GreenBiz
JANUARY 8, 2020
What role can lesser-known crops that thrive under adversity play in efforts to make our global food supply more resilient to climate change?
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 6 – Water is a hot topic. This summer, thousands gathered at the annual World Water Week conference in Stockholm, where a Water Scarcity Clock was launched to measure in real time the number of people at risk (currently 2.3 billion and rising). But for Grégoire Landel, a water engineer who has worked The post CityTaps raises funding to increase clean water access appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Daniel Burrus
JANUARY 8, 2020
In the next five to ten years, technology will give us many new ways to enjoy travel—from the planning phase to the actual trip. Tomorrow’s travel will look nothing like it does today, and the travel adventures anyone can go on will be limited only by our imagination. So what are some of these drastic changes I’m referring to? The following is a good idea of what you can expect: Semantic Voice Search Technologies.
Sustainable Development Network
JANUARY 9, 2020
SDSN would like to thank Caren Camiscia, Agustina Calcagno, Caitlin Boucher, and Mario Parra for their roles of rapporteurs during the 1.5 day event. On 9-10 December, 2019 in Madrid, Spain alongside the UNFCCC COP25 , the Low-Emissions Solutions Conference (LESC) entitled “Systems Transformations for a 1.5 Degree World” was held in partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) , ICLEI , and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
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
JANUARY 6, 2020
These corporate execs are casting a new mold for embracing environmental, social and governance factors at the highest levels.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 7, 2020
Impact Alpha, Jan. 7 – Reforming capitalism is all the rage. Many of us in the ESG and impact investing communities are enthusiastic about calls from business and economic leaders for a ‘stakeholder economy’ that benefits more than our bottom lines. Ray Dalio, Marc Benioff, Jerome Powell, Peter Georgescu, Paul Collier, and John Elkington, as The post Leverage, compensation and taxation: Doing due diligence on investment fund managers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 6, 2020
A VENTUS X ultrasonic wind sensor has been deployed by researchers at the Summit Station on the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Arctic, 10,000 feet above sea level, as part of a project investigating the role of aerosols in cloud formation. With integrated heaters and no moving parts, the wind sensor does not require recalibration – a vital feature of equipment in one of the most remote locations on Earth.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 8, 2020
The Midwest floods revealed another benefit of sustainable agriculture: fields that had been farmed with conservation practices recovered faster.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 9, 2020
Out of the gate, 2020 is being hailed as a comeback year for emerging-markets investing. In sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank forecasts economic growth to pick up to 2.9% (from an estimated 2.5% in 2019. But global investors watching indicators like oil and commodity exports may be missing the real story, according to local and The post Small businesses, big opportunities: Where to hunt for impact investments in Africa this year appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JANUARY 8, 2020
Simon Lord helped Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation set an industry benchmark in supply chain transparency in 2019. He says why NGOs are necessary, and what he would have done differently if he could turn back time.
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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.
CleanTechnica
JANUARY 10, 2020
Reports that a Tesla caught fire and that led to a massive fire in a parking garage in Norway are untrue. The fire actually started in a 2005 Opel diesel.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 10, 2020
A microgrid pilot program run by Colorado cooperative Holy Cross Energy includes four all-electric homes in an affordable housing community.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 7, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Leverage, compensation and taxation: Doing due diligence on investment fund managers. Impact investors have become well-practiced in measuring the environmental and social impacts of the companies they invest in. They are increasingly vocal about good governance and accountability. But what about the structures of their own investment funds?
Eco-Business
JANUARY 6, 2020
Without considering the upfront emissions from construction, the world could burn through its remaining carbon budget as the global population swells. Eco-Business asks WorldGBC's Lisa Bate, how to address the problem of embodied carbon.
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
CleanTechnica
JANUARY 10, 2020
Europe has introduced a new Company Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard of 95gr CO2/km. This regulation comes with harsh fines. The fine, per car sold, is €95 gr/km for each gram over 95 gr/km when the fleet average is over 95 gr/km.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 8, 2020
Analysts keep nudging that date forward, but now suggest it could happen as early as 2022 for certain models and markets.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 9, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 9 – The Evanston, Illinois-based REIT opened up its soil restoration notes via a direct public offering in September. The $10,000-minimum notes drew a wide range of investors including individuals, non-profits, family offices and ImpactAssets’ Donor Advised Fund to help convert conventional farmland to organic. Iroquois Valley was also awarded a $700,000 Conservation The post Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT raises $6 million for soil restoration funding appeared first on ImpactAl
Eco-Business
JANUARY 9, 2020
As the effects of climate change are being felt around the world, more people are experiencing eco-anxiety, which can further exacerbate worries about food safety and security.
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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
CleanTechnica
JANUARY 10, 2020
Last week, there were some rumors on the internet and on some news services that the Mercedes EQC was a flop. There was no market for it because in its home market of Germany only 55 vehicles were delivered by November.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 9, 2020
It aims to scale the sharing of equipment and supplies across industries — and make the "multi-usiverse" happen.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 9, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 9 – The capital gains tax breaks available in the zones created, uh, opportunities that are both potentially transformative for low-income neighborhoods – and ripe for abuse. New federal regulations don’t include rigorous impact safeguards, so industry leaders are attempting to fill the gap. The Urban Institute’s Opportunity Zone Community Impact Assessment Tool The post Assessing community impact in Opportunity Zone projects appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JANUARY 7, 2020
The region's solar market is the world’s fastest-growing. But recycling policies are urgently needed to deal with a flood of decommissioned panels in the coming years.
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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.
CleanTechnica
JANUARY 10, 2020
Trump is gloating about gutting environmental regulations, a decision that has business leaders cheering.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 7, 2020
There’s no shortage of efforts to reform capitalism and corporate governance. Can disparate actors, particularly civil society movements, converge under the banner of corporate redesign?
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 9, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Small businesses, big opportunities: Where to hunt for impact investments in Africa this year. The World Bankforecasts economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa to pick up to 2.9% (from an estimated 2.5% in 2019). But global investors watching indicators like oil and commodity exports may be missing the real story, according to The post The Brief: Big opportunities in small businesses in Africa, soil restoration REIT, social housing in Fran
Eco-Business
JANUARY 9, 2020
Satellite images showing land use change between 1992 and 2015 reveal that deforestation occurs relatively slowly at first, until it reaches a point where a block has lost around 50 per cent of its forest.
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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.
CleanTechnica
JANUARY 10, 2020
In a Yahoo Finance video discussion about Tesla and its stock, Barbara Corcoran of Shark Tank cuts right to the chase: "I own a Tesla and don't say anything wrong to me about it." She also points out that she invests in Tesla as well. Her thoughts on Tesla's "slumping after a double downgrade" are that these guys are just "hedging their bets" and that they don't want to be wrong.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 8, 2020
"Our duty as earthkeepers is to call the exiled carbon back into the land and to bring the soil life home," said Larisa Jacobson, co-director of Soul Fire Farm.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 7, 2020
After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family. We went to see the Great Barrier Reef – one of The post Climate scientist in Australia: dangerous climate change is here now appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JANUARY 7, 2020
What does it mean to build a clean and fair palm oil supply chain? For drivers in Indonesia used to unsafe working conditions, this is what it could look like.
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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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