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How to Recognize Project Greenwashing: A Case Study

Green Project Management

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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Mastercard: Planting Seeds of Change: How People and Partnerships Tackled Climate Change in 2024

3BL Media

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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Australia’s biggest coal state breaks new ground in wind and solar output

Renew Economy

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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How Technology Is Revolutionizing Supply Chains: Advanced Analytics, AI, and Automation

3BL Media

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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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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From engines to algorithms: Gen AI in automotive software development

McKinsey Sustainabilty

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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New method turns e-waste to gold

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

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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Regeneration, Not Just Sustainability, Must Define Our Future

Green Project Management

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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Nasdaq Is a Triple Honoree at the 2024 Corporate Governance Awards, Including Best ESG Reporting (Large Cap)

3BL Media

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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Software-defined hardware in the age of AI

McKinsey Sustainabilty

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

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Reducing irrigation for livestock feed crops is needed to save Great Salt Lake, study argues

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

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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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Shareholders Call on Shell to Explain Consistency of Plans to Grow LNG Production with its Net Zero Goals

ESG Today

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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President Carter’s Inspiring Model of Civic Leadership (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation

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

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Getting on board with shared autonomous mobility

McKinsey Sustainabilty

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

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Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ancient Rome, new study finds

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

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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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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Western investors ‘stupid’ to shun arms industry, says Nato official

Financial Times: Moral Money

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

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The Gender Aspect of the E-Mobility Transition: An Innovative Collaboration in Kenya Highlights New Ways to Bring Women into the Sector

James Militzer

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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Cisco: Six Environmental Sustainability Trends for 2025 and Beyond

3BL Media

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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Economic empowerment made-to-measure: How companies can benefit more people

McKinsey Sustainabilty

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

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

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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New research reveals groundwater pathways across continent

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

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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Achilles Acquires GRMS to Bolster Supply Chain Sustainability Capabilities

ESG Today

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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Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility - Launch of the 8th Application Round for power projects of the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF)

Global Renewable News

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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Leading the Way To Net-Zero: Lenovo’s Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets and 2050 Net-Zero Strategy

3BL Media

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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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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

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The McKinsey Crossword: Play Time | No. 214

McKinsey Sustainabilty

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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Dinosaurs roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously thought, according to new analysis of the oldest North American fossils

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A newly described dinosaur whose fossils were recently uncovered is challenging the existing narrative, with evidence that the reptiles were present in the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously known.

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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Energy Central

BACKGROUND: Atmosphere which comprises nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon etc. and a layer that surrounds a planet has different layers – troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. This atmosphere of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.93% argon and 0.04% carbon dioxide protects us from harmful UV radiation emitted by the Sun. Atmosphere that scatters the sunlight.

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Eavor - Eavor's push to unlock deep geothermal energy

Global Renewable News

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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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

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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Eaton Vehicle-To-Home Charging Capabilities Enable Customers to Keep the Power on at Home and Will Be Featured at CES 2025

3BL Media

AbleEdge home energy management system transforms electric vehicle batteries into energy assets to keep power on and reduce energy spend Eaton delivers industry-leading interoperability and cybersecurity, advancing vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid technologies to be used with any DER Collaboration with Treehouse enables high-quality, cost-effective electrification programs at scale for automotive OEMs, utilities and hardware manufacturers CLEVELAND Intelligent power management company Eaton

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Remote-driving services: The next disruption in mobility innovation?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

A new survey shows high interest in remote-driving services that let another person control the car.

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Drug-resistant hookworms put pets and people at risk

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists have identified widespread resistance to benzimidazole-based dewormers which are commonly used to treat gastrointestinal parasites in dogs.

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

ESG Today

Norway-based energy company Equinor announced today that it has secured a project financing package in excess of $3 billion for the Empire Wind 1 project, reaching financial close for the 80,000 acre wind project off the coast of New York. Located 24 48 kilometers Southeast of Long Island, Empire Wind 1 is anticipated to be the first offshore wind project to connect into the New York City grid, powering 500,000 homes, with a contracted capacity of 810 MW.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

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.