Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Guy Dauncey is the author of Journey to the Future: A Better World Is Possible. . Canada’s housing crisis is causing distress for millions of people who are struggling to find affordable places to rent. It’s causing trouble for business owners, too. In Qualicum Beach, B.C., the town’s most popular restaurant – Lefty’s – had to close in 2022 because its staff couldn’t find anywhere to live nearby.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
According to a new report, the Inflation Reduction Act is poised to support and dramatically increase the U.S. climate sector.
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Renew Economy
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Rooftop and utility scale solar meet equivalent of all of South Australia's electricity demand for more than six hours on Sunday, as "operational demand" nearly eliminated. The post Solar eliminates nearly all grid demand as its powers South Australia grid during day appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 17, 2022
HBCUs will work with IBM to establish Cybersecurity Leadership Centers, giving students and faculty access to IBM training, software, and certifications at no cost. SOURCE: IBM. DESCRIPTION: WASHINGTON, October 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - During the National HBCU Week Conference convened by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House, IBM (NYSE: IBM ) announced its collaboration with 20 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) to help them establish Cybersecurity Leadership Center
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.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Adam Scott is d irector and Patrick DeRochie is s enior m anager for Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, a charitable initiative that tracks the climate strategies of Canadian pension funds and works to protect pensions and the climate by bringing together beneficiaries and their pension managers to engage on the climate crisis. . Last month, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) released its 2022 Report on Sustainable Investing , highlighting its commitment to be net-
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2022
USDA to invest up to $550 million will help younger farmers access land and get support, an important boost.
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3BL Media
OCTOBER 19, 2022
SOURCE: 3M. DESCRIPTION: The pandemic has changed how we collaborate at work. For scientists, the shift to hybrid work has provided an opportunity to broaden their teams and work with even more colleagues from around the world. In 2021, one group of 3M scientists in the U.S. and Japan embraced these changes as they invented a new-to-the-market medical technology.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 20, 2022
My wife and I live in a 110-year-old semi-detached house in midtown Toronto. Like many homes across the country, the walls are brick and thus uninsulated. We’ve chipped away at draft-causing gaps over the years, but given, well, climate change, we needed to go a big step further and significantly cut our natural gas consumption. When the federal Liberals announced the Greener Homes deep retrofit program, back in the 2021 budget, we decided to take the plunge and enroll, hoping to tap some of the
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Cybersecurity has been one of the fastest-growing areas of IT for some time, and there is no end in sight. IT professionals with security skills are in top demand for the sixth straight year,* as organizations worldwide race to hire cybersecurity personnel to protect and defend the network. That’s where you come in. You could be next to enter the fascinating field of cybersecurity, even if you don’t have a technical background.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 16, 2022
NSW government confirms that the Waratah "super" battery - the largest of its type in Australia - will be built at site of demolished coal generator. The post Australia’s biggest network battery to be built at site of demolished coal power station appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Partners in business and life, The Harpers tell their story of running a self-care business and how they expanded to new heights in Baltimore. Brought to you by GoDaddy. SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: Meet the Harper family, led by mom-and-dad team, April and Tyron. The Harpers are looking to land their wellness company Harp Vision a brick-and-mortar location.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The climate crisis can feel overwhelmingly complex and frustratingly simple at the same time. If you’re in need of some inspiration or some pragmatic information about how to take action, here are a few new books about the climate crisis that may light a fire under you. The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet. It’s easy to get bogged down when thinking about what we can do as individuals to help solve a problem as enormous as the climate crisis.
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Announcing the first Cisco 800G Nexus Switch. It’s the week of the Open Compute Project Global Summit a conference that attracts the biggest names representing cloud providers, colo-facilities, enterprises, telco service providers, media, and government entities, a group who build and operate high performance infrastructure. Our customers are here in force and yesterday we launched our blueprint for helping cloud service providers (both hyper scalers and webscale customers) deliver richer cloud
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 16, 2022
Genex reveals more windfall gains from its two operating solar farms, and says pumped hydro project still on track despite "influx of water" that brought drilling to a halt. The post Solar farms still reaping rich rewards from fossil fuel inflated electricity prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
3BL Media
OCTOBER 21, 2022
SOURCE: Calavo Growers. DESCRIPTION: Calavo works with thousands of food suppliers and growers around the world. We have a joint-venture investment in a greenhouse tomato operation in Jalisco, Mexico (Agricola Don Memo), but otherwise do not have direct control over the growing practices of our suppliers. However, we are proud to work with our customers to source products grown with sustainable agriculture practices, including Fair Trade products, organic products, non-GMO products and products
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Breakthrough: Artificial leaves could create sustainable fuel. Inspired by photosynthesis, Cambridge University scientists have developed a leaf-like device that uses water, light and carbon dioxide to create a clean-burning liquid fuel. They say floating solar farms could use their zero-carbon process to create synthetic and sustainable fuels that will displace fossil energy sources in hard-to-electrify sectors such as marine and aircraft fuels. .
