Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In partnership with Coast Capital and the Canadian Purpose Economy Project In 2022, Corporate Knights published The Social Purpose Transition Pathway , a report that graded companies on how well they were implementing their social purpose. This year, we have carried the social purpose theme to the educational realm. A social purpose business model goes beyond focusing on profit and considers the value that is being generated for society.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

CS Energy locks in key equipment supply deal for "hydrogen ready" gas peaking plant at Kogan Creek, which it plans to transition to 100% renewables. The post Gas peaking plant edges ahead with target of 35% renewable hydrogen mix by 2026 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Highlights The agreement between the two companies could be expanded to include more mini-hydro assets in the future The divestment operation is part of the asset rotation plan announced at.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

No two societies in history think exactly alike. In fact, the mindset of a given society throughout history can help historians unpack important clues about the effects of psychological shifts -- such as more social trust or more openness. Researchers explain how modern computing methods like text mining, face detection algorithms, and melodic extraction programs can enable large-scale analysis of cultural artifacts such as paintings, stories, or clothing to uncover this psychological data.

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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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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Ørsted, a U.S. leader in clean energy, was honored this week by Texan by Nature as one of the top 20 companies leading sustainability and conservation efforts in the state. Texan by Nature was found.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ⚡ TODAY: Get Plugged In. VertueLab’s Aina Abiodun joins host Sherrell Dorsey on LinkedIn Live to discuss centering local. The post The Brief: Climate + gender portfolio, Candide’s just transition fund, Gresham House’s forest strategy, Black-led inclusion tech, PE’s impact tailwinds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By Narges Baniasadi , Michelle de Haaff & Pedram Afshar In a community just a few miles from the headquarters of Google, Apple, and Tesla, a young woman, we will call her Elisa, lives with her kids in a small apartment. Each day, Elisa takes two buses and 70 minutes to get to work. Her kids walk to and from school, down the street from their home.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Vikings solar-plus-storage project financing driven by Arevon's innovative approach to combine the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credit transferability provisions with debt in a $529 million f.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Professional education platform xUnlocked announced today that it has raised £5 million (USD$6.1 million) to support its growth, through a Series A investment by professional and vocational education company BPP Education Group. Founded in 2017, UK-based xUnlocked provides training for professionals through its platforms Finance Unlocked , focused on financial training and development for business professionals, and Sustainability Unlocked , launched by the company in 2021, which provides on-dem

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Highlights Nexans' export cable for Ørsted and Eversource's South Fork Wind Farm off Long Island, NY has been installed and the site acceptance test successfully performed. The s.

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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.

James Militzer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Global economic policy over the last two years has been all about recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Governments started by lowering interest rates and implementing quantitative easing to boost their economies during the crisis. Then, as the pandemic subsided, these policies combined with pandemic-related disruptions in supply chains and labour markets, the war in Ukraine, and other factors to lead to an increase in inflation — causing central banks around the world to raise

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Aker Solutions has been awarded a limited notice to proceed contract from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Norfolk, UK. The contract has a balanced risk-rew.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

CRM solutions platform HubSpot announced today a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across its value chain by 2040. Alongside the new commitment, HubSpot also announced that it has achieved validation from the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for its emissions reduction targets. Validated targets include the company’s near-term goals to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 47%, and scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from business travel by 5

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Voltalia (Euronext Paris, ISIN code: FR0011995588), an international player in renewable energies, announces the start of production of the Montclar solar farm, located in the commune of the same name.

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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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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe’s largest asset managers, announced the launch of the L&G Future World ESG Emerging Markets Government Bond Local Currency Index Fund, the first in a series of new funds aimed at providing investors with exposure to an enhanced sovereign ESG framework, and the integration of ESG across sovereign debt.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Highlights Advances original partnership established in 2020 Joint venture (JV) portfolio has expanded from 4.5 gigawatts (GW) to more than 18 GW in three years New JV structure intend.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Private banking and asset management company Edmond de Rothschild announced today the appointment of Nathalie Wallace as Chief Sustainability Officer. Based in Paris, Wallace will oversee all the group’s sustainability initiatives, in both asset management and private banking, and further develop the firm’s ESG strategic focus, working with the investment teams to ensure sustainability objectives are met, and help to advance the firm’s objective to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emi

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Delorean Power LLC (Delorean), a leading developer, owner, and operator of energy storage projects, along with Groton Electric Light Department (GELD), a municipally-owned utility, jointly unveiled to.

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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

WWF Sustainability

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Early success stories are essential to accelerating the growth of new technologies and nascent markets—and we heard many of them at the Renewable Thermal Collaborative’s recent Annual Summit.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As new technologies like artificial intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as drones and so-called 'cyberweapons' such as malware and Internet-based disinformation campaigns become integral to our daily lives, researchers are working to grasp the role they will play in warfare.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today (Nov 8) released proposed eligibility guidelines for public comment for the Clean Green Schools Initiative being designed.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Some bacteria are able to tap into unusual sources of nutrients in the surface water of the oceans. This enables them to increase their primary production and extract more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In doing so, however, they release the potent greenhouse gas methane.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Highlights First-of-a-kind 1-MW scale electrolyser demonstrator in final stages of commissioning Delivers green hydrogen at.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

When animals 'sing' sitting on the ground -- such as when crickets chirp -- their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held beliefs in the field of animal communication, which presume the ground is a hindrance to sound transmission.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In an inspiring episode of the "Conversations.

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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.

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Scientists have engineered a chromosome entirely from scratch that will contribute to the production of the world's first synthetic yeast.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The American Clean Power Association (ACP).

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WWF Sustainability

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

WWF recently had a packed day on Capitol Hill showcasing how consumers, policymakers and businesses can work together to achieve our goal of no new plastics in nature.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 8 – Private equity firms may be battling a high interest rate environment and sluggish IPO market. But they’re still raising. The post Private equity firms see robust demand for impact funds, despite headwinds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.