Wed.May 24, 2023

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From idea to innovation: Tide North America’s sustainability story

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Innovation will be the driver of sustainable behavior change. Jerry Porter, Chief R&D and Innovation Officer at P&G Fabric & Home Care, explores the full picture through the lens of Tide.

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Bullet-proof vests and bomb shelters: Wind farm switches on in Ukraine conflict zone

Renew Economy

World’s only wind farm built in a major active conflict zone officially opened on Monday, after workers spent nine months working in bullet proof vests and spending time in bomb shelters. The post Bullet-proof vests and bomb shelters: Wind farm switches on in Ukraine conflict zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Geoengineering is gathering momentum — here’s why you should care

GreenBiz

Climate geoengineering proposals are bringing the story of sci-fi novels to the desks of world leaders.

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NSW now has roadmap to close coal by 2030. But will Labor run with it?

Renew Economy

NSW now has a roadmap to exit coal by the end of the decade. But it requires a commitment from the state government. Will Labor run with it? The post NSW now has roadmap to close coal by 2030. But will Labor run with it? 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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Nature: Wall Street’s newest market

GreenBiz

Asset managers are betting biodiversity funds will attract investor capital in the coming decade.

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Roadmap released to smooth connections for wind and solar, and to add batteries

Renew Economy

Reform Roadmap flags several significant advances towards a smoother, less costly and delay-free grid connection process for renewables. The post Roadmap released to smooth connections for wind and solar, and to add batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Regulator confirms another coal and gas fuelled power price hike. But why?

Renew Economy

Regulator flags power price hikes across the main grid, but experts question why prices are still being determined by frameworks first designed decades ago. The post Regulator confirms another coal and gas fuelled power price hike. But why? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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As bombs drop, Ukraine energy company opens a new wind farm

Corporate Knights

About 100 kilometres from the front lines of the conflict in southern Ukraine, 650 workers building the Tyligulska wind farm dove into underground concrete bomb shelters whenever Russian missiles and drones attacked targets nearby. The crews, clad with body armour, toiled for seven months, much of the time during the dead of winter. They spent roughly one day in five underground when the explosions came too close for comfort.

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The Driven Podcast: Across Australia by BYD

Renew Economy

The story of “Atto Gal”s epic journey from Perth to Sydney and back in an electric BYD, and what she learned along the way. Plus: China’s big EV play. The post The Driven Podcast: Across Australia by BYD appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

Envirotec Magazine

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”. The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain.

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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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NSW renewable zones face delays and cost blowouts as questions hang over Eraring

Renew Economy

NSW reveals delays in timing of new renewable zones, and some cost blowouts, raising questions about closure date for Eraring and pace of green energy transition. The post NSW renewable zones face delays and cost blowouts as questions hang over Eraring appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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France Signs Short Haul Flight Ban into Law

ESG Today

The government of France signed into law a new rule banning short-haul domestic flights on routes that can be serviced by rail in less than 2.5 hours, with the rules taking effect immediately. The new rule was initially announced as part of France’s Climate and Resilience Law, introduced in 2021, as part of a series of measures aimed at supporting the country’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030, including key sectors such as housing, retail and transport, as well as ru

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Grid has untapped capacity that could be used by renewables. But networks can’t see it

Renew Economy

Sourcing existing yet untapped capacity will help solve our overarching goals of providing cleaner, quicker and more cost-effective electricity to consumers. The post Grid has untapped capacity that could be used by renewables. But networks can’t see it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Seven lessons from successful financial activists

Impact Alpha

What does it take to be an effective financial activist? After supporting 156 Just Economy Institute fellows over the past six years, we. The post Seven lessons from successful financial activists appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Matter gotchas to know about eight months after the standard’s launch

Stacey Higginbotham

We’re nearly eight months into the Matter smart home protocol rollout and there are still some gotchas. I figured we’d have some initial pain points to deal with but I also thought that by now, some or all of them would have been addressed. Unfortunately due to different device makers taking different approaches during the implementation phase , that hasn’t happened.

