GreenBiz

MARCH 27, 2023

The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech

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MARCH 30, 2023

Senate agrees to landmark inquiry into the impacts of greenwashing on both consumers and the environment, and how best to stop it. The post Greens establish Senate inquiry into greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 27, 2023

In Canada, 2022 will go down as the third-worst year for weather-related insurance losses in history – so far. Catastrophes spanned the country, from late-winter storms in the Atlantic provinces to Manitoba’s spring flooding, Ontario/Quebec’s derecho windstorm in May, summer storms on the Prairies, Hurricane Fiona in September, and B.C.’s “king tide” winter storm in December.

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Utiliity Dive

MARCH 27, 2023

Re-using coal plant sites could have labor force advantages, with 77% of jobs transferable to nuclear plants with no new workforce licensing requirements, the report said.

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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

MARCH 28, 2023

It’s time to end the war for ESG talent, so companies can get to work advancing their sustainability goals.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 25, 2023

The NSW Coalition loss means Australia's best performing energy minister is no longer running the show. What does that mean for the state's transition from coal? The post Australia has just lost its best energy minister, lets hope Labor doesn’t trash his legacy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 31, 2023

In 2022, Feeding America salvaged 3.6 billion pounds of groceries to provide sustenance to families experiencing food insecurity. The post Wasted Food: Rethinking Our Perceptions and Practices appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 27, 2023

A roadmap of what’s possible, what’s inevitable and what’s imperative to tame the climate monster.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 27, 2023

Two wins for wind industry sustainability, with recyclable turbine blades entering operation in the North Sea and a new 95% recyclable offering from China. The post Recyclable wind turbine blades make debut in offshore project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 31, 2023

Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors , racketeering , and a wave of other lawsuits. But a new paper argues there’s another way to hold big oil accountable for climate damage: trying companies for homicide. The striking and seemingly radical legal theory is laid out in a paper accepted for publication in the Harvard Environmental Law Review.

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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.

Just Capital

MARCH 30, 2023

(Thomas Barwick/Getty Images) As the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted over the last three years, so has its impact on America’s working women. Lockdowns, closures, and restrictions hit more women-heavy industries, like education, health care, retail, and hospitality, with job losses. While remote classes remained the norm for schools across the country, many women also found themselves shouldering the burden of childcare as well.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2023

Carbon nanotube startup DexMat, born at Rice University, has materials scientists abuzz.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 28, 2023

New report shows approval of all new coal mines would be equivalent of keeping all Australian coal plants open for another 129 years. The post Australia’s coal mine project approval list is a climate disaster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

The Canadian financial industry needs to lead the wind-down of high-carbon assets, but more regulation would help it along the way. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted last week, we are in the midst of a climate emergency. At the same time, Canada’s financial system continues to pump billions of dollars into fossil fuel developments.

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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

MARCH 27, 2023

AI-enabled customer service is now the quickest and most effective route for institutions to deliver personalized, proactive experiences that drive customer engagement.

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CREA

MARCH 28, 2023

CanREA welcomes refundable investment tax credits that will bolster the competitiveness of Canada’s renewable-energy industry. Ottawa, March 28, 2023 – Recognizing the need for a Canadian response to the Inflation Reduction Act passed last summer in the United States, the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) advocated for refundable investment tax credits for renewable energy and green hydrogen investments.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 30, 2023

After making its first foray into Australian renewables last month, Ingka Investments has bought three NSW solar farms – two under operation and underway. The post Ikea buys three NSW solar farms in second major Australian investment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 27, 2023

Major publications are really worried about Alexa, Siri, and Google’s digital assistant these days. That’s because, so far, these products aren’t using generative AI, a set of machine learning models that are trained to guesstimate the next set of words or the right image to create based on a prompt. DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney are popular on the image generation side, and came out back in early 2021.

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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

McKinsey Sustainabilty

MARCH 29, 2023

The risk and ambiguity inherent in innovation can make employees shy away from it. Creating an innovation culture where risk-taking is embraced must start at the top.

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ESG Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Climate-focused investor organization the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) announced today the launch of the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI), kicking off with a group of 93 investors, aimed at scaling and accelerating climate-related corporate engagement. The initiative was launched with a series of investor letters sent to 107 companies, outlining expectations for credible net zero transition plans, including recommendations for comprehensive net zero commitments, a

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Renew Economy

MARCH 30, 2023

Updated: Shell makes its first big battery investment anywhere in world in deal with Macquarie for massive project near Melbourne. The post Oil giant Shell to build its first big battery with massive project in Melbourne appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 28, 2023

Amazon has opened up its Sidewalk low power wide-area network for all developers Tuesday, touting coverage for 90% of the U.S. population. The online retailer will provide free test kits so developers can suss out where Sidewalk has coverage, and how robust that coverage is. Amazon first talked about its Sidewalk Network in September 2019 , explaining it as a network that would be able to send small amounts of data over distances of about three miles.

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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

MARCH 27, 2023

The space sector is at an inflection point similar to what commercial air travel experienced after World War II and the internet saw in the 1990s. Is your company ready to capture the opportunity?

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ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2023

Mercedes-Benz announced today a new goal to achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions from production by 2030, on a 2018 basis. The new ambition was unveiled as part of a series of ESG-related goals and initiatives announced by the company at its ESG Conference to investors and analysts today, encompassing areas including renewable energy, supply chain decarbonization, circular economy and human rights, among others.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 30, 2023

Implementation of the safeguard mechanism bodes well for Australian climate policy and may also pave the way for carbon pricing beyond the industry sector. The post Australia has a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 30, 2023

This week, customers in the U.S. can spend $69 for the Homey Bridge , a smart home hub designed and sold in Europe, and now available for the first time here in the U.S. The Homey Bridge is a smart home hub designed for folks who are privacy-conscious and interested in adding Zigbee, Z-Wave and IR to their smart home infrastructure. It also has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios.

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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.

Impact Alpha

MARCH 29, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank sent depositors fleeing into the arms of large “Systemically Important Banks,” even after the. The post How the U.S. can boost community financial institutions to counter bank consolidation and bridge racial wealth gaps appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

MARCH 29, 2023

The release of sector specific European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) will be delayed, according to European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the body responsible for drafting the new standards. The delay follows the announcement last week by Mairead McGuinness, EU Commissioner for Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union, of a call for EFRAG to prioritize its work on helping companies to implement its first set of ESRS standards, which set out the

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Renew Economy

MARCH 30, 2023

EU agrees to set new target of 42.5 per cent renewables by 2030 - a share of overall energy use, not just the grid. The post EU agrees to lift renewables target to 42.5 pct of overall energy use by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 25, 2023

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast , we took a voicemail from our podcast hotline asking about replacing an old X10 switch. The caller said the X10 switch isn’t working with new LED bulbs due to the lower voltage and he needs a replacement switch. However, he doesn’t have a neutral wire to the switch and doesn’t want to run one, which is understandable.

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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.