GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
A new initiative aims to press companies to have a strong and active voice on climate policy in the United States. Your company and its campus recruiters just may be a target.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
ImpactAlpha, February 12 – Denver-based and Native-owned Native American National Bank serves Native communities, governments and enterprises across the U.S. To boost the bank’s lending power, RSF Social Finance, Candide Group’s Olamina fund and other impact investors have created deposit accounts and CDs at the bank. “The best way to support our bank is through.
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Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
A site in Birmingham cleared for work on HS2, in December 2019. Transport Secretary’s announcement of preferred route for East West Rail timely reminder of HS2’s failure to protect environment, says conservation group. Responding to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapp’s announcement on 30 January of the preferred route for the proposed East West Rail connection between Oxford and Cambridge, the RSPB has said the scheme highlights the environmental shortcomings of its more (in)famous
McKinsey Sustainabilty
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Updated annually, our Private Markets Review offers the best of our research and insight into private equity, private real estate, and other private markets. Explore the findings from our most recent report and scroll for past years’ reports.
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.
Daniel Burrus
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
In today’s world of exponential change and technological disruption, encouraging organizational innovation is key to helping your organization leverage Hard Trends and use them to anticipate what’s to come. To help achieve that, there are various ways to adequately nurture and ultimately sustain an innovative culture. These ways are included, but not limited to, financial rewards, time off, and the flexibility to work remotely from a place that’s inspiring, oftentimes easily from home in today’s
Sustainable Development Network
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Normal 0 false false false FR X-NONE AR-SA On February 6th, 2020, UNEP-WCMC organized Nature Map Webinar: Mapping nature and its benefits to jointly address biodiversity loss and climate change with the participation of all scientists involved in Nature Map, who introduced the work on global priorities for habitat conservation and restoration and the new global datasets of biodiversity and ecosystem services that underpin it.
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Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 25 – In impact investing, smaller and newer may mean bigger and better returns. Smaller impact funds and first-time fund managers face obstacles raising capital from investors who insist on seeing proven track records and writing big checks (but generally not more than 20% of the total fund). Such rule-bound investors may be missing.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
The beach of Embo Sands lies alongside Coul Links (photo credit: Julian Paren). A leading environmental scientist has hailed the ‘landmark decision’ to refuse planning permission for the Coul Links golf course – labelling it a victory for ‘common sense’. On 21 February Scottish Ministers opted not to grant permission for the controversial plan to build an 18-hole golf course on the dune system at Coul Links, Embo, near Dornoch.
Sense and Sustainability
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
This article was first published by the Environmental Defense Fund, an organization focusing on creating economical policies to support clean air and water; abundant fish and wildlife; and a stable climate. The article was authored by Jason Mathers and originally appeared here. To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we’ll need to accelerate electrification of the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases in the world: medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Daniel Burrus
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
When the competition launches a new product, how you react says a lot about you as a professional and your company as an organization. But it is likely that you act quickly and decisively to address the changing factors and conditions after they’ve occurred. This is called agility, and we often utilize agility to change directions and head the competition off at the pass.
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
Good.is: Planet
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
To mark its 75th anniversary, the United Nations has launched the largest global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. However, we can't have a clear glimpse of the future without first understanding the past. That's why the UN, in partnership with GOOD, is celebrating Leap Day, February 29, by highlighting some of the greatest "Leaps for Humanity.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Cities can ally with one another to overcome shared barriers.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – Impact investors are outperforming asset management overall on gender diversity. That’s the standout finding from a Russell Reynolds Associates analysis of 360 decision-makers at 76 leading impact investing firms. The firms, with an average of $382 million in impact assets under management, have nearly 40% women in senior leadership positions, compared.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The Lowry Hotel in Manchester is among the first in the UK to sign up to a new toiletries recycling scheme. Clean the World, a global leader in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and sustainability, recycles discarded soap and empty toiletry bottles from hotel rooms and distribute them to those in need, preventing millions of hygiene-related illnesses and deaths every year.
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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.
Sense and Sustainability
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Countries around the world tax and spend in many different ways. Some have more progressive tax systems, some invest more in infrastructure and public education, others have a small public sector. Almost as a rule, however, every country in the world subsidizes energy consumption. A report by the IMF shows that post-tax energy subsidies amounted to $5.3 trillion in 2015, or 6.5% of world GDP.
