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.
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.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Corporate Knights
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Did you ever pass a construction site where you saw several big guys leaning on their shovels watching a little guy dig a hole? That’s been our experience filing shareholder proposals with Canadian oil and gas companies while large investors sit on the sidelines. Let’s name the elephant in the room: Bay Street and Calgary are on a collision course on net-zero.
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.
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
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.
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.
ESG Impact Zone brings together the best content for ESG professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
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.
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.
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.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
AEMO boss Daniel Westerman on why the future of Australia's grid lies in variable renewables, storage and dispatchable energy. Baseload power, he says, is a construct whose time has passed. The post “Absolutely world leading:” Why Australia is leading the charge away from baseload power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Advertisement
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.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Top ocean experts have published a report that redefines the concept of 'sustainable fishing' and proposes 11 'golden rules' that radically challenge the flawed approach that currently prevails in fisheries management.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Advertisement
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
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.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The gap between rooftop solar and coal hits new peak, with output from homes and businesses almost double that of the country's remaining coal generators at times. The post People power: How rooftop PV now rules roost over coal in the midday sun appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Researchers have uncovered key insights into the dangerous phenomenon of 'river avulsion,' offering a way to predict when and where rivers may suddenly and dramatically change course.
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
Advertisement
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.
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.
Environmental Finance
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Concerns about credibility depressed the voluntary carbon market in 2024, but major infrastructure developments are laying the foundations for a resurgence.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
IEA report lists South Australia alongside Denmark as the only other energy system in the world successfully managing significant volumes of surplus variable solar and wind – and facing huge challenges in the final leg. The post South Australia joins Denmark in elite club of two, “pushing the boundaries” of renewable energy integration appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to address them. The argument comes 20 years after the first ever study to coin the term microplastics to describe the microscopic fragments of plastics in our ocean.
Advertisement
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.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Phlair (formerly Carbon Atlantis), a company developing a carbon capture system to remove unavoidable CO₂ emissions, announced that it has raised €14.5M in a seed round for the expansion of its footprint and further innovation of its Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Direct air capture (DAC) technologies extract CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, and can be used anywhere – unlike alternative technologies like carbon capture, which are used at the point of emission – and thus are useful for cap
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
All CDFIs are green banks now. Community Development Financial Institutions, or CDFIs, have long been local heroes, providing financial services to historically underserved. The post City First’s Oswaldo Acosta on the leading role of CDFIs in the green transition appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Good.is: Planet
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
According to the 'Three Love Theory,' a person usually experiences three different types of romantic love: lust, passion, and commitment.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
One of Queensland's original big batteries, announced as part of the post-Callide energy storage blitz, is powering ahead, on track to switch on in 2025. The post All 108 Tesla Megapacks delivered, as new big battery takes shape south of Brisbane appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Advertisement
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
344 
Let's personalize your content