3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library Tell us a little bit about yourself and what led you to join GoDaddy. Having spent over twenty years building businesses globally, I knew a strong digital presence was crucial. But simply existing online wasn't enough. One of the biggest hurdles was finding a web agency that truly grasped our target audience, business objectives, and the potential of the digital landscape.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Coalitions nuclear plan takes a gamble with our electricity system that old coal will last the distance. Itdoesnt account for the risks and extreme costs if that gamble fails. The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #3: Hide the costs of keeping coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In this weeks Corporate Knights drill-down, we take a look at the sustainable revenue trend in one of the fastest growing tiers of the Corporate Knights taxonomy - Energy Storage and Batteries. Driven mainly by the rising demand from electric vehicles and renewable energy storage requirements, Sustainable Revenue from this tier has grown 350% between 2019 and 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Lord Bamford pictured with JCBs hydrogen combustion engine. JCB has seemingly cleared significant hurdles in its development of the worlds first hydrogen combustion engine after securing rulings from licensing authorities allowing it to be used commercially in machines, the company announced in January. JCB says it is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and the group said a team of 150 engineers had been working on the 100 mil

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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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

HOUSTON, February 20, 2025 /3BL/ - On Thursday, February 20, Texas Hearing Institute and Green Mountain Energy Sun Club Flipped the Switch on a newly installed 150.7kW rooftop solar array, as part of the institutes sustainability initiative to become more energy efficient. Green Mountain Energy employees participated in a tour of the facility and spent the morning volunteering within the Melinda Webb School reading to students.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Mount Isa is looking to green energy and gravity storage in its disused mine shafts to secure a future for the city once its big mines close. The post Mount Isa turns to wind, solar and gravity storage to save city as big mines close appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Food, beverage and snacking companies Nestl and Mars announced new agreements with New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra, which will see the companies funding incentives to farmers to lower emissions, and reduce the climate footprint of their dairy supply chains. Both Nestl and Mars have set targets to achieve net zero emissions across their value chains by 2050.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Name: Justin Merrell | Group Sustainability Director Company: LION Connect with Justin on LinkedIn Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations. Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, and climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Hancock Prospecting has fallen foul of new environmental rules at Ad Standards, which say green claims in advertising must be substantiated. The post Watchdog rules “clean gas” claims from Gina Rinehart company are false, misleading appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Clean 200 Methodology The Clean200 are the largest 200 public companies ranked by clean revenue. The ranking was first calculated on July 1, 2016, and publicly released on August 15, 2016, by Corporate Knights and As You Sow. The current list has been updated with data through January 29, 2025. The Clean200 companies are ranked by their clean revenues in U.S. dollars.

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also faces declining seedling recruitment in many parts of its range. Researchers describe the species' complex genome, providing insights into fundamental questions about plant evolution, tree breeding and genetic improvement efforts that could help forest managers plan for and address future forest reso

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February 18, 2025 /3BL/ - With all 10 of Duke Energy Floridas Clean Energy Connection solar energy sites now fully operational, the company is celebrating delivering on its commitment part of a 2020 filing with the Florida Public Service Commission to provide nearly 750 megawatts of solar generation in Florida from 2022 to 2024.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In a discussion with Chris Uhlmann, US energy secretary Chris Wright digs in on fossil fuels, climate denial and a hatred of green energy. The post US energy secretary tells UK and Australian conservatives that net zero is sinister and unachievable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho Bank and Temasek-owned decarbonization solutions-focused investment platform GenZero announced today a new partnership aimed at developing transition credits to help fund the acceleration of the early retirement of coal-fired power plants. Coal is by far the largest source of energy-based CO2 emissions globally, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), accounting for 45% of emissions from fuel combustion in 2022, ahead of oil a

