GreenBiz

JANUARY 26, 2024

Companies advancing product and packaging reuse business models compete for recognition at the awards in May at Circularity 24 in Chicago.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic Winter Games are turning 100 years tomorrow, marking a revolutionary century of mountain sports driven by technological leaps and social progress. As we celebrate 100 years of sport on snow and ice, we look ahead to see how the Games can adapt to the challenges ahead. In 1924, 258 athletes from 16 national teams came together in the small Alpine town of Chamonix, France, for what later became the first ever Olympic Winter Games.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 26, 2024

A new study found that graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product, through flash Joule heating could serve not only as a reinforcing additive in cement but also as a replacement for sand in concrete.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The new CR11 combine harvester, product of CNH brand New Holland , was recently featured in the famed Auto & Design magazine for its new design language introduced by the company and David Wilkie, Head of Design at CNH. “In agriculture, everything is different,’ the article reads, ‘Vehicles are only redesigned when there is a major technical innovation that justifies the change in look.

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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.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Category curation. Diversification across asset classes is one of the things that makes the “ownership economy” an attractive. The post The Week in impact investing: Fund discovery appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

Originally published by Northwestern Mutual on December 11, 2023 Company awards scholarships to 50 students nationwide for the 2023-24 academic year; now totaling nearly $2 million in scholarships awarded to date The 2024 scholarship application is officially open – childhood cancer survivors and childhood cancer siblings can apply now through February 1 Northwestern Mutual , through its Foundation , announced its continued commitment to helping alleviate the financial cost of college for famili

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

Albertsons Companies is committed to a healthy future, and we work together to build partnerships that support our communities and the planet we share. With the pride Triscuit takes in its American roots and its dedication to supporting local communities, such a partnership was forged. Through our Nourishing Neighbors program, we are thrilled to have partnered with Triscuit to donate over $160,000 to local food banks throughout the communities we serve.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 26, 2024

Capital-intensive, sustainable businesses offer growth on a scale achieved by technology juggernauts of recent decades. But they face a different set of challenges. Here’s how they can overcome them.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

Inspiration for a greener world can come from unexpected places. For Merck scientist François Lévesque , it came from the pet store. This is the amazing story of how creativity and Green Chemistry made drug development more sustainable.  About Merck At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 26, 2024

In this interview, the CIO and the director of infrastructure and user services group at the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) emphasize the need to place people—not only technology—at the center of cloud transformations.

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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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JANUARY 26, 2024

Originally published on NRG Energy Insights By NRG Editorial Voices Happy New Year! We’re back with another NRG People Power blog, and we’re pleased to introduce you to more of the people behind our products and services. In this edition, we’re excited for you to get to know our Managing Director of Integrated Channels, Jamie Guinn. A recipe for perfection Baking and decorating a gourmet cake isn’t easy.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 26, 2024

Global forces are pushing the world into a new period in which rules will have to change fundamentally. In these uncertain yet exciting times, Asia is poised to lead the way.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

PNC | Insights It’s been estimated that as many as 22 U.S. veterans die by suicide every day. For those paired with a Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog, however, the rate so far stands at zero. Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs is a nonprofit based in Williston, Florida, that raises, trains and donates medical service dogs to veterans, first responders and civilians with permanent visible and invisible disabilities.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 26, 2024

Raising funds for business expansion has been especially challenging in recent years. Based on conversations with investors and our own first-hand experience at d.light , funding rounds are taking considerably longer to complete compared to the pre-pandemic era, with investors growing increasingly reluctant to part with their cash. The past year proved to be no different.

