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The promise and peril of digital urban mobility

Corporate Knights

It was an idea that seemed to have all the right ingredients for the tech-saturated world of 21 st century urban mobility. In 2015, a Helsinki start-up unveiled a plan for something it called “mobility-as-a-service,” or MaaS, based on ideas that had been developed in a 2014 masters' thesis at a Finnish university. The company, Global MaaS, had built an app that provides city-dwellers with a digital one-stop shop for all sorts of travel options – transit, taxis, ride hailing, bike sharing, and so

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NSW to be first state to regulate CO2 as pollutant under sweeping new proposals

Renew Economy

NSW is to become first state to regulate CO2 as a pollutant, potentially establishing the framework for government-backed national climate actions. The post NSW to be first state to regulate CO2 as pollutant under sweeping new proposals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Children's Safe Drinking Water Program Reaches 20 Billion Liter Milestone

3BL Media

SOURCE: P&G. DESCRIPTION: Clean water is often taken for granted, but with over 770 million people lacking access to clean drinking water globally, clean water isn’t a reality for all. A lack of clean water contributes to many challenges in a community – from increased risk of water-borne illness to the burden of managing household water needs, which often precludes women and girls from attending school or earning income for their families.

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Reducing food loss: What grocery retailers and manufacturers can do

McKinsey Sustainabilty

An estimated $600 billion worth of food is lost during or just after harvest. Can manufacturers and grocers do anything about it? Definitely—and it will be good for business, people, and the planet.

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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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Deliver next generation substation automation with the Cisco Catalyst IR8340 Rugged Router

Cisco CSR

Substations are becoming more complex with greater demands placed on the network and connectivity. To address these challenges, our customers asked us to deliver a next-generation routing solution that builds upon our 10+ years of utility routing expertise – and we’ve fulfilled that request with the new Cisco Catalyst IR8340 Rugged Router. The Catalyst IR8340 is much more than a new version of its predecessor, the Cisco 2010 Connected Grid Router.

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South Australia wind farms lift Australia to record monthly output in August

Renew Economy

Four wind farms in South Australia lead country to record monthly wind output in August. The post South Australia wind farms lift Australia to record monthly output in August appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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COP27: Governments should align with private sector climate progress

Environmental Finance

Ahead of COP27, Eric Usher says he hopes governments will talk the same language as the private sector on sustainability, as they look to step up scrutiny of net-zero targets.

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New Live Demo Series Demonstrating the Power of Cisco DNA Center

Cisco CSR

Contributing author: Brian Schneweis, Sales Specialist. Cisco DNA Center is a powerful network management dashboard for enabling, securing, and optimizing your Cisco investment. It’s no question that Cisco DNA Center is the best management platform for your Catalyst devices over any third-party network management system. Starting this month, please join our webinars where we will demonstrate the power of Cisco DNA Center, live with advisors ready to answer your questions in real-time.

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German government proposes limited extension of “high risk” nuclear

Renew Economy

German economy and climate minister says tweak to nuclear exit law will only entail a limited extension until spring next year, due to the technology's risks. The post German government proposes limited extension of “high risk” nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Multi-Stakeholder Public-Private Partnerships: Collaboration, Innovation and Growth

3BL Media

Caroline Rubin, Managing Associate at Nathan Associates, on our impactful public-private partnership with USAID and Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™. SOURCE: Qualcomm. DESCRIPTION: Our WEAVE project ran in Indonesia and Vietnam in 2020 and 2021. It successfully supported over 12,000 women entrepreneurs through our three online programmes – in the midst of the global pandemic.

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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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Everyone can participate in building the metaverse | Sutu

TEDxInnovations

The promise of the metaverse extends far beyond digital spaces -- it can transform and enrich how we experience the material world, too. From video games that bring communities together to digital art that collides with physical spaces, augmented reality designer Sutu shares some of the incredible creativity that's sparked by AR metaverse technology and invites us all to participate in building its future.

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Retail electricity prices continue rapid rise; US homes could pay more than 15 cents/kWh next year: EIA

Utiliity Dive

More than 20 million families are behind on their utility bills, with the average debt nearly doubling since December 2019, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.

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Paying billions in subsidies to fossil fuel industry makes absolutely no economic sense

Renew Economy

Subsidies serve an important function, but it makes absolutely no economic sense to subsidise things a government is, or should be, trying to discourage. The post Paying billions in subsidies to fossil fuel industry makes absolutely no economic sense appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Booster® Expands Mobile Fueling Services Coast to Coast

3BL Media

In response to growing enterprise customer demand, Booster expands its energy delivery platform to 13 major markets across the U.S. SOURCE: Booster Fuels. DESCRIPTION: SAN MATEO, Calif., September 7, 2022 /3BL Media/ - In response to growing customer demand from enterprise fleets looking to optimize costs, lower carbon emissions and source renewable fuels, Booster ®, the leading tech-driven mobile energy delivery company, announces that it is expanding services across the United States with seve

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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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Can TinyML really provide on-device learning?

Stacey Higginbotham

Imagine if your smart speaker could be trained to recognize your accent, or if a pair of running shoes could alert you in real time if your gait changed, indicating fatigue. Or if, in the industrial world, sensors could parse vibration information from a machine that changed location and function often in real time, halting the machine if that information suggested there was a problem.

