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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

The top 25 most sustainable fleets. Katie Fehrenbacher. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 02:00. However you look at it, 2020 is a turning point for fleets. . Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money.

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Impact America’s $55 million second fund is hunting for unicorns in the disruption of systemic racism

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 27 – Kesha Cash has raised $55 million to look for technologies that address one of the largest market inefficiencies of our time: systemic racism. Impact America Fund’s thesis: Solutions to structural racism represent a series of multi-billion dollar investment opportunities. Cash, the fund’s sole general partner, attracted more than 65 limited partners to.

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Scotland should follow on-demand bus schemes example of other UK regions, says charity

Envirotec Magazine

Similar schemes are up and running elsewhere, such as Go Coach in Kent (image credit: Editor 5807 ). Schemes which would see passengers order on-demand bus services should be introduced in Scotland, a leading mobility charity has said. The ‘flexible bus’ initiative would allow operators to use ‘Demand Responsive Technology’ which would link local buses with the people who need them.

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Failure Is Just Part of the Game

Daniel Burrus

Given the recent release of the documentary series The Last Dance , I found this example to be more prevalent than ever. Basketball great Michael Jordan once famously stated that he had missed more than 9,000 shots, lost 300 games and missed 26 game-winning shots in his career. Following that statistical analysis of his own mistakes, he said, “I’ve failed over and over.

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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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Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment

GreenBiz

Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment. Heather Clancy. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:30. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I’m going to do it anyway. What’s on my mind? Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. It's the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or economic growth.

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Agent of Impact: Kesha Cash, Impact America Fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 30 – Two years ago, ImpactAlpha recognized Kesha Cash as an Agent of Impact for her cutting-edge investment thesis: the billion-dollar opportunities in tech solutions that drive ownership, opportunity and empowerment in communities of color. Now, Cash has the scratch to prove out that thesis, closing one of the largest funds ever raised.

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Building Resilience in SDSN's networks

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN and GIZ engage in improving virtual network management As SDSN networks move their activities online, Network Managers are increasingly required to manage and lead their networks and members in an all-digital environment that does not allow for physical gatherings. While SDSN's mission to promote integrated approaches to implement the SDGs and the Paris Agreement remains unchanged, the way in which local networks and their counterparts are pursuing this mission requires adaptation.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. Oliver Camp. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 01:30. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. The challenges facing us are wide-ranging.

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How impact investors are using donor-advised funds to shift power to the people – and communities

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 28 – Impact investing, like most investing and even philanthropy, tends to vest power in the hands of those with the capital, who can dictate when and how financing flows to enterprises and nonprofits. Now, some investors are using donor-advised funds to shift at least some power and decision-making authority to affected communities. .

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New mattress recycling facility opens in Greater Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

A NEW facility has opened in Bolton that will seemingly recycle up to a quarter of a million mattresses thrown away in Greater Manchester every year. The initiative will further reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill, preserve a wide range of materials that can be recycled into products as diverse as pet bedding, carpet underlay, and even stab-proof vests, and has also created 25 new local jobs.

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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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The Future of Nova Scotian Lobsters

Sense and Sustainability

Tensions between First Nation lobstermen and Nova Scotia’s commercial fishing boiled over in recent weeks, with reports of violence and property destruction in an at times racially charged collision. This battle of social and economic forces will only be magnified should anthropogenic climate change radically alter the cold waters where the lucrative crustaceans thrive.

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Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry

GreenBiz

Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry. Elsa Wenzel. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 02:02. It's probably fair to say that nobody expressly set out to devise a sunscreen to bleach coral reefs or a yoga mat to emit carcinogens. Yet toxic substances circulate in waterways and bloodstreams, leached out from all the consumables of everyday life.

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How place-based strategies in Virginia and other states are leveraging private capital for public good

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 26 – Virginia Community Capital has turned a $15 million seed investment from the state in 2006 into more than $600 million in loan originations to finance thousands of affordable housing units, healthcare facilities, small farms, business and jobs. The community development financier is among the leaders of Virginia’s emerging impact investing ecosystem.

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Chemical dosing contributes to harmful algal blooms, finds research

Envirotec Magazine

Ultrasonic algae control specialist LG Sonic suggests its time to move on from using chemicals when managing this aspect of the environment. Usage of chemicals in lake management dates back to 1939. While its harmful effects have become increasingly apparent, it is still commonly used to diminish the impacts of algal blooms. Commonly used copper sulphate is toxic to most aquatic species.

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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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SDSN Brazil hosts Annual 3-day Conference

Sustainable Development Network

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) will host SDSN Brazil's annual conference on October 28-30. The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) will host SDSN Brazil's annual conference on October 28, 29 and 30, in an online format and open to the public ( BRT time). With the central theme “Cooperation for an equitable future”, the meeting aims to bring together specialists and professionals from areas linked to socio-environmental issues, to discuss the

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Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030

GreenBiz

Gillette plans to shave use of virgin plastics by 50% by 2030. Deonna Anderson. Tue, 10/27/2020 - 02:17. Personal care products brand Gillette, known for its razors, set out to become a more sustainable company one decade again. And over the past 10 years, it has reduced its energy consumption by 392,851 gigajoules and its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent.

