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What’s brewing? AB InBev’s zero-emissions fleet recipe

GreenBiz

How the world’s biggest beer maker plans to build a sustainable future for the next 100 years.

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Australia’s oldest university goes 100 pct renewable in supply deal with Snowy

Renew Economy

Australia's oldest university becomes the latest to make the switch to 100 per cent renewables, striking a supply deal with Snowy Hydro. The post Australia’s oldest university goes 100 pct renewable in supply deal with Snowy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Swarovski crystallizes a CO2 removal deal with Climeworks

GreenBiz

The five-year agreement will see the jewelry firm fund a direct air capture project to suck up the pollution the carbon has already caused.

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NSW unveils “first of its kind” access standards for new renewable energy zones

Renew Economy

NSW seeks feedback on draft REZ access standards to guide how billions in new investment in wind, solar and storage will replace ageing coal. The post NSW unveils “first of its kind” access standards for new renewable energy zones appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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KeyBank Named #2 Affordable Housing Lender in U.S.

3BL Media

SOURCE: KeyBank. DESCRIPTION: KeyBank has been named the #2 affordable housing lender for 2021 in Affordable Housing Finance magazine's annual rankings. Making investments in housing for urban and rural communities across the country remains a priority for KeyBank. The pandemic and the resulting economic downturn have underscored the nation’s affordability crisis and the need for safe and affordable housing across communities.

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Greens launch $6.1 billion electric vehicle policy in new election pitch

Renew Economy

Greens unveil $6.1 billion electric vehicle policy package, including rebates of up to $15,000 per vehicle, and a plan to revitalise Australia's car making industry. The post Greens launch $6.1 billion electric vehicle policy in new election pitch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Italian energy giant to build first wind farm in Australia to supply BHP nickel smelter

Renew Economy

Italian energy giant to build its first Australian wind farm in the country's west after landing a 12-year supply agreement with BHP's nickel operations. The post Italian energy giant to build first wind farm in Australia to supply BHP nickel smelter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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AllianceBernstein: The Long View: Russia-Ukraine War Has Lasting Implications for Investing

3BL Media

SOURCE: AllianceBernstein. DESCRIPTION: Chris Hogbin Head-Equities Scott DiMaggio CFA Co-Head-Fixed Income; Director-Global Fixed Income Gershon M. Distenfeld CFA Co-Head-Fixed Income; Director-Credit. When Russian president Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, he unraveled decades of efforts to cement peace in Europe after the Cold War. For investors, the new world order has shaken up broad issues that shape our analysis of asset classes and securities.

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Will China shatter Australia’s dreams of global green hydrogen domination?

Renew Economy

Australia is pouring millions of dollars into green hydrogen technology. But China’s new plan could throw cold water on its dream of becoming a global hydrogen superpower. The post Will China shatter Australia’s dreams of global green hydrogen domination? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GoDaddy Showcases Microbusiness Resiliency Post-Pandemic

3BL Media

With 30 percent of the over 20 million microbusinesses GoDaddy surveyed in the US started since 2020, these stories highlight the new face of entrepreneurship. SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: TEMPE, Ariz., April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ -- GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY ), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced today the launch of a new video series, " This is Where We Stand.

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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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Australia’s Worley secures key role in 25GW wind and solar project in Oman

Renew Economy

Worley has secured a key role in Omani project that proposes to build 25GW of wind and solar capacity for green hydrogen and ammonia. The post Australia’s Worley secures key role in 25GW wind and solar project in Oman appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Keysight Technologies Announces the Keysight Innovation Challenge 2022

3BL Media

Challenges graduate and undergraduate students to innovate and secure IoT to reach carbon neutrality. SOURCE: Keysight Technologies. DESCRIPTION: SANTA ROSA, Calif., April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the Keysight Innovation Challenge 2022 , which challenges graduate and undergraduate students around the wo

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US banks balk at capital rules for climate risk

GreenBiz

American financial firms, hot to address climate change, turn a cold eye on proposed regulations.

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Supporting Cambridge's Life Sciences Ecosystem: Q&A with James Seppala and Tim Schoen

3BL Media

James Seppala and Tim Schoen discuss BioMed Realty’s footprint in the UK and the opportunity in the life sciences real estate market in the years ahead. SOURCE: Blackstone. DESCRIPTION: Fueled by rapid innovation and rising demand, the global life sciences industry has seen significant growth over the last decade. At Blackstone, life sciences have become one of our highest-conviction investment themes across our businesses.

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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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Revolutionary changes in transportation could slow global warming if done right

Corporate Knights

Around the world, revolutionary changes are under way in transportation. More electric vehicles are on the road, people are taking advantage of sharing mobility services such as Uber and Lyft, and the rise in telework during the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way people think about commuting. Transportation is a growing source of the global greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, accounting for 23% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2019 and 29% of al

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AEG's Dignity Health Sports Park's ASCSC Community Foundation, LA Galaxy Foundation, and Kings Care Foundation Partnered With Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, AT&T and Becca's Closet to Host Prom Dress Giveaway “Yes! That's My Dress"

3BL Media

SOURCE: AEG. DESCRIPTION: Three of AEG’s Foundations -- Dignity Health Sports Park ASCSC Community?Foundation, the LA Galaxy Foundation and the Kings Care Foundation -- partnered with the?Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, AT&T and Becca’s Closet to host a pop-up prom dress giveaway “Yes! That’s My Dress” extravaganza at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA on Thursday, March 31. ?

