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Accelerating Impact Businesses at the 2025 World Economic Forum

3BL Media

The 2025 World Economic Forums Annual Meeting, held under the theme Collaboration for the Intelligent Age, brought together approximately 3,000 attendees from over 130 countries. Among the participants were more than 50 heads of state and government, alongside hundreds of top governmental leaders, private sector voices, and civil society experts. As the world faces pressing challenges ranging from geopolitical tensions and climate change to a global skilling crisis the meeting in Davos provide

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Tyba Raises $14 Million for Solution to Maximize Value of Energy Storage Projects

ESG Today

Energy storage software startup Tyba announced that it raised $13.9 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at advancing its solution aimed at helping energy providers maximize the profitability of their energy storage assets. Energy storage forms one of the key building blocks for the rapidly expanding clean energy transition, given the intermittent generating nature of many sources of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, and the need to satisfy round-the-clock energy dema

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Yolanda’s Commitment to Empowering Others at Cummins

3BL Media

Cummins "Mentoring is about sharing your time and experience to help others grow and succeed," says Yolanda D. Yolandas career at Cummins Inc. is rooted in a journey of growth and empowerment, both for herself and others. She began her career at Cummins in 2022 as part of the Meritor acquisition then transitioned to Accelera by Cummins in 2023. As a program manager, Yolanda has overseen the design, development and production of ePowertrain products.

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Climate Empowerment Requires Inclusive Finance

Chris Hall

Inclusive finance can deliver climate funding to those who need it most, according to CGAP Senior Financial Sector Specialist Peter Zetterli. People around the globe are feeling the effects of climate change, but not all to the same degree. The worlds poorest are often hit hardest, from unrelenting drought in East Africa to deadly heatwaves in South Asia and severe flooding in South America.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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Setting a New Benchmark

3BL Media

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic atmosphere always provides something different compared with other sporting events. Athletes often say that the Olympic experience is one that will be unique from any other they go through across their career, and spectators know how special the Olympic Games are. Our role at the IOC Coordination Commission for the XXV Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is to support the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) as much as we can to

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How to Reach Net Zero – and Go Beyond

Chris Hall

Nature-based carbon removal projects can generate substantial environmental and social co-benefits, explains Marta Krupinska, CEO of CUR8. Carbon removal tends to be misunderstood. Some confuse it with carbon avoidance (which prevents emissions from entering the atmosphere) or carbon capture and storage (which captures emissions at the point of production).

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Rev Up to Recert: Harness the Skills to Power AI Infrastructure

Cisco CSR

Introducing Rev Up to Recert: AI, featuring 34 hours of free learning, earning active Cisco certification holders up to 34 Continuing Education creditsfor free.

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Fortune Recognizes Duke Energy as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies

3BL Media

CHARLOTTE, N.C., February 7, 2025 /3BL/ - Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has been recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the Worlds Most Admired Companies for 2025. This is the eighth consecutive year the company has made the list, ranking as one of the top four gas and electric utilities for the fourth year in a row. Delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers and communities is at the core of everything we do, said Lynn Good, Duke Energys chair and CEO.

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A New Discipline for the Energy Transition

Chris Hall

A new approach to underwriting scale-up risk can help institutional investors to tap middle market opportunities, says Eduardo Monteiro, Co-CIO at Victory Hill Capital Partners. Barring the climate change sceptics, the notion that the energy transition needs more capital is arguably axiomatic. Changing weather patterns, natural disasters and rising temperatures are reported annually and clear for all to see.

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A Powerlifter Overcomes the Weight of Diabetes Stigma

3BL Media

Abbott As a competitive powerlifter, Nathan Zenero has a unique talent for lifting heavy things. Hes also taken on more than a few challenges in his life, including sports injuries and thyroid cancer. But when he received a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, the 45-year-old says the weight of diabetes stigma felt even heavier than his previous setbacks. Theres a belief that youre powerless and have no ability to control it, Zenero says.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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A new operating model for people management: More personal, more tech, more human

McKinsey Sustainabilty

To get the most from employees, organizations need a more strategic, collaborative, fluid, and data-driven people operating system. Heres how they can build one.

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Navigating the Waters: One Community’s Fight To Tackle Hunger in South Sudan

3BL Media

Torrential downpours and floods have put millions of people at risk in South Sudan. The country once had seasonal rainy and dry periods, but the past several years filled with unprecedented natural disasters has permanently altered the landscape. The unpredictable rain and extreme weather have left 226,000 people displaced and eight million people hungry.

