Wed.Jan 25, 2023

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AI has great power in combating the climate crisis. How can it be used wisely?

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Artificial intelligence carries great promise in advancing sustainability and resilience in sectors from agriculture to transportation. But it takes human intelligence to ensure AI solutions deliver positive outcomes.

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

The Rhine River is one of Europe’s great waterways, tumbling out of headwaters in the Swiss Alps to snake its way northward through Germany and branch, some thousand kilometres later, through a delta in the Dutch lowlands into the North Sea. With Romantic castles, rolling vineyards and medieval cities studding its shores, the Rhine is a celebrated symbol of German culture.

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Natural capital earns investor interest

GreenBiz

The practical upshot: There is no path to decarbonization without major investments in natural capital.

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Enforcing Zero Trust Access with Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco CSR

As applications become distributed across clouds, data centers, SaaS, and to the edge, enterprises need to enable secure access to these applications for their workforce from anywhere. Implementing Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a preferred method for enabling secure access to distributed applications by a hybrid workforce and the growing number of IoT devices.

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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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Water tech catches a wave

GreenBiz

"Water is only going to get more important. Water change is climate change.

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Reimagining the Digital Transformation of Government

Cisco CSR

The digital transformation of governments is now the foundational element enabling communities to re-imagine how critical services are offered and delivered. Citizens have embraced digital access to government services and now demand a consistent experience that feels connected and secure. How can our governments tap into this newly generated demand for digital services, and what benefits can technology bring to the citizens of their communities?

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Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation

Energy Central

Source: Unesco-harnessing-ai-innovation-to-accelerate-sustainability-for-the-planet Over this weekend, I spent a fair amount of reading time working through the World Economic Forum Whitepapers I have collected to remind me of this incredible source of knowledge across many world issues and challenges, grasping the risks, potentials and value opportunities discussed in these papers.

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Big Banks Targeted with Shareholder Resolutions Demanding Fossil Fuel Financing Phase-out, Climate Transition Plans

ESG Today

A group of sustainability-focused shareholder and advocacy groups announced a series of climate-focused shareholder resolutions at several major Wall Street banks today, asking the banks to provide visibility on their plans to achieve their climate goals, and to commit to a timeline to phase out fossil fuel financing. One of the resolutions, filed by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo, asks the banks to disclos

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Frictionless Renewals for Partners with Cisco Lifecycle Advantage

Cisco CSR

I lead the Cisco Digital Experience partner go-to-market for the Americas. One of our roles is to provide our partners with the tools they need to more successfully engage our mutual customers throughout the product lifecycle: from purchase to renewals. The main tool in our arsenal is Lifecycle Advantage , which serves up digital content that partners use to engage their customers in a more automated way.

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The state of impact investing public policy – and opportunities for 2023

Impact Alpha

The past year has been one of both exciting growth and unexpected challenges for the impact investing industry. Amid an uncertain macroeconomic forecast. The post The state of impact investing public policy – and opportunities for 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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NYC Pension Funds Announce Proposals at Big Banks for Tougher Emissions Goals for Lending and Underwriting

ESG Today

Three of New York City’s Retirement System pension funds, and City Comptroller Brad Lander announced that they have filed proposals at four major North American banks calling on them to set and disclose 2030 science-based targets to reduce absolute emissions from financing activities for carbon-intensive sectors. 2030 targets to reduce financed emissions from carbon-intensive sectors.

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Green hydrogen – The fuel of the future if we lead with data

Utiliity Dive

Grid-enabled clean hydrogen can be a powerful decarbonization tool if the production involves 100% hourly-matched, locally-procured, clean generation established specifically for the clean hydrogen generator.

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Emirates to Conduct Flight Using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel-Powered Engine

ESG Today

Dubai-based airline Emirates announced plans to conduct its first experimental flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in one engine this week, in a test aimed at supporting expanded use of SAF for commercial flights. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is seen as one of the key tools to help decarbonize the aviation industry, which currently accounts for 2-3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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How ambidextrous leaders manage through volatile times

McKinsey Sustainabilty

When uncertainty reigns, the best leaders play both defense and offense. That requires honing three types of competitive edge: insights, commitment, and execution.

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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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What Does It Mean to Be Resilient in STEM?

Impakter

Impakter What Does It Mean to Be Resilient in STEM? “As the daughter of immigrants, I was taught since birth the importance of education and more specifically, STEM,’’ said Katherine Jin, who has been the face of the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2017. She serves as a role model for girls and women who are eager to tap […] The post What Does It Mean to Be Resilient in STEM?

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The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face

Stacey Higginbotham

Now that OTC, or over the counter, hearing aids are available in the U.S. I decided to revisit my auditory challenge. Technically, I was reminded to revisit it. My wife knows I have trouble hearing her at times. She also prefers not to watch television with me because I constantly ask her to boost the volume. So I did some research and ultimately? I didn’t buy an OTC hearing aid.

