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Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California

Renew Economy

MARCH 11, 2025

Remember when the first “Tesla big battery” at Hornsdale was connected to the grid in South Australia in 2017? It was the first of its kind in the world, but few would have predicted the astonishing growth of the technology across the world in the years since.

Pet sustainability, or the truth about cats and dogs

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

One of the biggest environmental impacts is associated with the food for meat-eating pets, a product category that contributed at least 64 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually as of 2017.

The Palisades Fire is the first big test for California's new home insurance scheme

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 9, 2025

Following a rash of historic wildfires in 2017 and 2018 , insurance companies have fled the state , dropped tens of thousands of customers in flammable areas, and raised prices by double-digit percentages. A requirement to expand insurance coverage Until recently, elected officials have taken few major steps to address the crisis.

Climate Change

Climate Change Digitalization

Diverse Acting Nominations Since 2017 Are Nearly Triple the Number From 2009 to 2016

3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

Since those two blank years, the number of diverse nominees has nearly tripled in the acting categories compared to the eight years before 2017 according to new research on diversity at the Oscars by Nielsen’s Gracenote. From 2017 to 2024, 44 acting nominations have been diverse with 11 of those nominees going on to win.

Analytics

Setting the perfect stage for wildfires in the Western US

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2021

In California, the 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons were massive, deadly, and costly.

4 ways companies can build low-carbon supply chains

GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2020

From McDonald's 2001 commitment to sustainable fish to Walmart’s 2017 Project Gigaton launch, the length and path of these journeys ranges widely.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain

Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables

Renew Economy

MARCH 27, 2024

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules. The post Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Musk's big battery tweets set Australia on a path to a renewables revolution in 2017. His utterings on X in this election could help shape the future of energy in Australia. The post Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Large scale solar PV projects at lowest level for seven years. Will contractors stay the course?

Renew Economy

JUNE 2, 2024

The number of large scale solar PV projects under construction in Australia is lowest since 2017, raising fears some contractors will move on. The post Large scale solar PV projects at lowest level for seven years. Will contractors stay the course? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Voting rights advocate Jerome Foster is raising youth climate awareness

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2017, Foster created his second entrepreneurial venture in digital media, The Climate Reporter, a collection of international youth writing about climate change, global warming and environmental justice,

Climate Change

Climate Change Digitalization

“More bureaucracy than engineering:” Battery developers lament lengthy connection delays

Renew Economy

MAY 5, 2024

Australia’s very first big battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia may have taken less than 100 days to build in late 2017, but it seems that those were very special circumstances.

Development

It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

It was April 2017. The pain reached a 10 that spring of 2017. The author with Lisa Jackson at the Apple campus, Earth Day 2017. Chris Gaither. Mon, 07/06/2020 - 02:15. Earth Day, when we remember the planet’s fragility and resilience, was when I finally understood that I had nothing left to give. And still I tried to soldier on.

EPA

WORK ON: Lessons from Harvard 2: Understanding Organizational “Operating Systems”

Green Project Management

MARCH 20, 2021

Chan School of Public Health’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program that I took in November 2017, led by Dr. Leith Sharp, integrated with some of our GPM Global content where appropriate. This is the second of four posts based on my experience at the Harvard T.H. The intent of these posts is to show […].

Expedia Group 2021 Global Impact Report: Climate Action

3BL Media

OCTOBER 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Through the dedication of everyone at Expedia Group – and a combination of internal emission reductions, renewable energy credits (RECs), and verified carbon offsets – we achieved carbon neutral status in 2017. 2017 carbon neutral operations since 2017. It’s something we have proudly maintained to this day.

Net Zero

Net Zero Zero Carbon Carbon Offsets

Lenovo Volunteers Give Back With Record-Breaking Impact During Month of Service

3BL Media

JANUARY 16, 2025

Whether its the number of volunteers, volunteer hours, participating offices, or beneficiaries, the project has grown every year since 2017. Each year, employee project leaders led by Lenovos global corporate citizenship team work together to grow the program by at least one key metric.

