July, 2022

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Why AI is vital in the race to meet the SDGs

GreenBiz

Artificial intelligence can accelerate progress of the Sustainable Development Goals and help us get back on track to reaching them by 2030, but the devil's in the ethics details.

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New coal and gas projects will erase Albo’s climate gains several times over

Renew Economy

Australia's massive pipeline for new coal and gas projects will cause more emissions than avoided by Labor's climate policies. This is very bad. The post New coal and gas projects will erase Albo’s climate gains several times over appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Europe won't need Canada's LNG

Corporate Knights

The European Union’s need for natural gas will peak in about three years and begin declining before any new, fixed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals can be brought online, and EU countries are deliberately trying to avoid the kind of long-term supply contracts that Canadian gas producers are looking for, a UK-based fossil fuel specialist says. The continent can fully free itself from Russian gas by 2025 with no new gas import infrastructure, and is already showing signs of much slower demand

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Quick Start: Prep Your Dev Environment for Kubernetes

Cisco CSR

Getting started on a new platform, especially containers and Kubernetes, can appear overwhelming. But with the right setup and tools, you’re much more likely to get ramped up quickly. Let’s take a look at a good lineup of tools to install on your developer environment to get started with Kubernetes. All of the tools used listed here are tested and run Windows 10 Pro, MacOS Monterey, and Ubuntu 20.04.

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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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The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs.

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The Most Critical Ingredient in Leadership

Stanford Social Innovation

By Jacqueline Novogratz & Anne Welsh McNulty. Patrick Awuah escaped life under military dictatorship in Ghana and left his home to attend college in the United States. He settled in Seattle, built a successful career as a Microsoft program manager, married an American, and started a family. He had left Ghana behind and resolved never to return. A few years later, however, Patrick’s first child was born, triggering a latent restlessness.

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Bowen frees ARENA from Taylor’s fossil fuel mandate, puts focus back on renewables

Renew Economy

Labor restores ARENA's focus on renewables, ending years of Coalition attempts to redirect the agency's funding to CCS and gas projects. The post Bowen frees ARENA from Taylor’s fossil fuel mandate, puts focus back on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Feds, provinces reach agreement to boost funding for regenerative agriculture

Corporate Knights

Since Sarah Bakker started Field Sparrow Farms with her husband in 2011, she has looked to run her 100-acre farm in an environmentally sustainable way. This has meant using rotational grazing for her cattle and employing other regenerative practices. . She’s hoping more Canadian farmers will convert their own farms to more sustainable operations – and she’s been asking the federal government to give them a financial helping hand.

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Unscrambling Cybersecurity Acronyms: The ABCs of Endpoint Security

Cisco CSR

Ransomware and other advanced attacks continue to evolve and threaten organizations around the world. Effectively defending your endpoints from these attacks can be a complex undertaking, and a seemingly endless number of security acronyms only compounds that complexity. There are so many acronyms – EPP, EDR, MEDR, MDR, XDR, and more – for various cybersecurity products and services that it becomes difficult to understand the differences between them and choose the right solution for your organi

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Best of both worlds: Balancing digital and physical channels in retail banking

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Banking distribution needs to account for the evolving interdependencies between channels. Accelerating digital and upgrading the physical experience to “phygital” offers a viable solution.

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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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Energy Transition: More Than Low Cost in Renewables Is Needed

Impakter

Impakter. Energy Transition: More Than Low Cost in Renewables Is Needed. Adding to the list of novelties of our times, we now have the first global energy crisis. And it comes at a time in which we still struggle to make the switch to renewables that is necessary for international energy security. That’s what the International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol told the Sydney Energy […].

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What Rotterdam teaches about the power of green roofs

GreenBiz

Here are lessons from one Dutch city on building rooftop spaces that benefit all and combat urban heat islands.

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US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all”

Renew Economy

"No country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun." US energy secretary says switch to renewables could be world's best peace plan. The post US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Texas narrowly avoids rolling blackouts after 2nd conservation plea by ERCOT this week

Utiliity Dive

Gas and coal outages were higher than the Texas grid operator had anticipated. “The thermal fleet is not as reliable as people would have you think,” said Grid Lab Executive Director Ric O’Connell.

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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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More than a VPN: Announcing Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect)

Cisco CSR

We’re excited to announce Cisco Secure Client, formerly AnyConnect, as the new version of one of the most widely deployed security agents. As the unified security agent for Cisco Secure , it addresses common operational use cases applicable to Cisco Secure endpoint agents. Those who install Secure Client’s next-generation software will benefit from a shared user interface for tighter and simplified management of Cisco agents for endpoint security.

