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Nature is taking center stage

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Climate targets demand biodiversity and agriculture interventions. While funding has been far less than needed, that may not be the case for long.

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Waste pickers push to be heard in global plastics treaty negotiations

Corporate Knights

Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering – from homes, businesses and landfills – up to 60% of all plastics which are then recycled. These workers do more than any other people to prevent plastic contaminating the environment, yet their work is rarely valued and they struggle to earn a decent living. Despite recycling the waste of others, waste pickers often lack waste collection services themselves.

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3 primers for buying carbon offsets

GreenBiz

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net-zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers.

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Net-zero solar panels? WA renewable hydrogen project spurs green glass potential

Renew Economy

Plans for an up to 1GW green hydrogen plant in WA’s Mid-West region could lead to the manufacture of net-zero glass – and may be solar panels. The post Net-zero solar panels? WA renewable hydrogen project spurs green glass potential appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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Rockwell Automation Honored for Supporting Veterans in Wisconsin

3BL Media

SOURCE: Rockwell Automation. DESCRIPTION: The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has recognized Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) with a Vets Ready Silver Medallion Award. "This initiative encourages employers to build a support system within their workplace, hire and retain more veterans, and connect to veterans and their families in the community," said Wisconsin Gov.

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Will Big Tech downsize clean energy commitments?

GreenBiz

The golden age of tech is ending. What does that mean for climate initiatives?

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Can there be meat without greed?

GreenBiz

What it will take to move from the meat industry’s “wild international bribery schemes” to regional community-based economies.

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One Acre Fund: How a Mobile App Prepares Smallholder Farmers for a Successful Harvest

3BL Media

By Sue-Lynn Hinson. SOURCE: Cisco Systems Inc. DESCRIPTION: The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipients that use technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities. More than 84 percent of agricultural producers are smallholder farmers, according to Our World in Data ; meaning their farms are less than two hectares.

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Abu-Dhabi backed Skyborn presents first of its expanded Australian offshore wind projects

Renew Economy

Renamed Skyborn Renewables, backed by Abu Dhabi state investor, to present first of its expanded Australian offshore wind portfolio. The post Abu-Dhabi backed Skyborn presents first of its expanded Australian offshore wind projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Engineers need a voice in public policy

GreenBiz

Civilization depends on the ability to understand how things are made. Engineers are at the forefront of that battle.

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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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A kid’s book is bringing the energy transition into homes, schools and parliaments

Renew Economy

Amy’s Balancing Act helps engage oft excluded audiences to build a shared understanding of how a 100% renewable energy system will work and be reliable. The post A kid’s book is bringing the energy transition into homes, schools and parliaments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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National Urban League Partnership With Wells Fargo Aims To Diversify Home Appraisal Industry

3BL Media

$5 Million Grant Will Help Certify up to 260 Diverse Appraisers in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Houston. SOURCE: Wells Fargo. DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, December 1, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today the National Urban League and Wells Fargo announced a $5 million grant to create the Diverse Appraiser Initiative, a new program that aims to increase diversity and reduce barriers to entry in the home appraisal industry.

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Cisco Catalyst 9200CX now orderable!

Cisco CSR

Now is the time to make sure your network is ready for a hybrid world where the workplace is anywhere, endpoints could be anything, and applications are hosted all over the place. Extending the power of the secure network as close to the edge as possible helps you to better respond to the unexpected…. transforming the challenges of hybrid work into opportunities for innovation.

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How CNH Industrial Is Shaping the Future of Agriculture

3BL Media

SOURCE: CNH Industrial. DESCRIPTION: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.A. is the location of CNH Industrial’s main innovation hub and headquarters for its Raven Brand. This video goes behind-the-scenes at the Brand’s impressive HQ and at its R&D campus a few miles north, documenting the process of how we develop new technologies. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

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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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Accelerating innovation and improving Australia’s long-term digital economic resilience

Cisco CSR

I have spent the past decade promoting the importance of university-industry collaboration in helping Australia accelerate digital innovation and improve its economic resilience. Digital innovation has a particularly important role to play given it cuts across every industry sector, impacts companies large and small, and has the potential to deliver immediate benefits.

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How To Bring Purpose and Meaning Into Goal Setting

3BL Media

SOURCE: Realized Worth. DESCRIPTION: The corporate Social Impact sector is obsessed with purpose. Does the company have a purpose? Do employees know the purpose of the company? Do they buy into it? Do our “insides match our outsides”? These questions became more prevalent at the outset of the global pandemic in 2020 and have continued to be a focal point in a churning economic and sociopolitical environment.

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Can a Digital Culture Create Patient Value in Healthcare?

Cisco CSR

As part of the Digital Innovation Hub at La Trobe University, Cisco’s Innovation Central Melbourne set out to define digital literacy for healthcare. With this initiative, Cisco and La Trobe University examined how the healthcare workforce can become more digitally driven, with data and technology creating valuable insights, enhanced clinical efficiencies and knowledge-flow-to-value for patients.