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Jen Astone & Daniel Moss We already know how to invest in the kind of equitable and sustainable food systems that can build climate resilience. Yet while the hazards of industrial agriculture (and the opportunities offered by agroecological food systems) are equally well known , most money still bets on the status quo: increasing the use of imported fertilizers and pesticides and motorized irrigation, despite high costs and questionable returns.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

by Carla Fredericks and Matt Aguiar, The Christensen Fund The Christensen Fund has long considered how its assets could create positive impact beyond our grantmaking. In the mid-2010s, our Board and Investment Committee piloted multiple small-scale initiatives, including one Program Related Investment, several Mission-Related Investments, and a shareholder activism program.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Green Iron Investment Fund is exactly what Australia needs to lay the foundations for Australia becoming a Renewable Energy Superpower. The post Green iron fund will lay foundations for Australia to become renewable energy superpower appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Startup METYCLE announced that it has raised 14.4 million (USD$14.8 million) in a Series A funding round to expand its platform for the sale and purchase of recycled and scrap metal, which aims to bring more efficiency to the global market, making it easier to recycle more metal and to reduce carbon emissions. According to the company, using recycled metals offers a cost-effective way to decarbonize metal production, reducing emissions by as much as 95% compared to primary production, and costin

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Salar de Uyuni covers an area of over a million hectares on a high plateau in Bolivia (image credit: Avner Vengosh/Duke University). A US group has conducted the first thorough chemical analysis of wastewater associated with mining the lithium brine at the Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia. Their findings could inform strategies to manage future mining operations and avoid the groundwater depletion and other problems that have affected sites like the Salar de Atacama in Chile.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Originally published on 3M News Center 3M has teamed up with General Motors on something that has never been done before in automotive manufacturing: automating paint repair on a moving production line. GM is using 3Ms Finesse-it Robotic Paint Repair System which incorporates 3M robotics, stream motion software, process modeling, and abrasive technology to fix imperfections in the paint topcoat on vehicles coming off the assembly line.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Coalition's claimed nuclear cost savings are meaningless because theyve failed to account for consumers spending a lot more money on petroleum and gas. The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #2: Pretend petrol and gas are free appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Regenerative agriculture and carbon removal-focused startup CarbonZero.Eco, founded by 16-year old Harper Moss, announced that it has raised $3.5 million, with proceeds aimed at supporting its biochar-based projects to remove CO2 from the atmosphere while improving crop yields for farmers. Based in Silicon Valley, CarbonZero.Eco was launched by Moss, reportedly driven by a passion to make a positive impact on the planet, and following engagement with experts in carbon capture and carbon offset.

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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

Caux Round Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Caux Round Table 2025 Global Dialogue, in partnership with the Convention of Independent Financial Advisors and Center for Professional Ethics at Marymount University, is postponed until October. The later date will better accommodate a number of potential speakers and interested participants. Shortly, we will send you an invitation with the new dates and proposed agenda, along with relevant information on registration and accommodations.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

For years, 30-year-old Hawo Ahmed Yarow was told that women in her community of Somalia could not be farmers. In Hawos community of Moodin, women usually focus on childrearing and household duties. As Hawos family became more desperate for food, she decided to take a chance by planting her own garden. Recurrent droughts and floods in Hawos district have made farming difficult.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Claiming nuclear will deliver you 44% lower bills is a bit like claiming a wrinkle cream will make you look 44% younger. The post The four accounting tricks behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear cost claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This week in ESG news: SEC reconsiders its climate reporting rule; SBTi pushes back timeline for new Net Zero Standard; California climate reporting law passes legal hurdle; HSBCs new Chief Sustainability Officer; Columbia launches climate finance Masters degree; NEOM plans $5 billion net zero AI data facility; Macquarie exits net zero banking group; U.S. boards say execs should stay quiet on social issues; 22 states sue to block New York law charging oil companies for climate adaptation; ISS re

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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.

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers. Invertebrates are used as an important measure of a river's biodiversity and health, and Environment Agency data show there was a widespread, significant increase in species richness across England in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Funding supports 20 organizations each with $10,000 Grants are a continuation of assistance to senior programs, with more than $300,000 distributed over the past two years GREENVILLE, S.C., February 20, 2025 /3BL/ - Duke Energy is providing $200,000 in grants to South Carolina organizations that help the states aging population with services and support, particularly for seniors with income challenges.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

New big battery starts exporting energy to the grid in north-west Victoria, where it will help stabilise the grid and accommodate new renewables. The post Big battery starts sending power to the grid near Victoria’s “rhombus of regret” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Energy company TotalEnergies announced a new agreement with said that it has signed an agreement with industrial gases and services supplier Air Liquide, aimed at helping to decarbonize TotalEnergies refineries in Northern Europe with green hydrogen. The deal provides for the establishment of two projects, located in the Netherlands, that will produce and deliver some 45,000 tons of green hydrogen annually.

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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.