McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 24, 2023
After decades of hypergrowth, fintechs have entered a new era of value creation, where the focus is on sustainable, profitable growth. This report examines how fintechs can win in these disruptive times.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Wind and solar reached 100 per cent of demand on 282 days in last year in South Australia, and the state will average 100 per cent within a few years, grid owner says. The post South Australia to reach 100 pct wind and solar within a few years, says network company appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Cult Food Science is taking on the food system, with sustainability and ethics in mind and cellular agriculture as its guiding light. The first publicly traded company of its kind in North America, the investment company boasts a portfolio of early-stage cultured protein products, including GOOD Meat, the first lab-grown chicken to receive regulatory approval in Singapore and the United States.
Stanford Social Innovation
OCTOBER 18, 2023
By Irene Mwendwa , Bonnita Nyamwire & Sally Roever Roughly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of international media outlets reported on a silver linings story in Uganda. A Kampala woman who had lost her logistics job during the shutdown founded a new, all-women ride-hailing app called Diva Taxi, hiring dozens of Ugandan women, many who were also laid off or furloughed, providing these workers an economic lifeline and women riders a safer option for travel.
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.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
OCTOBER 31, 2023
A new paper revealed that human activities are making Earth's air, soil and freshwater saltier, which could pose an 'existential threat' if current trends continue. Geologic and hydrologic processes bring salts to Earth's surface over time, but human activities such as mining and land development are rapidly accelerating this natural 'salt cycle.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Investors focused on executive remuneration are looking to close the CEO-to-worker pay ratio. The average annual salary in the UK , EU and US is £32,000, €33,500 and US$54,132 respectively. Meanwhile, company CEOs are receiving annual remuneration that often edges into the millions. While the responsibilities of a CEO or other c-suite executives – and the skills it takes to be a good one – do warrant a degree of incentivisation and reward, investors have long questioned and chall
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Renew Economy
OCTOBER 26, 2023
South Australia gets a glimpse of its "net" 100 per cent renewable future, with wind and solar meeting 99.8 per cent of state demand in the last seven days. The post South Australia grid operates at 99.8 per cent wind and solar over past seven days appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Behind the hoardings on the southeast corner of a busy downtown Toronto intersection sits an unnervingly deep hole, about 32 feet across and 130 feet down. It’s so deep that visitors can’t see the bottom from the sturdy guardrail around the rim. The surrounding work site is wedged between the back of a public library and a curb skirted by a streetcar line.
Stanford Social Innovation
OCTOBER 25, 2023
By Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson In November 2022, OpenAI grabbed headlines by releasing ChatGPT, and “generative AI” became a term used in households around the world. According to Open AI CEO Sam Altman , “A lot of people working on AI pretend that it’s only going to be good; it’s only going to be a supplement; no one is ever going to be replaced.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
OCTOBER 24, 2023
An international coalition of climate scientists says that the Earth's vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet is imperiled.
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
McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 9, 2023
It’s hard for companies to significantly beat long-term market TSR, harder still for the largest corporations, and hardest of all in the face of low growth. But industry endowment needn’t be destiny.
James Militzer
OCTOBER 2, 2023
In recent months, there has been an outpouring of media coverage and analysis on the topic of digital public infrastructure (DPI), including articles , ideas , podcasts and convenings. This deluge of attention is hardly surprising. The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly , which formally came to a close on September 5, emphasized the need for “country-led digital cooperation to build safe, trusted, and inclusive DPI” under its theme of “transformative solutions to interlocking ch
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Wind and solar deliver more than 70 pct of generation on main grid for first time, as the share of renewables hits a new instantaneous peak of 72.5 pct. The post Wind and solar smash records as renewables reach new peak of 72.5 pct on main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A new technology based on fluorescence is being developed to detect if honey has been blended with cheaper additions such as sugar syrup. The brainchild of Aston University and The Scottish Bee Company – With help and support from the British Beekeepers Association and the Honey Authenticity Network UK – the approach appears to offer a solution to this, the second most prevalent form of food fraud worldwide (after milk-related fraud).
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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.
WWF Sustainability
OCTOBER 15, 2023
The global population has exploited our rivers, lakes, and aquifers creating a water crisis that is undermining human and planetary health.
Financial Times: Moral Money
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores
McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Web3 is a term used to describe the next iteration of the internet, one that is built on blockchain technology and is communally controlled by its users.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 27, 2023
The recent renewal of a contract for a Canadian-owned copper mine deep in the Panamanian rainforest has tested the limits of the Central American nation’s sovereignty, and triggered widespread protests. Cobre Panamá – the country’s only active mine – has been operating in a 12-hectare area of jungle within a protected park in the coastal Donoso region, digging up 1.5% of the world’s copper.
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
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Social media posts are full of hot air in claiming wind turbines take years of operation to make up for the energy needed to manufacture them. This is false. The post Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the global power sector grew just 0.2 per cent in the first six months of 2023, with rapidly rising wind and solar outpacing sluggish demand growth.
WWF Sustainability
OCTOBER 23, 2023
"I was privileged to experience firsthand the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and their tenacity, love for the earth, and truly delicious coffee.
Financial Times: Moral Money
OCTOBER 23, 2023
New financial tools are at hand to help us invest in the value of the economic benefits the natural world provides
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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
McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 13, 2023
With technologies like edge computing, AI, and xRAN transforming telecom, leaders are reassessing how to capture value. Rethinking talent is a key piece of the puzzle.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 11, 2023
California is famous for many things, but lately it has become a poster child for climate disasters. From its vanishing beaches and surging wildfires to the floods and droughts of its Central Valley, the Golden State has some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. Which helps explain why the state so often sets the standard for U.S. climate policies.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 8, 2023
The BESS comes online as batteries generally begin to have a noticeable influence on the energy market. The post Biggest battery facility in NSW is now fully operational appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The city-state's top universities have largely ignored calls to divest from fossil fuels. In some cases, their campuses have become more entrenched with Big Oil since a student divestment campaign started in 2017, a new study finds.
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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.
Stanford Social Innovation
OCTOBER 23, 2023
By Andrea Armeni , Curt Lyon & Julie Menter Business as usual is failing the planet and all of us. Our economy is not creating a livable society for most people. It is fueling climate change, worsening wealth inequality, seeding the conditions for emerging threats to democracy, and disempowering working-class communities and communities of color.
Financial Times: Moral Money
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Research shows continuing effect on investment decisions, despite a pushback against ‘woke’ capitalism
McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Feeling misunderstood? A BBC journalist shares the communication blunders that keep you from getting your point across and what you can do to avoid them.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 25, 2023
True story: upon returning home from a grocery store in Nelson, British Columbia, a customer noticed a considerable discrepancy on his bill. He immediately called to alert the store that he was charged only $12.69 for the jumbo 3.75-kilogram tub of yogurt priced at $23.99. There was an unmistakable pause on the other end of the phone. As the customer noted, a pricing error like this gone unchecked may have racked up thousands in lost revenues for the grocer.
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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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