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November 15, 2024 /3BL/ - Ceres applauds the final passage of two important bills that will bolster Massachusetts’ role as a climate and clean energy leader while supporting the state economy. The Massachusetts omnibus climate bill includes essential reforms to state permitting and siting procedures to responsibly accelerate the buildout of clean energy infrastructure while boosting investment into clean power, transportation, and buildings.
Biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) startup Vaulted Deep announced that it has raised $32 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at expanding its capacity to deliver durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through the geologic sequestration of carbon-filled organic waste. Spun out of injection well-focused waste management company Advantek in 2023, Vaulted Deep sequesters sludgy organic wastes, including biosolids, manure, agricultural, food waste, and paper sludge, and inj
Australian investment will help deliver off-grid and community-scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific, as well as grid studies. The post Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
IKEA parent INGKA Group announced that it is committing €1.5 billion (USD$1.6 billion) towards the acceleration of the phasing out of the use of fossil fuels for heating and cooling its stores, with investments in energy efficiency improvements and renewable heating and cooling technology. According to INGKA Group, the new investments will contribute towards the company’s target to reduce its climate footprint from operations by 85% by 2030, and forms part of its commitment to decarbonize its op
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
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A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99 % of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese metals contained in NCM batteries. The resulting recycled material can be directly converted into NCM electrodes, reports a research team.
Seb Beloe, Head of Research at WHEB Asset Management, argues that long-term value depends on more effective stewardship. ‘More activity’ appears to have become the dominant narrative in investor stewardship and engagement in recent years as the practice has entered the mainstream. In our view, this misses the point. Instead, there should be a laser focus on ‘more effective’ stewardship and engagement that fulfils its purpose in delivering long-term value for clients.
Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent estimate in 2004 put Antarctic blue whales at less than 1% of their pre-whaling levels. A new study shows that, though these whales feed in different ocean basins, they appear to be a single population, information that will help conservation efforts moving forward.
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Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent estimate in 2004 put Antarctic blue whales at less than 1% of their pre-whaling levels. A new study shows that, though these whales feed in different ocean basins, they appear to be a single population, information that will help conservation efforts moving forward.
The recent approval by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) of three REDD+ methodologies for issuing high-integrity carbon credits is a watershed advancement in developing a next generation VCM that delivers results for climate, nature and people. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation is necessary to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensure a safe and livable climate, with recent research by UNEP suggesting action on forests could delive
AI-powered solutions can unlock insights from previously inaccessible data and enable consumer engagement and personalization at an unprecedented scale, in turn lifting healthcare business outcomes.
In this latest blog Cascale’s Editorial Director, Kaley Roshitsh provides insight how Cascale and the Social & Labor Convergence Program's (SLCP) collaboration is advancing decent work. Roshitsh shares how SLCP and Cascale are taking action with tools like the Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM) and the Convergence Assessment Framework (CAF), helping global supply chain actors prioritize social compliance and labor standards so that they are continuously adapting to new frameworks
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Researchers found that spending two hours a week of class time in a natural environment can reduce emotional distress among 10- to 12-year-olds who had the most significant mental health problems before the program began.
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Rainforest protection is not only good for biodiversity and the climate -- it also noticeably improves the health of humans who live in the corresponding regions. Researchers show that measures to combat slash-and-burn techniques significantly reduce the concentration of particulate matter in the air. The number of hospital stays and deaths due to respiratory diseases thus also decreases.
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.
Researchers are calling for a 'resilience index' to be used as an indicator of policy success instead of the current focus on GDP. They say that GDP ignores the wider implications of development and provides no information on our ability to live within our planet's 'safe operating space'.
Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers have studied at 103 locations in Munich how various factors affect flora and fauna. They advocate a close examination of local conditions and a more nature-focused approach to the design of public spaces.
The latest update of McKinsey’s Organizational Health Index offers some twists and surprises for leaders. See if you can identify the crucial markers of a healthy organization.
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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Impact jobs that came across our desk this week: In Washington, DC: Arnold Ventures is recruiting an affordable housing-focused impact investing director; Carlyle. The post The Week’s Jobs: November 15, 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Extraordinary leadership by companies on issues the American people prioritize is something we love to see. Yes, we know there is a strong business case for this, as our investment indices evidence. But sometimes theyre just great to highlight out of pure gratification. Dominos Pizzas decision to lower prices back down to pre-pandemic levels their MOREflation deals in order to support customers struggling with the cost of living is a prime example.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The search is on for global climate leadership. The post Searching for global climate leadership appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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ImpactAlpha’s deal news coverage for the week: Agrifood investing. AgDevCo provided $9.5 million in mezzanine debt to Agventure, a Kenyan agri-business, to expand. The post The Week’s Dealflow: November 15, 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Investors should allocate capital based on direction of travel, rather than static ESG scores - otherwise some emerging countries will be left behind on the journey to net-zero, writes Gustavo Medeiros
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.
The Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) role has become an accepted part of the C-suite in recent years as regular sustainability reporting is now a best practice for the largest U.S. publicly-traded companies. According to executive search firm Spencer Stuart, in 2023 more than half of the Fortune 500 had a CSO and/or chief inclusion and diversity officer (57% and 59%, respectively).
Read the full story at ESG Dive. Environmentally conscious hotel Populus has opened in downtown Denver two years after real estate developer Urban Villages broke ground on the property, Aparium Hotel Group announced Oct. 15. Populus, which plants a tree for every stay, claims to be the first “carbon positive” hotel in the U.S.
There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.
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.
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