GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Apkudo announced a $14.4 million growth funding round on Feb. 8, 2022, that should help further the growth and development of its connected device platform.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Chevron copped a $40 million offset bill due to failures of the Gorgon CCS to meet emissions storage targets in its first year of operation. The post Australia’s only large-scale CCS project operated at half-capacity in first full year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As Colorado and the entire West face a persistent water crisis, the corporate sector is using its capacity, influence and resources to innovate and scale up sustainability strategies that will help pave the way for long-term water security.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Andrew Forrest plans massive 5.4GW renewables hub in Pilbara to power his mines and further his green hydrogen dreams. The post Fortescue plans huge 5.4GW wind, solar and battery storage hub in Pilbara 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Advanced recycling methods have the potential to vastly increase the amount of plastic that gets recycled into feedstock and new products. For these innovations to work at the scale needed to address global plastic pollution, however, processes and infrastructure must be in place across the entire life cycle of plastics disposal and product production.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: The Home Depot. DESCRIPTION: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within organizations leads to increased innovation, higher performance and a competitive business advantage, according to studies by the Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Company. At The Home Depot, diversity efforts ensure the needs of diverse associates and customers align with the foundation of the company culture: core values.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: KeyBank. DESCRIPTION: Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne, KeyBank’s new Corporate Responsibility Officer in Buffalo, Rochester and Eastern Pennsylvania, brings a unique perspective to his role. Born in Nigeria, Owunwanne lived in the village of Akirika-Uku until he was 12-years-old when he left to join his parents in Buffalo. Owunwanne’s upbringing and his experience in the community development and financial industries gives him a one-of-a-kind understanding of the role financial institutions

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Assume that people buying your products don't know what a carbon footprint is — and then meet them on their terms.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: Rockwell Automation. DESCRIPTION: MILWAUKEE, February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) announced today the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report. “Amid a pandemic that is stretching into a third year, we are making significant progress on our most important goals, including efforts to make our company, customers, and communities more sustainable,” wrote Rockwell Automation Chairman and CEO Blake Moret in the report’s introductory letter.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

EnergyAustralia admits it will need to come to market to help fund investments in battery storage, pumped hydro and green hydrogen, as it looks to a future beyond coal. The post EnergyAustralia to seek funds for battery, pumped hydro and hydrogen plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: After the province of British Columbia was devastated by recent flooding, mudslides and debris flow caused many highways and roads to close in interior and southern regions. GlobalMedic, an organization focused on disaster relief, quickly sent 1,000 Emergency Food Kits to families affected by the floods. With help from FedEx, the kits were sent to local food banks where they are serving 4,000 people returning to their homes and communities following mandat

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Morrison government's latest scare campaign about disappearing coal jobs chooses fear over progress and ignores huge potential of renewables. The post Coalition’s latest coal jobs scare campaign reveals a big renewables blindspot appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Learning soft skills was the missing piece to Crystal Morris landing a high-demand digital job. SOURCE: Verizon. DESCRIPTION: By: Kathleen Kilpatrick. Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Crystal Morris was laid off from her job delivering packages. But instead of sulking, she saw it as an opportunity to upskill and finally enter the tech field. She found the Verizon Skill Forward program and embarked on a journey that would change her life.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fraunhofer in Germany unveils new process that recycles tens of thousands of tonnes of silicon from discarded modules. The post Solution found to make PERC solar cells from 100% recycled PV silicon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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 8, 2022

SOURCE: Ceres. DESCRIPTION: February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In written comments, Ceres’ top oil and gas expert Andrew Logan warned U.S. House lawmakers today that despite company rhetoric, recent emissions reduction commitments from oil and gas majors bp, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell are inadequate and fail to meet the urgency of the climate crisis.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

