Corporate Knights

JANUARY 9, 2025

This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. It has been edited to conform with Corporate Knights style. On Tuesday, after a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm blew through Southern California, a severe brush fire broke out in the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, burning 1,000 structures and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate as of Wednesday afternoon.

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Green Project Management

JANUARY 8, 2025

We need to talk about Greenwashing in projects. In the GPM P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management, we provide prescriptive guidance on 49 sustainability topics. Among them is one thats critical in todays world: green claims and greenwashing. This issue has become increasingly prevalent as organizations rush to signal sustainability without committing to the […] The post How to Recognize Project Greenwashing: A Case Study appeared first on The GPM Blog.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 5, 2025

New South Wales has reached two remarkable renewable energy milestones that signal the growing contribution of solar power to the state's energy mix. The post Australia’s biggest coal state breaks new ground in wind and solar output appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2025

The global supply chain has taken a beating in recent years. From pandemic-induced bottlenecks to geopolitical tensions and climate disasters, supply chains have become a stress test for how businesses adaptor crumbleunder pressure. But as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, and supply chains are undergoing a technological glow-up of epic proportions.

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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.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 2, 2025

A research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, to organic materials.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 3, 2025

As the automotive and industrial sectors undergo major technological advancements, gen AIdriven operating models can allow companies to develop software more easily, safely, and innovatively.

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Green Project Management

JANUARY 3, 2025

At the beginning of 2024, I spoke about the need to embrace bold changes for a sustainable future. It was clear to me then, and its even clearer now, that sustainability is no longer just a goalits an expectation. Organizations and industries alike have begun to weave sustainable practices into their operations, treating them not […] The post Regeneration, Not Just Sustainability, Must Define Our Future appeared first on The GPM Blog.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2025

Nasdaq The Corporate Governance Awards are hosted by Governance Intelligence, a digital content and events company, providing a forum where governance experts and service providers can share experiences, insights, and best practices on a range of topics. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements by governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) professionals across areas such as AGMs, compliance and ethics programs, ESG reporting, entity management, use of technology, proxy statements, investor enga

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

A group of institutional shareholders, alongside sustainable investment-focused organizations ShareAction and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), announced today the filing of a new shareholder resolution at Shell, calling on the company to provide more transparency regarding the consistency of its plans to significantly grow its production of liquefied natural gas (LNG)with its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 6, 2025

Beauty brands and retailers have already begun testing gen AI. To scale these experiments quickly, beauty players should focus on high-value use cases and customize gen AI tools to meet their needs.

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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

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests reducing irrigation is necessary for saving it.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 8, 2025

Around the world, many governments, companies, academic institutions and others are recognizing the need for more sustainable mobility solutions, based on electric power instead of gas-burning internal combustion engines (ICE). This shift to electric mobility (e-mobility) can reduce emissions from transport which are a key contributor to air pollution and climate change while providing many other benefits, from technological efficiency and lifetime cost savings to user experience, such as a qui

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3BL Media

JANUARY 8, 2025

Originally published by Mastercard This year, a hurricane washed away mountain towns in the U.S., a brutal heat dome oppressed India and wildfires ravaged South America. But amid the chaos were signs of hope, courtesy of people who proved that our efforts do make a difference in the fight against climate change. These Mastercard employees, partners and innovators made a marked effort in 2024 to restore and protect areas all around the globe in ways that will be long-lasting and impactful.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Michelle Nunn His post-presidency demonstrated a special combination of bold aspiration coupled with strategic, detailed, and sustained execution.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2025

Software-defined hardware is reshaping multiple industries as advances in AI enable new capabilities and dramatically reduce development costs.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 6, 2025

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice cores to identify periods of lead pollution throughout the Roman Empire, and now new research expands on this finding to identify how this pollution may have affected the European population.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

UK-based supply chain risk and performance management solutions provider Achilles announced today the acquisition of Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS), in a move described by the company as aimed at enhancing its supply chain sustainability capabilities and strengthening its US and Canadian presence. Founded in 2010, Irvine, California-based GRMS provides customizable supplier risk assessment programs, aimed at offering companies with the ability to proactively manage and continuously moni

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3BL Media

JANUARY 7, 2025

As we approach 2025, following what is likely to be the hottest year on record , the urgency to address our planets interconnected challenges has never been greater. Climate change and resource scarcity require businesses, governments, and communities to act with intention and scale. At Cisco, we are steadfast in our goals to both reduce environmental impact and foster resilienceensuring that communities, ecosystems, and industries can adapt, thrive, and sustain themselves in the face of uncerta

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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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Financial Times: Moral Money

JANUARY 6, 2025

Rob Bauer calls on banks, pension funds and rating agencies to change outdated policies in face of rising threats

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 7, 2025

Connections, contexts, and capabilities can guide corporate efforts to create empowerment impact efficiently.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 8, 2025

Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past experiences. After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from that same nest.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

Construction decarbonization software startup Tangible announced that it has raised $3 million in a funding round, with proceeds from the funding round aimed at reducing embodied carbon in the construction and real estate industries. Embodied carbon, or the emissions associated with building materials and construction, is responsible for 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a figure that is set to rise in the next 5 years, according to industry numbers cited by Tangible.

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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

3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2025

Originally published in Lenovo's 2023/24 ESG Report Lenovo has responded to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)s urgent call for corporate climate action by committing to align with 1.5C and net-zero through the Business Ambition for 1.5C campaign, an official partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Race to Zero campaign.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) continues its mission to encourage public and private investors, as well as public-private partnerships, to develop geothermal prospects for power genera.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 3, 2025

With technological hurdles falling, shared autonomous vehicles are no longer an experimental curiosity. What needs to happen to accelerate uptake?

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years' work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen path that each raindrop or melted snowflake takes before reemerging in freshwater streams, following water from land surface to depths far below and back up again, emerging up to 100 miles away, after spending from 10 to 100,000 years underground.

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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.

ESG Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

California-based VC investor Trucks Venture Capital (Trucks VC) announced the launch of Trucks Venture Fund 3 (TVF3), its third flagship fund focused on startups aligned with its mission to make transportation decarbonized, safer, and more accessible. The firm said that it has closed on $70 million in commitments for the new fund, making it Trucks VCs largest to date.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 9, 2025

In recent years, the conversation around PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)the so-called "forever chemicals"has grown louder, and for good reason. Known for their durability and resistance to heat, oil, and water, PFAS are present in countless products, including cosmetics and personal care items. These substances not only serve functional purposes, like creating emulsions or providing oil-resistant properties, but they also appear unintentionally as contaminants or impurities in pigment

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent BBC article discusses how next-generation geothermal companies, such as Eavor, are overcoming the challenge of tapping into the earth's near-limitless energy.The article state.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 6, 2025

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if youre looking for a quick win.

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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.