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In Germany, a wind farm is dismantled to make way for expanded lignite coal mine
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 31, 2022
A small wind farm is dismantled to make way for an expanded coal mine in the midst of the European energy crisis. The post In Germany, a wind farm is dismantled to make way for expanded lignite coal mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Who wants to be India’s greenest billionaire?
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
If there is one word that captures India’s dramatic push to turbocharge its renewable energy sector, it is this: ambition. And it’s not just the government betting big on renewable energy; the country’s two biggest corporations – Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Adani Group (AG) – and the rival billionaires who lead them have raised expectations with their renewable giga-plans.
Navigating the Politics of ESG as a Business Leader
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
SOURCE: Antea Group. DESCRIPTION: During the latest election cycle, it's been almost impossible to ignore the controversy swirling around ESG investing in certain corners of the political arena. As a business leader who is vested in the financial and regulatory implications of ESG going forward, you might find yourself wondering what’s driving the criticism, and what it all might mean to the future of corporate sustainability.
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.
Can a 'carbon coin' save the world? It may be put to the test
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Steps are inching forward toward a real-world demonstration of the planet-saving financial tool from the sci-fi novel 'Ministry for the Future.
Neoen to use wind and big battery in “first of its kind” baseload contract with BHP
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Neoen signs landmark, and first of its kind, baseload contract with BHP to supply Olympic Dam mine with 24/7 power from wind and battery storage. The post Neoen to use wind and big battery in “first of its kind” baseload contract with BHP appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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KeyBank Joins Innovative Funding Pool Enabling Low-Income Colorado Homeowners In Mobile Home Parks To Capitalize On 2020 Community Purchase Law
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
SOURCE: KeyBank. DESCRIPTION: Nine organizations have come together to create a financing vehicle that positions homeowners in Colorado manufactured home communities to successfully purchase their neighborhoods when they come up for sale. ROC USA® Capital and Thistle Community Housing partnered with Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), Colorado Health Foundation, Colorado Trust, Ally Bank, KeyBank, Mercy Community Capital, JPMorgan Chase and Thistle Community Housing to secure a $55 mi
Why ocean climate tech deserves more respect
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The tide is turning in our knowledge about the ocean’s depths and the critical role it could play in mitigating climate change.
Nowhere for polluters to hide: Satellites track power station emissions in real-time
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
With big polluters in Australia severely underreporting their emissions, the country is in need of this kind of independent data. The post Nowhere for polluters to hide: Satellites track power station emissions in real-time appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27
We Mean Business Coalition
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Amidst the escalating impacts and threats of climate change, heads of state, negotiators, climate scientists, activists and business leaders prepare to meet for COP27, taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The consequences of inaction are already being felt globally, with the world’s vulnerable most severely impacted. . Every fraction of a degree of global heating matters.
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
Quest Donates 60 Laptops To Support Choose Healthy Life Community Health Workforce
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
SOURCE: Quest Diagnostics. DESCRIPTION: Choose Healthy Life (CHL) is a sustainable, scalable, and transferable approach to addressing public health disparities and inequities in the Black community by establishing a health workforce in the Black church. CHL began with 50 churches in 5 cities and expanded last year to 120 churches in 13 states and the District of Columbia.
Made in America: A lithium supply chain for EV batteries
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 31, 2022
With the U.S. supplying 1 percent of the world’s lithium, there’s nowhere to go but up.
New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
A new wind energy generation record for the UK, as offshore and onshore wind farms contribute more than 20GW to the grid at one point this week. The post New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Finally – IPsec On A Catalyst Switch
Cisco CSR
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Part 1 of the 2-part IPSec Series. The new Cisco Catalyst 9000X with IPsec support is finally a reality. I will quickly cover three use cases that are relevant to branch deployments. . Cisco introduced the Catalyst 9000X series, which includes the C9300X, C9400X, C9500X, and C9600X. I will mostly focus on the C9300X which supports IPsec today as of IOS-XE 17.6.2 with Advantage licensing.
Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?
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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.
