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Episode 359: Lessons in finance, climate literacy

GreenBiz

In this episode: How startups are approaching financial management in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, a plethora of climate literacy resources, and confusion of what EVs will be eligible for tax credits.

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Greens propose gas tax “with teeth” that could deliver $95bn in revenue

Renew Economy

The Greens say a gas tax that “actually works” could raise $94.5 billion in the coming decade, in new push for reform of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. The post Greens propose gas tax “with teeth” that could deliver $95bn in revenue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Be excited about EPR, even if it’s not a silver bullet

GreenBiz

The bottom line is that a money flow is needed to improve recycling rates, and extended producer responsibility contributes to that.

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Green propose gas tax “with teeth” that could deliver $95bn in revenue

Renew Economy

The Greens say a gas tax that “actually works” could raise $94.5 billion in the coming decade, in new push for reform of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. The post Green propose gas tax “with teeth” that could deliver $95bn in revenue 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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What brands excel at recommerce?

GreenBiz

A quick introduction to the brand resale index by Trove and OSF Digital. As you may expect for any fast-growing space such as recommerce, leaders and laggards are already distinguishing themselves.

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U.S. car companies will reach the Biden administration's ambitious EV targets

Corporate Knights

One big question keeps surfacing after the Biden administration announced plans to raise auto standards so sharply they would likely boost electric vehicle production to 67% of all new passenger vehicle sales in under a decade: Can automakers pull that off? The proposal would require a huge change in production and consumer choice. To put it in perspective, in 2022 about 6% of U.S. passenger vehicle sales were all-electric.

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Chinese supply chains for critical infrastructure threaten the US power grid

Utiliity Dive

State and federal policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders must develop and implement effective strategies to secure supply chains while minimizing the financial impact on ratepayers.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Outcomes

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Show me the impact. The pushback against impact-washing is spurring investors of all stripes to raise their game. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Outcomes appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Make your network yours with CML 2.5 annotations

Cisco CSR

Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) 2.5 arrives with annotations, a new feature for all CML license levels. When learning and designing, annotations let you get the most out of your labs.

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Iberdrola to Require Suppliers Representing 85% of Spend to Meet ESG Criteria

ESG Today

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today a new commitment for more than 85% of its purchases to be made from suppliers that comply with ESG criteria beginning this year, resulting in the promotion of best practices in 20,000 suppliers representing purchases of nearly €18 billion. The new target represents a significant increase from the company’s prior goal, set in 2021, for ESG criteria requirements and sustainable development policies and standards from 70% of suppliers

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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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Biden-Harris Administration Proposed Standards to Accelerate a Clean-Transportation Future

Environment + Energy Leader

The Biden administration’s policies aid in the transition to clean energy, especially over the next 10 to 15 years. The post Biden-Harris Administration Proposed Standards to Accelerate a Clean-Transportation Future appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Ship emissions study shows scope for ‘faster, better, cheaper’ monitoring

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: balipadma / Shutterstock.com. Potential to increase ship emission monitoring to 100% coverage of the global ocean and attribute to individual ships, say authors A new paper highlights possible solutions to help improve ship emission compliance and attribution A number of new regulations have been implemented by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) over the last decade following global concerns over air quality.

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Business-as-usual no Longer an Option for Banks

Chris Hall

Jessye Waxman, Senior Campaign Representative, Fossil-Free Finance Campaign, Sierra Club, says climate-related shareholder resolutions give banks necessary guardrails for transition financing. As US and Canadian banking majors begin to publish their 2023 proxy statements, there has been a troubling mischaracterization of climate-related shareholder resolutions, misleading investors into thinking these resolutions are something they’re not.

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PennEnvironment Launches Interactive Map of Clean Energy Projects Across Keystone State

Environment + Energy Leader

Clean Energy Commonwealth provides a valuable resource for Pennsylvanians to explore the innovative clean energy projects taking place in each county. The post PennEnvironment Launches Interactive Map of Clean Energy Projects Across Keystone State appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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Apple Targets 100% Recycled Cobalt in Batteries by 2025

ESG Today

Apple announced a series of sustainable material goals for its products, including a new target to use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025, up from around 25% in 2022. Cobalt, a critical material in batteries enabling high energy density, is used in most consumer electronics, including Apple’s iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and MacBook. More than half of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Katanga Copperbelt in DR Congo, with an estimates 15-20% extracted by artisanal miners and small scale min

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Procure Cisco Cloud Software and SaaS Portfolio on AWS Marketplace

Cisco CSR

I’ll get right to the big news: Cisco channel partners can now sell the Cisco expanded SaaS portfolio on AWS marketplace, along with Cisco Enterprise Agreements (EAs).

