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Supermarkets are tackling emissions from their freezer aisles

GreenBiz

The effort to solve the HFC refrigerant problem is still in its early days. Here are four things grocers can start doing now.

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CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions

Renew Economy

Coalition's repeated attacks prompts CSIRO boss to publish an open letter defending GenCost report, and science in general. The post CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Johnson Controls is bringing sustainability from the basement to the boardroom

GreenBiz

Making buildings healthier and more sustainable also enhances organizations’ core purposes.

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Australia’s largest rail freight company to roll out battery electric tenders in “world first” trial

Renew Economy

Australia's largest rail freight operator to trial battery electric tenders that could electrify and decarbonise the country's rail freight industry, and provide support to grid. The post Australia’s largest rail freight company to roll out battery electric tenders in “world first” trial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

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

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Excitement and Inspiration in Philadelphia Ahead of DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’

3BL Media

A palpable buzz of anticipation and excitement swept Philadelphia’s Crane Chinatown Community Center — as row by row of students ranging from preschoolers through teenagers filed into the sprawling gymnasium. Pencil and notebook in hand, the students took their seats at the periwinkle-topped tables, their excitement on display through smiles and laughter.

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Super cheap transmission upgrades could double capacity and open floodgates for renewables

Renew Economy

Grid enhancing technologies are promising to decongest networks and bring in huge amounts of renewables. Can they work in Australia? The post Super cheap transmission upgrades could double capacity and open floodgates for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Construction starts on Australia’s biggest battery, to replace Collie coal

Renew Economy

Construction is underway on will be Australia’s biggest battery project, the giant four-hour Collie battery energy storage system. The post Construction starts on Australia’s biggest battery, to replace Collie coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Here’s How You Remain Competitive: Optimization and Digitalization

3BL Media

Schneider Electric In Germany, where I live, there is a greater sense of fear when it comes to what the future holds. The industrious country continues to narrowly dodge a recession. The effects of the economic decline during the pandemic year of 2020 and the slowed production in the energy supply sector, given Europe’s past dependence on Russia for natural gas, have been felt here and in other parts of the world.

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People matter: Renewables industry needs a slogan and a story to go with it

Renew Economy

The renewables industry needs a national slogan and a story to go with it to drive community support. The post People matter: Renewables industry needs a slogan and a story to go with it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CNH Brands Excel in Great Iron and Tech at Expoagro 2024

3BL Media

Case IH , New Holland , and CASE CE (all CNH brands), took the stage at Expoagro 2024 YPF , the mega-exhibition from March 5 to 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Known as ‘The National Capital of Agribusiness,’ Expoagro is one of the largest agro-industrial exhibitions in Latin America. Renowned companies in the sector show off their products, services and the latest in technology and connectivity.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Connecting renewables to the grid: You can’t always get what you want

Renew Economy

New rules on Australia's complex connection processes are a good first pass, but more needs to be done. The post Connecting renewables to the grid: You can’t always get what you want appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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AB and Columbia Climate School Hosted the Biodiversity Training for AB Investors

3BL Media

Last week, AB, in partnership with Columbia Climate School hosted the Biodiversity Training for AB Investors with biodiversity expert Dr. Jenna Lawrence. Second in the training series, this module introduces investors to the risks and opportunities stemming from biodiversity and nature loss and examines how issuers’ impacts and dependencies on nature can affect their businesses.

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Australia’s biggest solar farm takes hit from delays caused by heavy rain

Renew Economy

Owner of Australia's biggest solar project says earnings hit by construction delays caused by heavy rains. The post Australia’s biggest solar farm takes hit from delays caused by heavy rain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Atlantic City Electric - Engaging the Community With KABOOM! To Build a Playground in New Jersey

3BL Media

Atlantic City Electric has partnered with Gateway Community Action Partnership , the Borough of Paulsboro , and KABOOM! to construct a new playground for West Buck Street Park in Paulsboro, New Jersey. The project kicked off in January with Design Day, where local students and community members were given a blank canvas to create the playground of their dreams.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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Battery storage can make wind and solar dispatchable, but it still needs help

Renew Economy

While battery storage typically benefits from volatility in the energy market, new services markets and contracts for existing and new markets are missing. The post Battery storage can make wind and solar dispatchable, but it still needs help appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Bath & Body Works Named to Forbes List of “Customer Experience All Stars”

3BL Media

March 14, 2024 /3BL/ - Today Bath & Body Works announces its inclusion on Forbes’ list of Customer Experience All Stars. In partnership with the data analysis company HundredX, Forbes surveyed 175,000 U.S.-based consumers who rated 3,100 brands on products, services and treatment of customers. The top 300 overall scores made the list. Bath & Body Works ranked 35 th overall and #1 in their category.

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What is economic inclusion?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Economic inclusion is when people not only have their basic subsistence needs met but also are productive, fulfilled, and fully empowered to make choices about their lives.

