released its first B2B product, a refrigerated cube designed for shipping medical items that need to stay cold.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: DOW. DESCRIPTION: MIDLAND, Mich., February 4, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Dow (NYSE: DOW) has been named to FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies list for 2022. FORTUNE collaborated with partner Korn Ferry Hay Group to survey executives, directors and analysts from 640 companies across 28 countries to rank companies with approximately $10 billion in revenue or among the largest by revenue in their industry.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When businesses deploy microgrids, they have different goals — ranging from resiliency to sustainability to cost reduction. And in some remote regions without access to centralized grids, those localized grids may make sense. . The post Microgrids Might Make Sense — Especially for Remote Businesses with Limited Grid Access appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: CBRE Group, Inc. DESCRIPTION: CBRE Group, Inc.’s continued focus on diversity, equity and inclusion arned the company a place in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the third year in a row. The Bloomberg GEI brings transparency to gender-related practices and policies at publicly listed companies, increasing the breadth of environmental, social, governance (ESG) data available to investors.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ?? Slope of enlightenment. Students of tech’s “hype cycle” may recognize the same pattern in impact investing. From their. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Horizons appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Duke Energy. SUMMARY: Company scores 100% on Human Rights Campaign’s annual scorecard of LGBTQ Workplace Equality for fifth year. Earns ‘Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality’ distinction. DESCRIPTION: CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 4, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Duke Energy has received a perfect score for the fifth year in a row on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking study that annually ranks companies on LGBTQ-friendly corporate practices and polici

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

by Evan Fricke, Rice University; Alejandro Ordonez, Aarhus University; Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University, and Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SOURCE: Boston Scientific. DESCRIPTION: For the seventh consecutive year, Boston Scientific is recognized on Fortune’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Companies are selected based on nine attributes encompassing leadership, innovation, quality, social responsibility and workplace culture. “Each of our employees plays an important role in demonstrating our values in action and making an impact for patients, customers and communities,” said Mike Mahoney , chairman and chief executive

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Two prominent factors driving growth are increasing affordability of renewable energy as technologies continue to mature and the opportunity to demonstrate sustainability commitments as public and investor pressure mounts for climate action. The post Another Record-Breaking Year for Corporate Clean Energy Purchases in 2021, Says BloombergNEF appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Program to provide students from eight HBCUs with a unique, practical experience designed to help prepare them for leadership and the workforce. SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, February 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ –FedEx (NYSE: FDX), the world’s largest express transportation company, recently announced the launch of the FedEx-HBCU Student Ambassador Program.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As the costs of the raw materials required for turbines and solar panels stabilize, providers will be able to offer more economical prices to their customers. . The post Edison Energy Predicts Price Easing Across the Renewables Sector appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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