Corporate Knights
AUGUST 18, 2022
Rearing livestock and growing crops to feed them has destroyed more tropical forest and killed more wildlife than any other industry. Animal agriculture also produces vast quantities of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. The environmental consequences are so profound that the world cannot meet climate goals and keep ecosystems intact without rich countries reducing their consumption of beef, pork and chicken.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 17, 2022
Sponsored: Businesses looking to align with the United Nations’ SDGs 12 and 15 can leverage renewable materials to make an impact.
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 23, 2022
A new study - completed on Wednesday - using real time data finds renewables can meet 98.8% of demand over the year, with just five hours storage. The post A near 100 per cent renewables grid is well within reach, and with little storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
AUGUST 4, 2022
McKinney Fire. SOURCE: T-Mobile. DESCRIPTION: We are saddened to see the devastation caused by the McKinney Fire in northern California near the Oregon border. As the fire causes overwhelming damage, T-Mobile is closely monitoring the situation, working with relief agencies and taking steps to provide support to customers and communities. T-Mobile teams have deployed to two emergency shelters: Weed Community Center in Weed, CA and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ashland, OR.
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.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
AUGUST 28, 2022
Africa’s fintech industry is coming of age. In the face of political and economic challenges and a global pandemic, fintech on the continent is booming. Here’s what comes next.
B the Change
AUGUST 14, 2022
How Companies Can Best Address Climate Change Through Measurements and Accountability Climate change is already a problem, as anyone who follows the headlines can see. Flooding, property damage, human displacement, agricultural loss?—?all follow from changing weather patterns. In the battle against climate change , companies are important actors. For example, in the United States, industry and agriculture directly produce a third of all carbon emissions.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2022
The materials used for candy packaging are notoriously difficult to recycle, with the vast majority ending up in landfills. That’s why Rubicon created Trick or Trash™, an educational program designed to help reduce the waste that accumulates every year around Halloween.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 7, 2022
The world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm, located off the coast of the Netherlands, has begun generating electricity. The post World’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm starts to produce power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 5, 2022
Ever have one of those days where you’ve almost reached the office and you realize you left your laptop at home? Doubling back and refighting traffic is awful, frustrating, and completely inefficient. By the time you finally get to the office, it feels as if you’ve already put in a full day. We’ve all had days like that, and Cisco wants to make sure that managing your network isn’t a grind.
Stacey Higginbotham
AUGUST 15, 2022
Three months ago, we downgraded from two cars to one. That one is a 2022 Tesla Model 3. We absolutely love it, and so far, it’s met or exceeded all of our expectations. It’s a very connected car, of course. Yet, unlike most connected devices we purchase, we didn’t really review the data privacy implications of owning a Tesla before we ordered it. So why am I thinking about it now, when it’s too late to do anything about it?
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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.
Impakter
AUGUST 4, 2022
Impakter. Hydroplane: Using Hydrogen For More Sustainable Flights. Could hydrogen be the solution to make aviation more sustainable? This is exactly what Los Angeles-based startup Hydroplane thinks. Launched in 2020, Hydroplane wants to be at the forefront of this sector and has already received support from the US Air Force which signed two contracts with Hydroplane to develop new technologies with governments and […].
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 24, 2022
Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the B. C. office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. . In April 2021, the United Kingdom’s Drax Group purchased Pinnacle Renewable Energy, becoming the largest wood pellet-maker in British Columbia and Canada. . The acquisition gave Drax control of the majority of pellet mills in the province, locking up a vital new raw-material supply for its massive thermal electricity plant in North Yorkshire. .
GreenBiz
AUGUST 1, 2022
Waste into materials not just once but continuously: It’s the brass ring of the circular economy. Can it work?
Renew Economy
AUGUST 4, 2022
A huge day for renewables as Albanese government starts process to declare Gippsland, in Victoria, as Australia’s first zone for offshore wind development. The post “Momentous:” Labor begins process to declare Australia’s first offshore wind zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 9, 2022
Cisco DNA for SD-WAN and Routing subscription software has been around for the better part of three years now. If you are one of the many customers that took advantage of this subscription back then , you are faced with a decision. No, the decision isn’t whether or not to renew. Renewal is a given, presuming you still plan to migrate over to SD-WAN, or plan to continue to use the SD-WAN functionality enabled by Cisco DNA Software.
