Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It was an idea that seemed to have all the right ingredients for the tech-saturated world of 21 st century urban mobility. In 2015, a Helsinki start-up unveiled a plan for something it called “mobility-as-a-service,” or MaaS, based on ideas that had been developed in a 2014 masters' thesis at a Finnish university. The company, Global MaaS, had built an app that provides city-dwellers with a digital one-stop shop for all sorts of travel options – transit, taxis, ride hailing, bike sharing, and so

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

NSW is to become first state to regulate CO2 as a pollutant, potentially establishing the framework for government-backed national climate actions. The post NSW to be first state to regulate CO2 as pollutant under sweeping new proposals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOURCE: DraftKings. DESCRIPTION: BOSTON, September 7, 2022 /3BL Media/ - DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) (“DraftKings” or the “Company”) today announced its newest responsible gaming initiative – the Practice Safe Bets advertising campaign – as the Company marks the American Gaming Association’s inaugural Responsible Gaming Education Month this September.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

An estimated $600 billion worth of food is lost during or just after harvest. Can manufacturers and grocers do anything about it? Definitely—and it will be good for business, people, and the planet.

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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.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In 2013, a buddy of Newfoundland apprentice electrician Devin Keats convinced him to go west to work in the oil and gas fields of Alberta. Keats took his friend’s advice, joining Syncrude’s oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, later moving to Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake oil sands mine project. . In 2014, a global oil glut sent petroleum prices spiralling down.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Four wind farms in South Australia lead country to record monthly wind output in August. The post South Australia wind farms lift Australia to record monthly output in August appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cisco CSR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Exceptional digital experiences do not happen by chance . In today’s fast-changing business world, IT teams face a range of challenges as they work to bring exceptional digital experiences to market and to their customers. These challenges can vary from choosing the best strategy, talent, and expertise to implementing and managing execution risks. .

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TEDxInnovations

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The promise of the metaverse extends far beyond digital spaces -- it can transform and enrich how we experience the material world, too. From video games that bring communities together to digital art that collides with physical spaces, augmented reality designer Sutu shares some of the incredible creativity that's sparked by AR metaverse technology and invites us all to participate in building its future.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Subsidies serve an important function, but it makes absolutely no economic sense to subsidise things a government is, or should be, trying to discourage. The post Paying billions in subsidies to fossil fuel industry makes absolutely no economic sense appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

LISC to lead Harris County Homeownership Collaborative and new initiative to create 5,000 homeowners of color by 2025. SOURCE: Wells Fargo. DESCRIPTION: HOUSTON, September 8, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local elected officials joined LISC Houston and the Harris County Homeownership Collaborative , or HCHC, to announce the launch of a new initiative to expand homeownership opportunities for Black, Hispanic, and other underserved individuals and families.

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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.

Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Ahead of COP27, Eric Usher says he hopes governments will talk the same language as the private sector on sustainability, as they look to step up scrutiny of net-zero targets.

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Utiliity Dive

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

More than 20 million families are behind on their utility bills, with the average debt nearly doubling since December 2019, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

German economy and climate minister says tweak to nuclear exit law will only entail a limited extension until spring next year, due to the technology's risks. The post German government proposes limited extension of “high risk” nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOURCE: KeyBank. DESCRIPTION: In an effort to encourage sustained, meaningful and transformational change in East Buffalo, KeyBank , Buffalo GoGreen and the African Heritage Food Co-Op are partnering to bring a bi-weekly farmers market to the city’s Delavan-Grider neighborhood. The market brings fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with few options and is part of KeyBank’s ongoing response to the mass shooting in Buffalo that took place on May 14th.