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ECB Calls for Urgent Action by Banks to Measure and Manage Climate Risk Following Stress Test

ESG Today

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the results of its climate stress test, indicating that banks urgently need to accelerate the incorporation of climate risk into their risk management frameworks, and that banks remain heavily exposed to emissions-intensive industries. The ECB launched the stress test early this year , aiming to assess banks’ preparedness for dealing with financial and economic shocks stemming from climate risk.

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BRICS Expansion: Five New Members in 2023?

Impakter

Impakter. BRICS Expansion: Five New Members in 2023? Just over two weeks after Russian state media announced that Iran and Argentina filed their official applications to join BRICS, alliance President Purnima Anand revealed that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt began the process of making the same move. NEW: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt may join BRICS soon[link] — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 15, 2022 […].

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It’s high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

GreenBiz

Cannabis companies are getting a free pass despite their many social and environmental 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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AEMO says firmed wind and solar cheapest reliable energy option by “country mile”

Renew Economy

AEMO's Westerman says firmed wind and solar are the cheapest reliable power option for Australia "by a country mile.". The post AEMO says firmed wind and solar cheapest reliable energy option by “country mile” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US energy storage capacity tripled in 2021: EIA

Utiliity Dive

The increase in storage capacity was accompanied by changes in how the batteries are used, with applications shifting away from traditional ancillary services.

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Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional, CBRFIR, and Proactive Network Protection

Cisco CSR

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly changing. The networks that connect our world are targets, and the adversaries targeting them are evolving. Every day, new methods for infiltration and disruption are developed and put into effect against the systems we rely on. This means we must change how we think about security in several ways: Security must be foundational to every decision we make when designing and implementing a network.

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Should US banks be moving to next-generation core banking platforms?

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Banks today urgently need a new core platform, but building one is time-consuming, expensive, and uncertain. It may help to think strategically and pursue a two-track process.

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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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UnaBiz has a nice plan for Sigfox

Stacey Higginbotham

Bonjour! This week I am in Paris at the LoRaWAN World Expo, where the LoRa Alliance invited me to give a talk about open infrastructure. One of my goals while I’m here this week was to find out what UnaBiz, the company that purchased Sigfox’s assets out of receivership earlier this year, plans to do with those assets. So I sat down with Philippe Chiu, the co-CEO and co-founder of UnaBiz, to find out.

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Co-Powering an Emergent Horizon

Stanford Social Innovation

By Michelle Shevin , Aasim Shabazz & Marika Pfefferkorn. Something peculiar happened three years ago in Ramsey County, Minnesota. In a little-told tale of two grants , a progressive district attorney’s office had embarked on two externally funded and functionally separate interventions to the school-to-prison pipeline : deep community engagement (funded by a local family foundation) on the one hand, and the development of a data-driven predictive model to flag at-risk kids (funded by a

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The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels

Renew Economy

The idea that the US government would subsidise the feeding of supersonic jets, rather than people, beggars belief. The post The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Stronger Sustainability Requirements Are Surfacing as the Trend Continues to Grow

Environment + Energy Leader

Packaging sustainability is a mega trend impacting the packaging industry. The post Stronger Sustainability Requirements Are Surfacing as the Trend Continues to Grow appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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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Ransomware attacks can and will shut you down

Cisco CSR

No, Ransomware attacks are not random. From extortion to data breaches, ransomware is always evolving, and is becoming very lucrative with Ransomware-as-a-service kit making it easier to target organizations. The days of just a single bad actor searching for vulnerabilities in your security stack are over. Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and the security analyst community are dealing with a sophisticated global network of adversaries who can do irreversible damage.

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Heineken Says Suppliers Representing 80% of Packaging Carbon Footprint are Committing to Science-Based Emissions Targets

ESG Today

Beer company Heineken revealed today that suppliers representing 80% of the company’s packaging carbon footprint have committed to or are in the process of setting science-based climate targets with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), marking a significant milestone in the company’s efforts to address its supply chain climate impact. SBTi is one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting cli

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What’s the best hardware to learn IoT programming?

Stacey Higginbotham

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Brent left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. He’s interested in learning to code some IoT projects. Brent knows about Arduino and Raspberry Pi products but he’s wondering if there’s anything new in this space. Right off the bat, I’d say you can’t go wrong with either a recent Arduino or Raspberry Pi for IoT programming.

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Retailers warn demand charges, utility competition could impede national EV charging network

Utiliity Dive

The federal government is preparing to disburse $5 billion to states for the development of a national electric vehicle charging network, but retailers say policies must change to incentivize private investment.

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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.