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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, AB’s Director of Social Research & Engagement, Saskia Kort-Chick reflects on how climate change may increase the risk of modern slavery, which can have material implications for investors. AB recently collaborated with Walk Free, an international human rights organization, on a report that explores climate-related modern slavery risks in depth and provides investors with tools on addressing and managing them.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 26, 2024

Senior airline executive and inclusion advocate Michael Swiatek outlines the changes required to enhance travel experiences for those with disabilities.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

A Regions associate wanted to make an impact in his community by being a youth mentor. Little did he know the impact that brotherly connection would make on him as well. Their introduction, months in the making, was filled with anticipation, sweaty palms, and nervousness. Weston, meet Sam; Sam, meet Weston. It was a job interview of sorts, but not in the way you might think.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

Climate tech startup CHOOOSE announced today the launch of a new partnership with energy giant bp, aimed at enhancing its decarbonization solutions for the aviation industry, and helping airlines to meet their sustainability obligations. As part of the partnership, bp is making a strategic investment in CHOOOSE. Founded in 2017, Norway-based CHOOOSE provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform enabling companies to build and run climate programs that allow customers to track, understand, and

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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

3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

Originally published on Aflac Newsroom By Tamara Jakes, director, Aflac Employee Experience and cancer survivor In 2003, life was pretty crazy for me. Most of my days were spent trying to keep up with my then 3-year-old, which didn’t leave much time for anything else. When it came time for my annual wellness check, I honestly didn’t overthink it until my test results returned a couple of days later — abnormal.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

Laith Cahill, IIGCC Senior Specialist on Net Zero Stewardship, says new voting guidance reflects how climate has become integral to company strategy. Voting is a critical lever for investors to help support the decarbonisation of the economy as part of their climate engagements, and in line with their fiduciary duties to beneficiaries. Yet, in recent times, it has been catalysing many tensions between companies and their investees, and between asset owners and their managers – particularly in th

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

The UN International Day of Education, commemorated each year on January 24th, serves as a crucial acknowledgment of education as a fundamental human right and a shared public responsibility. This recognition positions education as a key driver for sustainable development, contributing significantly to achieving all of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 26, 2024

Understanding how to best serve customers is a primary focus for retailers. However, gaining this understanding can be complex.

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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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JANUARY 26, 2024

Originally published on Principal.com DES MOINES, Iowa, January 26, 2024 /3BL/ – The Principal ® Charity Classic with support from Sammons Financial Group will work with the Greater Des Moines Partnership to evolve the Legacy Project, into a community-driven, work-based learning program (Program) to prepare youth for future employment, particularly those at risk of not graduating or easily securing work.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  This week, ExxonMobil weren’t the only ones consulting their lawyers on ESG-related matters. Follow that – ExxonMobil’s decision to sue two shareholders sent ripples across the sustainable investment pond, ahead of another fractious annual general meeting (AGM) season.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

Today Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) released its 2023 ESG Report , an annual report on the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, approach and performance across four key pillars: Healthy Communities, Healthy and Inclusive Workplace, Healthy Planet and Sustainable Marketplace. Healthcare is at the center of WBA’s ESG framework, reflecting its operations and corporate vision to be the leading partner in reimagining local healthcare and well-being for all.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 26, 2024

Collaboration and converged platforms, plus the help of AI, will allow programmers to produce better software in less time.

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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.

3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

When you've spent your entire working life in the military, transitioning to civilian employment will always be difficult. But when Katy Newby unexpectedly found herself medically discharged from the Royal Air Force Police after 12 years of service, the sudden need to reinvent herself presented one of the most challenging experiences of her professional life.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 26, 2024

Seagrasses provide the foundation of one of the most highly biodiverse, yet vulnerable, coastal marine ecosystems globally. They arose in three independent lineages from their freshwater ancestors some 100 million years ago and are the only fully submerged, marine flowering plants. Moving to such a radically different environment is a rare evolutionary event and definitely not easy.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

In advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, we confirm our position as an inaugural Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Early Adopter and our intent to publish disclosures aligned with the TNFD for our financial year 2025. Additionally, Crown has joined the TNFD Forum, a consultative grouping of institutional supporters who share the vision and mission of the TNFD and make themselves available to contribute to the Taskforce.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2024

ImpactAlpha, January 26 – Ines Schiller got the idea for seaweed tampons while training in South Africa to be a marine environment guide. The post Ines Schiller, Vyld: Reengineering the tampon – and the ethos of biotech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.