July, 2022

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Why AI is vital in the race to meet the SDGs

GreenBiz

Artificial intelligence can accelerate progress of the Sustainable Development Goals and help us get back on track to reaching them by 2030, but the devil's in the ethics details.

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New coal and gas projects will erase Albo’s climate gains several times over

Renew Economy

Australia's massive pipeline for new coal and gas projects will cause more emissions than avoided by Labor's climate policies. This is very bad. The post New coal and gas projects will erase Albo’s climate gains several times over appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Europe won't need Canada's LNG

Corporate Knights

The European Union’s need for natural gas will peak in about three years and begin declining before any new, fixed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals can be brought online, and EU countries are deliberately trying to avoid the kind of long-term supply contracts that Canadian gas producers are looking for, a UK-based fossil fuel specialist says. The continent can fully free itself from Russian gas by 2025 with no new gas import infrastructure, and is already showing signs of much slower demand

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Quick Start: Prep Your Dev Environment for Kubernetes

Cisco CSR

Getting started on a new platform, especially containers and Kubernetes, can appear overwhelming. But with the right setup and tools, you’re much more likely to get ramped up quickly. Let’s take a look at a good lineup of tools to install on your developer environment to get started with Kubernetes. All of the tools used listed here are tested and run Windows 10 Pro, MacOS Monterey, and Ubuntu 20.04.

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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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The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs.

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Energy Transition: More Than Low Cost in Renewables Is Needed

Impakter

Impakter. Energy Transition: More Than Low Cost in Renewables Is Needed. Adding to the list of novelties of our times, we now have the first global energy crisis. And it comes at a time in which we still struggle to make the switch to renewables that is necessary for international energy security. That’s what the International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol told the Sydney Energy […].

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Bowen frees ARENA from Taylor’s fossil fuel mandate, puts focus back on renewables

Renew Economy

Labor restores ARENA's focus on renewables, ending years of Coalition attempts to redirect the agency's funding to CCS and gas projects. The post Bowen frees ARENA from Taylor’s fossil fuel mandate, puts focus back on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New UN panel looks to hold companies, governments accountable for net-zero pledges

Corporate Knights

Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. The United Nations last week launched an international panel of 16 experts, chaired by former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna, to recommend how best to assess, track and verify those net-zero commitments.

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Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional, CBRFIR, and Proactive Network Protection

Cisco CSR

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly changing. The networks that connect our world are targets, and the adversaries targeting them are evolving. Every day, new methods for infiltration and disruption are developed and put into effect against the systems we rely on. This means we must change how we think about security in several ways: Security must be foundational to every decision we make when designing and implementing a network.

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Best of both worlds: Balancing digital and physical channels in retail banking

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Banking distribution needs to account for the evolving interdependencies between channels. Accelerating digital and upgrading the physical experience to “phygital” offers a viable solution.

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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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BRICS Expansion: Five New Members in 2023?

Impakter

Impakter. BRICS Expansion: Five New Members in 2023? Just over two weeks after Russian state media announced that Iran and Argentina filed their official applications to join BRICS, alliance President Purnima Anand revealed that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt began the process of making the same move. NEW: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt may join BRICS soon[link] — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 15, 2022 […].

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Materials startup raises $46 million to replace cement

GreenBiz

Breakthrough Energy and homebuilder Lennar's investment arm co-lead $64 million Series A round for low-carbon cement producer Terra CO2 Technology.

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AEMO says firmed wind and solar cheapest reliable energy option by “country mile”

Renew Economy

AEMO's Westerman says firmed wind and solar are the cheapest reliable power option for Australia "by a country mile.". The post AEMO says firmed wind and solar cheapest reliable energy option by “country mile” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Texas narrowly avoids rolling blackouts after 2nd conservation plea by ERCOT this week

Utiliity Dive

Gas and coal outages were higher than the Texas grid operator had anticipated. “The thermal fleet is not as reliable as people would have you think,” said Grid Lab Executive Director Ric O’Connell.

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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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New Performance-Based Lab Exam Items Build Opportunities

Cisco CSR

A new type of performance-based lab exam item is giving Cisco Associate and Professional Certification exam candidates more opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. These lab items complement the more traditional multiple-choice and drag-and-drop item types, which are particularly suited to measure skills related to theory, knowledge, and conceptual comprehension.

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ECB Calls for Urgent Action by Banks to Measure and Manage Climate Risk Following Stress Test

ESG Today

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the results of its climate stress test, indicating that banks urgently need to accelerate the incorporation of climate risk into their risk management frameworks, and that banks remain heavily exposed to emissions-intensive industries. The ECB launched the stress test early this year , aiming to assess banks’ preparedness for dealing with financial and economic shocks stemming from climate risk.

