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Gen Brands Recognized Across Independent Cybersecurity Tests

3BL Media

At Gen, were proud to power Digital Freedom for nearly 500 million users across the globe. And, were honored when our work is validated by independent industry leaders. In the latest round of cybersecurity evaluations, four of our trusted consumer brands Norton , Avast , AVG and Avira earned a total of 16 awards from the worlds top third-party testing institutions: AV-Comparatives , AV-Test and AVLab.

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Dutton worse on renewables and climate than Abbott or Morrison, Bowen warns as he disses gas modelling

Renew Economy

"I've seen longer menus in a restaurant than this:" Bowen gets stuck into Coalition gas costings as warns of dangers of a Dutton government. The post Dutton worse on renewables and climate than Abbott or Morrison, Bowen warns as he disses gas modelling appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Mastercard: Financial Freedom 101: This Bootcamp Taught Students To Take Control of Their Finances

3BL Media

Mastercard Tanya Van Court was about to learn a lesson that would change her life. In 2001, after earning her masters in industrial engineering from Stanford University, Van Court was vice president at a broadband internet provider in Silicon Valley. In her time at the company, she had watched as the value of her stock options soared to $1 million. Then the tech bubble burst.

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Coalkeeper 3.0: Queensland’s fossil fuel roadmap puts renewables at risk

Renew Economy

The Sunshine State's extraordinary story of accelerating renewables transition, and its benefits for the economy, cost of living, jobs and climate is now at risk. The post Coalkeeper 3.0: Queenslands fossil fuel roadmap puts renewables at risk appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Smart Tech + Human Expertise = How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Cisco Striving for Sustainability: Meet Sripriya

3BL Media

This blog is part of our focus on Cisco employees who are Striving for Sustainability by finding opportunities to integrate sustainability in their day-to-day work. At Cisco, we have been focusing on evolving from a linear economy that extracts resources and eventually wastes them, to a circular one that finds new uses for products and their inputs.

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New transmission line linking most renewable state with biggest coal state about to start operations

Renew Economy

The first stage of the 900km transmission link from South Australia to NSW has completed testing and is set to begin operations in coming days. The post New transmission line linking most renewable state with biggest coal state about to start operations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Local council begs state to create NSW-like renewables plan

Renew Economy

One local shire council is proposing a 5-step process to send some of the benefits of renewables back into communities, in the absence of state initiatives. The post Local council begs state to create NSW-like renewables plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Role of Ports in Strengthening Regional Economies

3BL Media

Have you considered how the future of economies depends not on boardrooms, but on the critical role of ports? Ports have transitioned from mere gateways for goods into vital economic engines, driving global and regional growth through trade facilitation, job creation, and industry integration. Few companies exemplify this transformation better than DP Worlda leader in reimagining port operations and global logistics connectivity.

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New funding deal promises to slash power bills for social housing, fully electrify 5,000 homes

Renew Economy

A joint federal-state funding deal will use solar, efficiency upgrades and electrification to slash energy costs for social housing homes. The post New funding deal promises to slash power bills for social housing, fully electrify 5,000 homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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AI Meets Curiosity Labs™: How AI Experts Helped Shape Our New “AI in Drug Discovery” Curiosity Labs™ Lesson

3BL Media

The demand for skilled professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) continues to rise. Projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that STEM occupations will grow by 10.4% between 2023 and 2033, outpacing the 4.0% growth rate for all occupations. Thus, early exposure to STEM education plays a crucial role in shaping students interests and aspirations in these areas.

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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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Macquarie to shrink offshore wind operations after failing to find a buyer

Renew Economy

Macquarie to downsize Corio after failing to find a buyer for the offshore wind developer, which is behind one of the key projects in Victoria. The post Macquarie to shrink offshore wind operations after failing to find a buyer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Griffith Foods Celebrates International Women’s Day 2025

3BL Media

At Griffith Foods, we proudly celebrated International Womens Day on March 8th, honoring the invaluable contributions of women while cultivating an inclusive and authentic environment. Our HR leadership team can be seen here showcasing this years theme, Accelerate Action, which highlights the urgency of dismantling systemic barriers and biasesboth personal and professional.

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EPA Issues First Permit to Store DAC-Captured CO2 to Oxy

ESG Today

Energy giant Occidental (Oxy) and its Direct Air Capture (DAC)-focused subsidiary 1PointFive announced that they have been awarded permits by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sequester CO2 captured from its Texas-based DAC megaproject STRATOS in deep underground wells. According to Oxy, the permits are the first to be issued to sequester CO2 from a DAC project. 1PointFive is currently developing a series of carbon removal and sequestration projects in the U.S., including STRATOS

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Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates 30 Years of the Whirlpool Women's Network

3BL Media

To mark the milestone, the Whirlpool Women's Network (WWN), hosted a fireside chat with Kristin Day, Vice President of Operations and Manufacturing for NAR Manufacturing, and Roxanne Warner, Sr. Vice President and Corporate Controller. See the original content here. About Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home.

