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How COP27 became the food systems COP

GreenBiz

For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations. Finally.

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Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone

Renew Economy

Virya Energy proposes 220 of wind turbines, up to 300MW of solar PV and a 500MW/500MWh battery north-west of Jerilderie. The post Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Israeli climate tech companies mean business at COP27

GreenBiz

10 of Israel’s most promising climate tech startups won the chance to demonstrate their innovations to the world.

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Latrobe Valley pine plantation wind farm confirms Supreme Court challenge

Renew Economy

Osmi Australia confirms that state approvals for its 200MW Delburn wind farm are being challenged in court, with a hearing date set for February 2023. The post Latrobe Valley pine plantation wind farm confirms Supreme Court challenge 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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How COP 27 became the food systems COP

GreenBiz

For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations. Finally.

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Biggest gas unit in South Australia closed in midday sun to help keep lights on

Renew Economy

AEMO shuffles its cards as it seeks to maintain grid stability in South Australia, switching off the biggest gas generator to contain the risk to rooftop PV. The post Biggest gas unit in South Australia closed in midday sun to help keep lights on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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What it will take to electrify construction equipment

GreenBiz

The key challenges in construction going all-electric

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Subaru of America Launches 15th Annual Subaru Share the Love® Event With Goal To Reach $250 Million in Donations

3BL Media

Automaker Celebrates Philanthropic Event Milestone with Creative Campaign Dedicated to Its National Charity Partners and Hometown Charities. SOURCE: Subaru of America. DESCRIPTION: CAMDEN, N.J., November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Subaru of America, Inc. today released a national advertising campaign in support of the 2022 Subaru Share the Love® Event , highlighting the causes that embody the Subaru Love Promise ® – the Subaru vision to show love and respect to all people, and pets, at every interac

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Korea power companies sign MoUs for huge green ammonia projects in Australia

Renew Economy

Two Korea power plant operators sign MoUs to develop several large green hydrogen and green ammonia projects in Australia. The post Korea power companies sign MoUs for huge green ammonia projects in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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City tree biodiversity helps protect urban forests — and our health

GreenBiz

Research shows diversity matters when it comes to urban forestation, too.

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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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Most Canadian companies are ignoring true costs of doing business

Corporate Knights

Last Wednesday was finance day at COP27, a chance to discuss how financial institutions can do their part to tackle the climate crisis. Last year, this day generated big headlines as Mark Carney’s Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero announced it had brought together 450 financial firms pledging to decarbonize economies. . There has been less fanfare around finance at the UN Climate Change Conference this time around, but it is very important to keep the global momentum from Glasgow.

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How to unpick a company’s net zero target in 7 steps

Renew Economy

Corporate net zero targets are spreading like wildfire, but many ring hollow and are no more than vague statements of intent. Here's how to unpick them. The post How to unpick a company’s net zero target in 7 steps appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The many facets of the VERGE 22 microgrid

GreenBiz

The renewable energy generation, management and storage infrastructure behind the VERGE conference microgrid offer inspiration for organizations considering their own onsite clean energy installation.

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From Managers to Moms: Women Are Manufacturing's Largest Untapped Talent Pool

3BL Media

SOURCE: Sealed Air. DESCRIPTION: Karen Crisp manages two Sealed Air manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and has been working inside plants for 23 years. So, you don’t need to tell her about the particular challenges facing women in the manufacturing industry. She’s living it. Crisp, who is also a busy mom and active community member, serves as a mentor and advocate to bring more women into the industry.

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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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BHP clinches $9.6 billion bid to buy OZ Minerals to gain more control over EV battery metals

Renew Economy

BHP to take a lead role in landmark clean energy projects through its now approved bid for fellow miner Oz Minerals, and securing bigger role in battery metals. The post BHP clinches $9.6 billion bid to buy OZ Minerals to gain more control over EV battery metals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Community Investing Is Economic Sustainability

3BL Media

SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal. DESCRIPTION: by Mark Regier of Praxis Funds and Everence Financial. For too long, community investing has been seen as an act of charity, equated with largesse or evidence of excess resources in one’s economic life. And while charity — financial gifts drawn from excess finances and given to causes and organizations that require such support to do their good work (disaster recovery, the arts, crisis food and shelter, ministry support, etc.) — can be an important aspect

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Energy Insiders Podcast: “Fit for 55?: EU climate package could tax Australia

Renew Economy

Why Australia might still be facing a carbon border tax in EU. Matthias Buck from Agora Energiewende explains. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: “Fit for 55″: EU climate package could tax Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CNH Industrial Delivers Agriculture's First Dynamic Simulator

3BL Media

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: CNH Industrial , a world leader in agricultural and construction equipment, has inaugurated the agricultural sector’s first Dynamic Simulator in Modena, Italy. The Company has four plants and three R&D centers in the country, employing some 4,500 people. The San Matteo R&D Center is home to the world’s first agricultural-sector application of this technology, previously it has only been used in the automotive industry.