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We, Sofidel. Our Passions Fuel Our Future

3BL Media

We, Sofidel. Our Passions Fuel Our Future. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 10:05. Subheader. In 13 shots, Pietro Paolini photographs the passions of Sofidel people for the 2023 company calendar. Type of Content. Press Release. Layout. Featured Media. Body. PORCARI, Lucca (Italy), January 10, 2023 /3BL Media/ - The end of the year is calendar time for Sofidel, a global leader in the production of tissue paper for hygienic and domestic use, particularly well-known in Italy and Europe for its Regina brand.

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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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The EU Hosted a “Gala” Party in the Metaverse. Here’s How it Went

Impakter

Impakter. The EU Hosted a “Gala” Party in the Metaverse. Here’s How it Went. In an effort to get young people excited about the EU initiative Global Gateway, which kicked off one year ago, the European Commission has invested €387k in an online virtual reality platform. A few weeks ago, the digital platform was launched to a generally critical reception.

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Keeping Family Traditions Alive With Aflac Holiday Duck

3BL Media

Armstrong family of Hickory Tavern, South Carolina, continues 21-year tradition with the beloved plush duck. SOURCE: Aflac Incorporated. DESCRIPTION: To Nan and John Armstrong, great memories were among life’s most precious treasures. Their 71-year marriage rooted in faith and tradition, they loved family gatherings, and Sundays were reserved for singing in the church choir followed by a home-cooked lunch with children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends.

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Six ways to build the Long COVID economy

Impact Alpha

One hundred million. That’s the number of people globally who never recovered from the Coronavirus. COVID Long Haulers, as we are known, experience. The post Six ways to build the Long COVID economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Announcing the 2022 Giving Tuesday Grant Contest Winners

3BL Media

SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: The results are in! FedEx Cares is excited to announce the winning nonprofits of the 2022 Giving Tuesday Grant Contest. We received more than 600 heartwarming nominations from team members across the U.S. The best way to share the impact these wonderful organizations have in their communities is to hear directly from the team members who nominated them.

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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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Podcast: How to pronounce IKEA’s Dirigera hub

Stacey Higginbotham

This week’s show starts off with a review of news from AWS Re:Invent which is happening now in LAs Vegas. We cover the general availability of support for the latest version of the MQTT messaging protocol , the launch of LoRaWAN and other connectivity technologies as part of AWS Device Location services , and there will be more in the newsletter as the conference concludes.

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Regions Bank Named Military Friendly Employer and Military Spouse Friendly Employer

3BL Media

Company is committed to recruiting, retaining and advancing veterans, service members and military spouses. SOURCE: Regions Bank. DESCRIPTION: By Jeremy King. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 1, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Regions Bank is proud to announce it has been designated as a 2023 Military Friendly Employer and 2023 Military Spouse Friendly Employer by Military Friendly® , an organization that measures the commitment of companies to create professional opportunities that leverage military experience.

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Hibernating corals and the microbiomes that sustain them

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

What happens to a coral's microbiome while it hibernates? A new study found microbial communities shift while a coral sleeps, which may inform coral health and recovery efforts.

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Climate Change and People: There’s Still Time To Register!

3BL Media

Shared Value Initiative 2022 Speaker Series. SOURCE: FSG. DESCRIPTION: Wednesday • December 7, 2022 • 10:00 am ET. Please join us for Climate Change and People: Working toward Environmental Goals with Just Transitions , where we will discuss how the climate crisis and corporate actions affect the lives of workers, customers, and society at large. On Wednesday, December 7th at 10:00 AM ET, Matthew Heimer , Executive Editor for Features and Lead Editor of the Change the World List at Fortune, will

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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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INEOS to Receive LNG from Sempra’s Texas Development

Environment + Energy Leader

It is among several large supply deals as the first phase of the Port Arthur project looks to get off the ground. The post INEOS to Receive LNG from Sempra’s Texas Development appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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T. Rowe Price Vice President of Trading Analytics Teresa Woodard Wins Women in Finance Award

3BL Media

SOURCE: T. Rowe Price. DESCRIPTION: BALTIMORE, December 1, 2022 /3BL Media/ - T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), a global investment management firm and a leader in retirement services, today announced that Teresa Woodard has been named to Markets Media Group’s eighth annual U.S. Women in Finance Awards list for Excellence in Trading Analytics. Woodard is the head of Trading Analytics at T.

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M&G Catalyst backs Lafayette Square’s direct lending business with $200 million

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 1 – M&G’s Catalyst has committed $200 million to Lafayette Square’s direct lending business. The capital is a boost for the. The post M&G Catalyst backs Lafayette Square’s direct lending business with $200 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Alkermes Celebrates Giving Tuesday With Volunteering Efforts

3BL Media

SOURCE: Alkermes. DESCRIPTION: This Giving Tuesday, we are thankful for the employees who take time to support people in our communities who are in need. 10+ years ago, we launched Alkermes in Action, an annual employee volunteer program designed to support volunteer efforts in the places we live and work. We were also grateful to have the opportunity to support organizations that share our goals related to diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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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.