Green Project Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With the new year here, it’s time for businesses to step out of their comfort zones and embrace bold, even audacious, goals. The future demands leaders who are willing to reimagine not only what they do, but also how they do it. Setting Massive Goals The first step is setting goals that may seem beyond […] The post New Year, New Aspirations: Embracing Bold Changes for a Sustainable Future appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2024

Wells Fargo was an early investor in Turntide Technologies, which makes switched reluctance motors that drive down energy consumption for HVAC systems by an average of 64%.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Germany's coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023, even after closure of the last of its nuclear generators. The post Germany’s coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023 after nuclear exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 4, 2024

2023 was marked by symbiosis between the labour and climate movements. Workers across industries and geographies loudly declared that a world in which their safety and well-being are disregarded is even more dangerous to them and to others in a time of energy transition and climate crisis. After decades of hesitancy, several major unions recognized an urgent need to organize those who will do the hard work of decarbonizing the nation’s economy.

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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 4, 2024

Curbing our global carbon footprint and ensuring sustainability is a cause that resonates deeply with businesses and individuals across the globe. In today’s evolving landscape, where sustainability targets and regulations are becoming more stringent, and a profound shift towards more sustainable practices is taking root, this mission has never been more important.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 3, 2024

3 hot topics for 2024: regulations for ESG assurance; international agreements for transition finance; and new ways to measure investment in nature and biodiversity.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 2, 2024

Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract efforts to solve new global environmental threats like climate change, according to a new study. Tackling the climate crisis will require worldwide regulatory, technical and economic systems supported by strong global cooperation.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 4, 2024

POSORJA, Ecuador, January 4, 2024 /3BL/ - Earlier this week, DP World in Posorja, Ecuador welcomed the first of three key service routes for Maersk. Maersk recently announced that beginning in January 2024, it would reroute three service routes from the Port of Guayaquil to the deep-water terminal at the Port of Posorja. The AC2 weekly service – which connects Ecuador with Asia – arrived on January 2, to be followed by ECUMED Ecuador-Mediterranean loop on January 5, and the regional Guayaquil Fe

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 2, 2024

New statewide EV infrastructure incentives will give New York City's charging capacity a significant boost.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 5, 2024

Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and coal power fell. The post Drop in coal power sends German emissions to lowest level in 70 years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 5, 2024

A new perspective on how technology, transformation efforts, and other changes have affected payers, health systems, healthcare services and technology, and pharmacy services.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C., January 3, 2024 /3BL/ - Discovery Education and Edge at Hudson Yards today announced a new virtual reality experience — Reach for the Sky Virtual Reality (VR) — created for students in grades 4-12. This new VR experience explores one of New York City’s greatest landmarks— Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere — and is a key addition to Discovery Education’s suite of immersive resources.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 2, 2024

Shopify’s head of sustainability, Stacy Kauk, shares secrets from four years of investing in early-stage carbon removal.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 1, 2024

Cabinet papers reveal John Howard killed proposed emissions trading scheme in 2003 after meeting "industry" leaders. Even Joe "wind turbines are offensive" Hockey was on board. The post John Howard killed emissions trading plan in 2003 after industry lobbying – cabinet papers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 4, 2024

Not only do many bats die at wind turbines, the turbines also displace some species from their habitats over large areas. When the turbines are in operation at relatively high wind speeds, the activity of bat species that hunt in structurally dense habitats such as forests drops by almost 80 per cent within a radius of 80 to 450 meters around the turbine.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Originally published by ZDNET IBM's AI Fundamentals program is built inside of its SkillsBuild learning portal. The credential takes about ten hours to complete, across six courses. Because I have had a long interest in AI ethics (I did a thesis on AI ethics way back in the day), I took the AI ethics class. It was good. It discussed the challenge of balancing technology with ethical responsibility.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 2, 2024

Stacy Kauk argues it’s worth paying more for credits based on emissions removal than emissions avoidance.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 5, 2024

McKinsey’s 2023 global executive survey on autonomous driving reveals that despite recent uncertainties, the autonomous-vehicle industry is beginning to take shape.

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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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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JANUARY 4, 2024

A new study scientifically corroborates an event described in the Second Book of Kings -- the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael King of Aram. The method is based on measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks. The researchers say that the findings are important for determining the intensity of the fire and the scope of destruction in Gath, and also for understanding construction practices in the region.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2024

Combined Organization will Establish a New International NGO to Continue to Advance Sustainability through its Corporate Members with Innovative Solutions, Collaborations and Thought Leadership New NGO will Deliver Meaningful Private Sector Contributions – from Operations to the C-Suite – Through Science-based Approaches in Nature, Water, Climate Resilience and Social Impact WASHINGTON, January 2, 2024 /3BL/ - Two of the leading NGOs working with business on sustainability and nature programming

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tackling tough issues, enlisting unlikely partners, and harnessing local communities will be crucial to making progress on sustainable food systems in 2024.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 2, 2024

Making an effective exit from leadership is critical both to the organization’s future and the CEO’s legacy. Here is how the world’s best CEOs approach that transition.

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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

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 5, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: ? The Call: Compensating impact fund managers for… impact. To explore the hows and whys (and. The post The Week in impact investing: Inclusion alpha appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2024

New NGO will Deliver Meaningful Private Sector Contributions – from Operations to the C-Suite – Through Science-based Approaches in Nature, Water, Climate Resilience and Social Impact WASHINGTON, January 2, 2024 /3BL/ – Two of the leading NGOs working with business on sustainability and nature programming, the World Environment Center (WEC) and the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) have entered into a memorandum of intent (MOI) to combine the two organizations.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 2, 2024

Shopify’s head of sustainability, Stacy Kauk, shares secrets from four years of investing in early-stage carbon removal.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 4, 2024

By Tyler Swanson and Andrea Gerlak Amid a tumultuous legislative session, Congress has extended the current Farm Bill through fall 2024. The extension will provide some certainty to farmers while also giving lawmakers an additional year to deliberate the merits of the five-year, $700 billion funding package. This extra time allows lawmakers to more thoroughly consider innovations and.

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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.

Chris Hall

JANUARY 5, 2024

COP28 drew much-needed attention to the need for urgent methane action in the food sector, says Meryl Richards, Program Director, Food and Forests at Ceres. It was hard not to notice at the largest ever Conference of the Parties (COP) that food was everywhere. There was the first themed day on food, agriculture, and water, countless food companies promoting their climate leadership, organisations touting climate-smart agriculture solutions, and some US$7.8 billion in financial pledges aimed at t

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3BL Media

JANUARY 5, 2024

NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2024 /3BL/ - The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority for driving market transformation through healthy buildings, organizations and communities, and Seneca , a Division of Christopher Homes , announced that the Henderson Nevada developer committed to redefining luxury living through purposeful, tech-driven, and sustainable residential communities became an early adopter of IWBI’s WELL for residential program , which is now open fo

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 5, 2024

H&M will co-invest in a project it hopes will supply 40% of the country’s power.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sustainable infrastructure capital provider Nexus Development Capital announced a $5 million investment in carbon removal startup Standard Biocarbon, aimed at supporting the development and scaling of its new biochar production facility. Biochar, or biological charcoal, is produced by heating biomass, such as forest residue, wood or crop waste, in the absence of oxygen, creating a stable form of carbon, which when buried in soil enables centuries-long carbon sequestration, in addition to leading

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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.