GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The market for sustainability bonds reached almost $940 billion in 2023, with more growth expected in 2024.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Eaton to add 300 skilled manufacturing jobs in Santiago Recent Eaton investments in North American manufacturing total almost $750 million SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic, February 16, 2024 /3BL/ - Intelligent power management company Eaton is opening a new assembly plant in Santiago de los Caballeros, the company’s fifth manufacturing site in the Dominican Republic, to meet growing customer demand for its fuses.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

AI holds great promise: Better answers. Saving time. Driving revenue. Until now, these promises have been largely conceptual, especially when applied to specific verticals such as sustainability and ESG.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Logitech’s Women Who Master series celebrates the achievements of women leaders in STEM. This installment tells the story of Aisha Bowe, former aerospace engineer and current CEO of two tech companies, who has unique insights into guiding the next generation of STEM women. If you could go back in time and tell young Aisha Bowe that she would run not one but two tech companies in the future, she probably wouldn’t believe you.

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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Repair clinics bring power to the people. Here’s why businesses should care.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In celebration of Black History Month, Bath & Body Works sponsored a special associate visit to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Associates traveled from Columbus, Ohio and New York and were met by local D.C. colleagues for a full day of learning and exploration at the 400,000-square-foot museum.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

S&P Global – a leading authority in financial information and analytics – has ranked CNH as one of the strongest performers in its 2024 Sustainability Yearbook. The Company placed in the top 5% among the over 9,400 companies rated in the annual S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. This latest result adds to the recent second place ranking CNH received from S&P Global’s Dow Jones Sustainability TM World and North America Indices ( DJSI World and DJSI North America ), scorin

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Alaistair Marsh

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

After the bank’s asset-management arm said it was leaving Climate Action 100+, investors are questioning if this means money managers are growing fearful of anti-ESG backlash.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

MONTREAL, February 16, 2024 /3BL/ - Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) (“Gildan” or the “Company”) is pleased to share that it has been included in CDP’s Leadership band for its 2023 climate change disclosures for the fourth time. In addition, Gildan was also included in the Sustainability Yearbook 2024 by S&P Global for the 12 th consecutive year, based on S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) in 2023.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As insurance executives plan for the new year, what’s top of mind? What areas are ripe for innovation? McKinsey Senior Partners Jörg Mußhoff and Fritz Nauck discuss these and other topics.

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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

Manufacturing

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Albertsons’ Mid-Atlantic Division recently hosted in-store celebrations in ACME and Safeway stores to honor Lunar New Year. These events included demonstrations and samples of authentic dishes and treats like coconut rice, tofu, noodles and tea. There were lion dance performances from Fong’s Hung Ga Lion Dance Team and Wong People Association, live Erhu music from Chinese multi-instrumentalist Qin Qian, a traditional tea ceremony, face painting for the kids and more!

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A research team that had previously succeeded in synthesizing fumaric acid using bicarbonate and pyruvic acid, and carbon dioxide collected directly from the gas phase as one of the raw materials, has now created a new photosensitizer and developed a new artificial photosynthesis technology, effectively doubling the yield of fumaric acid production compared to the previous method.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Originally published by Taco Bell At Taco Bell, our Brand Values (Be Fan-Led, Be People-First, Be Fearless, Be Different) are found and reflected in everything we do. This season, we’re highlighting core value #1, Be Fan-Led. Being fan-led means we take cues from our fans, customers and team members to deliver innovative crave worthy experiences that have a positive impact on our people, industry and planet.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Generative AI technologies can automate time-consuming tasks for finance professionals, but can they be trusted to give the right answers?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Today KeyBank held a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its new, full-service, state-of-the-art branch in Erie, PA. The new Downtown Erie branch is located at 1401 State Street and several leaders from KeyBank and Erie attended the celebration. “On behalf of everyone at Key, I want to share how excited we are about the opportunity this new branch provides for us to become a pillar of downtown Erie, deepening relationships within the region,” said Victor Laurenza, KeyBank Western PA Market Pres

