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Opinion: Climate-Related Hunger Is Rising — We Must Act Now

3BL Media

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Read more: Opinion: Climate-related hunger is rising — we must act now | Devex. Of the 35 countries at greatest risk from climate change, 27 are already experiencing extreme food insecurity. There is still time to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, fostering resilience while supporting recovery efforts.

Climate Change

Opinion: Localization — a Seed That Bears Fruit Even When We’re Not There

3BL Media

APRIL 26, 2024

Originally published in Devex. A sea change is underway, one that recognizes the power of local solutions to global challenges. Owubah, CEO of Action Against Hunger, sheds light on two successful examples.

Human-Machine Interactions of the Future: Unpopular Opinions [Part 2]

Cisco CSR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With that foundation, let’s move to my first unpopular opinion about the Metaverse. That said, my next unpopular opinion reflects my belief that these interactions won’t all live on the blockchain. In my opinion, are two Metaverses: the Open Metaverse and the Closed Metaverse. What are your thoughts on my unpopular opinions?

Digitalization

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Opinion: Building an Inclusive World Through Sports, Art, and Culture

3BL Media

MARCH 10, 2022

By Andrew Hexter, Lisa Lam. SOURCE: Gilead Sciences. DESCRIPTION: How big could the impact of a simple sporting event be on the lives of thousands of LGBTQ individuals in Asia? We get this question frequently from those who are hearing about the Gay Games for the first time.

Moody’s Transfers Sustainable Debt Opinion Service to Ratings Agency, Proposes new Assessment Framework

ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Global integrated risk assessment firm Moody’s announced that it will transfer its sustainable debt Second Party Opinions (SPO) business to become part of its rating agency under Moody’s Investor Service (MIS), from its Moody’s ESG Solutions group.

Social Sustainability

Social Sustainability Development

Opinion: Workforce Development Is a Perfect Opportunity for Congress To Come Together This Year

3BL Media

JANUARY 9, 2024

Originally published by Workingnation.com By Justina Nixon-Santil If there is a bright spot of bipartisan hope for Congressional action, it’s in support of the American workforce. In early December, the U.S.

Development

Development Corporate Social Responsibility

French SIF to give opinion on 'credibility' of Shell, Total and Glencore climate strategies

Environmental Finance

MARCH 15, 2024

Investors are to receive an opinion on the credibility and ambition of the climate strategies published by European companies including Shell, Total and Glencore, to aid their voting decisions at the companies' shareholder meetings.

Opinion: Illinois dust storm underscores the urgency for a new approach to farming

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 27, 2023

Windy weather arrived during the period when many farm fields were being plowed in preparation for spring planting — as farmers … Continue reading Opinion: Illinois dust storm underscores the urgency for a new approach to farming

Opinion: Searching for the Next Generation of Sustainable Health Care

3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2022

The views in this opinion piece do not necessarily reflect Devex's editorial views. Over the next several years, Gilead’s GPS team will evaluate and report on our progress, sharing lessons from successes as well as where we’ve fallen short of our goals. Read the original article here.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Development

Opinion: Treated Mine Water Release Essential to Oilsands Reclamation

3BL Media

DECEMBER 22, 2022

By Pierre Gratton. SOURCE: Suncor Energy. DESCRIPTION: Current global unrest and ongoing impacts from the pandemic have brought the security of supply of energy and resource products into sharp focus, not just for Canadians but our allies around the world.

Waste

Waste Manufacturing Development

Opinion: Why blue hydrogen is a big mistake

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Read the full opinion piece at The Hill. The federal government has announced its preliminary plan to release billions of dollars in funding for seven hydrogen development efforts. At least three of the seven projects plan to produce blue hydrogen. This would be a mistake.

