GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2024

Court pauses SEC’s climate-disclosure rule, the DOE publishes the positive economic impact of its loan programs office, and more.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2024

In Europe, increasing efforts on climate change mitigation, a sudden focus on energy independence after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and reported breakthroughs in nuclear fusion have sparked renewed interest in the potential of nuclear power. So-called small modular reactors (SMRs) are increasingly under development, and familiar promises about nuclear power’s potential are being revived.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2024

Companies should clearly align their business strategy with their sustainability communications decisions.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Fast Company just published its "2024 Most Innovative Companies List," and Taco Bell is featured on the cover of the latest issue. The brand ranked No. 1 in the Dining category and No. 8 on the overall global ranking. Fast Company’s accompanying article spotlights Taco Bell’s leadership team, its most recent activations and experiential events, and the impact the brand has had on the industry and culture at large with innovation at its core.

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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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McKinsey Sustainabilty

MARCH 22, 2024

Generative AI is transforming financial services, offering opportunities for efficiency and innovation. As banks race to deploy gen AI, the right operating model can help unlock its potential.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 22, 2024 /3BL/ - 3BL, the leading sustainability and social impact communications partner, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jennifer Lindenauer as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective immediately. With a remarkable track record in social impact strategy, strategic communications, integrated marketing, and branding, Lindenauer is poised to elevate 3BL's mission of empowering organizations through powerful impact storytelling.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Diana Visintini and her son, Nano, have been working as marine tour guides for over two decades. Their business is based in Puerto Madryn, a city located on the northeast coast of Patagonia in Argentina, an area known for its marine fauna, such as whales, sea lions, dolphins and other species. "I've been in Patagonia for more than 20 years. In the year 2000, with experience in nautical tourist guides, I began to carry out this venture.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Engineers have discovered a new way to manufacture solar cells using perovskite semiconductors. It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Today the world observes International World Water Day, in an effort to raise awareness on the importance of water. Given water's pivotal role in sustaining human life and well-being, the United Nations has recognized access to water as a fundamental human right. Moreover, acknowledging the paramount importance of clean water and sanitation for achieving sustainable development, the UN has also integrated water as one of the 17 goals that form the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79 N-Glacier is losing. According to recent measurements, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 meters since 1998. Warm ocean water flowing under the glacier tongue is melting the ice from below. High air temperatures cause lakes to form on the surface, whose water flows through huge channels in the ice into the ocean.

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Data centers have an eco-unfriendly reputation, but they will actually be powerhouses for change in the race to a more sustainable future. Read on to see how they’re helping to enable a new power paradigm built on clean energy—and how we’re supporting them at Eaton. Written by Dr Karina Rigby, 03/04/2024 Amid the push to net zero, data centers are coming under increasing scrutiny.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

A team of archaeologists discovered tiny microplastic particles in deposits located more than seven meters deep, in samples dating back to the first or early second century and excavated in the late 1980s.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 22, 2024 /3BL/ - T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today revealed its next Hometown Grant recipients, with 275 communities across 46 states now part of the exclusive crew that will receive funding and support to fuel local projects that help people connect and innovate. And since providing more than $12 million in Hometown Grants since the Un-carrier kicked off its five-year commitment to small towns in April 2021, the Un-carrier is well on its way to hitting the program’s $25 milli

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 22, 2024

As climate change makes water supplies and management more critical than ever, public budget allocations for water access and treatment in Africa are. The post Deal spotlight: Turning on the capital tap to finance water and sanitation in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.