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Why investing corporate cash to close racial wealth gaps can shore up long-term growth

Impact Alpha

Technology has enabled some big winners in the world of commerce. The five largest U.S. companies by market cap – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook – have a combined value of $6.5 trillion and annual earnings of $144 billion. These companies, and others like them, have achieved impressive growth and captured incredible market share. The post Why investing corporate cash to close racial wealth gaps can shore up long-term growth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Comment: Never let a crisis go to waste

Envirotec Magazine

Aaron Baker of BGF. Quick thinking and agility has helped waste management companies survive and even prosper during lockdown, says Aaron Baker, an investor at BGF, an investment firm which has backed a number of firms in the waste sector. If the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic had been better understood back in January, when the outbreak appeared to be limited to Wuhan, it’s fair to say a lot of businesses would have made different decisions.

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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.

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Zombies on Board: Investors Face the Walking Dead

MSCI

Investors may think that zombies live only in people’s imaginations, but these brain-munching monsters can haunt corporate boardrooms for years, eating away at a fundamental shareholder right: the right to duly elected representation.

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Plugging into Amazon’s fleet electrification strategy

GreenBiz

Plugging into Amazon’s fleet electrification strategy. Mike De Socio. Fri, 10/30/2020 - 00:30. When Ross Rachey set out to electrify Amazon’s fleet of last-mile delivery vehicles a few years ago, he thought it would be a matter of matching the company’s needs to the right vehicle on the market. It was not that simple. "We were a little underwhelmed at the vehicles that were available to us when we looked across the industry.

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New and under-represented fund managers get a $50 million boost from Paypal

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 28 – The online payments company is injecting $50 million into eight early-stage venture funds run by Black and Latino managers to support “investment in Black and Latinx entrepreneurs at the earliest stages,” PayPal’s Dan Schulman said in announcing the news. The funds include Chingona Ventures, Fearless Fund, Harlem Capital, Precursor Ventures, Slauson & The post New and under-represented fund managers get a $50 million boost from Paypal appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced landfill use

Envirotec Magazine

Carbon impact of waste down 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from 2011. Less than 1 million tonnes of household waste sent to landfill for the first time. Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. Scottish households generated the equivalent of 0.44 tonnes of waste per person in 2019.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

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.

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America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP) 

Sustainable Development Network

A strategy for putting Americans back to work based on advanced technologies, good jobs, clean energy, climate safety, and economic security. NEW YORK, 27 October – Climate change represents a profound policy challenge to America and the world – requiring a response at a sweeping scale and with unprecedented speed centered on remaking the energy foundations of our society.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Michael Holder. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 00:05. A coalition of oil and gas majors are eyeing up the potential to capture carbon dioxide emissions from ships out at sea, teaming up with global tanker owner and operator Stena Bulk to evaluate the feasibility of technology they claim could play a key role in decarbonizing the hard-to-abate sector.

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The Week in impact investing: Courage

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Overconfidence can lead to complacency. Doomsaying can be self-fulfilling. The next few days will be fraught with confusion about what emotions are safe to feel. As Americans vote, volunteer and stand vigil, former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather’s oft-derided sign-off doesn’t seem so silly: Courage. Impact Briefing. On this week’s.

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We can escape “the era of pandemics” says biodiversity expert group, but it will require transformation

Envirotec Magazine

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world. Convened by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) for an urgent virtual workshop about the links between degradation o

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Supercharge Your ESG Content This Libra Season

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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Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Review of How the U.S. is Leaving Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous Communities Behind

Sustainable Development Network

This report examines how well the United States, and US states in particular, serve communities of color by using the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a tool for evaluating performance. SDSN USA is pleased to share their newest project in conjunction with the National Center for Faith Based Initiatives and Howard University: Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Review of How the U.S. is Leaving Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Communities Behind.

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Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'

GreenBiz

Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'. Heather Clancy. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:00. Food company Kraft Heinz has been relatively quiet about its corporate sustainability strategy in the five years since it was formed through the merger of food giants Kraft and Heinz — stepping out in early 2018 to provide an update. In September, the maker of well-known brands such as Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Planter’s Nuts and Heinz Ketchup — which had $25 billion in revenue last year — spo

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The Brief: Impact America’s disruption, India’s small merchants, fintech for community finance, market transition from the oil industry

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Impact America’s $55 million second fund is hunting for unicorns in the disruption of systemic racism. Kesha Cash is looking for technologies that address one of the biggest market inefficiencies of our time: systemic racism. Impact America Fund’s thesis: Solutions to structural racism represent multi-billion dollar investment opportunities.

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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group

Envirotec Magazine

Protestors at the Preston New Road site in 2017. Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research. Operations at the Preston New Road shale gas site led to a venting of around 4.2 tonnes of methane gas to atmosphere that was detected at a nearby monitoring station installed by researchers from The University of Manchester.

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How Will Virgo Season Impact Your ESG Communication?

3BL’s in-house experts merge the celestial wisdom of astrology with current environmental, social, governance (ESG) communication trends to offer a unique perspective and practical advice on sharing your company’s commitments effectively. 3BL’s new “Navigating ESG Comms through the Cosmos” series begins with Virgo season! In this edition, we delve into: How businesses have responded to environmental disasters over the past few months and why you can expect a continued focus on the climate crisis