GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
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.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 25 – In impact investing, smaller and newer may mean bigger and better returns. Smaller impact funds and first-time fund managers face obstacles raising capital from investors who insist on seeing proven track records and writing big checks (but generally not more than 20% of the total fund). Such rule-bound investors may be missing.
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Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
The beach of Embo Sands lies alongside Coul Links (photo credit: Julian Paren). A leading environmental scientist has hailed the ‘landmark decision’ to refuse planning permission for the Coul Links golf course – labelling it a victory for ‘common sense’. On 21 February Scottish Ministers opted not to grant permission for the controversial plan to build an 18-hole golf course on the dune system at Coul Links, Embo, near Dornoch.
Sustainable Development Network
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Normal 0 false false false FR X-NONE AR-SA On February 6th, 2020, UNEP-WCMC organized Nature Map Webinar: Mapping nature and its benefits to jointly address biodiversity loss and climate change with the participation of all scientists involved in Nature Map, who introduced the work on global priorities for habitat conservation and restoration and the new global datasets of biodiversity and ecosystem services that underpin it.
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Forest data startups such as Pachama and Silviaterra can help the biggest players in tech tackle their emissions.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – Impact investors are outperforming asset management overall on gender diversity. That’s the standout finding from a Russell Reynolds Associates analysis of 360 decision-makers at 76 leading impact investing firms. The firms, with an average of $382 million in impact assets under management, have nearly 40% women in senior leadership positions, compared.
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Good.is: Planet
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
To mark its 75th anniversary, the United Nations has launched the largest global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. However, we can't have a clear glimpse of the future without first understanding the past. That's why the UN, in partnership with GOOD, is celebrating Leap Day, February 29, by highlighting some of the greatest "Leaps for Humanity.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – Humans have deployed technology to defy nature’s limitations on the cultivation of food – to nature’s detriment. Now, a growing number of venture capitalists are doubling down on technology – to harmonize agriculture and nature. Mission-driven investment firms are writing early checks to companies making biological crop treatments, food preservation techniques and.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Net zero offers ‘huge economic development opportunity’ for Scotland. But significant investment and urgent action is required. Interconnectivity between different modes of transport is critical. A new report suggests immediate action aimed at achieving net zero carbon can still offer a significant economic opportunity for Scotland – and the transport sector is “hugely optimistic” about the country’s prospects of decarbonisation.
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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.
Sense and Sustainability
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Countries around the world tax and spend in many different ways. Some have more progressive tax systems, some invest more in infrastructure and public education, others have a small public sector. Almost as a rule, however, every country in the world subsidizes energy consumption. A report by the IMF shows that post-tax energy subsidies amounted to $5.3 trillion in 2015, or 6.5% of world GDP.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
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 our coffee cup problem. Nearly two in every three Americans drink coffee, and many of us grab a cup to go. That’s a lot of cups. Because most disposable cups can’t be recycled, it’s also a lot of waste headed to landfill.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 27 – One person’s garbage patch may be another’s opportunity. That’s the message of Future of Waste from UBS Global Wealth Management, the first of a series of white papers exploring longer-term sustainable investment opportunities. The report details the challenges and investment opportunities to be found in reducing waste, from food and plastics.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
The traffic light in Leeds city centre (photo credit Ben Andrew). Mistle thrush aka stormcock has set up nest in Leeds traffic light. Chicks hatched during height of storm Dennis. Nesting has taken place more than a month earlier than usual. A pair of mistle thrush has set-up home and are rearing their four chicks surrounded by the hustle and bustle of Leeds city centre in front of an amber traffic light.
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
MSCI
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
We know a lot about the relationship between companies’ ESG characteristics and financial performance. But was there a correlation between ESG scores and cost of capital?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Looking for solutions to some of the biggest problems of our time? So are these podcasts.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – SARS. Zika. Ebola. The coronavirus is the latest infectious outbreak wreaking social and economic havoc. The World Health Organization has warned that dangerous pathogens may become more common in the face of climate change, urbanization and overuse of antibiotics. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control warned Americans that things “could.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Aerial shot of Kelvingrove Park: Glasgow is rated as the local authority with the greatest potential to meet its heat demand from sub-surface heat collectors. Research published on 24 February by social enterprise greenspace scotland appears to reveal how the untapped energy potential from Scotland’s parks and green spaces could provide low carbon heat for homes and reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint.
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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
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Singapore will peak its emissions by 2030 and halve the amount to 33 million tonnes CO2-equivalent by 2050. But with scientists warning that the world should reach net zero by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C, does its pledge go far enough?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
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.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
ImpactAlpha, February 24 – Los Angeles’ homeless population is the rise. Nearly 60,000 people lack permanent housing in the Los Angeles metro area, whose homeless population is second only to New York City. More than 75% of L.A.’s homeless are completely unsheltered. Janice Hahn, a member of the L.A. county board of supervisors, went so. The post Nonprofit Finance Fund’s $10 million fund to spur homeless housing in L.A. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
New figures from packaging company DS Smith appear to reveal the alarming amount of plastic waste that ends up in UK paper and cardboard recycling streams. In the last year alone, the firm’s Kemsley Paper Mill – the largest recycled paper mill in the UK – measured enough plastic contamination in paper and cardboard materials bound for recycling to fill up to 4.8 million black bin bags.
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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.
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
While air quality in China improves, Southeast Asia's air is becoming less breathable. Nowhere is the air as suffocating as South Asia, but there are signs of improving air quality as policymakers respond.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The activism was inspired by a petition created by two pre-teen sisters.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 28 – Community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, have been making loans for decades in neighborhoods and sectors where mainstream capital dared not tread. Along the way they’ve demonstrated that affordable housing, schools, healthcare and grocery stores that serve low-income communities are not as risky as often perceived by outside capital.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
From left to right: Jean-Marc Boursier, Suez Chief Operating Officer, Jan Jambon, Flemish Minister-President, and Eric Trodoux, Chief Operating Officer of Suez Recycling and Recovery Benelux & Germany at the inauguration of the new facility. Suez has opened what it says is the largest facility in the EU for the extraction and recovery of ultra-fine non-ferrous metal particles from bottom ash.
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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.
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Reputational damage, financial vulnerability to climate-related impacts and lack of access to capital are likely ramifications facing firms that fail to act on climate change this decade, experts surveyed for a new study say.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
For the last two years, I’ve been scratching my head about something: Americans have made it very clear that they want to buy from good companies. And when you ask them what’s good and who’s good they give a range of answers that lump together "good for the planet" and "good to people.".
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Pitching investors last year on Electriphi’s plan to help delivery, utility, school district and other vehicle fleet managers optimize their deployments of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, CEO Muffi Ghadiali heard the repeated refrain: “You’re too early.” Then, in September, Amazon ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from a startup producer, Rivian.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
A new waste handling solution is seemingly set to cut submission times for quarterly returns for waste carriers who have a registered, onsite, waste transfer station by eliminating the need for manual documentation. Introduced by transport management systems provider Mandata, the new system is called Waste Go and it is integrated with the firm’s TMS GO management system.
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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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