GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Challenges lie ahead amid growing expectations and regulatory requirements, and chief sustainability officers will need to be prepared.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

BOSTON, February 9, 2024 /3BL/ - Breweries across the United States are stepping up to help fight climate change, and Super Bowl weekend is no different. Super Bowl Sunday is not just a day for football in America or betting on if Taylor Swift will make the game from her sold out shows in Tokyo; it’s one of the days that Americans consume the most beer - approximately 325 million gallons.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Activists opposed to energy projects shouted outside federal parliament on the anniversary of Black Saturday, as survivors of the firestorm called for communities everywhere to support the shift to renewable power. The post Bushfire survivors call for communities to support shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Originally published on Built From Scratch The Home Depot is proud to be recognized on Fortune’s 2024 Most Admired Companies List. The company ranked #1 in the specialty retail category for the second year in row and #19 overall, moving up one spot from the previous year. Fortune worked with Korn Ferry to compile this list, reviewing 1,500 businesses and determining the best-regarded companies across 52 industries.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health. The firm has been awarded a multi-year contract by Transport for Greater Manchester, on behalf of the ten Greater Manchester councils, to monitor the air quality impact of the burning of solid

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Case IH , a brand of CNH , recently attended the Coopavel Rural Show. Held from February 5 to 9 in Cascavel, West of Paraná, the fair celebrated its 36th edition where Case IH presented a portfolio designed for the needs of the Paraná farmer. There were more than fifteen machines on display for all stages of the production cycle, from planters to harvesters and infrastructure machines.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Originally published on Sustainable Brands Seven million dollars can do a world of good, especially when those funds are put to work by nonprofit organizations. The same amount of money can also put a talking cat or a low-carb beer in front of hundreds of millions of viewers in between touchdowns — for just 30 seconds. While some of these ads will break through and become hot topics on social media, most will ultimately be forgotten.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Credit ratings, research, and risk analysis provider Moody’s Investors Service announced the release of its first Net Zero Assessment (NZA), its new scoring system aimed at enabling investors to evaluate and compare companies’ decarbonization plans and actions. Officially launched last year , the new NZAs provide an assessment of the strength of a company’s carbon emissions reduction profile relative to a global net zero pathway consistent with the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious goals, conside

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Picture this: 12 students ages 11 to 14 are given an assignment. In less than 24 hours, fly to New York City and present a unique idea to the product experts at one of the world’s leading personal care and home fragrance brands. That’s what happened earlier this week when Bath & Body Works partnered with the Ron Clark Academy’s Amazing Shake. The Ron Clark Academy’s Amazing Shake is an exciting and dynamic competition that rallies leaders and role models together to teach students about prof

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Hydrogen stored in hydrogen boride sheets can be efficiently released electrochemically, report scientists. Through a series of experiments, they demonstrated that dispersing these sheets in an organic solvent and applying a small voltage is enough to release all the stored hydrogen efficiently. These findings suggest hydrogen boride sheets could soon become a safe and convenient way to store and transport hydrogen, which is a cleaner and more sustainable fuel.

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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.

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We were proud sponsors and partners to last week’s impactful Black Professionals & Leaders Dinner held at Arizona State University. The dinner, presented by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Zeta Alpha Chapter, allowed us to support efforts to bridge the gap between black undergraduate students and working professionals. This event provided the space for these students to engage with working professionals across multiple industries and help them to better understand the journey fr

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: ? Year of the Wood Dragon. ImpactAlpha wishes happiness and prosperity to all who are celebrating. The post The Week in Impact Investing: The Wood Dragon appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

GREENFIELD, Ind., February 7, 2024 /3BL/ - Athian (athian.ai) announced the establishment of the first-of-its-kind voluntary livestock carbon insetting marketplace, with the first accepted protocol aimed at reducing enteric methane emissions and improving feed utilization by using innovative feed management products from Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Christine Ng, Managing Director of the Energy Shift Institute, says Asia’s approach to transition finance makes greater investor scrutiny inevitable. COP28 was interesting. For the first time it called for the world to move away from all fossil fuels, and in the same breath gave a nod to natural gas as a transition fuel. The juxtaposition of those two statements is both jarring and contradictory.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Client background KG Development Group, a real estate development firm based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, was founded by Anthony Kazee and Jamila Gray, two innovative emerging developers with a passion for bringing affordable housing to communities with supportive services for residents. KG Development Group sets themselves apart by being “intentional developers” and providing solutions to remove many social determinants of health barriers associated with housing needs.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