Development

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Meanwhile, the OGCI today announced that its members collectively have reduced the cut their absolute upstream methane emissions by 22 percent since 2017, shrinking the methane intensity of members' upstream oil and gas to operations to 0.23 It surpasses its target to cut methane intensity to 0.25 percent by 2025.

Shipping

Shipping Paris Agreement Decarbonize Zero Carbon

SCS Standards Releases Revised SCS Responsibly Managed Peatlands Standard for Public Review

3BL Media

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Standard was first introduced in 2017 to establish a comprehensive framework and common set of environmental, social, and quality requirements for the production of responsible peat moss and to stimulate continuous improvement in the peat moss industry. EMERYVILLE, Calif.,

Development

Discover the Health Benefits of Cereal on National Cereal Day

3BL Media

MARCH 7, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, General Population, children ages 2-17 years old, [2017-2018] [2]Zhu Y, Jain N, Vanage V, Holschuh N, Agler AH, Smith JD. Trend and percent daily contribution data: NHANES 2017-2018. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data. March 2021.

Digitalization

IKEA Parent Ingka to Invest $1 Billion in Recycling-Focused Companies

ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

Ingka Group launched Circular Investments in 2017, to support IKEAs circularity strategies by investing in companies developing technology or growing capacity to prevent waste or supply recycled materials, with a key focus on materials where recycling capacity is lacking, including mattresses, plastics, textiles, wood, and food.

Waste

Waste Global Economy Development

How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool

GreenBiz

AUGUST 11, 2020

Clark Reed, a driver with Nussbaum Transportation, is one of the most energy-efficient drivers on the road today and also participated in NACFE’s Run on Less 2017 fuel efficiency demonstration. During a three-week period in 2017, seven drivers operating trucks specified with commercially available technology demonstrated that 10.1

Climate Change

Climate Change Development

PUMA Commits to Slash GHG Emissions from Operations by 90% by 2030

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories company PUMA announced a new series of climate and sustainability targets, among them a reduction of both its Scope 1 direct and Scope 2 indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% from their 2017 levels by 2030, as well as a 33% reduction in Scope 3 indirect GHG emissions from its supply chain.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain Waste

KeyBank Named #2 Affordable Housing Lender in U.S.

3BL Media

APRIL 5, 2022

Since 2017, Key has deployed more than $17.2 As one of the top affordable housing lenders in the country, Key’s CDLI platform brings together balance sheet, equity, and permanent loan offerings. In 2021, KeyBank invested $5.1 billion in community development and affordable housing projects nationwide.

Development

The perfect pair? Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2020

Founded in 2017, unspun is a denim company that specializes in customized, automated and on-demand manufacturing, designing out inventory altogether. We started with the hardware in 2017 and still haven't commercialized on it — but hopefully we will in the next six months.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain Manufacturing Waste

KeyBank Foundation Invests $300,000 in Workforce Training Program at ABC, Inc. Rochester

3BL Media

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Since 2017, KeyBank has made more than $1 billion in investments in the Rochester market, supporting affordable housing and community development projects; small business and home lending to low-to-moderate income individuals and communities, and transformative philanthropy.

Development

Fervo Energy Raises $255 Million to Deploy Geothermal Power Projects

ESG Today

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Founded in 2017, Houston Texas-based Fervo Energy focuses on the development of geothermal projects to deliver carbon-free energy. Geothermal energy project developer Fervo Energy announced that it has secured $255 million in funding, including a $135 million corporate equity round, and $120 million in debt capital.

Development

How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce. In 2017, containers and packaging made up a significant portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), about 80.1 It's easy to use and easy to sanitize. million tons (29.9

Waste

Waste Logistics Shipping Supply Chain

Equinor Lands $3 Billion Financing Package for New York Offshore Wind Project

ESG Today

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Empire Wind lease was awarded to Equinor in 2017, and in 2020, the company sold a 50% interest in the lease, alongside a 50% interest in the Beacon Wind lease offshore of Massachusetts. In 2024, Equinor took full ownership of the Empire Wind lease, in a swap transaction that gave bp full ownership of the Beacon assets.

