Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
A 260MW, under construction solar farm that will graze sheep among its panels has landed a deal to sell 50% of its energy output to Telstra. The post Telstra signs up to buy half the output from big Riverina solar farm, sheep not included appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The authors of a new book on the journey of leadership explain why this era of unprecedented global change demands a new style of leadership—one that reflects the inner world of the CEO along with the needs of organizations and employees.
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Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Dangerous mixtures: pesticides in combination can have unexpected effects on the development of honeybees. This is shown by a new study in which the last neonicotinoid still approved in the European Union was combined with two fungicides.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Australia’s House of Representatives voted today to pass the Treasury Laws Amendment bill, including new introduce mandatory climate-related reporting requirements for large and medium sized companies, including disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities, and on greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain, starting as soon as 2025 for the largest companies.
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.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Investigations underway after small turbine blade parts detached and fell from turbines at the 756MW stage one of Golden Plains wind farm. The post Investigations underway after turbine blade parts detach at Golden Plains wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The global beauty industry continued to grow in 2023, but the dynamics driving sector growth are shifting. A new analysis shows some emerging bright spots and how players can compete.
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Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: ImpactAlpha Latin America Meeting of ‘impact minds’ in Oaxaca aims to catalyze capital for Latin. The post The Brief: Indigenous communities, the creative economy, and the future of finance in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A Victorian farm hosting 13 wind turbines from the Mortlake South wind farm is up for sale – and the turbines are a key selling point. The post Prime farmland goes up for sale, with option to reap the harvest from 13 wind turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Global capability centers (GCCs) are rapidly evolving beyond their traditional roles as execution centers, becoming increasingly important as enterprise innovation hubs.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Our planet will only remain able to provide even the most basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, a new report shows.
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
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Back to School Business-school funds give MBA students a jump on careers in and out. The post The Brief: How business schools help students make real world impact with student-led funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A massive solar farm proposed for Victorian coal country has been given the green light by the state planning department, with provisions for an equally massive four-hour battery. The post Victoria’s biggest solar farm cleared for construction in “heart of the Latrobe Valley,” huge battery included appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The care delivery sector continues to navigate challenges following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meaningfully improving organizational health will be crucial to optimizing performance.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Researchers can harvest protein and vitamin B9 from microbes by feeding them nothing much more than hydrogen, oxygen, and CO2. The technology runs on renewable energy to produce a sustainable, micronutrient-enriched protein alternative that may one day make it to our plates.
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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.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Sustainability is falling behind other pressing issues on the prioritization list of CEOs globally, at the same time that consumers become increasingly focused on climate change and personal impact, and as corporate buyers are shifting their buying preferences to more sustainable products and suppliers, according to a new report released by global management consultancy Bain & Company.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Big Three gentailer tips more money into Australian redox flow battery hopeful whose up to 12-hour energy storage technology is being trialled at Origin's Eraring coal plant. The post Origin Energy boosts its bet on the 12-hour battery technology that could help kick out coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Celebrities including Rihanna and Madonna descended on New York City for Fashion Week, where venues from the Guggenheim Museum to basketball courts in. The post Ethical and inclusive are in style at New York Fashion Week appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research. The study has shed new light on why the effects of rapid climate change in the Permian-Triassic warming were so devastating for all forms of life in the sea and on land.
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
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
This article was first published on Civil Notion In the melee that marks the 2024 election year, it is easy to lose focus on down-ballot candidates that have as much—perhaps more—influence over US climate policy as the presidential contenders. Who are these influencers? Naturally, they’re the lawyers! But not just any lawyers. I’m speaking here of state attorneys.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Leading thinkers call for Australia to stop relying on selling emissions-laden resources for prosperity and turn the focus to renewables, hydrogen and science-backed action. The post “We’re going to have to innovate the s**t out of this:” Forum urges fresh thinking on climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday announced the purchase of 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Mexico-based Toroto, a company that develops projects to enhance and restore ecosystems and reduce the impact of climate change. The nature-based carbon credits were generated by a project removing atmospheric carbon dioxide in the state of Campeche, in the Calakmul region of southeastern Mexico.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of all new floodplain housing built in Florida.
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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
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The connection between climate change and education isn’t talked about much, but it should be. There are multiple layers to this connection, and some are not necessarily intuitive. Still, like most aspects of life, education is key. A new report by the World Bank titled: Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action highlights the impact of climate change and the lack of.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Plans to build a massive 600MW solar farm and 1200MWh big battery have cleared their final hurdle, after being cleared for construction by the federal environment minister. The post Huge solar farm and battery project to go ahead after securing federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The vast majority of large companies across the world have been increasing sustainability-related investments over the past year, as C-suite executives have become more concerned about the impact of climate change on their companies, while simultaneously also become more focused on the direct business benefits and opportunities presented by their climate and sustainability initiatives, according to a new survey released by global professional services firm Deloitte.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Methane concentrations in Earth's atmosphere increased at record speed over the past five years. At least two-thirds of annual methane emissions now come from human activities, including fossil fuel use, agriculture, and landfills and other waste.
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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.
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
In a recent article, Dan Gearino commented that coal power is fading away but what is to replace it? Mr. Gearino's statement is both a reality and a challenge for us to perhaps to re-think a potential role for coal. To some that may be anathema, but to many others, it is a compelling and important reality that needs to be addressed or, at the very least, re-visited.
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The the world’s largest coal port has completed the installation of its first major rooftop solar system, delivering around $9,000 a year in electricity savings. The post World’s largest coal port installs solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The week before the launch of Heading for Change, the legacy foundation founded by my late wife, Suzanne Biegel, of which I am. The post Reimagining disability investing: Lessons from an actually Autistic advocate appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Integrating artificial intelligence into today's environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% -- potentially helping to feed the world as its population rises, engineers have found.
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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.
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