UK-based bank Barclays will no longer directly finance new oil and gas projects, and will require its energy sector clients to produce transition plans or decarbonization strategies by the beginning of next year, according to a new “Climate Change Statement” released by the bank. Alongside its new energy policies, Barclays also released a new transition finance framework, outlining its criteria for classifying financing to decarbonize high-emissions sectors as “transition,” as part o

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

KEY TAKEAWAYS Comcast partners with local nonprofits and community organizations to install Lift Zones, which offer free WiFi that enables families to access the Internet and learn digital skills. To showcase the impact this program is having in communities, Comcast teamed up with teens at the Ralph J. Roberts Boys & Girls Club in Philadelphia to see what they are accomplishing with the help of their Lift Zone.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

With student learning improvements not keeping up with today’s ever-shifting demands, it is more important than ever before to improve the quality and equity of education systems around the world.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Social Impact Partner Spotlight series is a new series highlighting various Cisco non-profit organization partners that are helping transform the lives of individuals and communities. This blog features Cisco’s partnership with Code.org, Darsel, Raspberry Pi Foundation, and Science Buddies, in honor of the incredible work these organizations are doing to advance education opportunities globally.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Researchers have developed a sensor made from 'frozen smoke' that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity of most indoor air quality sensors.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Did you know that science is behind the making of your favorite P&G brand products? Nothing excites our award-winning scientists more than creating superior products that solve the real problems that consumers face everyday. As the maker of brands loved by women and girls around the world — like Always, Olay, Pantene and Venus — we understand the importance of inclusive teams in developing the innovations and products that meaningfully impact all the consumers we see and serve.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The ICCR says the oil and gas major is undermining both the US SEC and investors through its action. Institutional investors have sent a letter to ExxonMobil’s board of directors, asking the oil and gas major to abandon a lawsuit it has brought against shareholder proponents. Exxon filed the lawsuit in January against investment manager Arjuna Capital and activist group Follow This in a Texan court, asking for a declaration backing the company’s right to exclude the resolution from its 2024

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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.

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Tensie Whelan, Director of NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, and Jackie Murphy, former Managing Director of Edelman Purpose & Impact, join co-host Andie Wood to discuss a consumer brand study the two organizations partnered on around sustainability claims, exploring impact and performance across diverse consumer groups. Listen in to learn about the best practices for creating action-backed messages and promoting sustainability effectively.

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Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of digital connectivity, Cisco continues to pave the way with innovative solutions not just centered around technological advances, but also around how those advances can… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Originally Published by Forbes For a company to successfully create new and life-changing therapeutics for people, it must begin by establishing its own people-first and mission-driven culture. That’s the premise Bruce Cozadd set out to test when he co-founded Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NDAQ: JAZZ) in 2003. Jazz began its life like many other biotech startups, focused on creating therapeutics for disease areas with unmet needs, such as sleep medicine.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

MHI estimates that a focus on immediately influenceable interventions at the city level can add approximately 20 billion to 25 billion years of higher-quality life at a global level.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

MIDLAND, Mich., February 9, 2024 /3BL/ - Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) by S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world's leading index provider focused on providing essential sustainability intelligence. This is the 23 rd year Dow has achieved this prestigious ranking as one of the top companies in the global chemical industry in terms of sustainability performance.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Engineers have created a more efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into valuable products while simultaneously addressing climate change.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Claire Bramley describes how she’s amping up scenario analyses, getting proactive about enterprise risk, and moving her function into white spaces to improve company-wide performance.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Analysis reveals imported earthworm species have colonized large swaths of North America, and represent a largely overlooked threat to native ecosystems. The researchers warn of the need to better understand and manage the invaders in our midst.

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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.