Stacey Higginbotham
AUGUST 29, 2022
When it comes to machine learning (ML), sometimes every problem looks like it needs a neural net, when in fact it just needs some statistics. This is especially true when it comes to running algorithms on microcontrollers and for industrial use cases such as predictive maintenance, according to Bernard Burg, director of AI and data science at Infineon.
ESG Today
AUGUST 4, 2022
The Government of India announced the approval by cabinet of a new series of 2030 climate commitments, including a pledge to reduce emissions intensity by 45% and to transition to approximately 50% electric power from non-fossil-based sources. The country’s new pledges are key pieces of India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution. NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero.
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 22, 2022
In 2016, Michelle Moore set out to help bring solar panels to her hometown of LaGrange, Georgia. The CEO of non-profit Groundswell hoped to engage leaders in the city of around 30,000 residents about how they could harness renewable power. But all these officials wanted to discuss at first was energy efficiency, and how they could lower electricity and heating bills for the local population.
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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
GreenBiz
AUGUST 4, 2022
Investments in technologies that could enable green hydrogen to help decarbonize heavy industry and other big emitters continue to add up.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 16, 2022
Pressure mounts on Labor to rule out the use of native forest biomass for renewable energy generation, just as it gains popularity as a replacement for coal. The post “More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 9, 2022
Cisco recently expanded its Cisco SD-WAN training portfolio with the Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Security and Cloud Solutions (SDWSCS) course. This new SDWSCS course covers critical Cisco SD-WAN solutions and the foundational knowledge necessary to implement those solutions in the real world. Before we dive into the highlights of the new SDWSCS course, it’s important to note that SDWSCS is an advanced Cisco SD-WAN course.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
AUGUST 19, 2022
Danish design experts Christian Bason and Jens Martin Skibsted say humanity needs a more expansive outlook on problem-solving—one that is less human-centered and more future-proof.
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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.
Utiliity Dive
AUGUST 22, 2022
Who or what is to blame for growing interconnection delays around the U.S.? Experts say the same processes that created the U.S. power system may now prevent its transition to clean generation.
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 30, 2022
With files from Rick Spence and Susanne Ruder. The glass ceiling at Canada’s greenest companies is getting pretty thin, and the women at the top have their sights set on climate change. “I personally don’t know of any senior leaders in Canada that don’t think [climate change] is a risk, and I couldn’t say that five years ago,” says Laura Zizzo, CEO of Manifest Climate.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 19, 2022
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 18, 2022
Mike Cannon-Brookes says decisions and cost savings made at home - on solar, EVs and electrification - key part of turning Australia into renewable superpower. The post EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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.
Cisco CSR
AUGUST 18, 2022
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Stacey Higginbotham
AUGUST 17, 2022
On our recent IoT Podcast , we took a question that Chris left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. And Chris isn’t the only one with this question as we’re receiving it more often these days. Chris is ready to migrate his smart home hub to something new and add some more connected devices to his home. With the Matter standard expected to officially roll out within the next few months , Chris wants to know if he should wait before buying new products.
Impakter
AUGUST 10, 2022
Impakter. XFarm Technologies Raises $17 M In One Of The Largest Agritech Rounds To Date. Swiss-Italian agritech startup xFarm Technologies just raised $ 17 M in their Series B round in what is considered to be one of the most significant rounds in the sector. The round was led by Swisscom Ventures and they were joined by Neva SGR (Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Emerald Technology Ventures, NovaCapital, and Grey Silo Ventures. […].
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 12, 2022
The frenzy of travel in the past several months has been marked by all manner of vacation chaos, thanks mainly to airport and airline staff shortages and the falling-dominos effect of delayed flights. From a sustainability perspective, all that flying likely undid the climate benefits that accrued during the plane-free skies in COVID’s first year – evidence that pent-up demand for travel still exerts a greater emotional tug than global warming.
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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.
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