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UnaBiz has a nice plan for Sigfox

Stacey Higginbotham

Bonjour! This week I am in Paris at the LoRaWAN World Expo, where the LoRa Alliance invited me to give a talk about open infrastructure. One of my goals while I’m here this week was to find out what UnaBiz, the company that purchased Sigfox’s assets out of receivership earlier this year, plans to do with those assets. So I sat down with Philippe Chiu, the co-CEO and co-founder of UnaBiz, to find out.

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What Rotterdam teaches about the power of green roofs

GreenBiz

Here are lessons from one Dutch city on building rooftop spaces that benefit all and combat urban heat islands.

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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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The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels

Renew Economy

The idea that the US government would subsidise the feeding of supersonic jets, rather than people, beggars belief. The post The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US energy storage capacity tripled in 2021: EIA

Utiliity Dive

The increase in storage capacity was accompanied by changes in how the batteries are used, with applications shifting away from traditional ancillary services.

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Wireless 9800 WLC KPI Blog – Part 3

Cisco CSR

Part 3 of the 3-part Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs. In previous blogs, Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 1 and Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 2 , we shared how to check WLC and connections to other devices as well as how to check AP and RF health status. In this blog, we will focus on Key Performance Indicators for client analysis, WLC packet drops, and packets punted to WLC CPU.

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Green Building Tech Unicorn Nexii Raises $35 Million to Meet “Surging Demand”

ESG Today

Vancouver-based green construction technology startup Nexii Building Solutions announced today a C$45 million (US$35M) fundraise, aimed at accelerating the company’s manufacturing capacity, in order to meet the rapidly growing demand for sustainable construction solutions. Nexii achieved “unicorn” status last year – the fastest Canadian company to do so – surpassing a $1 billion valuation in an equity financing last year.

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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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What’s the best hardware to learn IoT programming?

Stacey Higginbotham

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Brent left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. He’s interested in learning to code some IoT projects. Brent knows about Arduino and Raspberry Pi products but he’s wondering if there’s anything new in this space. Right off the bat, I’d say you can’t go wrong with either a recent Arduino or Raspberry Pi for IoT programming.

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3 smartphone apps helping reduce food waste around the globe

GreenBiz

About a third of the world’s food is wasted or lost — but new apps to buy, redistribute and share surplus food can help.

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US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all”

Renew Economy

"No country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun." US energy secretary says switch to renewables could be world's best peace plan. The post US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stronger Sustainability Requirements Are Surfacing as the Trend Continues to Grow

Environment + Energy Leader

Packaging sustainability is a mega trend impacting the packaging industry. The post Stronger Sustainability Requirements Are Surfacing as the Trend Continues to Grow appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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.

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Migrating to 6GHz

Cisco CSR

With more than 18 billion devices in use and 4.2 billion more to be shipping in 2022, the sheer size of existing Wi-Fi deployments worldwide is just mind-boggling. In view of the new Wi-Fi 6E and 6GHz adoption push, it is critical to evaluate what are the best ways to do a migration from existing Cisco on-prem legacy networks into the new world of 6GHz deployments.

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Heineken Says Suppliers Representing 80% of Packaging Carbon Footprint are Committing to Science-Based Emissions Targets

ESG Today

Beer company Heineken revealed today that suppliers representing 80% of the company’s packaging carbon footprint have committed to or are in the process of setting science-based climate targets with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), marking a significant milestone in the company’s efforts to address its supply chain climate impact. SBTi is one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting cli

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Want a connected home without a cloud? Get smarter sensors.

Stacey Higginbotham

If we want to build a world that doesn’t require an internet connection but can still make use of ubiquitous sensors, as Alasdair argues above, then we need smarter sensors. For an idea of what that might look like, I consulted with Pete Warden, an expert in machine learning. Warden is the former CTO of Jetpac, a company purchased by Google in 2014.

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It’s high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

GreenBiz

Cannabis companies are getting a free pass despite their many social and environmental challenges.

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How Will Virgo Season Impact Your ESG Communication?

3BL’s in-house experts merge the celestial wisdom of astrology with current environmental, social, governance (ESG) communication trends to offer a unique perspective and practical advice on sharing your company’s commitments effectively. 3BL’s new “Navigating ESG Comms through the Cosmos” series begins with Virgo season! In this edition, we delve into: How businesses have responded to environmental disasters over the past few months and why you can expect a continued focus on the climate crisis