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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

GreenBiz

Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice. Breanna Draxler. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 00:05. The term "urban forest" may sound like an oxymoron. When most of us think about forests, we may picture vast expanses of tall trunks and dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves, far from the busyness of the city. But the trees that line city streets and surround apartment complexes across the U.S. hold great value, in part because of their proximity to people.

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Sacrificing returns? These community investors ask if they’re sacrificing impact.

Impact Alpha

The time is now for the impact investing sector to reflect on how it does business, how it frames success, and begin to. The post Sacrificing returns? These community investors ask if they’re sacrificing impact. appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Vestas supplying turbines for three wind farms in Greece

Renewable Energy World

Iberdrola announced this week that it is moving forward with the development of three wind farms in Greece and that it has signed an agreement with Vestas to supply a total of 102-MW of wind turbine capacity for its Askio II, Askio III and Rokani wind farms. The Rokani project, in the Viotia region, will install three EnVentus V162-6.0 MW turbines, the most powerful onshore wind turbine in the market.

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£1.3 million of new funding for net zero-driven energy data application winners

Envirotec Magazine

Close to £1.3 million of new funding across nine new digital energy data projects has been announced by UK Research & Innovataion (UKRI). The non-departmental public body is awarding the funding through its ‘Modernising Energy Data Applications phase 1’ competition overseen by the Prospering From the Energy Revolution challenge. In the competition, projects were required to develop data applications that address the challenges faced by organisations and individuals to deliver net zero local

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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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Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations

GreenBiz

Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations. Roger Sorkin. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 00:45. During the 20th century, coal was a cheap and reliable source of electricity. Today it’s relatively expensive and highly polluting. The shift to cleaner, less expensive renewable energy is rapidly underway, and it’s happening faster than anyone expected. Our nation’s task now is to manage that transition in a just and sustainable way so that people living in "coal country," who made sacrifices to build our

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Evette Ellis and Kameale Terry, ChargerHelp

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Apr. 2 – The co-founders of South Los Angeles-based electric-vehicle charging repair startup ChargerHelp could be on a poster for the Biden administration’s. The post Evette Ellis and Kameale Terry, ChargerHelp appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Getting Others on Board with Going Green: Leading by Example (post 1 of 5)

Eco Coach

One of the obstacles many of my clients encounter is how to get others at work on board with going green. In some organizations, it may seem like a heavy lift, and it may feel that much tougher when you aren’t in a management position. In this and the following four posts, I will be addressing this topic. I could write a book – or two – on the topic, but this needs to be digestible and actionable, so I’ll be keeping it to five short posts.

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Can smart buildings be more equitable buildings?

GreenBiz

Can smart buildings be more equitable buildings? Hadas Webb. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 01:30. When I returned to the office after having my first child, I noticed for the first time that all of the offices and conference rooms either had windows or non-locking doors, which left me without any safe spaces for pumping. Fortunately, I work for a supportive company that requested modification from building management to convert a small conference room to a part-time pumping room.

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How women and VCs of color are finding impact alpha with first-time funds

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Mar. 30 – Shayna Harris and Noramay Cadena of Los Angeles-based Supply Change Capital are backing women and entrepreneurs of color who are. The post How women and VCs of color are finding impact alpha with first-time funds appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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How ‘green’ are electric cars?

Renewable Energy World

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030, 125 million electric vehicles will be owned around the world and the UK government aims for almost every car and van on the

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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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UK fusion partnership aims to accelerate net zero progress

Envirotec Magazine

Construction of the tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, in Provence, southern France, in April 2018 (image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory). A memorandum of understanding was signed on 30 March between The University of Manchester and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), intended to kick start a major collaboration for the research and development of sustainable energy produced by fusion.

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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025

GreenBiz

The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025. Date/Time: April 29, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Amazon has been investing in sustainability for many years. Back in 2014, Amazon started making major investments in renewable energy. Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

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Greenwood scores $40 million from top financial institutions to bank Black and Latino Americans

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 29 — Greenwood, Black-led neobank founded by former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, rapper Michael ‘Killer Mike’ Render, and Bounce TV’s Ryan. The post Greenwood scores $40 million from top financial institutions to bank Black and Latino Americans appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Offshore wind in the US advances with 30-GW commitment from government

Renewable Energy World

During a government-sponsored forum today, the US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined the Secretaries of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation along with representatives from states, the offshore wind industry, and members of the labor community to identify solutions to the greatest challenges facing the development of U.S. offshore wind. The event included a commitment by Interior, Energy and Commerce to establish a target to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, which is expected to c

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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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Community interest group applies for court hearing in battle against Local Plan decision in Oxfordshire

Envirotec Magazine

Barn owl, Tyto alba, resting in an old hollow tree, on the edge of an Oxfordshire woodland. Residents are applying to renew their application to challenge South Oxfordshire District Council, over its decision to proceed with its Local Development Plan. The Council appears to have adopted the plan under pressure from Robert Jenrick , Secretary of State at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

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Can sustainability save capitalism?

