3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

On July 24th 178 Paramount interns and team captains took part in Paramount's 6th annual Intern Community Day – a day focused on interns participating in Paramount’s tradition of giving back to the community and immersing themselves in the company culture. The Paramount Social Impact team, in collaboration with Paramount Emerging Talent team, supported 10 in-office, virtual and in-field volunteer events which interns could participate in.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's role in the origins of life on Earth, the volcanic activity generated when it melts, and how it drives the global cycles of important elements such as carbon and hydrogen.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

Sofidel There are many entrepreneurs and managers whose sensibilities or insights have contributed significantly to guiding the evolution of corporate culture. The name of Italian entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti (1901 – 1960) is one. His well-known quote summarizes well the richness (and future content) of his way of thinking: “The factory cannot look only at the profit index.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Generative AI is already affecting the working world. But, with this technology’s continual, rapid evolution, what does the future of work look like? Two McKinsey experts give their opinions.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2024

Verizon What you need to know: Verizon goes back to school with new immersive learning content across its award-winning education initiative, Verizon Innovative Learning, which has now provided nearly 8 million students nationwide with digital skills training. This fall, Verizon Innovative Learning will welcome 34 new Title I middle and high schools and open 18 new Labs over the 2024/2025 school year.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants evolve and regulate climate. Researchers reveal the long-term effects of disturbed natural ecosystems on climate in geological history and its implications for today.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 9, 2024

When the $27 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund starts rolling out any day now, it will kick off an inclusive green energy. The post Jahi Wise, Environmental Protection Agency: Architecting a green bank for the US. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

Once shrouded in mystery, and primarily overseeing financial strategy, the role of a company’s Board of Directors has dramatically shifted, with members expected to be proactive leaders in a complex and ever-changing landscape. The past decade has witnessed a seismic shift in board responsibilities. Today, directors are grappling with a broader spectrum of challenges that span far beyond traditional risk management.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology. Uncovering the biological machinery the algae evolved to make its intricate toxin also revealed previously unknown strategies for assembling chemicals, which could unlock the development of new medicines and materials.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

In the second installment of a series exploring sustainable finance, co-host Andie Wood meets with Maria Lettini, CEO of the US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF), and Kevin Thomas, CEO of the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), to discuss how sustainable investors influence corporate sustainability strategy and ESG reporting.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2024

Researchers reported that upland landscapes were releasing some of the highest methane emissions yet documented among northern terrestrial ecosystems. The research was sparked when a potent greenhouse gas began ballooning under lawns in Fairbanks.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

In our latest Board series, Amanda Tucker, Vice President of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability at Target, and Cascale board member, shares her insights from decades in the field of impact. She provides an overview of her career trajectory in sustainability. She offers valuable insight into the key issues impacting the industry, how to collaborate to address them, and the future of Cascale.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

A research team has constructed an unprecedented chiral-structured interface in perovskite solar cells, which enhances the reliability and power conversion efficiency of this fast-advancing solar technology and accelerates its commercialization.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

Did you know that shopping at Community Farmers Markets can be a fun and impactful way to reduce emissions in Georgia? Food shopping at farmers markets supports local climate-smart farming, reduces the greenhouse gas emissions created by transporting our food from farms to our refrigerators, and makes it easier to eat more plant-based meals , too. How Farmers Markets Are Reducing GHG Emissions in Georgia The Drawdown Georgia team spoke recently with representatives from Community Farmers Markets

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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.

Chris Hall

AUGUST 9, 2024

Rebecca Schlagenhauf, Principal at Baird Capital, makes the case for investing in solutions for water quality and scarcity. The world is facing an escalating water crisis, with water scarcity impacting billions of people globally. According to UNICEF , nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, or four billion people, experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

ARVIN, Calif., August 9, 2024 /3BL/ - The City of Arvin, California and Veolia North America broke ground on a new solar energy installation that will meet all the power needs of the city’s wastewater treatment plant and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Since energy can account for as much as 30% of water treatment costs, this project provides an economic and environmental benefit.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

In September 2023, a megatsunami in remote eastern Greenland sent seismic waves around the world, piquing the interest of the global research community. The event created a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, according to a new report in The Seismic Record.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

As we gear up for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Comcast NBCUniversal is raising the American flag in communities nationwide through a heartfelt initiative known as Operation Old Glory. Members of Comcast’s Veterans Network (VetNet) employee resource group launched Operation Old Glory in 2017 to honor our nation’s greatest symbol, the American flag.

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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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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

The need for a dramatic selfie or the perfect landscape photo is proving detrimental to nature, a new research collaboration has found.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

I’m thrilled to introduce Whole Foods Market Foundation, which unifies the work of Whole Planet, Whole Kids and Whole Cities. While our organization is new, our commitment to advancing economic opportunities, nutrition, and healthy food access in local and global communities was established years ago. Our projects began in 2005 with the founding of Whole Planet and grew with the launch of Whole Kids in 2011 and Whole Cities in 2014.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 9, 2024

Renewable energy provider Pivot Energy announced a five-year agreement with Microsoft to develop up to 500 megawatts (MWac) of community-scale solar energy projects across the U.S. Through the agreement, Microsoft will match customer electricity usage with new renewable electricity generation, supporting its efforts to reduce Scope 3 emissions. Growing Scope 3 emissions have emerged as a major challenge to Microsoft’s climate goals.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

What great news for our North America Campus team! We are so pleased to share that our North America Intern program has been recognized as one of the top 100 internship programs, as announced today by Yello.co and WayUp. Proud to see the hard work and dedication of the team recognized. They are the ones who make our internship programs the success they are.

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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

McKinsey Sustainabilty

AUGUST 9, 2024

Why the construction industry must climb out of its productivity rut—and why it hasn’t yet.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

We are proud of our longstanding partnership with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. This build marks our 35th home with Habitat and for the first time we utilized various Georgia-Pacific Building Products throughout the construction process. Georgia-Pacific Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building p

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 9, 2024

August 9 marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Learn how the Cisco Networking Academy community elevates through education with these inspiring success stories.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

A research team reports a pioneering plasma-catalytic process for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. This breakthrough addresses the limitations of traditional thermal catalysis, which often requires high temperatures and pressures, resulting in low CO2 conversion and methanol yield.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2024

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that its has raised $525 million in a new green bond issuance through its U.S. business Avangrid’s subsidiary New York State Electricity and Gas, with proceeds aimed at boosting the company’s U.S. network business. According to Iberdrola, demand for the 10-year offering was strong at more than $2 billion, enabling the company to bring the cost of funding down to 5.332%, only 135 basis points over the benchmark interest rate.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

Microalgae such as the diatom Odontella aurita and the green alga Tetraselmis striata are especially suitable as 'biofactories' for the production of sustainable materials for 3D laser printing due to their high content in lipids and photoactive pigments. An international research team has succeeded for the first time in manufacturing inks for printing complex biocompatible 3D microstructures from the raw materials extracted from the microalgae.

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Energy Central

AUGUST 9, 2024

HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS Airports, Airlines and Airspace The method to generate and deliver hydrogen to the airport will depend on the airport’s size, location, geography and the scale of hydrogen demand. It is anticipated that most airports will initially be supplied with liquid hydrogen generated and liquefied off-site, transported by tanker to the airport.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

AUGUST 9, 2024

The key finding was that temperature and genome size, not body size, had the greatest influence on the maximum population growth rate of the diatoms. Yet body size still mattered in colder latitudes, conserving Bermann's Rule.

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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.