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Apollo Doubles Diverse Spend Goal to $2 Billion

ESG Today

Global alternative investment manager Apollo announced a new goal to achieve $2 billion in diverse spending, with an emphasis on minority- and women-owned suppliers, across its funds’ private equity portfolio by the end of 2025. The new goal comes as Apollo revealed that it has already surpassed its prior target of $1 billion in diverse spend, set early last year.

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IoT news of the week for April 14, 2023

Stacey Higginbotham

Emerson is buying National Instruments for $8.2B : Industrials giant Emerson is buying test and measurement company National Instruments for $8.2 billion. Word of the deal surfaced a few weeks back with a few other companies bidding for NI. With this deal, Emerson gets a valuable name in the automation business and adds to its portfolio of industrial automation technology.

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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 grid congestion costs soared to $13.3B in 2021, will likely grow until transmission capacity is built: report

Utiliity Dive

Consumers and states should press for relatively inexpensive grid-enhancing technologies and other transmission investments to address “high and rising” congestion costs, said Grid Strategies President Rob Gramlich.

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Forget about Mobile Money, Invest in Insurtech Instead: The Untapped Triple Bottom Line Opportunity in Nigeria

James Militzer

For many customers in emerging markets, their first encounter with insurance goes something like this: Your friend, who recently went into debt because she couldn’t pay off hospital bills, urges you to avoid a similar problem by buying medical insurance. You’re reluctant, since you’ve heard many stories of fraud and unpaid claims. But you decide to do some research to learn more about it — and soon discover that you cannot find any clear information online, other than the contact info of some ne

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PNM, Avangrid extend merger deadline as state regulators signal readiness to reconsider 2021 denial

Utiliity Dive

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has joined the two utilities in requesting that a state Supreme Court appeal of the case be remanded back to the commission.

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Tracking a new path to octopus and squid sensing capabilities

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Research has traced the evolutionary adaptations of octopus and squid sensing capabilities. The researchers describe for the first time the structure of an octopus chemotactile receptor, which octopus arms use for taste-by-touch exploration of the seafloor.

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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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Climate Asset Management to lead Apple 'carbon removal' fund

Environmental Finance

Apple has launched a fund to which it will commit "up to" $200 million to invest in "high-impact, scalable, nature-based carbon removal offsets".

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Scientists develop new way to measure wind

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Atmospheric scientists have developed an algorithm that uses data from water vapor movements to measure wind. This could help predict extreme events like hurricanes.

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Nature’s Generator Donates $27,500 In-Kind to the Share the Sun Project

Alternative Energy Mag

The donations, including $22,500 in discounts and five Gold systems, will directly benefit the underserved communities of the U.S.

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2022 Tongan volcanic explosion was largest natural explosion in over a century, new study finds

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. The 15-megaton volcanic explosion from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, one of the largest natural explosions in more than a century, generated a mega-tsunami with waves up to 45-meters high (148 feet) along the coast of Tonga's Tofua Island and waves up to 17 meters (56 feet) on Tongatapu, the country's most populated island.

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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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FCA: Building 'trust' in transition finance essential

Environmental Finance

The UK regulator sees assurance of sustainability-related disclosures as an important next step in promoting integrity in sustainable finance, Mark Manning tells Michael Hurley

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Tastes differ -- even among North Atlantic killer whales

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it's known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit widely different food types, even within the same region, we know much less about the feeding habits of those found throughout the North Atlantic. Thanks to a new technique, it is now possible to quantify the proportion of different prey that killer whales in the North Atlantic are eating by studying the fatty acid patterns in their blubber.

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OPEC+ cuts risk oil supply deficit, threaten economic recovery - IEA

Energy Central

The outlooks for global oil production and consumption have recently been a point of contention between OPEC+ and the IEA… REUTERS BY NOAH BROWNING, EDITING GERMÁN & CO LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - Output cuts announced by OPEC+ producers risk exacerbating an oil supply deficit expected in the second half of the year and could hurt consumers and global economic recovery, the.

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MLB home run counts are rising – and global warming is playing a role

Environmental News Bits

by Christopher W. Callahan, Dartmouth College and Justin S. Mankin, Dartmouth College Home runs are exhilarating – those lofting moments when everyone looks skyward, baseball players and fans alike, anxiously awaiting the outcome: run or out, win or loss, elation or despair.

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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