GreenBiz

APRIL 24, 2023

To meet climate goals, we need to tell better stories. Here’s how.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 27, 2023

AGL says "world is changing" but even after closure of Liddell on Friday it will remain Australia's biggest carbon polluter despite pledge on batteries and green hydrogen. The post “World is changing:” AGL to replace Liddell with battery, hydrogen, wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 28, 2023

A decade on, we remember Rana Plaza through a series of indelible images. Drone shots captured from across Dhaka’s Aricha Highway render eight factory floors to a concrete smash cake; workers crushed in the grim grey layers of industrial machinery. Survivors, bereft, swarming ground zero, desperate to recover their loved ones alive among the rebar, cement and fulminated fabric bolts.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

APRIL 26, 2023

Generative AI is giving rise to an entire ecosystem, from hardware providers to application builders, that will help bring its potential for business to fruition.

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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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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2023

Propagate is one of the only startups in the U.S. working to combine agriculture and forestry to create productive and sustainable land use practices.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 23, 2023

The current growth rates of solar alone will see the global energy sector decarbonised by mid-century. The post Solar is a runaway global success, and Australia is showing the way forward appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG Today

APRIL 25, 2023

The European Council announced today that it adopted a series of new laws aimed at enabling the EU to hit its climate targets, including the establishment of a carbon tax on imported goods, and an update to the EU emissions trading system aimed at helping to reduce emissions from several sectors of the economy. The announcement marks the last major step in passing into law several of the key elements of the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” roadmap – the EU’s proposed strategy to cut greenhouse

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2023

The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S., such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 27, 2023

Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former brown coal generator in the Latrobe Valley. The post Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 26, 2023

As many federal, state and provincial governments struggle with paralysis from polarized politics, North America’s cities have become the front lines of climate mitigation and “build back better.” Vulnerable and underfunded, municipalities are making brave, future-driven decisions – on climate mitigation, sustainability and inclusion – that put more senior levels of government to shame.

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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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

APRIL 28, 2023

Executives’ enthusiasm for the economy rose—and then came back to earth. Meanwhile, concerns about financial-market volatility as a risk to growth have increased.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2023

A BloombergNEF report predicts the U.S. renewables project pipeline is set for a record-breaking surge in development, as Google announces a major new solar partnership.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 23, 2023

First of the last three units at Australia's oldest coal generator shut down on Monday morning. The post AGL shuts down first of last three units at Liddell, Australia’s oldest coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 25, 2023

With apologies to Charles Dickens: It was the best of times (never had so many lived so well), it was the worst of times (never had our home been more imperilled). If we’re going to hit our 2030 targets to stave off runaway global heating, we needed to dial down global emissions by 4% in 2022. Instead, they went up by almost 1%, reaching record levels of 36.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.

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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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McKinsey Sustainabilty

APRIL 27, 2023

Mambu co-founder Eugene Danilkis talks about how banks can approach core technology transformation and keep up with the fast pace of change, then offers his take on the future of human interaction.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 24, 2023

Consumers express growing interest in purchasing greener products despite growing skepticism about environmental marketing claims. Can both be true?

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Renew Economy

APRIL 27, 2023

Record wind and solar generation helped loosen the vice like grip of fossil fuels over the grid and send prices down and emissions to new lows. The post Record wind and solar deliver lower prices, loosen coal and gas dominance over grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 24, 2023

While global electric vehicle sales recently broke the US$1-trillion mark, the auto industry has an elephant in the room: gas-intensive SUVs and light trucks are still the most popular vehicles in North America. Though full-sized pickup trucks remain the top-selling vehicles in the United States and Canada, more than half of all vehicle sales in both countries are SUVs.

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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

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers. The team from Marine Biopolymers and The University of Glasgow’s School of Chemistry recently received funding from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to explore the use of tailored alginates – a naturally-occurring material found in brown

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GreenBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

Bidirectional charging is needed for a stable grid, but its ability to scale is trapped in the pilot stage.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 25, 2023

AGL charges up its biggest battery to date as it readies to close the last of its remaining units at the Liddell coal plant. The post AGL charges up Torrens battery for first time as it closes another Liddell unit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 26, 2023

As many federal, state and provincial governments struggle with paralysis from polarized politics, North America’s cities have become the front lines of climate mitigation and “build back better.” Vulnerable and underfunded, municipalities are making brave, future-driven decisions – on climate mitigation, sustainability and inclusion – that put more senior levels of government to shame.

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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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

APRIL 24, 2023

In transformations and capability-building efforts, leaders struggle to turn the data they collect into action. Behavioral insights can help create a bridge between information and results.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 24, 2023

ESG and the impact economy are changing corporate responsibility forever. Here’s how.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 25, 2023

Pacific Hydro rebrands in bid to reposition as Australia's leading renewables-only generator – and unveils plans including a new retail arm. The post Australian renewables pioneer PacHydro rebrands, sees big demand for wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TEDxInnovations

APRIL 28, 2023

Computer scientist Yejin Choi is here to demystify the current state of massive artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, highlighting three key problems with cutting-edge large language models (including some funny instances of them failing at basic commonsense reasoning.) She welcomes us into a new era in which AI is becoming almost like a new intellectual species -- and identifies the benefits of building smaller AI systems trained on human norms and values.

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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.

ESG Today

APRIL 25, 2023

The LEGO Group and healthcare company Novo Nordisk announced plans to substitute fossil-based plastic in some products with plastic produced using renewable energy and captured biogenic CO2, through an agreement announced by the companies with energy-focused climate solutions provider European Energy A/S. Founded in 2004, Denmark-based European Energy is a developer and operator of green energy solutions, including solar, onshore and offshore wind projects, and is currently developing a Power-to

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Stacey Higginbotham

APRIL 27, 2023

This week we start the show with my first impressions of the Aqara FP2 mmWave sensor. This $83 sensor can detect multiple people in a room, light settings and falls. It’s also one of the first presence sensors that uses radar to detect people as opposed to interruptions in infrared light. (The newest Ecobee thermostat also has a radar sensor. ( The newest Ecobee thermostat also has a radar sensor for person detection.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 27, 2023

As Australia's largest coal plant closes permanently in NSW, Andrew Forrest launches the first wind farm to come online in the state in more than a year. The post As Liddell exits, Andrew Forrest launches first wind farm to join NSW grid in over a year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

APRIL 24, 2023

Artificial intelligence is a machine’s ability to perform the cognitive functions we usually associate with human minds.

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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.