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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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SwitchedOn podcast: Farming the sun, grazing the land

Renew Economy

Solar farms arent just about generating electricity and cutting emissions they can also be a game-changer for farmers rural economies. The post SwitchedOn podcast: Farming the sun, grazing the land appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Want To Build, Attend a Sustainable Event? Consider Cascale’s Event Experience

3BL Media

In this latest blog, Lee Green, Cascales Vice President, Communications & Marketing, explores how Cascale's event experiences have evolved to focus on purpose-driven content, values-aligned partnerships, and low-impact, inclusive design. He highlights how these changes are creating opportunities for more meaningful conversations and connections, reshaping event experiences to encourage participation in transformative discussions, foster impactful relationships, and contribute to the broader

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Hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green calls in administrators over debt dispute

Renew Economy

The company called in administrators after a shareholder launched legal action to recover $3.85 million. The post Hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green calls in administrators over debt dispute appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Duke Energy Invests $600,000 in North Carolina’s Community Colleges To Build Next Generation Workforce

3BL Media

A total of 19 community colleges will receive $500,000 in grant awards Additional $100,000 will support the Forward Fund to expand access to training opportunities for students Duke Energys ongoing commitment to workforce development totals more than $6.6 million over the last five years CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2025 /3BL/ - Duke Energy Foundation today announced $500,000 to support 19 North Carolina community college programs that are creating a pipeline of skilled workers who will help meet t

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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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Role of social workers in addressing marginalized communities bearing brunt of climate disasters

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

A researcher spent a year living in a jjokbang-chon, an extremely impoverished neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. While there, he calculated residents' carbon footprints, finding they contribute much less to climate change than their fellow citizens, and detailed how they suffer the effects of extreme heat and other climate issues. He advocates for social work to take a role in addressing such climate injustice in a way that does not remove already limited resources from such populations.

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The Power of Women and Collective Action in Investing for Change

3BL Media

by Janine Firpo, Invest for Better Women are becoming a Financial Force - Women are poised to become a financial force like never before. By 2030, women are expected to control $34 trillion, or 38%, of the wealth in the United States a dramatic increase from $7.3 trillion just a decade ago. Yet the financial industry has been slow to recognize and adapt to this shift.

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Sustainable Fashion Startup Fairly Made Raises $16 Million to Help Brands Track Supply Chain Impact

ESG Today

Sustainable fashion tech start-up Fairly Made announced that it has raised 15 million (USD$16.4 million) in a Series B funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at advancing its supply chain tracing solutions to enable fashion brands to accurately measure the environmental and social impact of their products. Founded in 2018 by Laure Betsch and Camille Le Gal, Paris-based Fairly Made has developed a SaaS platform that enables brands to trace their supply chains, including the origin

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Trellis Impact 25 Brings Together VERGE, Bloom and GreenFin To Change the Course of Sustainability Events

3BL Media

OAKLAND, Calif., April 8, 2025 /3BL/ - Sustainability is facing an unprecedented confluence of political, economic, social, technological and environmental forces that are disrupting the profession and urgently require a new approach to events and collaborative problem solving. Trellis Group (formerly GreenBiz Group) is launching Trellis Impact 25 , providing attendees access to three leading conferences in one location to accelerate innovative solutions to our planets biggest challenges.

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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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Edmond de Rothschild Appoints Eric de Tessières as Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

Private banking and asset management company Edmond de Rothschild announced the appointment of Eric de Tessires as Group Chief Sustainability Officer, overseeing the firms sustainability initiatives, across asset management and private banking. de Tessires joins Edmond de Rothschild after nearly 20 years at BNP Paribas, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of the Sustainability Center and Head of Solidarity Investments at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

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New Holland and Leo Ponzio: A Winning Team in the Argentine Countryside

3BL Media

After some time away from the field, the former River Plate football player, Leonardo Ponzio, continues to bet on Argentine agriculture with New Holland , a CNH brand. He used the CR 7.90 IntelliSense combine harvester to produce corn hybrids, with outstanding yield potential in short cycles. On this occasion he achieved a great yield, exceeding 12,000 kg/ha in Las Rosas, Santa Fe.

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Circularity needed at scale for Aust building industry

Sustainability Matters

Australias Circular Economy Framework , launched in late 2024, outlines an ambition to double ourcircularity by 2035. Currently, Australia repurposes just 4.5% of its materials below the global average of 7.2% and less than half the European Unions 11.5%. How can we get more dollars out of the materials that we take out of the ground?Professor John Thwaites AM, inaugural Chair of the Circular Economy Taskforce, challenged the packed room at TRANSFORM 2025.

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Bamboo takeout containers offer a sustainable alternative free of ‘forever chemicals’

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the University of British Columbia. A UBC student has developed bamboo-based takeout containers that are as durable as conventional options, dont rely on harmful forever chemicals and break down quickly in natural conditions.

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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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Aemetis - Aemetis Biogas Monthly RNG Production Increased by 55% in March

Global Renewable News

Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on low and negative carbon intensity renewable fuels, announced today (April 8) that its production of renewa.

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Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story in The Guardian. Chevronhas been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisianas coastal wetlands over the years.

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Eversource Energy - Eversource Reminds Customers Help is Available with Energy Bills

Global Renewable News

With the warm summer months on the horizon, Eversource is reminding customers of the various options available to help them manage their energy bills with financial assistance, flexible payment plan.

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Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Grist. A major storm took hold across swaths of the central and southern United States on Wednesday unleashing extreme flooding and huge tornadoes from Arkansas up to Michigan. And conditions are expected to worsen on Friday as soils become saturated and water piles up: The National Weather Service is warning of a life-threatening, … Continue reading Did climate change supercharge the once-in-a-lifetime storm pummeling the central US?

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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.