Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2025
Some of the country's biggest wind and solar battery facilities will be built in NSW central west after state awards grid access rights to more than 7 GW of projects. The post Forrest and key CIS projects win big as NSW grants grid access to giant wind, solar, and battery facilities appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 8, 2025
Previously published by Forbes Every April, Earth Day arrives in full color parks buzzing with volunteers, corporate campuses dotted with tree-planting events, and social feeds flooded with stunning shots of mountains, oceans, and forests. Its a powerful annual reminder of our planets beauty and our responsibility to protect it. I strongly believe sustainability cant be a once-a-year priority.
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Corporate Knights
MAY 9, 2025
This is the fifth installment of our six-part Masters of Metamorphosis series , in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. The road to vehicular electrification seems to be paved with both great ambition and serious bumps. A heady optimism surrounded EVs after Tesla launched its first highway-legal roadster in 2008.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 9, 2025
A research team used the German environmental satellite EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) to simultaneously detect the two key air pollutants carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in emission plumes from power plants -- with an unprecedented spatial resolution of just 30 meters. The newly developed method allows for tracking of industrial emissions from space with great precision and enables atmospheric processes to be analyzed in detail.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
ESG Today
MAY 8, 2025
Google announced today the launch of a new collaboration with South Carolina-based nuclear project developer Elementl Power, including an agreement to invest in three advanced nuclear energy projects. The agreement comes as Google and its tech giant peers increasingly turn to nuclear energy to help address the growing emissions impact of their rapidly expanding data center footprints.
Renew Economy
MAY 8, 2025
New report from the IEA reveals that Australia's methane emissions are wildly underreported. The bubble's going to pop - so why not shift to honest reporting. The post What happens when Australia’s methane bubble pops? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Cisco CSR
MAY 6, 2025
Just as Cisco helped build infrastructure for the internet, we’re now creating quantum networking technology that will be the foundation for the quantum internet, making quantum computing practical years ahead of current timelines. Our approach could accelerate impactful quantum computing and networking applications from decades away to just 5-10 years.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 7, 2025
Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of observed global warming since 1990 and the resulting increases in climate extremes such as heatwaves and droughts.
Corporate Knights
MAY 5, 2025
This is the fifth installment of our six-part Masters of Metamorphosis series , in which we look at corporations that have reinvented themselves in order to seize opportunities in the energy transition. According to those who study consumer habits, millennials and Gen Zs are looking for two things when they go shopping: sustainability and individuality.
Renew Economy
MAY 6, 2025
Australia’s main electricity grids have experienced another quarter of dynamic change, with a combination of record highs and lows and demand, record wind, solar and battery generation, and a sharp fall in emissions in the first quarter. The good news, however, was moderated by the lack of any meaningful movement in wholesale electricity prices, which […] The post Wind, solar and batteries push fossil fuels to record lows, but costly coal and hydro keep prices high appeared first on
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
3BL Media
MAY 6, 2025
Originally published on 3M News Center When you come aboard 3Ms Safety Roadshow a 90-foot semitrailer equipped with hands-on training experiences from 3Ms Personal Safety Division the hum of robotics machinery and student chatter is unavoidable. That was the case at Joe T. Robinson High School, one of three stops in the Little Rock area this spring where more than 200 students eagerly took on roles as production managers, design engineers, assemblers, and quality control inspectors all workin
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 8, 2025
One of the water courses sampled in the study. A pilot study has reportedly succeeded in offering a better understanding of contamination sources in national waterbodies, providing water companies with the capability of identifying and mitigating inputs of faecal pollution in UK rivers. WRc Senior Water Science Microbiology Consultant Daisy Allen said the study undertaken by Water Research Centre (WRc) and ADAS Biotechnology has quantified concentrations of human-specific faecal genetic markers
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 8, 2025
A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a concern, but many in the interior. Furthermore, using newly granular data, the study finds that some cities are sinking at different rates in different spots, or sinking in some places and rising in others, potentially introducing stresses that could affect buildings and other infrastructure.
