May, 2022

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Let’s talk integrated photovoltaics

GreenBiz

Meet Ambient Photonics, which just raised $30 million to produce low-light solar cells that can harvest energy from both natural and artificial sources.

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Chris Bowen confirmed as new energy and climate minister, McAllister as assistant

Renew Economy

Chris Bowen confirmed as Australia's next climate and energy minister, the first climate minister since the last Labor government. The post Chris Bowen confirmed as new energy and climate minister, McAllister as assistant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ESG isn’t a scam. Here’s why.

Corporate Knights

Tim Nash is the founder of Good Investing. It feels almost fashionable to bash responsible investing these days. . Most of the criticism targets the acronym “ESG,” which stands for “environmental, social and governance.” ESG is used alongside traditional financial analysis to account for previously ignored “externalities” such as carbon emissions, boardroom diversity and employee satisfaction.

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Spot the Robot Dog Helps Humans Inspect Nuclear Power Plant

3BL Media

Oconee Nuclear Station’s robot is one of the latest ways Duke Energy uses innovative technology to generate cleaner energy that’s affordable, reliable and safe. SOURCE: Duke Energy. DESCRIPTION: By Mikayla Kreuzberger. Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station has a new dog. “Spot” can sit, lie down and roll over. Unlike your average Rover, Spot is also trained to perform inspections of hard-to-access areas at the plant on Lake Keowee near Seneca, S.C.

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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 sustainability job market is booming. What does that mean for hiring?

GreenBiz

Just saying you want a job in sustainability isn't enough anymore. Students with the right degrees are still struggling to find jobs in the sector.

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The secret life of ESG ratings

GreenBiz

Part 1 of a three-part series on ratings and ratings agencies and some of the challenges they are facing.

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Investors bet big on energy data startup Arcadia

GreenBiz

Squeezing data out of utilities is hard. Arcadia just raised $200 million to make the process simpler.

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How ESG ratings are built

GreenBiz

The process of creating comprehensive ratings for thousands of companies is mind boggling. It's also fraught with a multitude of challenges.

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Reality check: How’s the transition to regenerative agriculture going?

GreenBiz

Our food analyst got her hands dirty on a real farm in Minnesota to see what's actually happening with the farming transition.

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Volvo preps for launch of first electric trucks made with fossil-fuel-free steel

GreenBiz

Company claims to be first truck maker in the world to swap out vehicle parts made from traditional steel for zero emission steel.

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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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Sustainable from the start: Clean power demands greater circularity

GreenBiz

Sponsored: ESG profiles of renewable energy projects vary widely. It’s critical to strive for an inclusive sustainable energy future, not just net zero.

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Green hydrogen is the final piece to solving the decarbonization puzzle

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Green hydrogen should be used in tandem with an integrated renewable energy architecture that also consists of solar, wind and batteries.

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Investors warn meat and dairy industry faces a 'near disaster' in net zero transition

GreenBiz

Influential FAIRR network of investors warns global animal agriculture industry facing escalating climate impacts and risk of capital flight.

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Where do ESG and sustainable finance go from here?

GreenBiz

The tone, texture and temper of the attacks on ESG has meaningfully shifted, and the factors upon which 'it depends' are naturally shifting as a result.

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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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Guilt by trade association

GreenBiz

The trade association issue is central to solving the climate policy challenge. Companies must tackle this issue, or we’ll keep hitting a roadblock we can’t get around.

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How blockchain could shield smallholder farmers from climate risk

GreenBiz

Blockchain-enabled insurance could take the uncertainty out of climate insurance.

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How to build climate resilience into the construction industry

GreenBiz

The need for investment in more resilient buildings is clear, but many countries lack the data to properly assess these risks.

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Meet the startup shrinking industrial carbon capture

GreenBiz

Carbon Clean, which just raised $150 million, touts its ability to install equipment in a much smaller physical footprint than other carbon capture systems.

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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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Seven biochar companies you should know

GreenBiz

This carbon removal technology is gaining traction beyond the farm world, where it has been well known for decades.

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Textile recycling tech startup triumphs in Circularity 22's Accelerate competition

GreenBiz

The Atlanta audience voted for Sortile, a New York-based startup that uses imaging technology to enable low-cost apparel sorting by fiber type.

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It’s time to rethink human rights in the boardroom

GreenBiz

Any change starts by recognizing the corporation’s level of accountability and by taking a visible stand.

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What's hot in corporate renewable energy procurement

GreenBiz

What’s inside the Clean Energy Buyer Association's latest ‘State of the Market’ report.

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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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These young people are solving 'wicked problems' with circular solutions

GreenBiz

They're addressing pesticides, rare earth elements and aquaponics.

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Burger King UK becomes first fast food company to trial reusable packaging

GreenBiz

In the loop: The restaurant chain becomes latest major brand to announce partnership with re-usable packaging service provider Loop.

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Crypto for good? Digital currencies hold potential to further financial inclusion

GreenBiz

Among crypto’s widely touted benefits are financial efficiency and inclusion, but drawbacks like high volatility, lack of regulation and anonymity that can lead to potentially nefarious financing, cause detractors to caution against it.

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This electric van is built with circularity in mind

GreenBiz

EV maker Arrival’s assembly approach supports reuse and upgrades, which could help keep vehicles on the road longer.

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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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Circularity requires collaboration from companies, large and small

GreenBiz

Individual circularity efforts are great and they can make a dent, but it’s clear at this point that no level of “going it alone” is going to get us where we need to be economy-wide.

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How three companies are solving problems using biomimicry

GreenBiz

Nature usually has the most elegant solutions. Why aren’t we using more of them?

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Are ESG ratings really necessary?

GreenBiz

Are they leading companies and investors to actually move the needle on the planet’s most pressing problems? If not, why do they exist?

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CO2 removal buyers unite

GreenBiz

Alphabet, Microsoft, Salesforce, Boston Consulting, LGT, Mitsui, Swiss Re and UBS ramp up purchasing pledges for "high-quality" carbon removals.

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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.