Fri.Feb 03, 2023

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Episode 349: Do you know your 'climate fingerprint'?

GreenBiz

Ashley Orgain, chief impact officer at Seventh Generation, discusses how the consumer products company hopes to shift the conversation with its 'climate fingerprint' reporting.

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World’s largest companies are buying ‘largely worthless’ carbon credits from the rainforest

Corporate Knights

Revelations that almost 95% of the “avoided deforestation” carbon credits issued by the world’s largest certifier have zero climate mitigation value, have sparked calls for rigour, transparency, and accountability in the carbon credit process. The forest carbon offsets used by Disney, Shell, Gucci, and other big corporations “are largely worthless and could make global heating worse,” reports The Guardian.

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Purifying the ‘miracle metal’: How to decarbonize aluminum

GreenBiz

Without advances in recycling and decarbonization, the aluminum sector’s emissions could careen towards nearly 2 billion metric tons by 2050.

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How to close the Black tech talent gap

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Businesses risk billions if Black professionals continue to be underrepresented in tech jobs. Closing the gap means making changes to education, recruiting, and retention initiatives.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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Courage: The vital aspect of sustainability leadership we don’t talk about enough

GreenBiz

We need a different kind of leadership — one that makes a positive contribution that counts today and lasts into the future.

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In the Hub with Learning and Certifications at Cisco Live Amsterdam

Cisco CSR

It’s no secret that Cisco Live is the place to be for learning and certifications. Tech teams, networking professionals, and IT leaders by the thousands are making their way to next week’s highly anticipated, sold-out Cisco Live in Amsterdam—and that isn’t counting the droves of online attendees that plan to watch the Cisco Live 2023 Amsterdam broadcast worldwide.

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Ramping up wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles can’t solve our energy problem

Gail Tverberg

Many people believe that installing more wind turbines and solar panels and manufacturing more electric vehicles can solve our energy problem, but I don’t agree with them. These devices, plus the batteries, charging stations, transmission lines and many other structures necessary to make them work represent a high level of complexity. A relatively low level of complexity, such as the complexity embodied in a new hydroelectric dam, can sometimes be used to solve energy problems, but we cann

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Edelman’s US Head of Sustainability Says CEOs Are Making a Mistake by Giving Into the ‘Greenhushing’ Trend – and Offers an Alternative Approach

Just Capital

(Courtesy of Edelman) Alex Heath, Edelman’s US Head of Social Impact & Sustainability, had a conversation with one of his firm’s clients recently that captured what CEOs and their leadership teams are struggling with across the country. And while he couldn’t share specific details of that discussion due to client privacy, its basics are familiar with anyone who has been even casually following business news for the past couple years.

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Measures of Success: How Co-op Used Historical Data to Proactively Improve Workplace Safety

Sphera

In today’s cost -conscious environment, business leaders are being asked to do more with less. At the same time, the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic mean well-being is more important than ever before. Meeting these needs requires businesses to lean on digitization and automation of health and safety processes. These digital tools must also be integrated with central IT systems, allowing for greater accuracy and alignment as businesses grow and evolve.

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Planting Trees Could Decrease Heat-Related Deaths According New Study

Environment + Energy Leader

Higher temperatures in European cities have been linked to one-third of premature deaths during the summer of 2015. The study, published in The Lancet, shows that increasing tree cover in urban areas could decrease this number by as much as 30%. The post Planting Trees Could Decrease Heat-Related Deaths According New Study appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

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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Energy Efficiency Must Move “Higher up the Agenda”

Chris Hall

Murray Birt , Lead ESG Strategist at DWS, explains that energy efficiency is an underrepresented but vital component in meeting climate and energy security goals. Research by the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that a major push on energy efficiency could save the equivalent of China’s annual energy usage, as well as 33% of the total additional net zero emission reductions required by 2030.

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NTAM Launches Climate and Natural Capital Investment Strategy

ESG Today

Global investment manager Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) announced today the launch of the World Natural Capital Paris-Aligned Index strategy, aimed at providing institutional clients with an enhanced net zero solution integrating climate and natural capital considerations. Julie Moret, Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship at NTAM, said: “Investors are increasingly considering a wider spectrum of interconnected environmental considerations when looking to reflect the obje

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A New Era in EU Electricity: Wind and Solar Overtake Gas

Impakter

Impakter A New Era in EU Electricity: Wind and Solar Overtake Gas The Russian-Ukrainian war has reshaped the European Union’s (EU’s) energy landscape, notably increasing the transition to renewable energy, as the latest European Electricity Review found that a record 22% of EU electricity was generated by wind and solar power in 2022. Wind and solar production were shown to match nuclear production, overtaking fossil gas (20%) […] The post A New Era in EU Electricity: Wind and Solar Overt

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How the Asian insurance market is adapting to the future

McKinsey Sustainabilty

In this podcast, three McKinsey partners and leaders of the Insurance Practice discuss the themes that will define Asian insurance in 2023 and beyond.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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

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De-Carbing the Data Center

Cisco CSR

Reducing carbon emissions in the data center, or “decarbing the data center” as our partner Hitachi Vantara says, is an urgent challenge. Why the urgency now? Frankly, the stakes are higher than ever. Take California for example. The state swung wildly from mega-drought not seen in 1,200 years, to a 100-year flood at the start of the year (Source: New York Times).