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! In the Brief: ? Flipping the script. “Don’t get too flipped out,” one Federal Reserve banker urged investors when. The post The Week in Impact Investing: New Narratives appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Originally published on NRG Energy Insights By NRG Editorial Voices As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re reminded of the strength, resilience, and exceptional achievements of the Black community. This month provides an opportunity to listen and learn from the narratives that have shaped history and continue to influence our present. To highlight Black excellence in our community, we interviewed two of our partners to share their successes and acknowledge the difference their hard work is m

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

US consumers are purchasing fewer items across categories, reflecting subtle shifts in shopping behavior with meaningful consequences for consumer-packaged-goods players.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Mandi McReynolds looks back on her conversation on the value of collaboration in ESG with Noel Kinder, chief sustainability officer at Nike, and Brian Matt, head of ESG advisory at the New York Stock Exchange. Listen in as the trio discusses ESG's role as a catalyst for product innovation, and explores the value of collaboration and how we can learn from each other to address the biggest challenges of our time.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Too often, business initiatives get mired in bureaucracy, overconfidence, and lack of ownership. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Andrew McAfee explores reasons for the dysfunction—and how to fix it.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Originally published on LinkedIn During the second annual Summit on Disability, Paramount proudly shared the launch of its newest employee resource group: Adapt. Adapt is committed to: Advocating for disability inclusion & ensuring it’s at the forefront of DEI efforts Creating a community for people with disabilities to guarantee they are successful in their roles Ensuring programs & tools are accessible to all employees Inclusive hiring & retention practices Training & education

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hydrogen technology startup Celadyne announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in seed capital, with proceeds supporting the company’s solutions aimed at enabling industrial and transport decarbonization. Founded in 2018 by Gary Ong, Chicago-based Celadyne provides hydrogen solutions to the energy industry, working with fuel cell and utility companies to provide materials and technologies to convert hydrogen into usable energy for use through compact fuel cells, for use by heavy-duty indus

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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

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By Brooke Opel, Grant Manager, and Miranda Wojciechowski, Grant Writer, Development and Community Advisory & Tribal Services at Baker Tilly Originally published by Industry Today The historic $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supports myriad funding opportunities for public and private sector organizations – everything from improving highways, bridges and transit systems, to building broadband networks, cleaning up drinking water, updating energy grids, i

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Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Since the European Union (EU) signed the second version of the Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive in December 2022, there has been a real frenzy all around Europe about it.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Trees provide more benefits than meet the eye. Not only do they provide a place for rest, shade, and a place to call home for countless organisms, but they provide a variety of environmental and mental health benefits. However, communities may not even realize that they are lacking serious benefits from these multi-branch giants simply by not having them around.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Global asset manager AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced today that it has updated its corporate governance & voting policy with more stringent ESG expectations for companies, including a pledge to target high emissions companies lobbying against the goals of the Paris Agreement. According to AXA IM, the new policy comes amidst an intensifying political backlash against climate-related regulation, contrasting with the urgent need for effective policy intervention to enable a just and

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We’re *just* a little excited to be in the top 25 of the 2024 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies. Being ranked by JUST Capital for seven years running—and being #1 among telecom companies—reinforces that the Network Life is built on strong values that matter. Thanks for making us proud, V Team. Learn more: [link] We’re committed to making the world better than yesterday.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Nuclear power is considered one of the ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but how to deal with nuclear waste products is a concern. Radioactive waste products can be turned into more stable elements, but this process is not yet viable at scale. New research reveals a method to more accurately measure, predict and model a key part of the process to make nuclear waste more stable.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Taco Bell blog February in the U.S. is dedicated to acknowledging and honoring the history of Black Americans and celebrating their contributions to the economy, culture, arts and society. At Yum!, we are committed to making room for all people and voices at our tables, because we are most relevant when our people – at all levels – represent the customers and communities we serve.

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Caux Round Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I have, for several years, been at pains to point out what, to me, is pretty obvious: 1) capitalism excels all economic and public governance systems in bringing technology to humanity, while technology brings along both public goods and at times, public bads and 2) if there is too much CO2 in our atmosphere causing global warming, let’s take CO2 out of the air.

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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.