Development

In My Opinion: Unpacking the elements of effective EPR

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 1, 2022

But regardless of the word we use to describe it, most recycling professionals would agree that there’s plenty of opportunity to improve the supply chain, starting … Continue reading In My Opinion: Unpacking the elements of effective EPR.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain

Opinion: Let’s be realistic about green hydrogen

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 26, 2024

Read the full story at Utility Dive. Like any new technology, green hydrogen must meet three related challenges: production, distribution and adoption. But it faces far higher-than-advertised hurdles at every stage.

In My Opinion: What teens suggest about recycling’s future

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 6, 2022

Held May 6, the Oregon Envirothon was one of many such events taking place around the country to select teams to advance to the national Envirothon competition, which is scheduled this year for late July at Miami University in Ohio. … Continue reading In My Opinion: What teens suggest about recycling’s future.

The Brief: Impact-linked compensation, second-party opinions for green bonds, small-business lending in Africa and Appalachia, disclosing extinction risk

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The post The Brief: Impact-linked compensation, second-party opinions for green bonds, small-business lending in Africa and Appalachia, disclosing extinction risk appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Impact Management Tying fund managers’ compensation to impact performance is easier said than done. Fund managers typically get a.

Green Bonds

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight (Phys.org)

Christopher Mercer

OCTOBER 20, 2023

… Continue reading "Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. The International Energy Agency outlined a plan to meet that goal, and the United Nations secretary-general implored nations to get serious about cutting emissions to make it a reality. That goal is a fantasy.

Climate Change

This year, I changed my mind about nuclear, hydro power and vegan food

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We should all have space for dynamic opinions, and be willing to talk about where and why new information reshapes our world views.

EU ESG rating regulation should close second-party opinion 'loophole'

Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The European Commission has been urged to include second-party opinion (SPO) providers in its proposed ESG rating regulation.

In My Opinion: EPR takeaways from OECD meeting

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

EPA in addressing the environmental – and, especially environmental justice – impacts of plastic, … Continue reading In My Opinion: EPR takeaways from OECD meeting. The objective was to assess the performance of the U.S.

EPA

EPA Development

Separating Facts from Opinion and Misinformation

Energy Central

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I never aspired to be an energy writer. It just happened. I started writing a blog on energy about 20 years ago. It began as a simple attempt to correct the record on a steady stream of misinformation about energy issues.

Hire education: Reactions to the ‘war for ESG talent’

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2021

When you write about people’s livelihoods and careers, nearly everyone has an opinion.

If Eraring closes in 2025, NSW will be significantly more dependent on Queensland

Renew Economy

MARCH 26, 2024

In my opinion there will not be enough new renewable supply built in NSW to fully replace Eraring by the end of 2025. The lights may stay on, but at a price. The post If Eraring closes in 2025, NSW will be significantly more dependent on Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Expert Opinion: How new laws will transform environmental LCAs

Sphera

MAY 4, 2022

The post Expert Opinion: How new laws will transform environmental LCAs appeared first on Sphera.

Integrum ESG’s Transparent Signal Has Been Added to CSRHub

CSR Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Integrum ESG’s data set has been added to CSRHub, contributing nearly 900 sources of ESG opinion, allowing users more insight into their CSR data.

Proving the ROI of ESG: How These 6 Organizations are Crushing It

GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2023

New policies, regulations, public opinion, and reporting frameworks continue to come up or evolve as organizations struggle to keep up. This means not only reporting to and aligning with internal stakeholders and the board, but also staying on top of the diverse global reporting frameworks when budgets are tight and teams are getting leaner.

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CDP Global Economy Development

Opinion: Research ‘should benefit society, not shareholders’

Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2021

Read the full story at Research Information. Publishers’ power in the research ecosystem must be tackled on a sector-wide basis, writes Silke Machold Read more →

Opinion: Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Read the full story at Knowable Magazine. The notion of planting miles of trees to hold back encroaching deserts is misguided and damaging; we should promote programs that secure livelihoods and respect dryland ecologies instead

Opinion: After a long pause, it’s time to press play on Alberta’s renewable energy

CREA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This week, the Alberta government will lift its finger from the pause button and restart renewable-energy project approvals. It has been seven months since this announcement surprised the entire industry.