Value Creation

Value Creation Development

Sustainable Procurement Trends Since the Launch of ISO 20400: Fifth Anniversary Reflections

3BL Media

APRIL 26, 2022

On the fifth anniversary of ISO 20400, we would like to reflect on the growing importance of sustainable supply chain management and what has changed since the standard was introduced in 2017. Signs of Progress: EcoVadis Global Performance Data.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain Development

Mars Appoints Alastair Child as New Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

In his new role, Child will be responsible for developing the companys overall sustainability agenda, and lead efforts to realize the goals set out in its Sustainable in a Generation strategy. billion healthy meals by 2025, among others.

Chief Sustainability Officer

Chief Sustainability Officer Net Zero Analytics Development

Dr. Ellen Williams Joins Climate Vault's Technology Experts Chamber To Help Evaluate Innovative CDR Projects

3BL Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Notably, she has also served as Chief Scientist for British Petroleum (BP) from 2010 to 2014, and as Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) from 2014 to 2017 under former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. As Director of ARPA-E, she led efforts to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies. “I

Climate Change

Climate Change Net Zero Development

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another example is a 2017 study by the NAACP and the Clean Air Task Force that showed that African-American citizens are 75 percent more likely to live in a "fence-line" community that borders a toxic industrial facility. For example, designers made medical grade face masks for white men and many don’t fit women very well.

Climate Change

Climate Change Manufacturing Development

XOCEAN Raises $118 Million to Meet Growing Demand for Blue Economy Data

ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2025

Founded in 2017, Ireland-based XOCEAN provides ocean data to the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors. The company said it will use the funds to expand its services globally, and develop new products and services, to address demand for high-quality data solutions across the blue economy.

Development

Development Banking Waste

Samsonite to Ramp Recycled Materials Use to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Samsonite achieved 100% renewable electricity in its operations in 2023, ahead of its 2025 target, and has reduced the carbon intensity of its operations by 85% on a 2017 basis, the company said.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Decarbonize

KeyBank Donates $10,000 to Naturally Beautiful Project

3BL Media

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Naturally Beautiful Project was founded by Regina and Andru Morgan in 2017 to help introduce African-American hair culture to the Pacific Northwest region. The funds will go directly to the Naturally Beautiful Project Academy to sponsor attendees who will learn how to braid and then turn the skill into a thriving business.

Banking

Banking Development

FedEx Business Spotlight: Girls Chronically Rock!

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Family support helped her come to terms with her “new normal,” and Keisha pushed on to start her business – “Girls Chronically Rock” – in 2017 selling graphic t-shirts. The shirts have been featured on the Today Show and “Good Morning America,” but Keisha realized there are aspects of running a business she needed to learn more about.

Mary Kay Inc. Names Dr. Lucy Gildea Chief Brand and Scientific Officer

3BL Media

MARCH 12, 2025

Since joining Mary Kay in 2017, Gildea has focused on modernizing and enhancing the companys competitiveness through product innovation and by improving organizational efficiencies. Gildea spent 15 years at Procter & Gamble working primarily in beauty technology and beauty/skin product development.

Development

Earth AI Raises $20 Million to Use AI to Explore for Clean Energy Metals

ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

Founded in 2017, California-based Earth AI utilizes AI technology to discover untapped critical metal deposits rapidly and at low cost.

Development

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Announces Tata Consultancy Services and Newman’s Own Inc. To Join Board of Directors

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

David Rockefeller, Former Chairman & CEO, Chase Manhattan Corporation (June 12, 1915 March 20, 2017) Michael I. Former Deputy Secretary of State (April 2, 1922 February 7, 2017) CECP also works with a group of CECP Ambassadors, which includes: Mitch Barns , Former CEO, Nielsen Thomas J.

Development

Switzerland Sets Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 65% by 2035

ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

Switzerlands current NDC, submitted in 2017, is to achieve a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. NDCs are national climate action plans presented by each country under the agreement, and are required to be updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition.

Net Zero

Net Zero Paris Agreement Climate Change Decarbonize

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

AGCO has made many, many acquisitions to amass this portfolio, including the buyout of Precision Planting from Monsanto (now Bayer) in 2017. With new CEO Eric Hansotia poised to step up Jan.