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responsAbility Raises $274 Million for Sustainable Food Strategies

ESG Today

Sustainable investment firm responsibility announced today that it has raised $274 million in the first closings of two of its sustainable food-focused investment funds, aimed at transforming global agriculture and food value chains. The strategies include the Sustainable Food in Asia strategy, the firm’s second private equity growth strategy in Asia, which achieved $173 million at the first close, and the Sustainable Food in Latam strategy, which reached $101 million.

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What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers discovered that while changing temperatures and rainfall had little impact on the crocodiles' gene flow over the past three million years, changes to sea levels during the Ice Age had a different effect.

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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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3 Positive ‘Tipping Points’ That Could Help us Out of Climate Crisis

Impakter

Impakter 3 Positive ‘Tipping Points’ That Could Help us Out of Climate Crisis “The Breakthrough Effect,” a term recently coined in a new report released at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, suggests that with just a few small interventions in the mere 10 sectors that contribute to a whopping 70% of all carbon emissions, we could be well on track to halt our arrival at a 1.5°C global […] The post 3 Positive ‘Tipping Points’ That Could Help us Out of Cli

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Environmental Solutions Provider Atlas Awarded $21 Million Contract Extension

Environment + Energy Leader

Atlas, a leading Infrastructure and Environmental solutions provider announced that it has been awarded a three-year, $21 million contract extension to provide CMT on the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. The post Environmental Solutions Provider Atlas Awarded $21 Million Contract Extension appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Decarbonising local roads: Seven new programmes to start in 2023

Envirotec Magazine

A government-funded initiative aiming to accelerate innovation in the roads sector announced funding awards for several new projects on 25 January. The winning bidders who will take their projects forward as part of the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme were announced by Roads Minister, Richard Holden. Funded by the Department for Transport, the three-year, UK-wide programme has been developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and

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Escalating Water

Chris Hall

Asset owners are embarking on major engagement campaigns to drive action on water risk due to investee companies undervaluing nature’s precious resource. It can feel trite to write about the importance of water security to investors and wider society when the ‘second element’ is so vital to human life. But there’s clearly a disconnect, with asset owners telling ESG Investor that water resources remain hugely undervalued by business which has forced them, as long-term investors, to escalate actio

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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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QCells’ head of market strategy on the company’s $2.5B expansion of US solar manufacturing

Utiliity Dive

“Demand has certainly exceeded the supply of solar panels available to the U.S. market for several years now,” Scott Moskowitz said.

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Satellite data shows sustained severe drought in Europe

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Europe lacks groundwater -- a lot of groundwater. The continent has already been suffering from a severe drought since 2018. This is confirmed by satellite data.

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Last-Mile Delivery Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Impakter

Impakter Last-Mile Delivery Solutions for a Sustainable Future Consumers are using more and more eCommerce services every day, and efficient and sustainable last-mile logistics are becoming the next challenge for businesses that want to compete with eCommerce giants like Amazon. While consumers are expecting their delivery driver to show up in a maximum of a day or even in a few hours, the downside […] The post Last-Mile Delivery Solutions for a Sustainable Future appeared first on Impakte

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S-5! Solar Expert Presents at Intersolar North America & Introduces New Product

Alternative Energy Mag

Attendees are invited to stop by S-5! Booth #2124 to see first-hand the newest addition to its balance of systems lineup, the Module-Level Power Electronics (MLPE) clip. The MLPE clip provides a cost-effective attachment method for various MLPE devices directly to the PV module frame.

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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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Bird Flu is Making Your Weekly Food Shop More Egg-Spensive

Impakter

Impakter Bird Flu is Making Your Weekly Food Shop More Egg-Spensive Have you been wondering why the egg aisle in the supermarket is currently full of empty, ransacked boxes and – if by the off chance there are any eggs left – they’re much more expensive than before? The end of 2022 and beginning of 2023 has witnessed the worst bird flu outbreak on record, resulting […] The post Bird Flu is Making Your Weekly Food Shop More Egg-Spensive appeared first on Impakter.

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Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Sets Expectation for 40% Women Representation on Boards

ESG Today

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), one of Canada’s largest investors, set new board diversity expectations for large-cap companies I developed markets, aimed at achieving representation of women on boards of at least 40%. The new expectation was unveiled as part of OTPP’s 2023 Proxy Voting Guidelines, and marks an increase from the firm’s prior policy of advocating for 30% representation.

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Soltec obtains environmental permits for 401 MW in the Spanish provinces of Murcia and Alicante

Alternative Energy Mag

● Out of the 401 MW, which are distributed amongst sixteen plants, 352 MW are being co-developed with French Giant TotalEnergies ● Soltec, in accordance with Royal Decree-Law 23/2020, has obtained all environmental impact assessments (DIA) due in January 2023

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Guest Post: Why Governments Must Encourage More Investment in Green Infrastructure, Now!

ESG Today

By: Chris Lewis, Global Infrastructure Leader at EY At COP27 in November last year, there was an overwhelming consensus that the target of lowering global temperatures by 1.5 ° C – as outlined in the historic Paris Agreement – is now at risk of not being met, unless the world acts now. This sounds like a huge undertaking, but it is more realistically achievable if more investment is funneled into green infrastructure projects, which are critical to accelerating the transition toward a low-carbon

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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