February, 2020

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Inside Bill Weihl’s quest to give employees and job seekers a 'ClimateVoice'

GreenBiz

A new initiative aims to press companies to have a strong and active voice on climate policy in the United States. Your company and its campus recruiters just may be a target.

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Cash is hot: Investors find new options to put deposits to work for community development

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 12 – Denver-based and Native-owned Native American National Bank serves Native communities, governments and enterprises across the U.S. To boost the bank’s lending power, RSF Social Finance, Candide Group’s Olamina fund and other impact investors have created deposit accounts and CDs at the bank. “The best way to support our bank is through.

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Oxford-Cambridge rail scheme’s “net gain” commitment shows HS2 failing nature, says RSPB

Envirotec Magazine

A site in Birmingham cleared for work on HS2, in December 2019. Transport Secretary’s announcement of preferred route for East West Rail timely reminder of HS2’s failure to protect environment, says conservation group. Responding to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapp’s announcement on 30 January of the preferred route for the proposed East West Rail connection between Oxford and Cambridge, the RSPB has said the scheme highlights the environmental shortcomings of its more (in)famous

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Super Secret Perovskite Solar Cell Company Bursts Out Of Stealth Mode

CleanTechnica

This legacy oil and gas holding company could disrupt the global energy market with new high efficiency, high durability perovskite solar cell.

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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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Conserving and restoring forests won’t be cheap and easy after all

GreenBiz

The corporate world has fallen for trees. But to be effective, the cost of offsetting CO2 emissions with the sequestration power of forests will have to go up. Are companies willing to pay?

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The low price of freed parking

GreenBiz

The 270 million vehicles in the United States are parked over 90 percent of the time. There are far more parking spaces than vehicles. How many spaces? The data is imprecise. There could be 500 million parking lot spaces and 1 billion spaces on streets. Add parking in home garages, carports and driveways, and another estimate is 2 billion parking spaces.

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4 ways to scale regenerative ag

GreenBiz

This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week, I want to talk about one of the most exciting options we have for reforming our food systems and tackling climate change: regenerative agriculture.

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Big businesses are failing forests

GreenBiz

Amazon, TJ Maxx and Tyson are among well-known U.S. companies with no publicly stated deforestation strategy. Is your organization complicit?

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Salesforce: Why corporate sustainability must change

GreenBiz

This article originally appeared on the Salesforce corporate blog. 2019 was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural (or at least unprecedented) force and frequency.

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Why Silicon Valley is taking a big interest in trees

GreenBiz

Forest data startups such as Pachama and Silviaterra can help the biggest players in tech tackle their emissions.

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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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This Texas port city is a big fan of wind logistics

GreenBiz

The U.S. appetite for renewable energy is creating opportunity across the Lone Star state in places such as Brownsville, Houston, Corpus Christi and Galveston.

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Delta lifts off with $1 billion pledge to become carbon neutral

GreenBiz

The airline plans to invest in aircraft renewal, sustainable jet fuel, weight reduction, and CO2 offsetting and sequestration projects.

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We need to think beyond urban farming

GreenBiz

But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.

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Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?

GreenBiz

Around the world, communities are using "Rights of Nature" laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.

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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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13 sustainability podcasts that will keep your earbuds plugged in

GreenBiz

Looking for solutions to some of the biggest problems of our time? So are these podcasts.

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How to make ending factory farming irresistible, delicious and lucrative

GreenBiz

Animal activists have made huge strides over the past two decades. But it hasn’t been enough to tip the scales of justice.

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Watch these four clean energy trends in U.S. cities

GreenBiz

Cities can ally with one another to overcome shared barriers.

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How Main Street Project creates healthier farms and stable economics for farmers

GreenBiz

It’s not enough to just blame Big Ag. We need to create new ways of thinking and doing when it comes to food production.

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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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General Mills, Danone dig deeper into regenerative agriculture with incentives, funding

GreenBiz

Food giants cultivate new pilots, new financing programs.

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Kellogg's bows to pressure on palm oil, deforestation

GreenBiz

The activism was inspired by a petition created by two pre-teen sisters.

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Cities need to change for people to thrive amid a changing climate

GreenBiz

There's a resilient, zero-carbon, equitable vision for the future. How do we get there from here?

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Los Angeles city-owned buildings to go 100% carbon free

GreenBiz

It's also the first California city to demand lower carbon in construction materials.

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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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This company is turning food waste into a cleaning spray

GreenBiz

97 percent of the cleaning product is made from the water, acids and alcohol from the food waste.

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Global search uncovers proven innovations in clean energy, climate solutions

GreenBiz

Inspiration from the longlist of finalists for this year’s Ashden Awards.

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5 truths companies should consider when using US forests as a natural climate solution

GreenBiz

It will take concerted action on the part of both public and private actors.

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Ecolab CEO: 7 ways businesses can drive positive change at scale

GreenBiz

Doug Baker shares his philosophy for leading with purpose at GreenBiz 20.

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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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Step up for Earth Day 2020

GreenBiz

Why I'm backing Earth Day again this year, and why you should, too.

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Robyn O’Brien: Following the ‘North Star’ in Food Systems Transformation

GreenBiz

An exploration at the intersection of food, finance and courageous leadership.

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Biodiversity and business: 4 things you need to know for 2020

GreenBiz

Companies need biodiversity. Most are just recognizing that.

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10 questions on EVs for the CEO of Portland General Electric

GreenBiz

How electric vehicles can be a net benefit to the grid.

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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.