GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2022

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AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: Franklin Templeton. DESCRIPTION: Franklin Templeton became one of the 64 institutional investors representing $9.8 trillion in AUM that have signed on to the Valuing Water Finance Initiative from Ceres. It’s a new investor-led effort to engage 72 of the world’s biggest corporate water users and polluters to value and act on water as a financial risk and drive change to better protect water systems.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2022

On this week's episode: Tue Beijer, founder and CTO of STILFOLD, which is bending recycled and green steel into products such as an e-scooter.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: This Sunday, Aug. 21 GoDaddy recognizes World Entrepreneur’s Day. GoDaddy understands the importance entrepreneurs play in the economic growth of any country by bringing new ideas and innovation to the market. To support entrepreneurs around the world, GoDaddy continually strives for its people and culture to consider and reflect the global community of the entrepreneurs it serves.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2022

Espejo de Tarapaca, Climate Investor Two and Africa's energy guarantee facility are all making climate-smart investing the obvious choice.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: HP Inc. DESCRIPTION: HP empowers refugee and displaced Ukrainians through access to technology. This year the theme of World Humanitarian Day is “it takes a village”, highlighting that collaboration is essential in times of crisis. Today we want to showcase the role of partnerships in improving access to education and technology. Last month, HP announced a $30 million donation through the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education) that will provide devices to Ukrainian stude

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

By Mikala Parnell. SOURCE: Paramount. DESCRIPTION: On the morning of July 14th, more than 100 Paramount interns eagerly logged in from across the country to volunteer their time and talent. Just one month after Paramount’s first hybrid employee Community Day, interns were excited to have their own opportunity to give back. Intern Community Day is an annual opportunity for Paramount’s summer intern cohort to connect with communities, hosted by the Paramount Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) t

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2022

And how can they get us closer to circularity?

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

Analysis Shows a New Phase of Supply Chain Decarbonization Efforts Accelerating Among Rated Companies of All Sizes Across the Globe. SOURCE: EcoVadis. DESCRIPTION: PARIS and NEW YORK, August 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - EcoVadis , the leading provider of globally trusted business sustainability ratings, today released its Carbon Maturity Report exploring the state of climate action in the EcoVadis Network.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

AUGUST 19, 2022

Danish design experts Christian Bason and Jens Martin Skibsted say humanity needs a more expansive outlook on problem-solving—one that is less human-centered and more future-proof.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

Speakers will outline critical steps needed to achieve health equity. SOURCE: Illumina. DESCRIPTION: SAN DIEGO, August 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced that on September 30, its Illumina Genomics Forum (IGF) will feature Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who will deliver a keynote address on the remarkable potential of genomics to change the trajectory of global health.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 19, 2022

We’re excited and honored that Cisco DNA Spaces , a cloud-based platform for indoor location and IoT services, has once again achieved the Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice distinction for Indoor Location Services. This distinction highlights Cisco’s commitment to delivering the right solutions, with the right features, at the right time.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: CASE Construction , a CNH Industrial brand, and Arabian Auto Agency , the company’s dealership in Saudi Arabia, have become official sponsors of the Riyadh Women GettingFit (RWG) football team. RWG is an all-women’s free fitness community in the nation’s capital. They have a focus on the United Nations’ key sustainability principle of ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’, encouraging all women to get active, no matter their age, ethnicity, athletic ability or fitness.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2022

The PFAS Strategic Roadmap: DOE Commitments to Action 2022-2025 establishes and details the goals, objectives and steps that the Department of Energy is taking to address PFAS. Specifically, DOE commits to: Research current and past uses and known or potential releases of PFAS. Investigate PFAS concentrations in DOE-supplied drinking water and in the environment at … Continue reading PFAS Strategic Roadmap: DOE Commitments to Action 2022-2025.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: Gilead Sciences. DESCRIPTION: Ashley Innes Regional Director HIV Community Operations Location: Dallas, TX Joined Gilead: May 2016. In her role as Regional Director, HIV Community Operations, Ashley Innes leads a team of community liaisons who help provide education, resources and support to communities impacted by HIV in the Southern United States.

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American Clean Power

AUGUST 19, 2022

This week, the clean energy industry celebrated the second annual American Clean Power Week – an entire week dedicated to recognizing the ways clean energy is powering American jobs, driving critical investment into local communities, and building a more equitable, resilient, and independent future for the United States. The final day of #AmericanCleanPowerWeek celebrates how the clean energy industry is building a better, healthier future for our planet. .