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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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Reducing Friction in SecureX Orchestration

Cisco CSR

Since releasing SecureX orchestration, we’ve regularly published two types of content for our customers to import and use: atomic actions and workflows. Atomic actions are small, re-usable functions that allow you to do simple things like isolating an endpoint in Cisco Secure Endpoint. Workflows are more complex combinations of activities, often made up of multiple atomic actions, that accomplish a broader objective.

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Tiffany & Co. Commits to Science-Based Climate Targets

3BL Media

SOURCE: Tiffany & Co. DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today, Tiffany & Co. announces its plans to accelerate its commitment to combat climate change with a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and supply chain (Scope 3) by 2040 in accordance with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard.

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Secure Transportation Operations

Cisco CSR

Security has always been of critical importance in transportation. As digital technology continues to drive the industry forward, it has been accompanied by an increasing number of connections to secure and complexity to deal with. Transportation organizations need to safeguard the most vital aspects of their operations to not only protect their business but to ensure the safety of their passengers ?.

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Tackling Climate Change: Gildan's Climate, Energy, and Water Goals

3BL Media

Q&A with Juan Carlos Contreras, Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing - Latin America, and Carlos Duran, Vice-President of Project Engineering. SOURCE: Gildan Activewear. DESCRIPTION: Since Gildan's beginnings, respect for the environment has been central to the way the Company operates. In fact, one of Gildan's ESG priorities as a global manufacturer is to conduct business in a way that optimizes and conserves resources.

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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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The Security Risks for the Agile Retailer

Cisco CSR

In recent years, retailers have been forced to be more agile, responding rapidly to quickly changing business landscapes and consumer expectations. Retailers rushed to bring curbside and home delivery services to market and send their knowledge workers from the headquarters and contact center home in some hybrid capacity. Security has always been of critical importance in retail.

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Eaton Achieves Mansfield Rule Certification: What This Means for the Future of Inclusion and Diversity

3BL Media

SOURCE: Eaton. DESCRIPTION: CLEVELAND, November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Intelligent power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) is excited to announce that it has been named a Mansfield 2.0 Certified Legal Department (MRLD) and achieved the MRLD Certification Plus designation. These achievements indicate that the company has met MRLD's consideration requirement by considering at least 50% historically underrepresented* lawyers for its leadership roles and exceeded it, with underrepresented lawyers

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Security Resilience for Government

Cisco CSR

Cisco Thought Leadership in Government. The need to protect critical government infrastructure is nothing new. And the desire/need to establish a zero trust environment for government operations has also been well articulated. But how does an organization get started on its zero trust journey? It can often feel like the proverbial challenge of “how do you eat an elephant”… one bite at a time.

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An Inside Look at Corporate Giving

3BL Media

Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create an employee-driven community investment program. SOURCE: Submittable. DESCRIPTION: This year at Submittable we set out to revive our corporate giving program. We’d done community investment in the past, but after a couple years of change, including some rapid growth , it was time to reimagine the process.

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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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Connected Trackside: Delivering resilience and security

Cisco CSR

I recently shared some key trends and challenges rail operators are navigating, as well as Cisco’s approach to strengthening and securing onboard network infrastructure in this blog series. For this post, let’s explore the building blocks of modern trackside networks. As rail operators invest in Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC), they need trackside network infrastructure that supports ultra-reliable train-to-wayside wireless connectivity, resilience and high availability, and robust cyb

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Yum! Brands' Wanda Williams Discusses Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence, Yum! Franchise Accelerator

3BL Media

SOURCE: Yum! Brands. DESCRIPTION: Yum! Brands’ Head of Global Franchising Wanda Williams recently appeared on the International Franchise Association's Her Success video podcast. During the discussion, Wanda talked about the Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence at the University of Louisville and the launch of the Yum! Franchise Accelerator program.

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Tesla Autopilot Crashes: With at Least a Dozen Dead, “Who’s at Fault, Man or Machine?”

Impakter

Impakter. Tesla Autopilot Crashes: With at Least a Dozen Dead, “Who’s at Fault, Man or Machine?”. From July 2021 to October 2022, the US Department of Transportation reported 605 crashes involving vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) – aka autopilot – and 474 of them were Teslas, that’s three quarters of the accidents. On November 13, a disturbing video of a deadly Tesla crash in Guangdong, China went viral. […].

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Our Approach to Climate Content

3BL Media

SOURCE: Meta. DESCRIPTION: At Meta, we understand that critical challenges like climate change lead to complex discussion across our apps. Much of that discussion is the type of expression and debate that is essential to building consensus and finding solutions to climate change. That’s why we take a comprehensive approach to climate-related content that educates and informs people with accurate information while addressing misinformation.

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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