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The Brief: Perpetual purpose payouts for auto mechanics, employee ownership and quality jobs, smart heat pumps, lessons from financial activists

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Ownership Economy A Utah auto shop demonstrates a pathway to worker ownership via a perpetual purpose trust. The. The post The Brief: Perpetual purpose payouts for auto mechanics, employee ownership and quality jobs, smart heat pumps, lessons from financial activists appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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FedEx Launches Tool Enabling Customers to Track Shipping Emissions

ESG Today

Global delivery giant FedEx announced today the launch of FedEx Sustainability Insights, a new tool enabling shippers to access estimated carbon emissions footprint data of shipments at the package and account level, based on network scan data. According to FedEx, the new tool will enable customers to evaluate and manage the carbon impact of shipping, review shipping history to better understand shipping patterns and environmental impact, and create customized reports to provide carbon footprint

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A Utah auto shop demonstrates a pathway to worker ownership via a perpetual purpose trust

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 24 – The mechanics and other employees at Clegg Auto’s four car-repair shops in northern Utah since last fall have received an. The post A Utah auto shop demonstrates a pathway to worker ownership via a perpetual purpose trust appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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US electrical steel shortage threatens energy transition, power outage recovery, groups warn Biden

Utiliity Dive

Electric utilities and other stakeholders have asked President Joe Biden to convene an “Electrical Steel Summit” with manufacturers to address the “supply chain crisis.

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Microplastics are harming gut health

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Scientists have found evidence that microplastics in the digestive tract of seabirds altered the microbiome of the gut -- increasing the presence of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant microbes, while decreasing the beneficial bacteria found in the intestines.

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To the Cloud and Beyond?A Comprehensive Model for Enhanced NetOps and User Experience

Cisco CSR

Cloud computing has become wildly popular among IT organizations for a number of reasons, including its ability to enhance efficiency, security, agility, and cost-effectiveness.

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Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A team of engineers has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. Researchers describe the 'generic Air-gen effect'-- nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. The secret lies in being able to pepper the material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter.

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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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Relevance of Observability for SAP and its cross-functional integrations

Cisco CSR

In the past, I have held many discussions on the critical value of the SAP application for businesses. Gartner estimates that 77% of all worldwide business transactions touch an SAP system.

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Prieto Unveils Hyper-Fast Charging Battery

Environment + Energy Leader

The battery can fully charge within three minutes, providing a solution to common concerns about electric vehicles' longer fueling times.

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SBTN Releases First Corporate Science Based Targets for Nature

ESG Today

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) announced today the release of the first corporate science-based targets for nature, aimed at guiding companies in assessing and prioritizing their environmental impacts and setting a standard for targets to address these issues. The new targets come as businesses increasingly focus on nature and biodiversity risk, and as global efforts to address nature-related issues begin to pick up pace.

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A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel

TEDxInnovations

In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious Project grantee Sixto Cancel experienced the faults of the system firsthand. Now, he's the founder of Think of Us, an organization working to reform child welfare by centering kinship care, or placing a child with an extended family member or a familiar adult.

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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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Fintech in MENAP: A solid foundation for growth

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Fintech in the Middle East and North Africa is burgeoning, thanks to funding increases and revised licensing regimes. Sustaining growth will require concerted effort by businesses and governments.

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BNY Mellon Appoints Meaghan Muldoon as First Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

BNY Mellon announced that it has appointed Meaghan Muldoon as its first Chief Sustainability Officer. Muldoon joins BNY Mellon after more than seven years at investment giant BlackRock, where she most recently served as Global Head of ESG Integration, leading the firm’s global ESG integration and sustainable investing innovation teams, and has also served as EMEA Head of Sustainable Investing.

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The Forest is the First Stop in Supply Chain Sourcing: Lessons from Finland’s Bioeconomy Approach

WWF Sustainability

Most of us never get the opportunity to see the origin of the materials that make up the products we use every day – not even the people making the most critical decisions about product sourcing.

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Biodiversity “Momentum” Builds Among Investors

Chris Hall

Institutions representing €20 trillion AUM call for increased collaboration to assess impact on biodiversity and address nature-related risks and opportun ities. More asset owners and managers aim to map their investments’ impact on biodiversity, collaborate to hold investee companies accountable and commit to ambitious action on nature loss via the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation pledge.

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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