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The State of Fashion 2021: In search of promise in perilous times

McKinsey Sustainabilty

In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate industry trends, with shopping shifting to digital channels and consumers continuing to champion fairness and social justice.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

2020 was the year that…. Joel Makower. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. It was a very long year. True, just 366 days (it was a leap year, after all), each one, I’m told, containing only the standard 24 hours. But it was much, much longer than that. Remember 2019? Neither do I. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. the beforetim

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Signs of Hope for US Federal Climate Action in 2021

CleanTechnica

As we enthusiastically bid 2020 farewell, for many reasons 2021 is starting to feel like a year to be hopeful. While the rollout of vaccines signal an impending slow-down to the pandemic, recent activity in DC is offering a similar glimpse to solutions on the horizon for the climate crisis.

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U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal For 1st Time In Over 130 Years

CleanTechnica

In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.

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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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2020 Electric Vehicle Retrospective — Prospects For 2021 & Beyond

CleanTechnica

Ever since Tesla's original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable.

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What Nissan Should Have Done With The 2021 LEAF

CleanTechnica

A week ago, Nissan put out a press release detailing the 2021 LEAF's pricing and options. To be perfectly honest, I feel bad for whoever Nissan has writing these, because nothing has changed. Keep reading, though, because I'm going to make this a whole lot more entertaining than Nissan's people did.

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Bogota Gets 470 New Electric Buses, Berlin Gets 90

CleanTechnica

Electric bus adoption shows no signs of slowing down. We regularly share stories of transit authorities buying another batch of electric buses, and it's happening all over the world. Most recently, we got some big orders. Berlin, Germany, added 90 electric buses and Bogota, Colombia, added.

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Is It Time To Change The FAANG Stock List To FATANG To Include Tesla?

CleanTechnica

First, What is FAANG? Let's start by explaining the FAANG list of stocks. These are all household name tech stocks.

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Why Jay Leno Sees Tesla As Current & Indefinite EV Leader

CleanTechnica

Jay Leno has been a fan of Tesla since the beginning. He has featured Tesla vehicles on his CNBC show Jay Leno’s Garage many times — highlights include an episode from 2012 in which Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen gives Jay a grand tour of the brand-new Model S, and one from 2020 in which Leno and Elon Musk take the Cybertruck for a trip through the Boring Company’s tunnel below Los Angeles.

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Going Solar In Kenya

CleanTechnica

I am well satisfied with our new solar power system. The solar revolution has been launched in Kenya and is quickly gaining “sunshine.”.

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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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Tesla Gets 5-Year Lithium Hydroxide Deal With China’s Yahua

CleanTechnica

We've written at length about the vast need for lithium if the electric vehicle market is going to keep growing at the pace it's been growing at. Lithium is abundant on Earth, but it takes years to set up lithium mines and manufacturing facilities to get that lithium ready for use in a battery, so it's not a resource issue, but rather a business and investment issue.

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91% Of EV Drivers In The UK Would Never Go Back To An ICE Vehicle

CleanTechnica

Zap-Map asked 2000 drivers of electric and PHEV cars whether they would consider owing an gasoline or diesel powered car again. 91% said no.

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Record Electric Vehicle Sales In Europe!

CleanTechnica

Despite the overall automotive market being in the doghouse, -14% year over year (YoY), Europe's passenger plugin market is on fire, having score a record 166,000 registrations in November (+198% YoY). That placed last month's plugin share at 16% share — 8% full electrics (BEV).

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NY Governor Cuomo Unleashes New Electric Bus Initiatives

CleanTechnica

More Than $16 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds and Technical Support for Five Large Transit Operators. Additional $2.5 Million Available Statewide for School Buses that Reduce Emissions.

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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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DJI: 500 People Saved by Small Drones So Far

CleanTechnica

To show the good small drones are doing, DJI has an online map and counter showing how many people have been saved by drone operators. According to the company, drones have not only found missing people so others could rescue them, but they have also brought supplies to trapped survivors and found people through smoke and darkness who were unconscious.