Regenerative

Regenerative Value Creation Supply Chains Supply Chain

What It Takes To Solve Plastic Pollution

3BL Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Since 2017, 103-plus announced investments have emerged in mechanical and chemical recycling, valued at more than $11 billion. This expansion would significantly help divert more post-use plastics from landfills or worse, the environment. is also taking action to lift its plastics recycling rate, currently below 10%.

Waste

Waste Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change

Why SPACs will be key to the sustainability revolution

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Now, some incumbents are using SPAC mergers to go further: Engie, for example, just used a SPAC to spin-out EV Box, a charging business it acquired in 2017, which should incentivize the EV Box team to continue creating value for shareholders including Engie.

Value Creation

Value Creation Sustainable Investment

Jimmy Carter and Southern Company: An Energized Bond

3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2025

In 2017, Carter partnered with Georgia Power and Atlanta-based SolAmerica Energy to repurpose 10 acres of his farmland into a solar farm to help power his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Development

Rockwell Automation Honored for Supporting Veterans in Wisconsin

3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2017, the company launched the Academy of Advanced Manufacturing – a joint initiative with ManpowerGroup to provide U.S. Tony Evers, who spoke at the Nov. 29 award presentation ceremony held at Rockwell headquarters in Milwaukee. military veterans with the upskilling they need to succeed in advanced manufacturing roles.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Development

Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California

Pet sustainability, or the truth about cats and dogs

Trending Sources

The Palisades Fire is the first big test for California's new home insurance scheme

Diverse Acting Nominations Since 2017 Are Nearly Triple the Number From 2009 to 2016

Setting the perfect stage for wildfires in the Western US

4 ways companies can build low-carbon supply chains

Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables

Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it

Large scale solar PV projects at lowest level for seven years. Will contractors stay the course?

Voting rights advocate Jerome Foster is raising youth climate awareness

“More bureaucracy than engineering:” Battery developers lament lengthy connection delays

It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face

WORK ON: Lessons from Harvard 2: Understanding Organizational “Operating Systems”

Expedia Group 2021 Global Impact Report: Climate Action

Lenovo Volunteers Give Back With Record-Breaking Impact During Month of Service

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

SCS Standards Releases Revised SCS Responsibly Managed Peatlands Standard for Public Review

Discover the Health Benefits of Cereal on National Cereal Day

IKEA Parent Ingka to Invest $1 Billion in Recycling-Focused Companies

How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool

PUMA Commits to Slash GHG Emissions from Operations by 90% by 2030

KeyBank Named #2 Affordable Housing Lender in U.S.

The perfect pair? Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset

KeyBank Foundation Invests $300,000 in Workforce Training Program at ABC, Inc. Rochester

Fervo Energy Raises $255 Million to Deploy Geothermal Power Projects

How two companies are building systems to scale reuse, which is vital for a circular economy

Equinor Lands $3 Billion Financing Package for New York Offshore Wind Project

Sustainable Procurement Trends Since the Launch of ISO 20400: Fifth Anniversary Reflections

Mars Appoints Alastair Child as New Chief Sustainability Officer

Dr. Ellen Williams Joins Climate Vault's Technology Experts Chamber To Help Evaluate Innovative CDR Projects

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability

XOCEAN Raises $118 Million to Meet Growing Demand for Blue Economy Data

Samsonite to Ramp Recycled Materials Use to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions

KeyBank Donates $10,000 to Naturally Beautiful Project

FedEx Business Spotlight: Girls Chronically Rock!

Mary Kay Inc. Names Dr. Lucy Gildea Chief Brand and Scientific Officer

Earth AI Raises $20 Million to Use AI to Explore for Clean Energy Metals

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Announces Tata Consultancy Services and Newman’s Own Inc. To Join Board of Directors

Switzerland Sets Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 65% by 2035

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

What It Takes To Solve Plastic Pollution

Why SPACs will be key to the sustainability revolution

Jimmy Carter and Southern Company: An Energized Bond

Rockwell Automation Honored for Supporting Veterans in Wisconsin

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