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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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Stacey Higginbotham

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Imagine if your smart speaker could be trained to recognize your accent, or if a pair of running shoes could alert you in real time if your gait changed, indicating fatigue. Or if, in the industrial world, sensors could parse vibration information from a machine that changed location and function often in real time, halting the machine if that information suggested there was a problem.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

J.P. Morgan announced today the launch of ESG Discovery, a new digital platform aimed at providing investors with a central source for ESG views from the firm’s sector and ESG analysts, and enabling assessments of current and forward-looking company and sector material ESG risks, opportunities and impacts. According to J.P. Morgan, the new platform was developed in response to growing client demand for “a more structured and fundamental ESG view.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While claiming to support net zero, the new PM is pro-fracking, plans to increase extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea and finds solar farms "depressing". The post Liz Truss has links to climate science denial, and finds solar farms depressing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Caroline Rubin, Managing Associate at Nathan Associates, on our impactful public-private partnership with USAID and Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™. SOURCE: Qualcomm. DESCRIPTION: Our WEAVE project ran in Indonesia and Vietnam in 2020 and 2021. It successfully supported over 12,000 women entrepreneurs through our three online programmes – in the midst of the global pandemic.

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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

Stacey Higginbotham

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This week launched with a bang for those interested in the role insurers might play in the smart home as State Farm agreed to make a 1.2 billion equity investment in security firm ADT. This follows on the heels of Google’s equity investment in ADT in 2020 and signals a shift in the way insurance companies are thinking about the smart home. Google also said it would add more money to its ADT partnership.

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TEDxInnovations

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in to learn about the once-in-a-lifetime discovery of the 10-meter-long Rutland ichthyosaur: the largest and most complete ichthyosaur ever unearthed in Britain and one of the greatest finds in the country's paleontological history.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Australian and international researchers have demonstrated a way to produce renewable hydrogen without the need to consume precious drinking water. The post Researchers pluck green hydrogen from the air, without any need for liquid water appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In response to growing enterprise customer demand, Booster expands its energy delivery platform to 13 major markets across the U.S. SOURCE: Booster Fuels. DESCRIPTION: SAN MATEO, Calif., September 7, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In response to growing customer demand from enterprise fleets looking to optimize costs, lower carbon emissions and source renewable fuels, Booster ®, the leading tech-driven mobile energy delivery company, announces that it is expanding services across the United States with seve

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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.

Cisco CSR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I love looking at trends and guessing where the next innovation is coming from. It is kind of like guessing what kind of presents you will get on your birthday or what your class will be like when you start grade-school. Either way, I get excited about new things. That excitement leads me to share several innovations, partnerships and success stories as Cisco prepares to attend the International Broadcast Convention (IBC) Sept. 9-12 in Amsterdam.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The Planet Tracker analysis finds the group is significantly short of its initial waste diversion and recycling goals and says it needs to be more transparent with its results. The post Report: Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s Progress Slow, Clearer Targets Needed appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola says it plans to spend up to $4.4 billion on Australia renewable and storage developments. The post Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to invest $A4.4 billion in Australian energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOURCE: 3M. DESCRIPTION: Working together is more effective than working alone and that’s exactly what 3M and Vomela, a graphics and printing company, are doing with one sustainability challenge. The duo joined forces in 2019 on a project to reuse plastic endcaps which are crucial for transit because they protect 3M’s commercial graphics film from damage during shipping.

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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.

Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The International Energy Agency estimates that carbon capture technology's contribution to CO2 emissions reduction will fulfil 15% of the total needed to keep mean temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 Celsius. Yet the U.S. and other governments are throwing billions in terms of tax credits and subsidies to encourage new carbon capture projects. Wouldn't the money be better spent on.

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Cisco CSR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I am excited to announce that Cisco and Panasonic will join forces to demonstrate a ground-breaking live IP video production solution at IBC 2022, September 9-12, in the Cisco booth, Hall 1 A11. With the major transition to IP in the broadcast industry, content producers and broadcasters are looking for new technologies and solutions to address the evolving challenges and enable their success.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

FFI's first electrolyser factory, hailed as the world's biggest when unveiled last year, will make barely a dent in the company's huge green hydrogen ambitions. The post Fortescue says first 2GW electrolyser factory will be too small, plans more appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

SOURCE: Whirlpool Corporation. DESCRIPTION: August 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ The 19th year of the Whirlpool Community Charity Golf Event held on Aug. 7-8 raised $2,589,000 for youth in Berrien County. The two day event included rounds of golf on six courses for more than 650 people from all over the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico and China, a Fireside Chat with Jack Nicklaus and Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, a Silent Auction and Live Auction.

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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.