Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A summer of wildfires, smoke alerts, heatwaves, and storms is producing a new wave of grief and despair that must not paralyse the solutions we need to get the climate crisis under control. The reaction is utterly understandable when you can taste climate change in the back of your throat. But it risks drowning out some essential truths that have to guide every step we take in response to this global emergency: The last chapters of this story have not yet been written.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Prologis, a logistics real estate company, is integrating ESG into its business strategy and decision-making by prioritizing team collaboration and investment in data systems.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Australian concentrated solar tech is about to get rolled out on a massive scale after latching on to a simple and low cost solution for deep storage. The post The Australian solar tech that may have found a low cost solution to deep storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As customers increasingly expect seamless, engaging digital experiences, consumer-facing organizations can follow six principles to perform like the most successful tech companies.

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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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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By Beth Kanter , Allison Fine & Philip Deng The breakneck rate at which people have adopted the generative AI writing tool ChatGPT has been astonishing. ChatGPT, which creates new text based on user prompts, surpassed 100 million monthly active users in just two months, according to data compiled by UBS. Compare that to TikTok and Instagram, hit platforms that took nine and 30 months, respectively, to reach that same benchmark.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Heat pumps are an increasingly viable alternative to furnaces and air conditioners for decarbonizing buildings.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

High long-term demand for recycled content in packaging could lead to shortages of recycled packaging materials. We explore three ways to boost rPET availability in the US market.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This essay is adapted from Marjorie Kelly’s forthcoming book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s. The post Challenging wealth supremacy to realize the dream of systemic change appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sponsored: EDF’s Victoria Mills interviews Katie McGinty of Johnson Controls to discuss how the IRA is taking on the often overlooked topic of building emissions.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The first of 400 federally funded community batteries has been switched on in Sydney on the Ausgrid network. The post Bowen switches on first of 400 solar soaking community batteries 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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The static UK energy retail market is starting to move as wholesale energy prices fall. As a third of customers look to switch suppliers, here’s how energy retailers can plug into customer needs.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A hydrologist's study provides a global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains. The study can help guide future development in a way that can restore and conserve vital floodplain habitats that are critical to wildlife, water quality and reducing flood risk for people.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Having a hard time getting investor and media attention? As more companies focus on climate tech, it’s becoming harder to stand out from the crowd. Hear expert advice from climate investors and journalists on how you can help your startup break through the noise. We’ll cover best practices for reaching out to media and investors with a pitch that will get attention.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A $500 million deal will install 50MW of solar and 300MWh of battery storage across ESR Australia's commercial property portfolio by 2033. The post Massive solar and battery deal promises to cut commercial energy costs in half 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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With the growth of e-mobility and younger consumers seeking high-tech convenience, nimble North American mobility-retail players are combining old and new offerings to stay competitive.

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

(Muqamba/Getty Images) Over the last nine years, JUST Capital has tracked and measured how just business – defined by the priorities of the public – is better business. We have worked hard to quantify and verify meaningful corporate action on just behavior, and believe it’s critical to understand what practices and policies are leading the pack. Truth and transparency are becoming more important than ever to employees, customers, shareholders, and others.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Extended producer responsibility puts a price on the packaging materials a company brings into a state.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

NSW announces $1.8 billion, including a new focus on consumer energy resources, such as neighbourhood batteries, in its Energy Security Corp. The post “Moving beyond baseload:” NSW turns to consumers and local storage to fill Eraring gap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Most capital projects overrun schedules and exceed budgets. A new delivery system for capital expenditures can help reduce costs and increase efficiency for green tech projects.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a multi-year deal for the removal of up to 315,000 metric tons of CO2 with Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology company Heirloom, marking one of the largest carbon removal agreements to date. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Salesforce, Coca Cola, and Unilever are among the firms advocating for a stretching climate target to give businesses confidence to invest in the net-zero transition.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It must be springtime! Wind and solar hit new record share of main grid, but curtailment also hits new highs in face of negative prices and insufficient storage. The post Wind and solar hit record share of main grid, as curtailment underscores need for more storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What can help European countries move the needle as the labor shortage worsens and inflation and costs rise? Investing in new tech, talent, and products; programmatic M&A; and decarbonization.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At the beginning of the last decade, we saw businesses and investors as an untapped lever for gender and social inclusion — and for positive change in emerging markets. Back then, gender equality and inclusion efforts were seen mainly as the purview of development organizations. But we saw the potential in leveraging the vast resources of private businesses and investors to advance these goals.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Sponsored: Explore key risk factors and the questions your organization should answer to build a nature strategy for today and decades to come.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Rooftop solar installs had their biggest August ever, new SunWiz data shows, as households help put the market within striking distance of best year ever. The post Rooftop solar market closes out winter at a new high, as households keep going big appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Government remains one of the biggest productivity improvement opportunities. Organizations must be given both the ability and motivation to improve.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Utopia now. Burners are a resilient bunch. As they trickled back into normie life this week, many already. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Thinking Bigger appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Now co-chair of America is All In, the former White House climate adviser and EPA administrator is pragmatic, positive and patient.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Cannon-Brookes takes control of Sun Cable, and lays out new vision for 20GW solar project, including supply to Singapore and massive green industrial precinct in Darwin. The post “World changing:” Cannon-Brookes lays out new vision for planet’s biggest solar array appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.