Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Fortescue announces $4 billion deal for hundreds of electric trucks, dozers and excavators to eliminate fossil fuels at its mines. Even Rio Tinto is excited and vowing to be a "fast follower." The post Fortescue strikes $4 billion deal for electric trucks and dozers to eliminate fossil fuels at giant mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
HOUSTON, September 20, 2024 /3BL/—NRG Energy, Inc.’s (NYSE:NRG) 17th annual positiveNRG Impact Week united thousands of employees in 30 cities and provinces across the United States and Canada to provide one million meals for local nonprofits. From September 16-20, the NRG family worked to combat food insecurity in their communities, packing, sorting, and preparing an estimated 1.2 million pounds of food for individuals and families in need.
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Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The last coal-fired power station in the UK will close within days, nearly 143 years after the world’s first coal-fired power station began operating in nearby London. The post Last coal power station in UK prepares to close appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Cerulean Ventures, a climate tech venture capital firm in Santa Barbara, Calif,, closed a $10 million pre-seed fund to work with founders in four startups focused on carbon removal, global renewable energy credits, sustainable supply chains and a global blockchain to protect endangered natural resources. The post Cerulean Ventures closes $10 million early-stage fund for decarbonization appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
A research team has developed a low-cost iron chloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries, which could significantly reduce costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Demand growth for green workforce skills is outpacing the increase in supply, as companies and countries globally begin to take action on implementing their climate and sustainability-related commitments, with current trends indicating that there will be more than twice as many jobs requiring green skills as there will be qualified workers available to fill those roles, according to new research released by professional talent social network LinkedIn.
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McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Healthcare payers, care delivery organizations, and governments have many opportunities to improve consumer experiences and bolster service efficiency using AI solutions.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
All over New York City, climate tech startups are pitching solutions and fund managers are courting LPs. But for all the excitement around. The post Needed: Climate tech exits to keep the ‘circular capital economy’ spinning appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals, according to new research. Rare earth elements are found in smartphones, flat screen TVs, magnets, and even trains and missiles. They are also vital to the development of electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
This week in ESG news: ING ends financing for companies developing new oil and gas projects; Deloitte launches sustainability and AI workforce upskilling academies; MSCI launches carbon credit ratings; report finds companies are quietly accelerating climate action; Apple reduces carbon footprint of iPhone; investor coalition calls for mandatory climate reporting policies; Google, Microsoft, Meta announce carbon removal purchase deals; BlackRock and Microsoft partnership looks to raise $30 billio
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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.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Salesforce president and chief marketing officer Ariel Kelman and former Solo Brands chief digital officer Jenna Posner discuss the importance of human-led, tech-powered marketing.
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) announced that it will restart TMI Unit 1 to provide 835 MW of carbon emission free nuclear power. Under an agreement with Microsoft, the computer system giant will purchase power from the restarted plant over a 20 year period in a deal worth an estimated at $16 billion over the life of the agreement. According to news media reports, all of the.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Scientists have shown that light pollution -- especially light in the blue spectrum -- can alter the behavior of fish after only a few nights, and have knock-on effects for their offspring.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Brookfield Asset Management announced today that it has raised $2.4 billion for its Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), aimed at driving clean energy investments in underserved emerging economies, only three months after the fund’s official launch in June 2024. Initially unveiled in December 2023 at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, with a $1 billion anchor commitment from newly launched UAE-backed climate investment platform ALTÉRRA , CTF aims to deploy capital into clean energy and transitio
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
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Latest data from the Clean Energy Council finds Australia hurtling towards a major new milestone for rooftop solar capacity and adding batteries to the mix at a record rate. The post Australians are installing batteries at a record rate, as rooftop solar heads for major new milestone appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
As president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, Deborah Rutter has broken new ground by encouraging digital art and modern variations of traditional art forms.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency set off a scramble last year with its call for proposals to manage the National Clean Investment Fund. The. The post Beth Bafford on Climate United’s $7 billion strategy to mainstream green lending (Q&A) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Northeast Greenland is home to the 79 N Glacier -- the country's largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously threatened by global warming: warm water from the Atlantic is melting it from below. Experts have however now determined that the temperature of the water flowing into the glacier cavern declined from 2018 to 2021, even though the ocean has steadily warmed in the region over the past several decades.
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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
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
BlackRock, Microsoft, infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners and Abu Dhabi-based AI development-focused company MGX announced today the launch of the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP), a new AI-focused partnership aimed at investing in new and expanded data centers and new energy infrastructure to power the facilities.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Peter Dutton's big speech on nuclear provided a couple of new porkies, and no details of what, why, when and how much. Just denial and delay. The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan still has no costings, and no grid connection: It’s a political hoax appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Travel and logistics firms face mounting labor challenges—including frequent shortages, rising costs, and declining productivity. Combining AI tools with new ways of working can improve efficiency.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Blended finance is rebounding, but this time with a twist. Commercial investors are stepping up to drive some of the biggest blended-finance funds. The post The Call: How commercial investors are streamlining blended fund structures (video) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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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.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but humans and animals cannot adapt fast enough to keep up with human-caused climate change.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Air Company, designer of a platform to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from captured CO 2 and hydrogen, announced that it had secured $69 million in Series B funding to advance its technology to reduce emissions in areas that until now have proven difficult to manage, including aviation. Currently, most sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is produced from plant-based feedstock, which can present supply challenges, and may compete with the food chain with and present potential negative environm
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Renewable energy records continue to fall across the National Electricity Market, including a new high for rooftop solar in NSW and a new peak for the potential amount of renewables in Queensland. The post More renewable energy records tumble across the grid as solar and wind flex their muscles appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Across disease types, patients with disabilities experience inequities all along the care pathway—with consequently worse outcomes. Inclusive pathway designs and targeted interventions could help.
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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.
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit Aalo Atomics To Negotiate PPA with Idaho Falls Power Rolls-Royce Wins SMR Partnership With CEZ Holtec Chooses South Yorkshire for Its SMR Factory Westinghouse Submits Preliminary Safety Design Report to Site eVinci Test Reactor at INL Molten Salt Reactor at ACU Gets NRC Construction Permit The Nuclear Regulatory.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Bacterial communities in soil are as resilient to human urine as synthetic fertilizers -- making recycling the bodily fluid as a fertilizer for agricultural crops a viable proposition.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Carbon transformation-focused cleantech company Twelve announced that it has raised $645 million of capital, including a mix of project equity, a Series C financing and credit facilities, with proceeds aimed at building out the companies capacity to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from CO2. Nicholas Flanders, Chief Executive Officer at Twelve, said: “Our financing strategy has been to build a comprehensive capital stack that enables us to deliver product to customers at scale while conti
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
In move to address plunging grid demand in the middle of the day, market operator may force big batteries to discharge and stand by on empty as alternative to switching off rooftop solar. The post Not enough demand: Big batteries may be told to stand by on empty to avoid rooftop solar switch-off appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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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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