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J.P. Morgan Launches New Digital ESG Platform for Investors

ESG Today

J.P. Morgan announced today the launch of ESG Discovery, a new digital platform aimed at providing investors with a central source for ESG views from the firm’s sector and ESG analysts, and enabling assessments of current and forward-looking company and sector material ESG risks, opportunities and impacts. According to J.P. Morgan, the new platform was developed in response to growing client demand for “a more structured and fundamental ESG view.

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Researchers pluck green hydrogen from the air, without any need for liquid water

Renew Economy

Australian and international researchers have demonstrated a way to produce renewable hydrogen without the need to consume precious drinking water. The post Researchers pluck green hydrogen from the air, without any need for liquid water appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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3M and Vomela Effort Keep Plastic Endcaps Out of Landfills

3BL Media

SOURCE: 3M. DESCRIPTION: Working together is more effective than working alone and that’s exactly what 3M and Vomela, a graphics and printing company, are doing with one sustainability challenge. The duo joined forces in 2019 on a project to reuse plastic endcaps which are crucial for transit because they protect 3M’s commercial graphics film from damage during shipping.

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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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Podcast: Insurers come for the smart home

Stacey Higginbotham

This week launched with a bang for those interested in the role insurers might play in the smart home as State Farm agreed to make a 1.2 billion equity investment in security firm ADT. This follows on the heels of Google’s equity investment in ADT in 2020 and signals a shift in the way insurance companies are thinking about the smart home. Google also said it would add more money to its ADT partnership.

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Scale security on the fly in Microsoft Azure Cloud with Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco CSR

The release of Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer is great news for customers, empowering them to simply and easily add Cisco Secure Firewall capabilities to their Azure cloud infrastructure. By combining Azure Gateway Load Balancer with Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations can quickly scale their firewall presence across their Azure cloud environment, providing protection for infrastructure and applications exactly where and when they need it.

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Liz Truss has links to climate science denial, and finds solar farms depressing

Renew Economy

While claiming to support net zero, the new PM is pro-fracking, plans to increase extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea and finds solar farms "depressing". The post Liz Truss has links to climate science denial, and finds solar farms depressing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Strengthening AMD Communities Worldwide

3BL Media

Celebrating International Day of Charity 2022. SOURCE: AMD. DESCRIPTION: By Anne Fertitta, Sr. Manager, Community Relations at AMD. AMD has a passion for giving back in the communities in which we live and work. For over four decades, we have invested in organizations around the globe that meaningfully impact the way we live today and help create better futures for tomorrow.

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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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The future of payments in Africa

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Innovations, entrepreneurs, and capital are reshaping Africa’s fast-growing electronic-payments landscape with solutions for consumers and businesses alike.

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A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax

TEDxInnovations

Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in to learn about the once-in-a-lifetime discovery of the 10-meter-long Rutland ichthyosaur: the largest and most complete ichthyosaur ever unearthed in Britain and one of the greatest finds in the country's paleontological history.

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Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to invest $A4.4 billion in Australian energy transition

Renew Economy

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola says it plans to spend up to $4.4 billion on Australia renewable and storage developments. The post Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to invest $A4.4 billion in Australian energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ørsted Agrees Recognition Agreement With Leading Energy Trade Union Prospect

3BL Media

Prospect trade union has agreed a landmark recognition agreement with leading offshore wind company Ørsted UK, that will cover all employees involved in the operation and maintenance of its 12 UK offshore wind farms. SOURCE: Ørsted. DESCRIPTION: September 6, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The agreement will see Prospect recognised as the sole negotiating body for the terms and conditions of around 450 of Ørsted’s Operations & Maintenance staff, based at sites across the UK including Barrow, Grimsby, Liv

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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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How to build geopolitical resilience amid a fragmenting global order

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Organizations need to strategically invest in capabilities, people, processes, structures, and technology to navigate the risks arising from an evolving and fraught geopolitical landscape.

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Is the quest for exceptional digital experiences outpacing your IT resources and expertise?

Cisco CSR

Exceptional digital experiences do not happen by chance . In today’s fast-changing business world, IT teams face a range of challenges as they work to bring exceptional digital experiences to market and to their customers. These challenges can vary from choosing the best strategy, talent, and expertise to implementing and managing execution risks. .

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Fortescue says first 2GW electrolyser factory will be too small, plans more

Renew Economy

FFI's first electrolyser factory, hailed as the world's biggest when unveiled last year, will make barely a dent in the company's huge green hydrogen ambitions. The post Fortescue says first 2GW electrolyser factory will be too small, plans more appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Alibaba-Backed C2 Capital Invests in Plant-Based Food Start-Up Eat Just

3BL Media

By Alison Tudor Ackroyd. SOURCE: Alibaba Group. DESCRIPTION: Alibaba Group-backed private equity firm C2 Capital Partners has invested $25 million in Eat Just, the food-technology company behind the successful plant-based egg brand, JUST Egg. C2 will deploy its growth capital and operational support to support San Francisco-based Eat Just’s go-to-market strategies, sales, branding, consumer insights, hiring and regulatory approach in China, Eat Just said in a statement on Wednesday.

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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.