Daniel Burrus
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
This Friday: Don’t Miss Daniel’s Live Webinar, “What’s Causing The Retail Apocalypse?”. Friday, February 14th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Click to Register. Human beings are competitive in all circumstances, and it has only intensified in today’s predominantly technologically advanced world. No matter the industry or particular field, competition is fierce, and regardless of what you and your organization do in terms of products or services, there’s inevitably someone else offering a competitive alte
Sustainable Development Network
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
From Wednesday, February 19th, to Friday, February 21st, the SDSN Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems hosted an online, virtual conference on recovering nutrients from sanitation for use in agriculture. Why Nutrient Recovery from Sanitation? Our global food system has created a number of challenges at the nexus of agriculture, sanitation, and water quality.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.
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
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 19 – Asset allocators inside pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign funds overwhelmingly select white and male-owned firms to manage their money. Women and minority-owned firms manage just 1.3% of the industry’s $69.1 trillion in assets. That homogeneity may be crimping returns, with data suggesting outperformance by gender and racially diverse teams, and.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport located in Mirny: Plans being advanced to build a number of satellite launch sites in the UK are proceeding without due consideration for emissions of climate-warming gases and other impacts, according to the data collected by Stay in Cornwall. The black carbon emitted by rocket launches has a climate warming impact of up to 1,500 times stronger than CO2 per unit of mass, new research shows.
Sense and Sustainability
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
The new decade opened with a joint drill between the navies of Pakistan and China. The drill between the “ iron brothers ” was cause of concern and speculation for India since it was conducted in the Arabian Sea near India’s western coast, which hosts its major ports. Called “Sea Guardians 2020,” the exercise signified Pakistan’s posture in finally developing a concrete Indian Ocean policy.
Daniel Burrus
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
An integral part of anticipation and becoming anticipatory in your organization oftentimes has to do with catching an opportunity that everyone is either missing or perhaps even ignoring due to the belief that it is not profitable. One way to accomplish this is to simply look where no one else is looking. But how and where you look helps broaden both you and your organization’s anticipatory abilities, and is integral in successfully identifying the Hard Trends shaping your industry, both from th
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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
Sustainable Development Network
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
On February 14, 2020, SDSN staff visited the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) to attend the 5th Annual Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event explored current trends in innovation, agriculture, foreign affairs, trade, and climate-induced human migration. This year’s theme was Latin America at Home and Abroad: People, Capital, and Natural Resources.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Forest data startups such as Pachama and Silviaterra can help the biggest players in tech tackle their emissions.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – Humans have deployed technology to defy nature’s limitations on the cultivation of food – to nature’s detriment. Now, a growing number of venture capitalists are doubling down on technology – to harmonize agriculture and nature. Mission-driven investment firms are writing early checks to companies making biological crop treatments, food preservation techniques and.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The “Innovation Wagon” at a previous OWL Roadshow. An initiative with a brief to help drive up safety and compliance standards in the transport sector (including in relation to air quality and emissions from vehicles) is returning to Scotland in March. The OWL (Optimised Waste & Logistics) Roadshow is offering “a thought-provoking programme” that the organisers say delivers practical solutions for the air quality crisis, as well as new intelligence about electric RCV
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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.
Sense and Sustainability
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The increasing release of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere is prompting considerable interest in the role that natural sinks have in the uptake of carbon. Soils are the third largest sink of the five global carbon pools. The other four reservoirs are the ocean, the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the earth’s crust (sedimentary rock deposits and fossil fuels).
Good.is: Planet
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high Monday, a reading from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that elicited fresh calls from climate activists and scientists for the international community to end planet-heating emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation. According to NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory, an atmospheric baseline station in Hawaii, the daily average of CO2 levels on Feb. 10 was 416.08 parts per million.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Amazon, TJ Maxx and Tyson are among well-known U.S. companies with no publicly stated deforestation strategy. Is your organization complicit?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The corporate world has fallen for trees. But to be effective, the cost of offsetting CO2 emissions with the sequestration power of forests will have to go up. Are companies willing to pay?
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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.
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