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Delmarva Power Supports Helen F. Graham Cancer Center

3BL Media

Earlier this month, Delmarva Power presented a donation of $2,605 to the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, located within Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. This contribution was made possible through the dedication of our field employees from our New Castle Regional Office. Our employees organized a fundraising event to support a colleague’s family member who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

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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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Solar Insiders Podcast: Heat pump demand red hot, batteries just warming up

Renew Economy

Solar Victoria CEO Stan Krpan talks rebate milestones, red hot heat pump demand and home battery uptake. Plus rooftop solar crackdowns and a battery business in trouble. The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Heat pump demand red hot, batteries just warming up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Exploring How Jazz Pharmaceuticals Honored U.S. Black History Month

3BL Media

Originally published by Jazz Pharmaceuticals on LinkedIn In honor of U.S. Black History Month, JazzSoul, the affinity forum created to support Black employees and their allies and foster inclusive conversations at Jazz, celebrated the many contributions of people from the African diaspora. Over the course of the month, valuable insights and historical perspectives were shared from two vastly different career journeys.

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Google Commits to $35 Million of Carbon Removal Credits over Next 12 Months

ESG Today

Google announced today a new commitment to contract for at least $35 million of carbon removal credits over the next 12 months, as part of an initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aimed at helping to scale the carbon removal sector by funding the sector’s innovations and technology. In a post announcing the new commitment, Randy Spock, Carbon Credits and Removals Lead at Google, said: “This model of mutually reinforcing public-private support is an important tool to commercialize car

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Driving Sustainable Excellence and Inspiring the Next Generation: A Blueprint for Companies

3BL Media

Originally published on Nasdaq.com Qualcomm’s recently released report highlights our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, showcasing the achievements and milestones we have reached throughout the year. Many other companies are doing the same, and it’s exciting to see the progress being made to make the world a better place. But there’s always more work to be done.

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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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Identifying value in family-owned businesses

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Outperforming family-owned businesses use a combination of value-creating mindsets and actions. Private equity firms looking to engage should understand them.

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Lenovo HPC Infrastructure Powers Pre-Exascale Supercomputer Marenostrum 5 To Enable New Scientific Advances and Solve Global Challenges

3BL Media

MareNostrum 5’s Lenovo-built general-purpose partition (GPP) ranked as top x86 GPP on latest TOP500 list HPC servers provided by Lenovo for MareNostrum 5 manufactured at its purpose-built in-house facility in Budapest, Hungary Built on award-winning Lenovo Neptune™ liquid cooling technology to drive higher performance while using less energy. BARCELONA, Spain, March 14, 2024 /3BL/ - Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) has announced that the General Purpose Partition of the MareNostrum 5, a new pre-e

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Mapping the road to prosperity and parity for Black and Latino residents across America

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Black and Latino US residents experience different levels of prosperity and parity depending on where they live. Our interactive map explores this variation across all US counties.

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Equality by Design: A Model for Managing Discriminatory Risks of AI

3BL Media

DALLAS, March 14, 2024 /3BL/ - Since 2021, Mary Kay Inc. has partnered with the Equal Rights Trust (ERT) , an organization whose mission is to advance equality through law around the world. As part of this collaboration, Mary Kay Inc. supported new research focused on understanding and addressing the discriminatory impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impacts on gender equality, and the development of a new “equality by design approach.

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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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Information overload is a personal and societal danger

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

We are all aware of the dangers of pollution to our air, water, and earth. In a recently published letter, scientists are advocating for the recognition and mitigation of another type of environmental pollution that poses equivalent personal and societal dangers: information overload.

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Quest Colleague Is Exhibiting Care for Every Patient in Her Chair

3BL Media

With 7 years at Quest under her belt, Donna Grant-Rudolph , Patient Services Representative (PSR II), has developed plenty of experience in her role at the busy Patient Service Center (PSC) on Summer Street in Stamford, Connecticut. Her manager, James Cueto , Patient Services Supervisor, North Region, explained that Donna helps manage the workflow and directs many of the patients who come into the Stamford PSC because her draw room is right there.

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Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected, study suggests

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles, and insects. However, in a new study of 'warm-blooded' endotherms, a research team found tropical birds can handle thermal variation just fine.

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The Pennsylvania Diversity Council Announces Its 2024 Pittsburgh Women in Leadership Symposium Woman of the Year Awardee

3BL Media

PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2024 /3BL/ - The Pennsylvania Diversity Council (PADC) announces Genevieve Oduor, Vice President, Business Development and Diversity Relationship Officer of S&T Bank as its 2024 Pittsburgh Women in Leadership Symposium Woman of the Year awardee. Oduor will be recognized at the annual Pittsburgh Women in Leadership Symposium (WILS) on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 taking place from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

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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.