Fri.Oct 21, 2022

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Episode 337: Biodiversity jobs, teaching kids about water

GreenBiz

Will Sarni, founder and CEO of Water Foundry and the Future of Water Fund, talks about his new book, "Water, I Wonder.

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Showing the World Self Care Isn't Selfish | Made in America, Season 4, Ep 3

3BL Media

Partners in business and life, The Harpers tell their story of running a self-care business and how they expanded to new heights in Baltimore. Brought to you by GoDaddy. SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: Meet the Harper family, led by mom-and-dad team, April and Tyron. The Harpers are looking to land their wellness company Harp Vision a brick-and-mortar location.

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Should we give plastic credits a chance?

GreenBiz

They could play an important role during the transition to packaging innovations that don’t lead to plastic pollution.

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The Calavo Way: Sustainable Agriculture

3BL Media

SOURCE: Calavo Growers. DESCRIPTION: Calavo works with thousands of food suppliers and growers around the world. We have a joint-venture investment in a greenhouse tomato operation in Jalisco, Mexico (Agricola Don Memo), but otherwise do not have direct control over the growing practices of our suppliers. However, we are proud to work with our customers to source products grown with sustainable agriculture practices, including Fair Trade products, organic products, non-GMO products and products

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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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Has Queensland overpumped its pumped hydro plans?

Renew Economy

Queensland's energy plans begs the question: what is the true value of longer duration storage? And how much, really, is needed? The post Has Queensland overpumped its pumped hydro plans? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Paramount Mobilizes to Promote Civic Engagement and Strengthen Voter Awareness

3BL Media

SOURCE: Paramount. DESCRIPTION: Showing up to vote is one of our core responsibilities as active citizens. This year, as Election Day on November 8 nears, make a plan to vote – click here to check your voter registration, find your polling place, request an absentee ballot (mail/electronic application deadline is Oct. 24), and learn about your voting rights.

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Expedia Group 2021 Global Impact Report: Climate Action

3BL Media

SOURCE: Expedia Group. DESCRIPTION: Through the dedication of everyone at Expedia Group – and a combination of internal emission reductions, renewable energy credits (RECs), and verified carbon offsets – we achieved carbon neutral status in 2017. It’s something we have proudly maintained to this day. Now, we are looking further, exploring opportunities to align our business with a Net Zero future.

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The Titanium Economy: An introduction

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Meet the US industrial-technology companies that are driving innovation and sustainable and inclusive growth.

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FedEx Donates More Than 20,000 Meals to Individuals Impacted by Hurricane Ian

3BL Media

Charitable shipment among company’s ongoing support of non-profits helping victims recover from recent natural disasters. SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - As a part of humanitarian relief efforts following Hurricane Ian, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has donated 20,400 meals ready-to-eat (MREs) to the American Red Cross to support those impacted by the natural disaster.

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How can I help protect my company from phishing attacks?

Cisco CSR

I’m sure you’ve seen them — emails or messages that sound alarming and ask you to act quickly. We live in a digital world that produces hundreds of messages and alerts every day. It’s often hard to determine the validity of a suspicious message or phishing email. Whether you are an administrator, or an end-user, it can be overwhelming to accurately identify a malicious message.

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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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Acer and Partners Motivate Over 7,000 Employees on 21-Day “Green” Challenge, Cutting Equivalent of 152 Tons CO2

3BL Media

Acer’s 21-Day Challenge succeeds in developing employees' green habits and cutting equivalent of CO2 absorbed by 15,249 trees. SOURCE: Acer. DESCRIPTION: TAIPEI, October 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Acer recently held an eco-conscious campaign to motivate its employees, partners, and suppliers to reduce carbon footprints during a “21-Day Challenge [1].

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ISSB Confirms Scope 3 Emissions Will Be Included in IFRS’ Climate Disclosure Standard

ESG Today

Reporting on Scope 3 emissions – those originating in a company’s value chain and beyond its direct control – will be included as part of required company disclosures under new standards being developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation, according to a statement Friday by the ISSB. The decision marks a significant milestone in the development of climate and sustainability-related reporting standards for companies, as investors and other stakeholder

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Regional Food Bank Receives $50,000 Grant from KeyBank Foundation

3BL Media

SOURCE: KeyBank. DESCRIPTION: The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York was awarded a $50,000 grant from the KeyBank Foundation to support children through its BackPack Program. Children are innocent victims of hunger and without proper nutrition can suffer long-lasting developmental delays. The BackPack Program works to reverse these negative effects by providing chronically hungry school-age children with food each Friday during the school year to ensure they have healthy food to eat on

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Battery capacity in the US more than tripled since the start of 2021: report

Utiliity Dive

More battery projects are coming online, spurring a significant rise in storage capacity and drawing in growing corporate funding.

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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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Out & Equal Honors Medtronic PRIDE

3BL Media

Medtronic wins prestigious award from a global organization advocating for LGBTQ+ workplace equality. SOURCE: Medtronic. DESCRIPTION: The premier global organization advocating for LGBTQ+ workplace equality awarded Medtronic with its New Employee Resource Group (ERG) of the Year Award in recognition of the company’s bold efforts to create an inclusive environment.

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Vaca Muerta: An opportunity to respond to the global energy crisis

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Unconventional resources can help increase the supply of affordable and reliable oil while reducing global greenhouse-gas intensity.

