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How we can unlock tech to decarbonize our skies

GreenBiz

We must start building the necessary technical capacity right now to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere, in parallel with doubling down on decarbonization efforts.

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Western Australia sets new renewables record of 81% – in world’s biggest isolated grid

Renew Economy

WA grid reaches record level of 81 per cent renewables, driven mostly by rooftop solar. The post Western Australia sets new renewables record of 81% – in world’s biggest isolated grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Oil and gas lobbyists swarm COP27

Corporate Knights

There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis. There are 636 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend the UN event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At Glasgow, the figure was 503, which outnumbered the delegation of any single country.

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Beginning of the End for Greenwashing?

3BL Media

GRI: Mandatory assurance of sustainability data is ‘only a matter of time’. SOURCE: GRI. DESCRIPTION: November 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The drive towards a comprehensive global system for sustainability reporting, which evenly addresses both impact and financial disclosure, will be a major instigator for mandatory auditing of sustainability information.

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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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How COP27 became the food systems COP

GreenBiz

For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations. Finally.

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Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone

Renew Economy

Virya Energy proposes 220 of wind turbines, up to 300MW of solar PV and a 500MW/500MWh battery north-west of Jerilderie. The post Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Climate Change: How It's Affecting Your Health and How Businesses Can Help Fight This Global Crisis

3BL Media

In this Teal Talks episode, we hear from leading environmental experts on the impacts of climate change on health and how businesses can make a difference. SOURCE: Merck & Co., Inc. DESCRIPTION: Climate change doesn’t only affect the health of our planet — it also impacts the health of our people. As we continue to see changes to our environment, like increased temperatures, extreme weather events, poor air quality and population displacement, it may be less obvious to some how these climate

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COP27: This past year in deforestation

GreenBiz

After bold commitments, what is happening to forests, and what actions are coming next?

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Scotland launches giga-scale big battery rollout to boost grid reliability

Renew Economy

Construction begins on three big battery projects across Scotland that will boast a combined capacity of 1GW/2GWh and provide "world-first" grid services. The post Scotland launches giga-scale big battery rollout to boost grid reliability appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Global flows: The ties that bind in an interconnected world

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Economic and political turbulence have prompted speculation that the world is already deglobalizing. But the evidence suggests that global integration is here to stay, albeit with nuance.

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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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Q&A With the CTO: Storing Growing Data While Reducing Environmental Impact

3BL Media

Illumina Chief Technology Officer Alex Aravanis discusses how the company is working toward its sustainability goals. SOURCE: Illumina. DESCRIPTION: As the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) convenes this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sharon Vidal, global head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Illumina, talks to the company’s chief technology officer, Alex Aravanis, about achieving a sustainable future with intelligent data storage solutions that reduce Illumina’s environmental footprin

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Preparing for Cisco 8000 Series Routers

Cisco CSR

There are so many factors that go into creating and maintaining robust, efficient, and secure networks. I f you want to stay ahead in the networking game, y ou need the best experts, cutting-edge tools, and world-class training. It’s this philosophy that has navigated us for years at Cisco. We equip enterprises with cutting-edge tools to keep their networks current and running efficiently.

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NSW plans massive solar and battery virtual power plant across 22,000 public schools

Renew Economy

Plans to establish Australia’s largest school-based solar and battery virtual power plant are underway, with launch of EOI process by NSW government. The post NSW plans massive solar and battery virtual power plant across 22,000 public schools appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Taking a skills-based approach to building the future workforce

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Our work with the Rework America Alliance highlights how a skills-based approach can help US employers expand talent pools and retain great workers—even through economic uncertainty.

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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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COOL BIER Conference - Sustainable Coolers of the Future

3BL Media

BIER explores ways to reduce the environmental impact of commercial refrigeration equipment. SOURCE: Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable. DESCRIPTION: November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - As noted in The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) 2019 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sector Guidance , cooling or refrigeration represents up to 20% of a beverage company's greenhouse gas emissions.

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Unscrambling Cybersecurity Acronyms – The ABCs of MDR and XDR Security

Cisco CSR

In the second part of this blog series on Unscrambling Cybersecurity Acronyms , we covered Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (MEDR) solutions, which included an overview of the evolution of endpoint security solutions. In this blog, we’ll go over Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions in more depth. .

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Give us more load! Why South Australia is trying to switch off everyone’s rooftop solar

Renew Economy

"Give us more load." It's not an instruction you hear every day, but it has been the "cri de coeur" from AEMO this week in South Australia. The post Give us more load! Why South Australia is trying to switch off everyone’s rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Five trends to watch in the edtech industry

McKinsey Sustainabilty

The adult edtech sector is evolving as quickly as it is growing. Significant changes are taking place in M&A opportunities, geographic hotspots, user demands, and the enterprise market.