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Coca Is Not Cocaine: The Truth Behind the Sacred South American Coca Leaf

Impakter

Impakter Coca Is Not Cocaine: The Truth Behind the Sacred South American Coca Leaf In the Western world, the sacred South American coca leaf is most commonly known for being the plant that cocaine is derived from. However, what can be learned from visiting the countries from which the leaf originates, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia, is that the coca leaf’s true use is far from that of the addictive […] The post Coca Is Not Cocaine: The Truth Behind the Sacred South American Coca Leaf ap

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ECB Boosts Tilt of Corporate Bond Portfolio to Better Climate Performers

ESG Today

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will focus a greater proportion of its corporate bond purchases towards issuers with stronger climate performance, supporting the decarbonization of the Eurosystem’s €344 billion corporate bond portfolio. The stronger green “tilt” was revealed as part of the details provided by the ECB of its plan to begin reducing its asset purchase programme holdings over the next few months.

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The Remanufacturing Lighting Conference comes to London in April

Envirotec Magazine

Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight says “ clients, both corporate and public sector, are warming to the concept of reconditioned lights to achieve both sustainability goals and cost savings. And now tenders are beginning to emerge which specify that reconditioning and reuse of luminaires is an option in a project.” A seemingly unique conference on the topic will explore the opportunities and the challenges of this area, and “equip and inspire you for your remanufacturing journey!

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

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.

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How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation

Impakter

Impakter How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation More often than not, conversations on the economy engender a somewhat inanimate, two-dimensional and transactional impression, but in truth, the economy is defined by more than just balance sheets, the stock exchange, trade, or investment. The economy is in fact an ecosystem, a force of nature, and a constantly evolving entity affected by everything from […] The post How the European Cent

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Credit Agricole Buys 50% Stake in $300 Million Renewables Portfolio from TotalEnergies

ESG Today

Crédit Agricole Assurances, the insurance subsidiary of international banking and investment group Crédit Agricole announced today the acquisition of a 50% stake in a 234 MW portfolio of renewable energy projects in France from energy giant Total Energies. The transaction values the portfolio at approximately $300 million. The acquisition follows the launch in December 2022 of Crédit Agricole of its energy transition vision, supporting the acceleration of financing and investment in green energy

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Sunrun partners with startup Lunar Energy to operate nationwide portfolio of virtual power plants

Utiliity Dive

Under the terms of the deal, Lunar’s aggregation software will coordinate energy from assets installed by Sunrun to sell blocks of energy to utilities and on wholesale markets.

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President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Maria Martinez to National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

Cisco CSR

President Biden today announced his intent to appoint Cisco Chief Operating Officer Maria Martinez to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), which provides industry-based analyses and recommendations to the Executive Office of the President (EOP) on how the government can enact policy for, or take actions to enhance, national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

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.

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Transit agencies’ zero-emission bus adoption increased in 2022

Utiliity Dive

California, New York, Florida, Texas and Massachusetts together added more than 1,500 zero-emission transit buses to their fleets.

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Academic Institutions Achieving LEED Certification

Environment + Energy Leader

Currently, 163 Institutions of Higher Education are members of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization that was founded in 1993 with the goal of promoting sustainability in the built environment. The post Academic Institutions Achieving LEED Certification appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Addressing Barriers to Deployment at ACP’s Siting and Environmental Compliance Conference  

American Clean Power

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents a significant milestone in the federal government’s action on clean energy and addressing climate change. However, such historic investment in our future does not come without its challenges. The clean power industry continues to face substantial barriers to project deployment, which could put numerous projects at risk.

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IoT news of the week for Feb. 3, 2023

Stacey Higginbotham

Senet and Telli to use LoRaWAN for remote patient monitoring : Senet, a LoRaWAN network and managed software provider, has signed a deal with Telli Health that will allow remote patient monitoring in communities lacking high-quality broadband coverage. Telli Health is building a LoRaWAN-capable patient monitoring system and will use Senet’s software to build its own LoRaWAN networks where needed. ( Senet ) — Stacey Higginbotham C3 adds generative AI capabilities with new product : Thomas

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Supercharge Your ESG Content This Libra Season

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.

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New England policymakers have the tech and funds for energy security. They just need to act.

Utiliity Dive

Distributed renewable energy — especially when paired with energy storage — can provide near-term relief to high power prices while improving reliability.

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GAF Energy's San Jose Timberline Solar™ Manufacturing Facility Goes Solar

Alternative Energy Mag

New 500 kW Rooftop System Will Produce 750,000+ kWh Annually: Solar-Powered Facility Produces World's First Nailable Solar Shingle

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FERC grants Great River transmission incentives as commissioner decries consumer impacts

Utiliity Dive

FERC Commissioner Mark Christie Tuesday called for revisiting the agency’s incentives for transmission projects, which he said shift costs and risks to consumers.

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CO2 removal solutions: A buyer’s perspective

McKinsey Sustainabilty

As climate change impact becomes increasingly apparent, the adoption of decarbonization commitments is accelerating. Companies are acting rapidly and decisively to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and neutralize residual emissions.

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How Will Virgo Season Impact Your ESG Communication?

3BL’s in-house experts merge the celestial wisdom of astrology with current environmental, social, governance (ESG) communication trends to offer a unique perspective and practical advice on sharing your company’s commitments effectively. 3BL’s new “Navigating ESG Comms through the Cosmos” series begins with Virgo season! In this edition, we delve into: How businesses have responded to environmental disasters over the past few months and why you can expect a continued focus on the climate crisis