Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kieron Boyle, CEO at the UK’s Impact Investing Institute, explains how its Just Transition Criteria are being embedded in fund design. Rather than simply avoiding financed emissions, investors are growing increasingly interested in allocating capital towards a just transition to a net zero economy. This shift is reflected in the recent finding that impact investing is set to overtake ESG integration as the most popular strategy for investors to achieve sustainability, according to BNP Paribas’ ‘

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

After decades of hypergrowth, fintechs have entered a new era of value creation, where the focus is on sustainable, profitable growth. This report examines how fintechs can win in these disruptive times.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Public companies in Brazil will be required to provide annual sustainability and climate-related disclosures, starting in 2026, according to a new announcement from Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) and Ministry of Finance. According to the CVM, the new reporting requirements will be based on the recently published sustainability and climate-related disclosure standards issued by the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Wind and solar reached 100 per cent of demand on 282 days in last year in South Australia, and the state will average 100 per cent within a few years, grid owner says. The post South Australia to reach 100 pct wind and solar within a few years, says network company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The recent renewal of a contract for a Canadian-owned copper mine deep in the Panamanian rainforest has tested the limits of the Central American nation’s sovereignty, and triggered widespread protests. Cobre Panamá – the country’s only active mine – has been operating in a 12-hectare area of jungle within a protected park in the coastal Donoso region, digging up 1.5% of the world’s copper.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A new paper revealed that human activities are making Earth's air, soil and freshwater saltier, which could pose an 'existential threat' if current trends continue. Geologic and hydrologic processes bring salts to Earth's surface over time, but human activities such as mining and land development are rapidly accelerating this natural 'salt cycle.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It’s hard for companies to significantly beat long-term market TSR, harder still for the largest corporations, and hardest of all in the face of low growth. But industry endowment needn’t be destiny.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By Irene Mwendwa , Bonnita Nyamwire & Sally Roever Roughly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of international media outlets reported on a silver linings story in Uganda. A Kampala woman who had lost her logistics job during the shutdown founded a new, all-women ride-hailing app called Diva Taxi, hiring dozens of Ugandan women, many who were also laid off or furloughed, providing these workers an economic lifeline and women riders a safer option for travel.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

South Australia gets a glimpse of its "net" 100 per cent renewable future, with wind and solar meeting 99.8 per cent of state demand in the last seven days. The post South Australia grid operates at 99.8 per cent wind and solar over past seven days appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Cult Food Science is taking on the food system, with sustainability and ethics in mind and cellular agriculture as its guiding light. The first publicly traded company of its kind in North America, the investment company boasts a portfolio of early-stage cultured protein products, including GOOD Meat, the first lab-grown chicken to receive regulatory approval in Singapore and the United States.

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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.

ESG Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Proposals would postpone sector-specific and non-EU company sustainability reporting rules The European Commission announced plans to delay key aspects of its Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD), including the adoption of requirements for companies to provide sector-specific sustainability disclosures and for sustainability reporting from companies outside of the EU.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 24, 2023

An international coalition of climate scientists says that the Earth's vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet is imperiled.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 13, 2023

With technologies like edge computing, AI, and xRAN transforming telecom, leaders are reassessing how to capture value. Rethinking talent is a key piece of the puzzle.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A new technology based on fluorescence is being developed to detect if honey has been blended with cheaper additions such as sugar syrup. The brainchild of Aston University and The Scottish Bee Company – With help and support from the British Beekeepers Association and the Honey Authenticity Network UK – the approach appears to offer a solution to this, the second most prevalent form of food fraud worldwide (after milk-related fraud).

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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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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Wind and solar deliver more than 70 pct of generation on main grid for first time, as the share of renewables hits a new instantaneous peak of 72.5 pct. The post Wind and solar smash records as renewables reach new peak of 72.5 pct on main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Behind the hoardings on the southeast corner of a busy downtown Toronto intersection sits an unnervingly deep hole, about 32 feet across and 130 feet down. It’s so deep that visitors can’t see the bottom from the sturdy guardrail around the rim. The surrounding work site is wedged between the back of a public library and a curb skirted by a streetcar line.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Only 1 in 4 companies are at advanced stages of preparation to obtain independent assurance on their reported ESG information, even though 66% are required to disclose ESG data or expect to be soon – including 78% of listed companies – according to a new survey released by global professional services provider KPMG. For the study, KPMG surveyed senior executives and board members at 750 companies across a broad range of sectors and regions, with average company revenue of $15.6 billion, and laun

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 25, 2023

By Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson In November 2022, OpenAI grabbed headlines by releasing ChatGPT, and “generative AI” became a term used in households around the world. According to Open AI CEO Sam Altman , “A lot of people working on AI pretend that it’s only going to be good; it’s only going to be a supplement; no one is ever going to be replaced.

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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

McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Historically, the middle class has always tried to avoid change and to reduce levels of uncertainty, but it now has to embrace change and write itself a new narrative, says a leading economist.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Maria Grazia Gafagna, Director, ESG & Regulatory Solutions, for Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik, says accurate, timely, and consistent CSRD disclosures demand efficient, reliable data collection processes. Starting in 2025, large EU-based companies will be required to disclose more sustainability information than ever before – and they’ll have to report that data from a ‘double materiality’ perspective.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Social media posts are full of hot air in claiming wind turbines take years of operation to make up for the energy needed to manufacture them. This is false. The post Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In recent months, there has been an outpouring of media coverage and analysis on the topic of digital public infrastructure (DPI), including articles , ideas , podcasts and convenings. This deluge of attention is hardly surprising. The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly , which formally came to a close on September 5, emphasized the need for “country-led digital cooperation to build safe, trusted, and inclusive DPI” under its theme of “transformative solutions to interlocking ch

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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.

ESG Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

More than two thirds of corporate boards lack a strong understanding of the ESG risks affecting their companies, including only a quarter that report having a strong grasp of carbon emissions and even fewer on their companies’ climate risk or strategy, according to the new U.S.-focused Annual Corporate Directors Survey released by global professional services firm PwC.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Coastal mangroves: Restoring wetland areas could make a sizeable impact on sequestering emissions New research appears to find that wetland conservation has a higher potential mpact for mitigating climate change than other ocean-based solutions. Conducted by Imperial College Business School , London, in partnership with global management consultancy BIP , and strategic-design studio Sketchin , the findings seem to show that the restoration and preservation of wetland areas, such as mangroves,

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Fewer than one in four companies outpace their industry peers on revenue and profit growth. New McKinsey research reveals the six mindsets and strategies that set these growth outperformers apart.

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WWF Sustainability

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The global population has exploited our rivers, lakes, and aquifers creating a water crisis that is undermining human and planetary health.

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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.

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption so far this year, and has averaged 50 pct or more for each of the last seven months. The post Germany covers 52 pct of electricity consumption with renewables so far this year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Joan Michelson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

GIWPS & Hillary Clinton on heightened risks to women in war and violent conflict. “Simply because of their gender." Awarding Christianne Amanpour, plus 3 women activists.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2023

True story: upon returning home from a grocery store in Nelson, British Columbia, a customer noticed a considerable discrepancy on his bill. He immediately called to alert the store that he was charged only $12.69 for the jumbo 3.75-kilogram tub of yogurt priced at $23.99. There was an unmistakable pause on the other end of the phone. As the customer noted, a pricing error like this gone unchecked may have racked up thousands in lost revenues for the grocer.

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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.