GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Slow and steady won’t win this race. Getting across the finish line may require FIRE.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Australia notched up the largest annual volume of 200MW-plus solar PV projects commissioned to date in 2022, new data shows. The post Very big solar sets record year of growth in 2022, as developers focus on size appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Young Americans are flocking to Europe for a green career. How do sustainability careers in Europe differ?

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2023

While data shows the fossil fuel industry yet again pouring money into Australia's major parties, the 2022 federal election changed the political donations game. The post Fossil giants tipped funds into major parties, but then the climate movement fought back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

Manufacturing

GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Will automotive companies and public EV charging providers ever catch up to Tesla’s Supercharger experience?

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 31, 2023

Early last year, a microwave-oven-sized satellite hurtling along at more than seven kilometres per second detected a massive methane leak from a coal mine in southwest Siberia. The owner of that satellite was GHGSat, a Montreal-based company that works at the intersection of space and climate change. While carbon dioxide gets most of the attention when it comes to greenhouse gases, GHGSat focuses on methane – an extremely potent gas that has been responsible for an estimated 30% of the world’s w

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Indonesia utility launches tender for another 100MW of floating solar as the archipelago seeks to grow its renewables supply. The post Indonesia turns focus to floating solar with new 100MW tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is the final blog in a series on cloud optimization. Also see “ Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload Optimizer ” and “ Getting to the cloud: How IWO can help you plan cloud migration.” In this interview I talk with Mike Isaia, technical solutions architect, about the trend toward the use of multiple public cloud providers and how Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer simplifies performance and cost optimization across AWS , Microsoft Azure , and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Biggest solar contractor in Australia reveals more losses, and crunched margins, as it struggles to make any money out of its international portfolio. The post Biggest solar contractor suffers from crunched margins, but says costs are falling appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

(image credit: Fairphone , CC BY-NC 2.0 license ) A new study appears to identify potential alternative materials to use in the positive terminals of consumer electronics batteries, replacing cobalt. The batteries used in cell phones, laptops and electric vehicles rely on cobalt, a hard-to-find metal that is largely drawn from poorly regulated African mines, and associated with considerable environmental destruction, exploitative labour practices and other problems in places like the Democratic

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2023

One of Australia's first solar farms - and one of the most richly rewarded - has been sold by administrators. The post One of Australia’s oldest and most richly rewarded solar farms sold after debt dispute appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 31, 2023

I can’t believe it’s been three years since we’ve had an in-person Cisco Live event in Europe. The data center team and I are really excited about sharing all the innovations we’ve been working on. This will be our first opportunity to share with you our groundbreaking UCS X-Series design and how it can improve your sustainability posture. And talking about sustainability, this will be a key area of focus for the event.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2023

By Carmen Rojas We are living in messy times. The impact of a frail democracy and fissured economy is that day-to-day living for far too many people in the United States is desperate and dire, while a handful of plutocrats, willing to game these political and economic systems, are lining their pockets to consolidate wealth, power, and political influence.

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 31, 2023

Whether it’s advanced batteries for EVs or for energy storage to meet peak grid demand, foreign pressures on strategic resources and the global supply chain are directly at odds with our domestic energy policies and ambitions.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Stacey Higginbotham

JANUARY 31, 2023

For the last two years, Shortcut Labs , the Swedish company behind the Flic buttons, has seen its sales to enterprises spike. Dirk Lüders, the head of partnerships at Shortcut Labs, told me that about half of the company’s revenue now comes from business clients even though it’s never marketed to them. These clients range from a car company that uses the button to physically open an app on a user’s phone to access the vehicle’s software features to a company called MiS

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 31, 2023

Life sciences companies are making progress in adopting and deploying digital and analytics. But they can go further and faster by heeding some lessons from the past few years.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 31, 2023

I’m excited to pack my bags to attend Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam next week! After a three-year hiatus, two words come to mind that represent my excitement: impactful connections! First, there are human connections – meeting with our customers, partners, and fellow Cisco colleagues from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Europe is where I grew up and where I started my journey with Cisco back in 2000.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

United Airlines, along with energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and biorefining company Green Plains, announced the launch of a new joint venture, Blue Blade Energy, aimed at developing and commercializing a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology using ethanol as feedstock. United also announced that it will purchase up to 2.7 billion gallons of SAF produced from the joint venture.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 31, 2023

As deserts expanded their range over the past 5-7 million years, many plants invaded the new biome and rapidly diversified, producing amazing adaptations to drought and heat. Can plants continue to adapt to increasing aridity caused by climate change? A new study that addressed the origins of desert adaptation concluded that one group of desert plants, rock daisies, came preadapted to aridity, likely helping them survive desert conditions.

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Caux Round Table

JANUARY 31, 2023

After commenting on free speech as a public good in the U.S., I was taken by Jordan Peterson’s defense of the value of free speech for Canadians. I attach his commentary in the National Post here.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 31, 2023

Indirect operations functions make up a significant share of total operations—and optimizing them can deliver sizeable bottom-line impact.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

Amazon revealed today that it secured 108 clean energy projects in 2022, including 25 newly announced wind and solar deals, growing the company’s renewable energy capacity by more than 8 GW through the year – a new corporate record for the most renewable energy announced by a single company in one year. According to the company, the new clean energy deals solidify its position as the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, with a portfolio now exceeding 20 GW, equivalent to the energy neede

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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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American Clean Power

JANUARY 31, 2023

I am in the early days in my new role leading the American Clean Power Association. I am looking forward to meeting with ACP members in the coming months to understand what our member priorities are and what can we do together. For the last two weeks I have met with board members, members of Congress, Administration officials, friends and colleagues who run other energy and business associations.

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Impakter

JANUARY 31, 2023

Impakter Rising Sea Levels Could Cover Twice as Much Land by End of Century Than Previously Estimated Melting ice caps around the globe are causing sea levels to rise at an unprecedented rate, and although we knew the situation was bad, it turns out it’s even worse than we thought. Not the best of starting points, but unfortunately, this is the matter at hand.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 31, 2023

Asurion’s CIO explains how the company’s timely decision to go cloud-first allows the company to move fast, drive value, and stay competitive.

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 31, 2023

The proposed North Plains Connector project would provide 3,000 MW of bi-directional capacity between North Dakota and Montana.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Warehouse Group partnered with McKinsey on a complete transformation, improving customer experience, upskilling employees, and expanding its carbon neutral vision—all while growing its bottom line.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

A large majority of companies are maintaining plans to increase investments in environmental sustainability initiatives in the face of economic headwinds, according to the latest release of the Environmental Sustainable Index by industrial products, solutions and technologies company Honeywell, which also indicated an increased focus on technology-based solutions by companies to hit their sustainability goals.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 31, 2023

Despite the good intentions and creative strategies of impact investors, extreme wealth inequity persists. The climate crisis will only deepen the divide, unless. The post How Fair Food Network is reshaping investment norms to fight wealth inequity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

For-hire mobility providers Uber and Lyft will be required to have zero emissions fleets in New York City by 2030, according to an announcement by NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Unveiled in his 2023 “State of the City Address,” Adams said that the city will work with the companies on the initiative to transform the more than 100,000 vehicle fleet, without adding financial burdens to drivers.

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