Overcoming Obstacles in Renewable Energy Projects: A Project Manager’s Perspective with Agrivoltaic

Green Project Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Innovation is key in navigating these complexities, yet opinions vary on the right approach. Saintot, PhD In the 21st century, we face interconnected global challenges such as population growth, urbanization, resource depletion, and climate change, urgently calling for sustainable energy solutions.

Climate Change

AMD Named in Top 10 of America’s Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital and CNBC

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

companies across 20 issues identified through comprehensive, ongoing public opinion research on Americans’ attitudes toward responsible corporate behavior. For the annual Rankings, JUST Capital collects and analyzes corporate data to evaluate the 1,000 largest public U.S. JUST Capital has engaged more than 170,000 participants since 2015.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain

Public Opinion Surrounding Plastic Consumption and Waste Management of Consumer Packaging: 2022 Update

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 27, 2022

Download the document. WWF has made it a priority to combat plastic waste. To inform this work, WWF retained Corona Insights in 2022 to develop and implement research to understand the public’s awareness of the issue, current behaviors around usage and recycling, and attitudes toward plastics in the United States.

Waste

Waste Development

Opinion: Why we need to remove ‘waste’ from the dictionary

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Read the full story in Sustainability Magazine. Steve Haskew, Head of Sustainability at Circular Computing, says the definition suggests there is nothing of value left in waste when it is discarded Read more →

Waste

Opinion – A New Hope for the Versatile Test Reactor

Energy Central

APRIL 4, 2022

A lot in terms of US energy security and its impact on climate policy is riding on what backers of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) would do with a proposed $45 million sitting as a line item in the DOE Budget proposal for FY 2023.

Opinion: The EU's climate benchmarks need to get with the times

Environmental Finance

JUNE 7, 2023

The financial industry's thinking on assessing transition has moved on since the EU introduced its climate benchmarks, argues Michael Hurley

Opinion: On the Hudson River, a new model of environmental stewardship

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 5, 2022

Read the full story at Undark. The languishing waterway offers an indispensable lesson for scientists: Environmental problems are human problems.

Consumers Energy - Consumers Energy Gathering Opinions to Guide Planning Their Dams' Futures

Global Renewable News

AUGUST 9, 2022

Consumers Energy is starting this month to.

Five Reasons Why AI is Not a Replacement for Project Managers [It is a tool].

Green Project Management

MAY 9, 2023

AI is one of the most talked about advancements, and everyone has an opinion on the future. Today, I want to dive in on what has been on my mind regarding the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in project management. appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change.

WatchDog Opinion: Science integrity is about more than getting EPA interviews

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Read the full story from the SEJ WatchDog. SEJ and other groups have been complaining for years that journalists should be allowed to interview government scientists without interference and censorship by agency press offices. It’s an old story, and it has been chronicled in the WatchDog for many years.

EPA

‘Change is always difficult’: from no lids to vac-packs, the war on plastic packaging divides opinion

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 13, 2023

Read the full story in The Guardian. At the moment, supermarkets and manufacturers are rapidly reappraising the packaging of every product in light of government collection and packaging reforms that are designed to cut waste.

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Manufacturing Waste

How hot will the planet get? Public opinion is key factor, finds study

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 9, 2022

Read the full story in The Guardian. Scientists have modelled thousands of possible futures, and found that different social attitudes could make the difference between a temperature increase of just 1.8C by the end of the 21st century. Read more →

Climate Change

The real impact of the ESG backlash

Financial Times: Moral Money

DECEMBER 3, 2023

As opinions shift, asset managers like BlackRock are talking more about maximising returns than about saving the world

Opinion: As climate risk disclosures loom, US utilities must not evade accountability

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a contributed article by Howard Crystal and Ilana Cohen who are with the Center for Biological Diversity’s Energy Justice program In the United States and around the world, regulators are calling on companies to disclose the climate emergency’s massive threats to their bottom lines and their business models.