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Solar and storage developer shifts to ‘batteries on wheels’ in smart charging deal

Renew Economy

Australian renewables developer signs memorandum of understanding with European electric vehicle smart charging heavyweight. The post Solar and storage developer shifts to ‘batteries on wheels’ in smart charging deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Drilling Into the Skilled Trades Shortage: Stanley Black & Decker's Inaugural Makers Index Reveals Few Students Likely to Consider a Career in the Trades; Outdated Perceptions Key Drivers

3BL Media

SOURCE: Stanley Black & Decker. SUMMARY: Most students think skilled trades are a good career option, but just 16% are very likely to consider it. Young people underestimate the income potential for a skilled trade career; however, half of current skilled trade workers with less than 10 years' experience earned at least $50,000 to start. Most young people have outdated perceptions of the trades; 89% of workers said they work with cutting-edge technology and 94% say that their jobs are high i

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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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Mercedes signs deal to have its used EV batteries used as stand alone storage

Renew Economy

Supply agreement struck between Mercedes-Benz and Battery Loop to use new and used batteries as stationary storage systems. The post Mercedes signs deal to have its used EV batteries used as stand alone storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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IPCC Report Affirms That We Have the Tools to Address the Climate Crisis, but We're Running Out of Time to Act

3BL Media

SOURCE: Ceres. DESCRIPTION: April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change affirms that we have the tools to address the climate crisis, but we are running out of time to act. It reinforces the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions immediately to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis and details the tools and methods that will help the world limit temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, with a warning that we are currently on

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Great Solar Business Podcast: STCs, LGC and the life of a Trader

Renew Economy

Ria O’Hehir, CEO of Greenbank Environmental, discusses rebate schemes and what solar installers can expect in the future. The post Great Solar Business Podcast: STCs, LGC and the life of a Trader appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Aided by Black & Veatch, Atlanta Water Project Wins Coveted Engineering News-Record Top Prize

3BL Media

$320-million water storage, tunnelling effort grabs influential publication’s ‘Award of Merit’ in water, wastewater category. SOURCE: Black & Veatch. DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Exemplifying resilience, sustainability and collaboration, a massive, $320-million project aided by Black & Veatch to bolster Atlanta’s strained water supply has won top honors as the Engineering News-Record’s water and wastewater global and Southeast project of the year.

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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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Report: Surging Energy Prices Accelerating Pace of Wind, Solar, Battery Adoption

Environment + Energy Leader

Surging global energy prices are supercharging the already rapid pace of growth in solar, wind, and battery storage projects, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis US 2022 Power Sector Outlook. The post Report: Surging Energy Prices Accelerating Pace of Wind, Solar, Battery Adoption appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Hog Wild: Susanne Rust on the Feral Pig Problem

3BL Media

SOURCE: Sea Change Radio. DESCRIPTION: You may not have seen them running through your yard, but just wait. Feral pigs are everywhere and they’re a growing problem. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Susanne Rust , an environmental reporter from the Los Angeles Times. She talks about the millions - yes, millions of wild pigs roaming the countryside , and the multitude of problems they bring: eating like pigs and breeding like rabbits, these wild swine trample fragile habitats and imper

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How COPE leverages esports to inspire youth success

Cisco CSR

This blog comes to us from Shae Williams, a former software executive with IBM, who cofounded a nonprofit Coalition of Parents in Esports (COPE) in 2020 to assist parents and their children to get the most from their online gaming experiences. COPE is a 501c3 nonprofit empowering youth, parents, educators, and community leaders to use the gaming metaverse to build confidence, curiosity, community, and careers through programs and scholarships.

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Inogen Alliance Short Documentary: The Road to a Sustainable Future, Global Thought Leaders Campaign

3BL Media

SOURCE: Inogen Alliance. DESCRIPTION: April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Despite the headlines, there are still reasons to be optimistic and strides are being taken in addressing climate change impacts. Just as human activity is responsible for prompting the climate crisis, it is down to human behavior to solve the issues we face as a species. To meet the challenges of a future world we will all be able to live in requires vision from the people who will make a difference: the senior business leaders i

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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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We’re making sensors smarter — and more complicated

Stacey Higginbotham

During the pandemic, we’ve seen major sensor vendors add more intelligence to their sensors. In 2020 Sony launched a vision sensor that can perform people tracking or object detection locally, and last year Bosch announced its BHI260AP sensor , which has accelerometers and gyroscopes along with a processor pre-loaded with activity-tracking algorithms that can actively learn to track new motions.

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A New Era of Un-carrier

3BL Media

Two years after our historic merger, T-Mobile continues to stake new ground in wireless and beyond. SOURCE: T-Mobile. DESCRIPTION: By Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile. Two years into this merger, and by pretty much any objective measure, we are proving the thesis that we fought so hard for. In our opening statement about our strategy for this merger , we laid out why a combined company was in the best interest of consumers who have always had to unfairly choose value, experience OR network.

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NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art | Elizabeth Strickler

TEDxInnovations

In need of a brief yet illuminating lesson on the internet's obsession with NFTs? Elizabeth Strickler breaks down the acronym and explains the fundamentals of non-fungible tokens, sharing how these digital assets are changing the landscape for artists and content creators looking to cash in on their creations -- in and out of the metaverse. In need of a brief yet illuminating lesson on the internet's obsession with NFTs?

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Entergy Louisiana Completes $86M Improvement Project in the Bayou Region

3BL Media

SOURCE: Entergy Corporation. DESCRIPTION: New line built to withstand wind speeds of 150 mph. GOLDEN MEADOW, La., April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Entergy Louisiana recently completed an $86 million transmission system upgrade in Lafourche Parish, improving resiliency and reliability of the local power grid for approximately 10,000 customers in the Bayou Region.

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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