GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2023

12.7 million people work in the global renewable energy sector, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. Here are a handful leading the pack on six key indicators. Most sustainable investments: Iberdrola Called the “Exxon of green power” by The New York Times, Spanish electricity company Iberdrola led all other Global 100 companies in terms of sustainable investments in 2022.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2023

How much wood would a wood-consuming world waste? Formed in 2018 under the auspices of the USDA Forest Service, the Urban Wood Project began in Baltimore to reclaim wood that would otherwise be burned or landfilled.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 20, 2023

Content publishers and communication service providers (CSPs) are experiencing a transformation from broadcast television to streamed content from the internet. Fueling this transformation is competition from new providers that want to produce tailored content for their subscribers, allowing them to differentiate themselves among the competition and win viewership attention.

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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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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Joe Zammit-Lucia has experience in both business and politics, as a CEO, a marketer and across the spectrum of research and development. He joins GreenBiz 350 to chat about his book, "The New Political Capitalism.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 20, 2023

This post was co-authored by Cisco Technical Education Content Developer s Patrick Lao and Paul Ostrowski. Every day, organizations worldwide contend with increasing malicious activity by criminal organizations and nation-state sponsored threat actors. There is a tremendous demand for security professionals who are trained to defend against these malicious threats.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 20, 2023

Last fiscal year, Cisco set a goal to reach net zero across its value chain by 2040. As technical leads at Cisco, we share our thoughts on how CX can help our customers along their sustainability journey. — Co-authored by Marisol Palmero, Esther Roure Vila , and Snezana Mitrovic Co-author Esther Roure Vila , Sustainability Lead, Cisco CX EMEA Sustainability is broadly recognized as not just an urgent need to combat climate change and protect the environment but also a business driver and digi

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 20, 2023

“It is important that we consider the voices of historically disadvantaged communities in our decisions," Phillips said during his first open meeting leading the agency.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 20, 2023

Before the new year, Brink Tully described three factors that have influenced Cisco’s shift to solution selling especially for Full-Stack Observability (FSO). As Brink described, our customers’ FSO strategies are typically driven by transformational buyers, who want us to engage consultatively and target solutions towards business outcomes. Our FSO go-to-market strategy has been developed in direct response to this shift.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 20, 2023

Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors of biodiversity, but they are rapidly disappearing. Agriculture is commonly considered to be the major culprit behind forest loss, but the authors of a new article show that agriculture isn't solely to blame. For forest loss associated with the 2014 world economy, over 60% was related to final consumption of non-agricultural products, such as minerals, metals and wood-related goods, and the authors argue that we must consider internatio

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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.

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 20, 2023

ImpactAlpha, Jan. 20 – Building wealth for women and people of color is about numbers as well as equity. By mid-century, there will be. The post Demetric Duckett, Living Cities: New decision-makers for the new majority (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

New scorecard marks pension schemes down on exclusion and engagement policies, amid calls for increased regulation of climate plans. The “extreme entanglement” of Canada’s largest pension schemes with the country’s fossil fuel producers has been cited as a key reason why they lag global peers in decarbonising their investment portfolios. A new benchmark report which compares the climate policies of 11 Canadian pension funds found that none were yet fully aligned with global climate goals, with f

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Impakter

JANUARY 20, 2023

Impakter U-Turn on Nudity Policy: Are Facebook and Instagram About to ‘Free the Nipple’? Is the sight of a woman’s bare breast more offensive than hate speech? No? Well, according to many social media platforms’ current content policies, it is, because posts exposing female nipples are still censored, whereas hate speech is often not. This may, however, be about to change, as after over a decade since the “Free […] The post U-Turn on Nudity Policy: Are Facebook and Instagram About to ‘Free

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Energy Central

JANUARY 20, 2023

Diesel | Hydrogen Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen does not produce CO2 when burnt, so it has long been seen as a greener fuel source. About 90% of fuel in the UNSW hybrid diesel engine is hydrogen but it must be applied in a carefully calibrated way.

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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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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 20, 2023

Minnesota's transition to clean electricity cleared its first hurdle at the state Capitol on Wednesday. If the bill makes it into law, all electricity generated by the state's utilities would have to be carbon-free by 2040. The post Minnesota’s Carbon-Free Electricity Bill Clears Initial Hurdle appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 20, 2023

Software is an increasingly important driver for companies across industries. Capturing the full value of investing in it depends on strong product management capabilities.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Computer manufacturer Lenovo announced today a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The commitment, covering the companies’ full value chain, and has been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as aligned with its net zero standard. Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo Chairman, said: “As a global technology leader, Lenovo has been committed to reducing its emissions for more than a decade.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 20, 2023

Alstom aims to cut its CO2 emissions from Scope 1 & 2 by improving energy intensity, developing on-site green electricity production, and supplying all sites with renewable sources. The company’s net-zero targets will “gradually be expanded” to cover its supply chain or Scope 3 emissions. The post Alstom Is A Pacesetter In Transport Markets, Using Low-Carbon Options appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 20, 2023

Scientists have invented a new 'whipping jet' sprayer that allows for greater control over how aerosols move. The device could benefit pharmaceutical, automotive, food processing, carbon capture and other industries.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 20, 2023

An agile, data-centric approach can help clean and enrich data needed for machine learning. To move forward, manufacturers need to set up the right teams with the right tools.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 20, 2023

The year-long project is a collaboration with the Snohomish Public Utility District (PUD) and the Tulalip Tribes, a sovereign nation working to reach energy independence. The post WSU Students Install Microgrid on Nearby Reservation appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 20, 2023

Federal money and state legislation are combining to boost nuclear power as policymakers race to achieve reduced greenhouse gas emissions goals.

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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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 20, 2023

By using facts rather than outdated assumptions, companies can shape their customer service strategies to better answer consumer and employee needs.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Leading building materials company Holcim announced today that it has been granted €328 million for decarbonization projects through the European Union Innovation Fund. The EU Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programs for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. The European Commission announced late last year that it will invest an additional €3 billion in cleantech projects through the fund, scaling up significantly from the fund’s first first two rounds of

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 20, 2023

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming -- often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the German mainland so far, and the industry is currently scrambling to locate increasingly rare suitable sites. Thus, forests are coming into focus as potential sites. A scientific team has now demonstrated that wind turbines in forests impair endangered bat species: Common noctules (Nyctalus noctula), a species with a high risk of colliding wit

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Environmental Finance

JANUARY 20, 2023

Europe's insurance authority explains its plans to address greenwashing, including how the term is defined and what measures it intends to take to prevent it, in this Q&A with Joshua Geer

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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.

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 20, 2023

High-severity wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada forests has nearly quintupled compared to before Euro-American settlement, rising from less than 10% per year then to up to 43% today, a new study finds.

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 20, 2023

Regulators "chose to ignore the clear direction" of the Texas legislature, said Sen. Charles Schwertner, an author of legislation that initiated the Texas energy market changes.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 20, 2023

A new study of red sea urchins, a commercially valuable species, investigated how different populations respond to changes in their environments. The results show that red sea urchin populations in Northern and Southern California are adapted to their local conditions but differ in their vulnerability to the environmental changes expected to occur in the future due to global climate change and ocean acidification.

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Sphera

JANUARY 20, 2023

The post Fortifying Relationships in the New Age of Risk Management appeared first on Sphera.

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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.