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: Edison International. DESCRIPTION: Our approach to addressing climate change focuses on adaptation in addition to mitigation. As we have experienced firsthand in California, the effects of climate change have become undeniable. Both the public and private sectors must plan to adapt to the challenges climate change brings. With a focus on vulnerable communities, SCE is working to coordinate medium- and long-term actions and associated investments across sectors to optimize the societal be

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Stacey Higginbotham

AUGUST 19, 2022

This story was first published in the Aug. 19 issue of my weekly newsletter. . Company behind Helium network acquires 5G biz: Nova Labs, the company that helped create the Helium decentralized IoT network, has acquired FreedomFi, its partner in building out a decentralized 5G network. The deal comes as Nova Labs faces a lot of questions about the viability of its business model and the success of the Helium network in the wake of rapid drops in cryptocurrency prices.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

An Interview With Ming Zhao. SOURCE: T. Rowe Price. DESCRIPTION: In the United States in 2022, fields such as Aircraft piloting, Agriculture, Architecture, Construction, Finance, and Information technology, are still male-dominated industries. For a woman who is working in a male-dominated environment, what exactly does it take to thrive and succeed?

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Impakter

AUGUST 19, 2022

Impakter. Governments Must Live Up to Promises to Stop Funding Oil and Gas Internationally. In the past seven months, commitments to end international public finance for fossil fuels have proliferated. At the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26), 39 countries and public finance institutions signed the Glasgow Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tate’s Bake Shop CEO Esi Seng on maintaining the founder’s vision post-acquisition. SOURCE: Mondel?z International. DESCRIPTION: On this week’s episode of Brave Commerce, Esi Seng, CEO of Tate’s Bake Shop, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss scaling an acquired brand. Seng shares the remarkable story of Tate’s Bake Shop and how founder, Kathleen King, created the cookie brand.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 19, 2022

The battery company also unveiled energy storage and management platforms as part of the new division. The post American Battery Solutions Launches Energy Storage Division appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2022

Plant celebrates two consecutive years – more than 750,000 hours – without a lost time safety incident; receives recognition from Texas state officials. SOURCE: Trane Technologies. DESCRIPTION: MCGREGOR, Texas, August 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Trane ® - by Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator - celebrated a significant safety milestone at its Commercial HVAC manufacturing facility in McGregor, Texas.

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Alternative Energy Mag

AUGUST 19, 2022

Company executive will give a presentation on the maturing of the solar industry as fire safety codes become ubiquitous worldwide.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: T-Mobile. DESCRIPTION: T-Mobile has officially painted the town of Woodstock, Illinois magenta. It’s been almost one year since T-Mobile crowned Woodstock, IL the winner of its Hometown Techover – a $3 million tech makeover for an American small town – which included a $250,000 grant from T-Mobile, 5G network enhancements, a Little League® baseball field refurbishment, 100 supercharged family tech prize packs that include 5G smartphones with a year of free service, and a free concert fea

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Impakter

AUGUST 19, 2022

Impakter. Action for Antarctica: Saving the World’s Last Great Wilderness. This story on air pollution originally appeared in The Revelator and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Most of us will never make it to Antarctica, the ice-covered continent at Earth’s southern tip.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2022

SOURCE: CyberGrants. DESCRIPTION: Environment, social, and governance (ESG) reporting: It’s new, it’s evolving and it’s all over the place. But what the heck is it? ESG reporting is the disclosure of environmental, social, and corporate governance data. Its purpose is to shed light on a company’s ESG activities while improving investor transparency and inspiring other organizations to do the same.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2022

Read the full story from the University of Illinois Chicago. Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are investigating new methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacturing. Cement is one of the most widely used building materials, but its production is responsible for up to 8% of global emissions from carbon dioxide, … Continue reading NSF, DOE grants fund UIC research to decarbonize cement manufacturing.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 19, 2022

Launching a high-end, AI-powered chatbot to answer FAQs, empowering teams to focus on higher-level tasks. SOURCE: Tetra Tech. DESCRIPTION: Resolving customers' most common questions with a high-end artificial intelligence solution. The Tetra Tech’s Federal IT Innovation Lab recently launched Auxilium, a high-end artificial intelligence (AI) solution.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2022

Read the full story at Food Navigator USA. Israeli start-up Gavan Technologies has developed a novel continuous extraction method that utilises the entire plant. FoodNavigator caught up with CEO Itai Cohen to learn more.

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