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Low latency numbers are a moving target. They’re higher for applications with low-throughput requirements than they are for applications with higher-throughput requirements. In general, latency is a function of the proper network design. Radio latency must be considered alongside end-to-end IP latency and the round-trip delay. One major factor that contributes to latency is shared by 5G, Wi-Fi, and Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) technologies: The closer applications are located to
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Victoria Labor jacks up its renewable energy and net-zero emissions ambition, with promise of new government-owned energy company to deliver targets. The post Victoria fast-tracks coal exit with target for 95 pct renewables by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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
3BL Media
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Vision 2030 is our commitment to building a better future for people, the planet and our company. SOURCE: International Paper Company. DESCRIPTION: Our Vision 2030 goals are organized across four themes — healthy and abundant forests, sustainable operations, renewable solutions and thriving people and communities. They were designed in anticipation of the social, environment and economic challenges that lie ahead, such as climate change, resource scarcity, demographic shifts and continued techno
ESG Today
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Reporting on Scope 3 emissions – those originating in a company’s value chain and beyond its direct control – will be included as part of required company disclosures under new standards being developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation, according to a statement Friday by the ISSB. The decision marks a significant milestone in the development of climate and sustainability-related reporting standards for companies, as investors and other stakeholder
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Throughout electrical substations change continues to surge. For decades, utilities routed power from centralized sources. Now they are orchestrating power generation across diverse and distributed sources, including renewables like wind and solar. Substations also are navigating more complex demands as we electrify transportation such as EV–with a growing segment of customers consuming and producing electricity.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Solar thermal developer says it aims to establish a "CSP gigafactory" on Australian soil, after a successful trial at a pilot manufacturing plant. The post Vast Solar plans “CSP gigafactory” for heliostats and receivers in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 19, 2022
SOURCE: Nasdaq, Inc. DESCRIPTION: Nasdaq’s ESG Trendsetters series highlights the top ESG professionals and teams around the world who go the extra mile in their evolving ESG roles. Discover how leading ESG companies are incorporating ESG factors into their corporate strategy, achieving meaningful impact and communicating with their stakeholders. For this edition, Randall Hopkins, Head of Nasdaq OneReport , spoke with Ken Gianella, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategy at Itro
ESG Today
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Lloyds Banking Group announced today a new commitment to stop funding new oil and gas projects, becoming the first UK bank to do so. The new commitment was unveiled in the bank’s updated “External Sector Statements,” which outlines the company’s policies and approaches to various high impact sectors, related to climate change risks, opportunities and risk management.
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Cisco DNA Center has seen several releases with significant innovation and the evolution of the product platform. With DNA Center capabilities aligned to Gartner’s four IT personas (AIOps, NetOps, SecOps, and DevOps), it is important to take a step back and look at the platform or networks-put the “underlay.”. With changes in the IT landscape, several megatrends are shaping what the network platform needs to deliver.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 16, 2022
Soaring electricity prices are cutting the payback period for solar and wind farms to less than a year in some parts of the world, new research shows. The post Wind and solar payback drops to less than a year thanks to fossil fuel crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 19, 2022
SOURCE: AllianceBernstein. DESCRIPTION: AllianceBernstein published its third Global Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement and Report in September 2022. It serves as an annual progress report describing the actions that we have taken during the year to address modern slavery in our operations, including our supply chain and employees, and our investment processes.
Stacey Higginbotham
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What if we could take the internet out of the Internet of Things? Or at least take the internet out of some of the things? That’s the idea behind Useful Sensors, a startup created by Pete Warden, the former technical lead of the TensorFlow Micro team at Google, and previous founder of Jetpac, a deep learning technology startup acquired by Google.
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Dan Burke is the director of strategy, risk, and compliance for AppDynamics, a company acquired by Cisco in 2017. Burke and his team are a vital part of the Cisco acquisition process in helping acquired companies adhere to a higher level of cybersecurity. This blog is the fourth in a series focused on M&A cybersecurity, following Shiva Persaud’s post on When It Comes to M&A, Security Is a Journey.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Victoria says it couldn't "sit around" waiting for coal plants to close, and insists state government ownership of energy will ensure profits kept in the state. The post D’Ambrosio: We can’t sit around waiting for coal plants to close appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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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