Climate Change

Opinion: To see climate change in action, just look in your own backyard

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Read the full story in the Washington Post. In conversations with my colleagues about this issue, we all say the same thing: “How can smart people doubt climate change? It is happening right outside our back door!”

Climate Change

Opinion: Net-zero emission pledges may not lead to full decarbonization

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 2, 2023

Read the full story at The Regulatory Review. See also the United Nations Environment Programme’s 2022 Emissions Gap Report and the authors’ recent paper in PLOS Climate. Examining countries’ net-zero pledges reveals variations and loopholes that will allow for slippage in climate progress.

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Opinion: Climate-Related Hunger Is Rising — We Must Act Now

Opinion: Localization — a Seed That Bears Fruit Even When We’re Not There

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Human-Machine Interactions of the Future: Unpopular Opinions [Part 2]

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Opinion: Building an Inclusive World Through Sports, Art, and Culture

Moody’s Transfers Sustainable Debt Opinion Service to Ratings Agency, Proposes new Assessment Framework

Opinion: Workforce Development Is a Perfect Opportunity for Congress To Come Together This Year

French SIF to give opinion on 'credibility' of Shell, Total and Glencore climate strategies

Opinion: Illinois dust storm underscores the urgency for a new approach to farming

Opinion: Searching for the Next Generation of Sustainable Health Care

Opinion: Treated Mine Water Release Essential to Oilsands Reclamation

Opinion: Why blue hydrogen is a big mistake

In My Opinion: Unpacking the elements of effective EPR

Opinion: Let’s be realistic about green hydrogen

In My Opinion: What teens suggest about recycling’s future

The Brief: Impact-linked compensation, second-party opinions for green bonds, small-business lending in Africa and Appalachia, disclosing extinction risk

Opinion: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight (Phys.org)

This year, I changed my mind about nuclear, hydro power and vegan food

EU ESG rating regulation should close second-party opinion 'loophole'

In My Opinion: EPR takeaways from OECD meeting

Separating Facts from Opinion and Misinformation

Hire education: Reactions to the ‘war for ESG talent’

If Eraring closes in 2025, NSW will be significantly more dependent on Queensland

Expert Opinion: How new laws will transform environmental LCAs

Integrum ESG’s Transparent Signal Has Been Added to CSRHub

Proving the ROI of ESG: How These 6 Organizations are Crushing It

Opinion: Research ‘should benefit society, not shareholders’

Opinion: Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’

Opinion: After a long pause, it’s time to press play on Alberta’s renewable energy

Overcoming Obstacles in Renewable Energy Projects: A Project Manager’s Perspective with Agrivoltaic

AMD Named in Top 10 of America’s Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital and CNBC

Public Opinion Surrounding Plastic Consumption and Waste Management of Consumer Packaging: 2022 Update

Opinion: Why we need to remove ‘waste’ from the dictionary

Opinion – A New Hope for the Versatile Test Reactor

Opinion: The EU's climate benchmarks need to get with the times

Opinion: On the Hudson River, a new model of environmental stewardship

Consumers Energy - Consumers Energy Gathering Opinions to Guide Planning Their Dams' Futures

Five Reasons Why AI is Not a Replacement for Project Managers [It is a tool].

WatchDog Opinion: Science integrity is about more than getting EPA interviews

‘Change is always difficult’: from no lids to vac-packs, the war on plastic packaging divides opinion

How hot will the planet get? Public opinion is key factor, finds study

The real impact of the ESG backlash

Opinion: As climate risk disclosures loom, US utilities must not evade accountability

Opinion: To see climate change in action, just look in your own backyard

Opinion: Net-zero emission pledges may not lead to full decarbonization

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