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Energy/exergy, economic, and environment (3E) analysis of the hydrogen energy production process

Environmental News Bits

Aji Nugroho, R. A., Hsu, H.-W., Wang, W.-C., Utomo, V. L., Saputro, H., Sittijunda, S., Kuo, J.-K., & Surjasatyo, A. (2025). Energy/exergy, economic, and environment (3E) analysis of the hydrogen energy production process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 103, 467479.

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The Evolution of Shareholder Advocacy

3BL Media

In this episode of ESG Talk, Amy Brachio, global vice chair of sustainability at EY, and Michael Goldhaber, a senior research scholar at New York Universitys Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, join the show with Alyssa Zucker. Listen in as they explore how shareholder advocacy is evolving on environmental and social issues and what it means for companies.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry Related to Water Challenges: Solutions and Prospects in a Changing Climate

Environmental News Bits

Mahjoub, B., Fersi, C., Bouteffeha, M., & Kummerer, K. (2025). Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry Related to Water Challenges: Solutions and Prospects in a Changing Climate. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 101000.

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An Arctic 'beyond recognition' by 2100

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Based on the current pledges of countries for limiting their emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to reach 2.7 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels by the end of this century. A new review paper highlights how this would dramatically reshape the Arctic, the fastest-warming region of Earth.

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Green synthesis of natural limonite-modified biochar catalyst for peroxymonosulfate activation in efficient degradation carbamazepine in water

Environmental News Bits

Jiang, T., Wang, B., & Hassan, M. (2025). Green synthesis of natural limonite-modified biochar catalyst for peroxymonosulfate activation in efficient degradation carbamazepine in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 115522.

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Solar and electric-powered homes feel the effects of power outages differently

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

An expert in energy technologies uses AI tools to investigate the impact of extreme weather on solar-powered and electrified homes and uncover their unique vulnerabilities and develop insights on how they handle harsh conditions.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

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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Tour DaVita's Net-Zero Dialysis Center

3BL Media

Last year, DaVita opened the doors to the first net-zero dialysis center in the U.S. Check out this video to learn more about the center, located outside of Atlanta, GA, to discover the features the team designed to help the center produce as much energy as it consumes. Do you want to learn more about the center? Check out, "DaVita Completes Construction on First Planned Net-Zero Dialysis Center, Expected to Offset Energy Consumption with Renewable Energy Production.

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Tracking algae species interactions to help predict harmful algae blooms

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Because of climate change, harmful algal blooms are increasing in frequency and intensity. New science helps demystify the frequent harmful algal blooms in the Pacific off the coast of Chile by studying how algae species interact with each other and their environment.

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Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

Environmental News Bits

Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labb, Universit Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research, undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions … Continue reading Fake papers are contaminating the worlds scientific literature, fueling a

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DNA barcodes and citizen science images map spread of biocontrol agent for control of major invasive shrub

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the major invasive shrub Lantana camara.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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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Clean energy stakeholders descend on Capitol to lobby for IRA tax credits

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Utility Dive. As Congress weighs clawing back Inflation Reduction Act funds to pay for other items in its upcoming 2025 budget, the Solar Energy Industries Association and other groups led a Wednesday lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill, bringing industry representatives there for over 100 meetings, the group said.

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Why the EU’s competitiveness push could be good news for the green agenda

Financial Times: Moral Money

Lofty green pledges and targets will count for little without the dynamic economic activity to make them real

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Heat pumps keep widening their lead on gas furnaces

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Canary Media. Heat pumps just keep getting hotter. The ber-efficient, emissions-free appliance looks almost certain to have outsold gas furnaces in 2024 and by a bigger margin than ever.

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Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands. The results also suggest that time alone will not heal things because the areas are too small and dry, and nitrogen inputs from agriculture continue. According to the researchers, we need to learn from the past.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

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.

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Decoding success: How leaders get value from advanced planning systems

McKinsey Sustainabilty

The leaders in adopting advanced planning systems understand that the process of designing and planning the transformation is usually more important than the technology itself.

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Scientist discovers 16 new grasshopper species, champions desert biodiversity

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A scientist has discovered a hopping treasure trove -- 16 new species of grasshoppers living in the thorny scrubs of U.S. and Mexican deserts.

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World's First High Pressure Direct Injection Ammonia Engine

Energy Central

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has developed the world's first engine capable of directly injecting ammonia into the combustion chamber at high pressure, in collaboration with the Electrification Engineering Center of Hyundai Motor Ammonia and Hydrogen

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With AI, 'people will not spend time on reporting anymore'

Environmental Finance

An 'AI Sustainability Agent' has been launched with the aim of transforming the task of gathering data for sustainability reporting from one that takes tens of hours into minutes.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

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.