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How Cloud ERP and AI Are Powering the Future of Sustainability

3BL Media

Previously published by Forbes Every April, Earth Day arrives in full color parks buzzing with volunteers, corporate campuses dotted with tree-planting events, and social feeds flooded with stunning shots of mountains, oceans, and forests. Its a powerful annual reminder of our planets beauty and our responsibility to protect it. I strongly believe sustainability cant be a once-a-year priority.

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What happens when Australia’s methane bubble pops?

Renew Economy

New report from the IEA reveals that Australia's methane emissions are wildly underreported. The bubble's going to pop - so why not shift to honest reporting. The post What happens when Australia’s methane bubble pops? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Pandora’s big bet on sustainability pays off

Corporate Knights

This is the fifth installment of our six-part Masters of Metamorphosis series , in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. According to those who study consumer habits, millennials and Gen Zs are looking for two things when they go shopping: sustainability and individuality.

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Google to Back Three New Advanced Nuclear Projects

ESG Today

Google announced today the launch of a new collaboration with South Carolina-based nuclear project developer Elementl Power, including an agreement to invest in three advanced nuclear energy projects. The agreement comes as Google and its tech giant peers increasingly turn to nuclear energy to help address the growing emissions impact of their rapidly expanding data center footprints.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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How a Marathon Petroleum Grant Empowered a Future Teacher of the Year

3BL Media

Key Points In less than three years, a $350,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum is already making a major impact on educators in St. John the Baptist Parish. Launched in 2022 as part of a workforce development initiative, the program set out to help more than 100 teachers earn full certification and advance their careers. One of those teachers not only earned full certification but went on to receive the district's top honor for the 2024-2025 school year.

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Forrest and key CIS projects win big as NSW grants grid access to giant wind, solar, and battery facilities

Renew Economy

Some of the country's biggest wind and solar battery facilities will be built in NSW central west after state awards grid access rights to more than 7 GW of projects. The post Forrest and key CIS projects win big as NSW grants grid access to giant wind, solar, and battery facilities appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Quantum Networking: How Cisco is Accelerating Practical Quantum Computing

Cisco CSR

Just as Cisco helped build infrastructure for the internet, we’re now creating quantum networking technology that will be the foundation for the quantum internet, making quantum computing practical years ahead of current timelines. Our approach could accelerate impactful quantum computing and networking applications from decades away to just 5-10 years.

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3M’s Safety Roadshow Brings Hands-On Learning to Students in Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri

3BL Media

Originally published on 3M News Center When you come aboard 3Ms Safety Roadshow a 90-foot semitrailer equipped with hands-on training experiences from 3Ms Personal Safety Division the hum of robotics machinery and student chatter is unavoidable. That was the case at Joe T. Robinson High School, one of three stops in the Little Rock area this spring where more than 200 students eagerly took on roles as production managers, design engineers, assemblers, and quality control inspectors all workin

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Coalition power plan “nuked” at poll: climate groups

Renew Economy

The coalition's nuclear power plan "bombed at the ballot" and is now off the table, climate action and renewable energy groups say. The post Coalition power plan “nuked” at poll: climate groups appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Google Signs Deals to Eliminate Super-Potent GHG Emissions

ESG Today

Google announced two new partnerships aimed at eliminating superpollutants, or gases that are dozens of times more potent than CO2 in terms of their global warming impact, from the atmosphere. The new partnerships, with solution providers Recoolit and Cool Effect, include long-term credit purchases by Google equivalent to removing 1 million tons of CO2.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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The world's wealthiest 10% caused two thirds of global warming since 1990

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of observed global warming since 1990 and the resulting increases in climate extremes such as heatwaves and droughts.

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Don’t Fear the New ESG Acronym: XBRL Makes Reporting Better and Easier

3BL Media

Amid the decisions in Europe on corporate sustainability reporting, one requirement has not received much attention: companies submitting a European Sustainability Reporting Standards report (ESRS) to comply with the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will need to tag each disclosure using a digital language known as XBRL. If that sentence raised the blood pressure, read on: digital tagging should make life easier for climate and other ESG reporting, not more difficult.

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Australia lays out red carpet for rapid green energy transition. Can Labor seize the moment?

Renew Economy

Australia has said no to Trumpism, no to nuclear and no to a vision of a country in perpetual fear. A triumphant Labor government must now rise to the occasion. The post Australia lays out red carpet for rapid green energy transition. Can Labor seize the moment? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The CEO as chief resilience officer

McKinsey Sustainabilty

CEOs sit at the nexus of strategy, finance, and operations, making them uniquely positioned to build resilience that can protect their companies fromand take advantage ofdisruption.

