3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As Halloween approaches, families across Los Angeles are looking for safe and secure trick or treating events for their kids. For more than 17 years, AEG’s Dignity Health Sports Park and the LA Galaxy Foundation have been welcoming local kids to their Annual Treats-N-Suites Halloween Bash at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA. On October 18, the event welcomed more than 1,000 local children and families to the Spooktacular celebration which turned the stadium into a Halloween festival.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A new study has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). Connectivity particularly impacted herbivorous reef fish groups, which are most critical to coral reef resilience, providing evidence that decision-makers should incorporate connectivity into how they prioritize conservation areas.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do here at GoDaddy. Hi, I'm Marc and I work as a Senior Marketing Manager at GoDaddy. I'm originally from Cologne, Germany. Although I love travelling and experiencing life in different countries, Cologne will always be my home. My journey with GoDaddy started eight years ago.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 18, 2024

More than half a billion people. A decade and a half into the off-grid solar revolution, the impact is increasingly visible. Nearly one. The post Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Originally published on Aflac Newsroom In September — honoring Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Awareness Month — My Special Aflac Duck ® found its way to New York City, delivering smiles to pediatric cancer and sickle cell patients at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx. In partnership with Sunrise Day Camp, Aflac also gave these children and their families a day of fun activities, including arts and crafts — where they created beaded bracelets and birth certificates for

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Scientists found that from 1995-2021, occupancy of boulder habitats by lobsters dropped 60%. Meanwhile, the number of lobsters residing in sediment or featureless ledge habitats increased 633% and 280%, respectively. Lobster population density across all types of habitats declined too, but the mean size of an adult lobster was greater in 2021 than in 1996.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 18, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Help us help you amplify your impact. Join other Agents of Impact and ImpactAlpha’s team of editors and journalists. The post The Week in impact investing: Misplaced risk appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In this week’s episode of ESG Talk, Anke Ehlers, managing director of international sustainability at ALDI SOUTH Group, joins Workiva’s Andie Wood to discuss the complexities of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Tune in as they discuss what this new regulation means for European companies and the steps ALDI SOUTH, one of the world’s largest supermarket chains, is taking to prepare for its implementation.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Telcos that use responsible AI frameworks can unlock new revenue streams and spur long-awaited growth.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Chemours Belgium has launched a three-year partnership with Technopolis , the Flemish science and technology discovery center. The collaboration is officially sealed in the presence of local authorities and Chemours’ President & CEO Denise Dignam, who is visiting Belgium specifically for this occasion. "Our collaboration with Technopolis provides a unique opportunity to inspire and engage more young people with STEM at a time when demand for these skills is high, but the number of students i

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2024

New research shows how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen to the soil.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Unveiled on the eve of Nature COP 16, the tool provides investors with actionable insights to understand and manage their dependency on nature and the impact of their investments The tool combines Bloomberg’s best in class data with leading sources of nature and biodiversity data Bloomberg announced today the launch of data and analytics designed to offer investors a comprehensive assessment of nature-related impacts and dependencies across a company and its

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Joan Michelson

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Climate change has reshaped global security from the types of threats, to what, how, who, when, why and where military forces operate, according to Sherri Goodman, author of "Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & Global Security,” with 30-years+ in defense.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The forums are an opportunity to close the Global North/South divide, but climate finance discussions are expected to be mostly “technical”. In the words of Rob Moore, Associate Director at think tank E3G, the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meetings represent the ultimate occasion to “break the impasse on the big gulf” that separates developing countries from providers of climate finance.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Global payments are becoming simpler for users, but complexity keeps growing behind the scenes. This year’s report explores this paradox and the options for providers.

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Caux Round Table

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Perhaps the stickiest objection to capitalism is that it produces – maybe for some, even thrives – on inequality. The rich get richer and the poor stay poor. A recent comment in The Economist complained that “The poor among us have stopped catching up.” The system has failed them: extreme poverty has barely fallen since 2015. The magazine, however, does not blame capitalism for this failure of economic growth.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Amazon announced a series of new deals, and a $500 million investment, kicking off an expanded move to nuclear energy as a component of its strategy to address the increasing climate impact of its rapidly growing data center footprint. The announcement marks the latest in a series of nuclear deals signed by the world’s largest tech companies, including Google’s small modular reactor agreement with Kairos Power earlier this week, and Microsoft’s PPPA with Constellation Energy in September to enab

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. This week, it was a close call as to who was least prepared for COP16. Nature trail – An absence of urgency has continued to characterise preparations for COP16, which starts in the Colombian city of Cali next Monday. This week, The Guardian revealed that only 25 countries have submitted their national biodiversity strategy and action plans (NBSAPs) for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework, meaning more th

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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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ESG Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Nuclear technology company X-Energy announced that it has raised $500 million in a Series C-1 financing round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the commercialization of the company’s small modular nuclear (SMR) reactor technology. The financing round was led by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund , and was announced alongside plans to use X-Energy’s reactor design to support a 320 MW project with regional utility Energy Northwest in central Washington, as well as a collaboration between the companies

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Neuberger Berman’s Sarah Peasey discusses climate-focused investor engagement with labelled and unlabelled debt. The labelled bond market – including green and social bonds – has grown rapidly in recent years, reaching US$5.1 trillion in the first half of 2024, or 4.2% of global debt issuance, according to a recent Climate Bonds Initiative report. Meanwhile, issuances rebounded by 7% to US$554 billion.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals.

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Good.is: Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Morgan almost collapsed against the shelf after the unexpected win and took hours to collect his thoughts.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Investor group alleges that US oil and gas groups are breaking the rules on corporate financial disclosure

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Good.is: Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

People have been playing the clip repeatedly for years just as Voyager 2 is still relaying information.

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John Englart

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Australia committed two years ago in 2022 at the landmark Convention on Biodiversity COP15 meeting in Montreal to hold an inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit. This occurred in Sydney 8-10 October.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Wilson Chang, CEO of Sunrock Distributed Generation, highlights the role of solar and storage in the US’s journey to net zero and the opportunity this offers to investors. Electricity demand is increasing dramatically due to widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, crypto, electric vehicles, and the shift towards a digital world. In the US, it is estimated that electricity consumption will increase by approximately 50% by 2036 and more than double by 2050 (compared to a 2020 baseline).

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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.

John Englart

OCTOBER 18, 2024

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 meets from October 20 - 27 in Cali, Columbia. This is a Live article actively updated during October.Participants will review the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including through alignment with national biodiversity strategies and action plans as well as resource mobilization.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Kevin Leung, Sustainable Finance Analyst for European Debt Markets at IEEFA, explains the implications of Thames Water’s debt crisis for other UK issuers. Thames Water’s financial trouble has been brewing for over a year. The British water utility has been hinging on the prospects of equity injections, following the default of parent company Kemble in April.

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Good.is: Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Researchers were simply doing a routine pollution check when they stumbled upon the city.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“High road development is essentially about prospering better together in places forever,” explains Joel Rogers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the latest. The post Joel Rogers on taking the high road to sustainable and equitable development appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.