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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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LA Kings Team Up With Make-A-Wish Foundation for Annual Hockey Fight Cancer™ Night Presented by Amgen

3BL Media

SOURCE: AEG. DESCRIPTION: On November 12, 2022, AEG’s LA Kings surprised Samantha Kayne, a 19-year-old Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient, with the chance to fulfill her dream and sing the national anthem at an LA Kings game. The surprise took place during team’s annual Hockey Fight Cancer™ Night, presented by Amgen's Breakaway from Cancer®, at Crypto.com Arena.

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Undersea Cables and Cyber Physical Risks.

Cisco CSR

Cyber security implies protecting the confidentiality, availability and integrity of computer systems and networks. Often security researchers and security teams focus on threats to software and the risks associated with authenticating and managing users. However, computing systems are built upon a tall stack of computing resources. . Each layer within the stack is exposed to specific threats which need to be considered as part of a cyber security strategy.

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Australia’s “biggest battery” project resized, reshaped, renamed and relaunched

Renew Economy

Battery project billed as Australia's biggest has been redrawn, resized and relaunched, but is still to land its first customer contract. The post Australia’s “biggest battery” project resized, reshaped, renamed and relaunched appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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EFRAG Approves European Sustainability Reporting Standards

ESG Today

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on Tuesday approved the final version of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which set out the rules and requirements for companies to report on sustainability-related impacts, opportunities and risks under the EU’s upcoming Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD). The approval marks another major step in the move to establish a new sustainability reporting system in Europe, following the adoption of the CSRD la

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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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Subaru of America Launches 15th Annual Subaru Share the Love® Event With Goal To Reach $250 Million in Donations

3BL Media

Automaker Celebrates Philanthropic Event Milestone with Creative Campaign Dedicated to Its National Charity Partners and Hometown Charities. SOURCE: Subaru of America. DESCRIPTION: CAMDEN, N.J., November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Subaru of America, Inc. today released a national advertising campaign in support of the 2022 Subaru Share the Love® Event , highlighting the causes that embody the Subaru Love Promise ® – the Subaru vision to show love and respect to all people, and pets, at every interac

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Reducing Friction in SecureX Orchestration

Cisco CSR

Since releasing SecureX orchestration, we’ve regularly published two types of content for our customers to import and use: atomic actions and workflows. Atomic actions are small, re-usable functions that allow you to do simple things like isolating an endpoint in Cisco Secure Endpoint. Workflows are more complex combinations of activities, often made up of multiple atomic actions, that accomplish a broader objective.

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Rooftop solar switched off in South Australia, as state isolated after storm damage to network

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar PV switched off in South Australia after state cut off from rest of grid because of storm damage to transmission towers. The post Rooftop solar switched off in South Australia, as state isolated after storm damage to network appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Tesla Autopilot Crashes: With at Least a Dozen Dead, “Who’s at Fault, Man or Machine?”

Impakter

Impakter. Tesla Autopilot Crashes: With at Least a Dozen Dead, “Who’s at Fault, Man or Machine?”. From July 2021 to October 2022, the US Department of Transportation reported 605 crashes involving vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) – aka autopilot – and 474 of them were Teslas, that’s three quarters of the accidents. On November 13, a disturbing video of a deadly Tesla crash in Guangdong, China went viral. […].

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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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Interview With Land Betterment's Chief Development Officer, Tom Sauve at the 3BL Forum

3BL Media

SOURCE: Land Betterment Corporation. DESCRIPTION: FISHERS, Ind., November 16, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation is pleased to share an interview with Tom Sauve when the Company participated in the 3BL Forum conference titled Brands Taking Stands: Now What?

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Secure Transportation Operations

Cisco CSR

Security has always been of critical importance in transportation. As digital technology continues to drive the industry forward, it has been accompanied by an increasing number of connections to secure and complexity to deal with. Transportation organizations need to safeguard the most vital aspects of their operations to not only protect their business but to ensure the safety of their passengers ?.

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Launceston looks at making green hydrogen on-site with solar farm on airport land

Renew Economy

Launceston Airport considers proposal to build an on-site solar farm and install an electrolyser to producer green hydrogen. The post Launceston looks at making green hydrogen on-site with solar farm on airport land appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Guest Post: The Role of Climate Risk Planning

ESG Today

By: Louie Woodall, Editorial Lead at Manifest Climate. Climate change is an existential risk to businesses. Extreme weather events and long-term climatic changes threaten to degrade organizations’ physical assets and disrupt their supply chains. Meanwhile, public and private efforts to slow global warming through decarbonization and shifts in consumption could undermine certain business models and transform the flow of goods and services around the world.

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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.