GreenBiz

Can sustainability save capitalism? Joel Makower. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 02:11. My inbox and bookshelf have been groaning lately under the heft of some weighty books, essays and reports heralding a kinder, gentler era for capitalism. This idea isn’t exactly new. For years — decades, even — there has been a steady stream of visions and proposals aimed at, variously, reforming, rethinking, reimagining, reinventing, redefining and rebooting the operating system that drives capitalist economies.

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Gender-lens fund WIC Capital backs Senegalese bakery

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 29 – Dakar-based WIC Capital invested in Les Ateliers de Corinne, a woman-led bakery in Dakar that hosts cooking workshops. The investment. The post Gender-lens fund WIC Capital backs Senegalese bakery appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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New survey shows solar installer confidence increased 60% in 2020

Renewable Energy World

Today, EnergySage and NABCEP released the results of the sixth annual Solar Installer Survey , which they say is the largest and most comprehensive business survey of solar companies nationwide. Over 650 residential and commercial installers across the country participated in this year’s survey, which was fielded and authored by EnergySage in partnership with the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP).

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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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AI supports unique solution to optimize waste collection in France

Envirotec Magazine

Since July 2020, the 200 skips that collect Toulouse inhabitants’ waste from the 13 waste disposal centers managed by Suez have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence. Under test since 2019, the ffly4u solution has been deployed with the objectives of reducing fuel consumption, optimizing skip flows and reducing costs by optimizing collection resources.

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Cargill fishes for innovations in sustainable salmon farming

GreenBiz

Cargill fishes for innovations in sustainable salmon farming. Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 00:05. Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline. .

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Five ways that lenders can interrupt racism and provide restorative-justice capital in our communities

Impact Alpha

Can community development financial institutions be anti-racist? Don’t answer too quickly. For those familiar with the history of CDFIs, specifically created to align. The post Five ways that lenders can interrupt racism and provide restorative-justice capital in our communities appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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California commercial potato grower taps Concentric for a 5-MW microgrid

Renewable Energy World

Microgrid developer Concentric Power announced this week that it has broken ground on a 5-MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections , a vertically integrated farmer-owned, farmer-driven bite-size potato growing, packing and shipping operation. Combining 3.6 MW cogeneration firm power with 120-kW solar and 1.25-MW/625-kWh lithium-ion battery storage, the microgrid has approximately 5-MW total capacity with provisions to add additional renewables, including more solar and renewable natural gas.

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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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GoodCarts is the Easiest Way for Impact Ecommerce Stores to Gain New Customers for Free

Causeartist: Sustainable Technology

In a bonus episode of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Steven Clift, CEO of GoodCarts and building social good tech products for mission driven ecommerce brands. GoodCarts is the easiest way for mission-driven ecommerce stores to build customer loyalty, scale your impact, and gain new customers for free.

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The Human Side of Sustainability

GreenBiz

The Human Side of Sustainability. Date/Time: April 20, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Loyola University Chicago, in partnership with its Quinlan School of Business and School of Environmental Sustainability, presents a discussion of the impact of sustainability on people and communities, and the measures business can take. Speakers from supply chain, workforce development, and food insecurity will discuss training the workforce of tomorrow and the role of business in addressing sustainability opp

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Holberton secures $20 million to expand its “OS of Education”

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 30 — Holberton launched a software engineering and programming education in 2016 to help students get high-paying jobs at Dropbox, Tesla, The post Holberton secures $20 million to expand its “OS of Education” appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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AEP Energy signs long-term PPA for 80-MW Opdenergy solar project

Renewable Energy World

The competitive retail market subsidiary of American Electric Power is contracting with an independent firm which will develop an 80-MW solar plant in West Virginia. Under terms of the deal, Opdenergy will develop the solar project in Jefferson County. AEP Energy will take the energy generated to its customers through its Integrated Renewable Energy solution—a long-term, fixed price plan to support new and locally sourced clean energy.

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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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The UN Charter – The Best Way Back to a Better Future

Sense and Sustainability

After World War II, the founding members of the United Nations adopted the UN Charter to offer a way out of war and a path to peace and security, to end genocide, to enshrine human rights for all, and to move towards human dignity and social advancement. On the occasion of the UN’s 75th Anniversary, it is a good time to examine the successes and failures of the United Nations and to measure whether the legal and political framework envisioned in the UN Charter has lived up to its promise and ide

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How can sustainability execs leverage Biden’s policy agenda?    

GreenBiz

How can sustainability execs leverage Biden’s policy agenda? . Dawn Rittenhouse. Mon, 03/29/2021 - 00:15. Well before Jan. 20, when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office, they made it clear they would start their terms with a clear policy agenda that addressed seven areas : COVID-19. climate change. racial equity. economic recovery. health care. immigration. restoring America’s global standing.

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Overheard at Phenix Capital: Blurring the line between social and environmental impact

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, April 1 – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls the the E.U.’s ambitious plan to become carbon neutral by 2050, “our. The post Overheard at Phenix Capital: Blurring the line between social and environmental impact appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Brookfield Renewable, Plug Power partner on hydropower-fueled hydrogen plant

Renewable Energy World

Plug Power Inc. and Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. announced plans to build a green hydrogen production plant, which would use 100% renewable energy from Brookfield Renewable’s 252-MW Holtwood hydroelectric facility. Green hydrogen from this facility will support decarbonization of the transportation and logistics industries in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic.

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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