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USIPA Applauds Diversity Pledge Update

3BL Media

SOURCE: Lenovo. DESCRIPTION: Meta and Lenovo shared their gender baseline data after the first year, with the hope that their efforts will encourage greater transparency of inventorship data by all companies. In July of 2021, the United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA) launched The Diversity Pledge , which encouraged companies to use patent data as a way to visualize who is participating in their innovation and inventorship processes and more importantly who is not.

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Disaster recovery: Lessons from around the world

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Our analysis charts a path from disaster to recovery by identifying the building blocks of six successful recoveries from around the world.

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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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Georgia-Pacific's Christian Fischer Champions Sustainability

3BL Media

SOURCE: Georgia-Pacific. DESCRIPTION: The paper and wood products industry is filled with sustainability leaders. This includes AF&PA’s Board Chair, Christian Fischer. As President and CEO of Georgia-Pacific, he champions sustainability daily, and has supported it throughout his career. Recently, he explained how Georgia-Pacific is guided by its broader Stewardship Framework , encompassing environmental, social and governance.

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Identifying opportunities and starting to build a new green business in the industrial sector

McKinsey Sustainabilty

As climate change intensifies, industrial companies will need a new approach for developing sustainable products and services.

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From the Fifth Third 2021 ESG Report: Our Multicultural Recruitment Strategy

3BL Media

SOURCE: Fifth Third Bancorp. DESCRIPTION: Recruiting and engaging an inclusive and diverse workforce is a top priority. Our multicultural recruitment strategy strengthens the Bank by developing an employee base that reflects the communities we serve while also enhancing the lives of tomorrow’s leaders. As such, we have deepened our relationships with traditional colleges as well as more than 20 historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, to strengthen the pipeline of diverse talent.

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Google Partners with Cities Including London, Paris to Pursue 24/7 Carbon Free Energy

ESG Today

C40, a climate-focused network of mayors of nearly 100 large cities, and Google announced today the launch of a new 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy for Cities program, aimed at enabling cities to run entirely on clean energy around the clock. Cities form a major focus area for climate action, accounting for over 65% of the world’s energy consumption and more than 70% of global CO2 emissions.

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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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Comcast Announces Exclusive Premiere of 'The Return' - A Documentary on the HBCU Experience

3BL Media

SOURCE: Comcast Corporation. DESCRIPTION: PHILADELPHIA, October 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Comcast NBCUniversal is excited to announce the exclusive premiere of the documentary film The Return from record-breaking film and Emmy-nominated TV producer Will Packer. Packer, a magna cum laude graduate of Florida A&M University, is a longtime supporter of HBCU initiatives and has chosen to convey the special role they play for their students and alumni.

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IoT news of the week for Oct. 21, 2022

Stacey Higginbotham

Why Netatmo’s video doorbell won’t support HomeKit Secure Video: Yet another smart home device isn’t getting a previously promised Apple HomeKit feature. This time it’s the Netatmo Video Doorbell. Even though it works with HomeKit, adding the HomeKit Secure Video (HSV) feature has been such a challenge that the company has given up on the problem. What’s the issue?

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What Drives Innovation? Black Tech NOLA 2022

3BL Media

SOURCE: Entergy Corporation. DESCRIPTION: Earlier this year, Entergy was proud to sponsor Black Tech NOLA, an annual innovation conference created to raise awareness around building an accessible and equitable technology talent pipeline in the New Orleans region. This is the fifth year the event was held in June in downtown New Orleans, coinciding with the annual Essence Music Festival.

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How two Minnesota cooperatives agreed to a new relationship to prepare for the future grid

Utiliity Dive

An agreement last month between Great River Energy and Connexus is a novel way for generation and transmission cooperatives and local co-ops to develop new relationships during the energy transition.

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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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Fair Trade USA™ Welcomes Two New Board of Directors

3BL Media

Sean Foote and Natasha Chand join Board of Directors. SOURCE: Fair Trade USA. DESCRIPTION: OAKLAND, Calif., October 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Fair Trade USA™ announces two organizational changes. Sean Foote and Natasha Chand have been recently appointed to its Board of Directors. Foote previously served on Fair Trade USA’s Advisory Council for over a decade.

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Our Mission: Help Cisco Partners Hire Veterans

Cisco CSR

Loyal. Dedicated. Disciplined. These are a few of the traits we use to describe our trained veterans. Traits that are inherent to their character, even when they transition to civilian careers. The training veterans receive during their service builds skills and characteristics that provide value to their future employers. “At the core of being a veteran is dedication and commitment; they deserve opportunities when they reenter civilian life.

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EPA Recognizes Marathon Petroleum Corp. Refinery for One of the 12 Top Projects in Energy Efficiency

3BL Media

SOURCE: Marathon Petroleum Corporation. SUMMARY: An energy efficiency project at Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Robinson, Illinois, refinery was named one of the Top Projects of the year at the U.S. EPA’s recent ENERGY STAR® Industrial Partner Meeting. The steam turbine optimization project lowered the refinery’s demand for purchased electricity by 630 kilowatt-hours by increasing the steam available as an energy supply.

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Perceptual Robotics gives a rare preview of inspection capabilities

Alternative Energy Mag

Founded in Bristol, Perceptual Robotics achieves superior results with its pioneering Dhalion system by collecting and analysing wind turbine inspection data through the use of AI and drones, uniquely identifying future potential faults before they cripple the turbine.

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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.