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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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New pilot study detects faecal pollution marker in UK rivers

Envirotec Magazine

One of the water courses sampled in the study. A pilot study has reportedly succeeded in offering a better understanding of contamination sources in national waterbodies, providing water companies with the capability of identifying and mitigating inputs of faecal pollution in UK rivers. WRc Senior Water Science Microbiology Consultant Daisy Allen said the study undertaken by Water Research Centre (WRc) and ADAS Biotechnology has quantified concentrations of human-specific faecal genetic markers

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Fighting the World’s Most Devastating Diseases Is the Focus of This Installment of “The Centrifuge Sessions"

3BL Media

At Gilead, we set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the worlds most devastating diseases. In this installment of The Centrifuge Sessions, See Phan , Vice President, Oncology Clinical Development, discusses Gileads approach to cancer research and how his team is working to deliver innovative therapies that offer new hope for patients. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

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New 500 MW wind project gets federal environmental tick in one of Australia’s richest wind regions

Renew Economy

Plans to build a nearly 500MW project in a region renowned for its wind resource have been waved through federal environmental approvals process, clearing the way for development. The post New 500 MW wind project gets federal environmental tick in one of Australia’s richest wind regions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Satellite measures CO2 and NO2 simultaneously from power plant emissions for the first time

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A research team used the German environmental satellite EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) to simultaneously detect the two key air pollutants carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in emission plumes from power plants -- with an unprecedented spatial resolution of just 30 meters. The newly developed method allows for tracking of industrial emissions from space with great precision and enables atmospheric processes to be analyzed in detail.

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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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April Pegasus Now Available

Caux Round Table

Here’s the April issue of Pegasus. In this edition, we include 2 articles. First, I argue that instead of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to fight current and past injustice anddiscrimination, friendship would be a better way forward. I lean into the concept, as articulated by Aristotle and Cicero, as an alternate path. Secondly, Michael Hartoonian continues hisinvestigation into a global ethic through three central questions that address justice by way of trust, wisdom and enlighten

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Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Awarded 2025 Gold Halo Award

3BL Media

Albertsons Companies, in collaboration with Albertsons Companies Foundation, has received a 2025 Gold Halo Award , presented by Engage for Good , for its collaboration on SummerEBT.org. This initiative connects families to new summer grocery benefits, ensuring no child goes hungry when school is out. Albertsons Cos. is incredibly proud to be recognized alongside other purpose-driven campaigns.

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Wind, solar and batteries push fossil fuels to record lows, but costly coal and hydro keep prices high

Renew Economy

Australia’s main electricity grids have experienced another quarter of dynamic change, with a combination of record highs and lows and demand, record wind, solar and battery generation, and a sharp fall in emissions in the first quarter. The good news, however, was moderated by the lack of any meaningful movement in wholesale electricity prices, which […] The post Wind, solar and batteries push fossil fuels to record lows, but costly coal and hydro keep prices high appeared first on

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All of the biggest U.S. cities are sinking

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a concern, but many in the interior. Furthermore, using newly granular data, the study finds that some cities are sinking at different rates in different spots, or sinking in some places and rising in others, potentially introducing stresses that could affect buildings and other infrastructure.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Governance, risk, and compliance: A new lens on best practices

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Companies globally say they see room for improvement in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), a new McKinsey survey shows. But a few are bucking the trend with smarter, more effective capabilities.

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Cascale Highlights Power of Collaboration at Best of Bangladesh Amsterdam Event

3BL Media

Carolina van Loenen, director of stakeholder engagement at Cascale, recently participated in the Best of Bangladesh event in Amsterdam. Organized by the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange, the event convened consumer goods industry stakeholders to discuss the opportunities, challenges, and strategic roadmap for Bangladesh as a future-ready global sourcing hub.

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Neoen gets federal all-clear to build its first wind farm in Western Australia

Renew Economy

Neoen's plan to build its first wind farm in Western Australia get waved through both state and federal environmental assessment processes, paving the way for development. The post Neoen gets federal all-clear to build its first wind farm in Western Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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$1.6 Trillion Investor Group Pushes HSBC to Confirm Net Zero Commitment

ESG Today

A group of 30 investors* representing $1.6 trillion in assets under management, led by responsible investing NGO ShareAction, called on HSBC at its AGM on Friday to restate its net zero commitments, noting that recent moves by the bank have created deeply concerning signals around its climate priorities. The investor statement follows an announcement by HSBC earlier this year of a decision to push back its 2030 target to achieve net zero emissions in its operations and supply chain by 20 years t

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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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Heat and land use: Bees suffer in particular

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

In a new study, researchers are investigating the interaction of major global change drivers on insects.

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Reflection and Recognition: Meet Julia Liu

3BL Media

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library What is your name and what do you do here at GoDaddy? Hi, my name is Julia, and I am a Software Engineer here at GoDaddy. I interned with the M365 Provisioning team during the summer of 2019 and have continued with the same team since I joined full-time in February 2020. I became a member of our Employee Resource Group, GD Asians when I started working full-time.

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Turnbull sells two pumped hydro storage projects to help AGL switch from coal to renewables

Renew Economy

A company owned by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull has sold nearly 1.4 GW of 10-hour pumped hydro energy storage projects to major Auustralian gentailer AGL. The post Turnbull sells two pumped hydro storage projects to help AGL switch from coal to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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India Releases Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy to Drive Capital to Net Zero Goals

ESG Today

Indias Ministry of Finance announced the release of a draft framework for its Climate Finance Taxonomy, its classification system for identifying sustainable economic activities aligned with its climate goals, aimed at enabling the facilitation of major capital flows required to support the net zero transition, while preventing greenwashing. India has set a series of climate goals, including a target to achieve net zero emissions by 2070, and an interim target to reduce emissions intensity of it

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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.