ESG Today
MAY 9, 2025
Google announced two new partnerships aimed at eliminating superpollutants, or gases that are dozens of times more potent than CO2 in terms of their global warming impact, from the atmosphere. The new partnerships, with solution providers Recoolit and Cool Effect, include long-term credit purchases by Google equivalent to removing 1 million tons of CO2.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2025
A company owned by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull has sold nearly 1.4 GW of 10-hour pumped hydro energy storage projects to major Auustralian gentailer AGL. The post Turnbull sells two pumped hydro storage projects to help AGL switch from coal to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 6, 2025
At Gilead, we set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the worlds most devastating diseases. In this installment of The Centrifuge Sessions, See Phan , Vice President, Oncology Clinical Development, discusses Gileads approach to cancer research and how his team is working to deliver innovative therapies that offer new hope for patients. Gilead Sciences, Inc.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 7, 2025
CEOs sit at the nexus of strategy, finance, and operations, making them uniquely positioned to build resilience that can protect their companies fromand take advantage ofdisruption.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 7, 2025
Climate scientists reveal that millions of today's young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires and tropical storms under current climate policies. If global temperatures rise by 3.5 C by 2100, 92% of children born in 2020 will experience unprecedented heatwave exposure over their lifetime, affecting 111 million children.
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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.
ESG Today
MAY 5, 2025
A group of 30 investors* representing $1.6 trillion in assets under management, led by responsible investing NGO ShareAction, called on HSBC at its AGM on Friday to restate its net zero commitments, noting that recent moves by the bank have created deeply concerning signals around its climate priorities. The investor statement follows an announcement by HSBC earlier this year of a decision to push back its 2030 target to achieve net zero emissions in its operations and supply chain by 20 years t
Renew Economy
MAY 5, 2025
South Australia Liberal Party, who set the state's first target of 100 pct "net" renewables, and then backflipped to nuclear, has changed its mind again. The post S.A. Liberals who first pushed 100 pct renewables – then went nuclear – reverse course after poll wipeout appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 8, 2025
Amid the decisions in Europe on corporate sustainability reporting, one requirement has not received much attention: companies submitting a European Sustainability Reporting Standards report (ESRS) to comply with the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will need to tag each disclosure using a digital language known as XBRL. If that sentence raised the blood pressure, read on: digital tagging should make life easier for climate and other ESG reporting, not more difficult.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 9, 2025
Companies globally say they see room for improvement in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), a new McKinsey survey shows. But a few are bucking the trend with smarter, more effective capabilities.
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
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 8, 2025
An edible robot leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water's surface, creating a safe -- and nutritious -- alternative to environmental monitoring devices made from artificial polymers and electronics.
Stanford Social Innovation
MAY 7, 2025
By Yewande O. Addie , David Hanson , Emily Melnick , Melody Mohebi & Annie Neimand Organizations committed to social change through storytelling can use this four-part framework to design and evaluate their narrative strategies.
Renew Economy
MAY 8, 2025
An upcoming report says 85 wind farms will come to the end of their operating lives by 2045, but Australia is not yet prepared for what happens next. The post More than 3,000 wind turbines are due to be decommissioned by 2045. Is Australia prepared? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
MAY 8, 2025
Albertsons Companies, in collaboration with Albertsons Companies Foundation, has received a 2025 Gold Halo Award , presented by Engage for Good , for its collaboration on SummerEBT.org. This initiative connects families to new summer grocery benefits, ensuring no child goes hungry when school is out. Albertsons Cos. is incredibly proud to be recognized alongside other purpose-driven campaigns.
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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
ESG Today
MAY 8, 2025
Financial technology and data services provider and exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced the launch of its new ICE Global Climate Risk Solution, aimed at providing investors with a view of physical climate risks of their portfolios, based on geospatial data. According to ICE, the new solution marks an expansion of its geospatial platform to introduce global physical risk for corporate and sovereign asset classes, leveraging building footprint data for over 1.6 billion buil
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 6, 2025
Researchers have released their 2024 U.S. sea level 'report cards,' providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing 55 years of historical data in a new, interactive dashboard, the report cards aid planning and adaptation efforts by forecasting rates of sea level rise to 2050.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 5, 2025
CIOs need to apply a much broader view of possible failure modes, where their assets are, and where the people who manage the assets are working.
Renew Economy
MAY 8, 2025
Plans to build a nearly 500MW project in a region renowned for its wind resource have been waved through federal environmental approvals process, clearing the way for development. The post New 500 MW wind project gets federal environmental tick in one of Australia’s richest wind regions 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.
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