3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do at GoDaddy. I am a Software Engineer on the Managed WordPress Platform Team. Our team focuses on creating tools and solutions to make managing WordPress websites easier and more efficient for our customers. We work on various aspects such as improving site performance, enhancing security features and providing seamless user experiences.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method for recycling and purifying metals. Using gold earrings from a pawnshop in Gothenburg and biodiesel from the nearest filling station, the discovery could change an industry that is currently dependent on large amounts of fossil oil.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

By Candace Higginbotham Regions Bank has a strategic and cultural commitment to do what is right for our customers and communities. Philanthropy, volunteerism, community development lending, financial education, sponsorships, disability and veterans outreach, and board service are among the tactics Regions Foundation, Regions Bank and bank associates utilize to make life better for the communities and neighborhoods where we live and work.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 22, 2024

The quest for life’s meaning has been a constant throughout human history. Finding our personal purpose is essential for our emotional well-being and fulfillment as human beings.

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

PORTLAND, Ore., March 22, 2024 /3BL/ — Get Schooled has received a $300,000 grant from KeyBank to further its outreach to first-gen-to-college youth in the Pacific Northwest. Get Schooled provides personalized support along three journeys including helping prepare them to continue their education after high school, throughout the first year of higher-ed, and finding and succeeding in their first jobs and early careers.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Plant species which are recommended as 'pollinator friendly' in Europe begin flowering up to a month too late for bees, resulting in low colony survival and low production of queens. This research has quantified the decline in colony survival and queen production due to a shortage of early season food. Enhancing existing hedgerows with early blooming species has the potential to increase the probability that a bee colony survives from 35% to 100%.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Verizon BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 22, 2024 /3BL/ - Verizon Innovative Learning, the company’s signature education initiative focused on driving digital equity and inclusion through a suite of programs and resources, is continuing to partner with the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) to bring the Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers program to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and community colleges.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world according to the popular press and the statements of tech CEOs in the last year.

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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

MARCH 22, 2024

Today, as the world observes World Water Day on March 22, 2024, the spotlight intensifies on the lifeline of our planet—freshwater. This crucial resource, central to all forms of life, faces unprecedented challenges that threaten its accessibility. Initiated by the United Nations, World Water Day celebrates this vital resource while sounding an urgent call to action against the growing water crisis.

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ESG Today

MARCH 22, 2024

Carbon accounting Greenly announced that it has raised that it has raised $52 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the acceleration of the company’s growth and enhancing its suite of solutions enabling companies to measure and manage their carbon emissions. Founded in 2019 by Alexis Normand, Matthieu Vegreville and Arnaud Delubac, Paris-based Greenly provides solutions aimed at enabling companies – including mid-market, medium- and small-sized enterprises) to mo

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

LAS VEGAS, March 22, 2024 /3BL/ - Las Vegas Sands ( NYSE: LVS ) has contributed $500,000 through Sands Cares to The WASH Foundation, an evolution of the Clean the World Foundation, bringing the company’s total contributions to the nonprofit organization to more than $5.6 million since kicking off the partnership. The 2024 Sands Cares investment supports three priority areas: the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build, which will mark more than 1 million kits built by Sands Team Members sinc

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

MARCH 22, 2024

The next robot revolution is here, and this one might transform the global economy.

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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.

3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

March 22, 2024 /3BL/ - Franklin Templeton is pleased to announce a new partnership with VIDAS, an organization in Italy that has been dedicated to home care for incurably ill adults and children for 40 years. Through this collaboration Franklin Templeton follows its dedication in making a positive impact on the world on behalf of our clients, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders in partnering with the communities where we live and work.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

New mathematical modeling of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation -- a system of ocean currents -- shows greater complexity than previously thought. Researchers have revealed a hierarchy of irreversible 'tipping points.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Authored by Karen Gries , Robert Moczulewski The IRS pre-filing registration portal for Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and CHIPS Act of 2022 credit claims opened on Dec. 22, 2023. Registration via this portal is a key requirement to receive a registration number to claim eligible tax credits (“direct pay” for tax-exempt entities) to support your organization’s clean energy and/or energy efficiency projects.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

MARCH 22, 2024

Spiders that disguise themselves as ants live in many locations around the globe but until now most had been able to avoid detection from fossil researchers as well as predators.

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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.