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New York Unveils First DC Fast Charging Hub in Franklin County

CleanTechnica

Franklin County, New York recently got its first non-Tesla DC fast charging station, and it's part of a larger plan for charging hubs to be located throughout the state.

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Diesel Dies Early: Truck Makers Agree To End ICE Production By 2040

CleanTechnica

Europe's seven largest commercial truck makers have jointly agreed to end the sale of diesel-engined trucks by 2040. Instead, Daf, Daimler, Ford, Iveco, Man, Scania, and Volvo will switch focus to hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric vehicles, allowing them to achieve their zero-emissions goals a full decade earlier than previously planned.

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Nuclear Fusion — Coming Soon To An Electrical Grid Near You?

CleanTechnica

Commonwealth Fusion Systems says it plans to build a compact, affordable fusion reactor that will begin generating electricity in 10 years.

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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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Trump EPA Fails Americans & Humanity With New Airplane Standards

CleanTechnica

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finalize standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft that take effect in 2028. The rule copies international standards from 2016 that set a greenhouse gas emissions floor for aircraft flying international routes at levels a decade behind what aircraft could already do in.

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Solar Power, Wind Power, & Fossil Fuel Electricity Share Changes From 2010 To 2020

CleanTechnica

Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However.

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World’s Largest Solar Project, 2 Gigawatt Solar Project In Abu Dhabi, Moves Forward

CleanTechnica

EDF Renewables and Jinko Power HK, two of the world's largest renewable energy developers, have just scored a big one — the financial closing of the 2 gigawatt (GW) Al Dhafra PV2 solar project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This is a record breaking solar project in a few regards.

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For CO2 Reduction From Existing Buildings, Heat Pumps Are Better Than Efficiency

CleanTechnica

Heat pumps and decarbonization of grids are the clear climate change winners. For building owners, the annual cost savings are greater, sometimes much greater, for efficiency measures.

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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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More Renewable Energy (Finally!) For Top US Coal Mining State

CleanTechnica

Miracles do happen: West Virginia policy makers prep for a renewable energy future including a just transition to green jobs.

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Renewables = 20.4% of US Electricity Generation

CleanTechnica

In the first 10 months of 2020, renewable energy sources accounted for 20.4% of United States electricity generation. That's up from 17.5% in the same time period in.

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Tesla Cofounder Ian Wright: How Tesla Made Cars Into Computers

CleanTechnica

While researching my book, Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, I was fortunate to be able to interview two of the Tesla founders, Marc Tarpenning and Ian Wright. Wright offered some keen insights about Tesla’s systems approach to its software, which was the opposite of the way the legacy automakers were (and mostly still are) doing things, and this turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the book.

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Should Tesla Spin Off Its Supercharger & Destination Charging Networks?

CleanTechnica

As someone who has driven a Tesla since December 2016 (we are on our second Model S), I am a huge fan of the seamless charging experience I’ve had with both the Supercharger (DC fast charger) and Destination Charging (Level 2) networks.

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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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5 Chevy Bolts Under $20,000

CleanTechnica

There are many new electric vehicles coming out in 2021, which is great for all us EV enthusiasts because we’ll have more options to consider for purchasing and more new EV content to consume. This new EV interest surge may also draw more attention to all electric vehicles, including the ones on the used market even though this market may not be nearly as exciting or intriguing.

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Solar Power Beamed Down To Earth From From Space Moves Forward

CleanTechnica

Kooky-sounding idea of beaming down solar power from space is actually a real thing, and the US Air Force is on it.

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New Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Fast Chargers Announced

CleanTechnica

ABB has announced the launch of a strategic partnership with AFC Energy to create the next generation of high-power sustainable electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions for grid-constrained locations.

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Is Exxon Trying To Downplay Bloomberg Article By Promoting Tweets Claiming The Opposite?

CleanTechnica

A Bloomberg story revealing that Exxon knew about its carbon future and intentionally kept that data from view has been all over Twitter for me. Akshat Rathi, who wrote the article, shared a thread that noted that newly leaked documents showed Exxon's future emissions for dozens of projects in its pipeline.

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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