World's biggest offshore wind farm wins ground breaking contract to provide grid services, helping pave way to fossil fuel grid. The post Biggest offshore wind farm lands ground-breaking deal to manage grid voltage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: P&G. DESCRIPTION: The history of African Americans is vast and rich and beautiful. From the continent of Africa, artists, inventors, scholars, queens, and kings created, innovated, and led in the world dating back 35,000 years. And so, it is in 2022. As we celebrate Black History Month, P&G is thrilled to support a new generation of makers, moments, and movements paving a way forward and building on the rich legacy of African Americans making history, every day.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project won't be quite as nation building as promised, with key steel contracts going to overseas suppliers. The post Snowy 2.0: The “nation building” project that won’t be using all Australian steel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SOURCE: United Airlines Inc. SUMMARY: Each school receives $10,000 for student-athletes, coaches and equipment to fly United and compete in tournaments across the country. Program addresses one of the biggest barriers to golf programs’ growth and success: limited access to funds for air travel. DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO, February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ – United Airlines along with the PGA TOUR announced that United will award 51 golf teams at Historically Black Colleges and Universities with more than h

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette discusses the future of coal, gas, green hydrogen, wind, solar, battery storage and pumped hydro, and how this will fit into his company’s business model. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: EnergyAustralia and the end of coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

DeSoto I project to be among largest in the Southeast US, emphasizes safeguarding of agricultural ecosystem. SOURCE: Black & Veatch. DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND PARK, Kan., February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Black & Veatch announced today that it has been selected by Silicon Ranch Corporation to build a sprawling, 125-megawatt (MWAC) solar array in Lee County in southwestern Georgia.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Trading in Australian carbon credit markets set new records in January, as prices in the European market surge toward a major milestone. The post Record volumes for Australian carbon markets, record prices for EU carbon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Building for Growth program now accepting applications for inaugural cohort that begins May 12, 2022. SOURCE: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). DESCRIPTION: BOSTON, February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ - A new tuition-free executive education program that aims to best position minority-owned and woman-owned businesses for growth and to effectively compete for larger-scale contracts in the construction industry is accepting applications for its inaugural cohort which launches in May 2022.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Instead of waiting for market failures, government agencies should be shaping markets, and creating an environmental objective for the NEM is top of the list. The post What the NEM could learn from an economics professor and a moon landing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By Angela Peterson | Communications Manager, Tetra Pak US & Canada. SOURCE: Tetra Pak. DESCRIPTION: There’s often no better place than a product’s packaging to share sustainability or “green” commitments or information with consumers. But frequently, the challenge for brands is how to optimize this valuable “real estate” in a way that’s meaningful and valuable to consumers, while also ensuring what they share is credible.

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Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Financial Services face many challenges in 2022. Security threats. New regulatory requirements. Increased demand from new users and devices. There’s a lot to consider. Also, there is a critical shortage today of IT talent and skills needed in financial services to meet customer demand and revenue goals. We have identified five key challenges that financial services IT must overcome this year to realize their growth expectations.

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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.

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Hepatitis B is known as the “silent disease” because most people have no symptoms. SOURCE: Gilead Sciences. DESCRIPTION: Lai Wang Yu lives in Hong Kong and learned he had hepatitis B virus (HBV) during a routine physical examination almost 30 years ago. After telling his seven older siblings and urging them to get tested, they all learned they also had it.

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Stacey Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Lately, I’ve been reporting more and more on algorithms that parse incoming data locally in order to make some sort of decision. Last week, for example, I wrote about a company doing voice analysis locally to detect Alzheimer’s. I’ve also covered startups that process machine vibrations locally to detect equipment failures. Each of these examples benefits from machine learning (ML) algorithms that run on microcontrollers, or what we call TinyML.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ScottsMiracle-Gro earns 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality. SOURCE: ScottsMiracle-Gro. DESCRIPTION: MARYSVILLE, Ohio, February 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the world’s leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden as well as indoor and hydroponic growing products, proudly announced today that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s for

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Businesses want resilient and sustainable networks at prices they can afford. That is happening as microgrids gain economies of scale. . The post How to Make Microgrids Affordable for Businesses appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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.