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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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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 7, 2025

Supports Pinellas County Schools Future Cities program and enhanced experiences at Enterprise Village and Finance Park Brings total company donations to more than $4 million ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., January 7, 2025 /3BL/ - Thanks to a long-standing collaboration with Duke Energy Florida, the Duke Energy Foundation and Pinellas Education Foundation, thousands of students will experience real-world economic and innovative engineering concepts to help them reach their full potential both in and out of

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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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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 7, 2025

Refineries process and produce large volumes of flammable materials. In order to mitigate the risk of fires, many rely on aqueous film forming foam or AFFF. This fire fighting foam is stored onsite in tanks and used to suppress fire during an emergency. Many types of AFFF contain high levels of PFAS. A large refinery wanted to replace their current AFFF with a non-PFAS alternative.

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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 7, 2025

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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3BL Media

JANUARY 7, 2025

CNH brands, CASE Construction Equipment and New Holland , got their CSR projects published in the CSR Good Book. New Hollands CSR Project Sustainable Environment Solution, which focuses on the improvement of straw management, was featured as one of the articles. The magazine also featured CASE India CSR Projects Hunar & LEAD which focuses on skill development training for young people.

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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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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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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

As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition. Now, a team has transformed an organic industrial-scale waste product into an efficient storage agent for sustainable energy solutions that can one day be applied at much larger scales.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced that it aims to achieve a physically segregated global cocoa supply chain by 2030, building on its existing commitment to only use responsibly sourced cocoa in its products by creating greater transparency in its cocoa supply chain. Mars is a major user of cocoa, with more than 350,000 farmers in its global supply chain.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

OPAL Fuels Inc. (Nasdaq: OPAL) today (Jan 7).

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

International asset manager Robeco announcedthe key focus areas for its 2025 corporate engagement activity, with a continued focus on evergreen issues including climate, nature and human rights, an expansion of engagement on deforestation in commodity supply chains, and new themes including supply chains in transition minerals and shareholder rights.

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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.

Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) has approved a USD 34.8 million loan to the Geothermal Power Company of Dominica (GPC) to fund the construction of a 10-megawatt (MW) geothermal power.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Market data and solutions provider S&P Global announced the appointment of Lauren Smart as Head of S&P Global Sustainable1, leading the companys sustainability-focused business unit. Smart joined S&P Global through the companys 2016 acquisition of carbon and environmental data and risk analysis company Trucost, which she joined as a startup.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

A detailed report from the Daily Oil Bulletin highlights how Eavor's cost estimates could surpass the growth projections made by major energy forecasters. While institutions such as the In.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 7, 2025

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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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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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba) today (Jan 7) announced that it has received an order to supply a steam turbine and a generator from PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik (IKPT), a sub.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. Researchers used two detectors to find thin layers of sulfate, chloride and fluoride salts during vitrification, a nuclear waste storage process that involves converting the waste into glass.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is proud to sign on with Brookfield Renewable to receive up to 7.8 million MWh of carbon free energy backed by firm capacity from Brookfield's clean energy portfolio in th.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Energy and automation digital solutions provider Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Chris Leong as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. In her new role, Leong will be responsible for driving Schneider Electrics sustainability strategy, commitments and engagements, in areas ranging from corporate citizenship and institutional affairs to sustainability performance and environmental impact, the company said.

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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

Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

As Georgia experiences frigid temperatures and the potential for severe winter weather later this week, Georgia Power is encouraging customers to take steps now to prepare and stay safe and warm.Whe.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the stratosphere, where it shields the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, the ozone layer plays a key role in preserving the planet's biodiversity. And now we may have a better idea of why that took so long -- more than 2 billion years -- to happen.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

National energy related emissions decreased by 8.3% in 2023 reaching their lowest level in thirty years.The data shows good signals of progress, but Irelandwill haveto increase the rate.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

Researchers conducted a high-throughput growth assay and machine learning to address the genetic and environmental interplay on bacterial growth. The findings indicated that the environmental chemicals affecting growth have varying impacts, depending on the amount of sugar present. Moreover, the research team demonstrated that the changes in growth caused by the genetic and environmental changes offset each other.

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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.

Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

ComEd and Nicor Gas are collaborating to provide advanced energy efficiency certification opportunities to recent graduates of the utilities' Market Development Initiative (MDI) programs. MDI is.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 7, 2025

See Account Manager Victoria G.'s inspirational journey embracing Cisco's inclusive parental leave, overcoming societal norms, and returning to work re-energized.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2025

EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA), a leading renewable energy developer and a top-five renewable energy owner and operator in the United States, unveiled Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park (Sa.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 7, 2025

A new study has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.

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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.