Tech-Centric Teaching: STEM Lessons Encourage Differentiated Learning
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
From novice to expert techie, 4 cross-curriculum lessons for diverse learners. SOURCE: Verizon. DESCRIPTION: By: Erin Schoen Marsh. It’s no secret that students seize the opportunity to use technology in the classroom. But for educators, the appeal of tech-based learning is a little different. Technology allows students to progress at their own pace while keeping them engaged with the work.
A New One Health Global Action Plan is Out!
Impakter
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Impakter. A New One Health Global Action Plan is Out! . Responding to international requests to prevent future pandemics and to promote health sustainably through the One Health approach, four major United Nations technical agencies issued a new One Health global action plan on 18 October: The “One Health Joint Plan of Action (2022–2026)” (OH JPA) – with a subtitle that clarifies it: “Working together for […].
World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Emissions are still rising, pledges to 2030 put the world on track for 2.5C of warming but fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak. The post World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Why Transportation Organizations Choose Cisco
Cisco CSR
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Transportation organizations require digital infrastructure as rugged and unyielding as the terrain they traverse. One that not only performs but enables innovation and expands landscapes. Cisco is a trusted partner in this space and has worked with over 32,000 transportation customers across 169 countries. So, why do transportation operators choose Cisco to help them achieve their business objectives?
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
Pushing Through the Pain: Harp Vision's Handcrafted Wellness Products Prove That Self-Care Isn't Selfish
3BL Media
OCTOBER 31, 2022
SOURCE: GoDaddy. DESCRIPTION: Baltimore residents, husband and wife duo, and Empower by GoDaddy graduates Tyron and April Harper are the founders of Harp Vision , a wellness brand creating all-natural products that help to relieve pain and improve quality of life. Through the launch of their business, the Harpers are eager to create a better life for themselves and their two sons, Phoenix (age 6) and Kaden (age 16).
Accelerating green growth in the built environment
McKinsey Sustainabilty
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The industries that make up the built environment are highly fragmented and slow to change. Creating green growth requires shifts in how players design, build, operate, and decommission assets.
“Way off-track:” Fossil fuels killing millions, threatening future, says Lancet report
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Another new study has again highlighted the damage to health from the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the global climate. The seventh annual global report of the Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published in The Lancet, highlights a number of crises, ranging from food insecurity, infectious diseases, heat-related disease, […].
Improving API Quality and Security with API Insights
Cisco CSR
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Ninety percent of developers use external application programming interfaces, or APIs, according to SlashData and their 19th Economic Developer Survey Report. Yet there are no standard rule sets for API design, making it difficult for developers to follow best practices in building APIs and ensuring quality, and leaving API consumers without standards and tools to assess API quality.
What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?
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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
FedEx, One Tree Planted, and Memphis City Beautiful Urban Tree Planting
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
FEDEX AND ONE TREE PLANTED ANNOUNCE NATIONAL URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVE STARTING WITH A TREE PLANTING EVENT IN MEMPHIS. SOURCE: FedEx Corporation. DESCRIPTION: MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ - On Saturday, November 5th, One Tree planted and local partners Memphis City Beautiful, with support from FedEx, will be planting 15 large-caliper native trees at Washington Bottoms, a vacant urban greenspace in Memphis.
CAISO avoided outages in September heat wave – a ‘remarkable outcome’ – with 4 GW storage, conservation
Utiliity Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The state’s gas-fired plants were “critical” during the worst of the heat wave, but some were unavailable at times, California’s grid operator said in a report.
Pressure builds on AGL chair as proxy advisors side with Cannon-Brookes
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Another proxy advisor swings in behind Mike Cannon-Brookes' preferred AGL board nominees, putting renewed pressure on the current chair. The post Pressure builds on AGL chair as proxy advisors side with Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cisco Innovations Create a More Secure and Scalable SD-WAN Fabric
Cisco CSR
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
One important lesson the pandemic taught us is that enterprises need a network infrastructure to support a hybrid workforce with a distributed application landscape. In a hybrid workplace environment, people need to be able to work fluidly from remote home offices as well as from established branch and campus office spaces. In these dynamic workplace environments, IT needs to ensure that specific workers or work groups are subjected to the correct security policy controls, regardless of the conn
What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?
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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.
Regions' Tara Plimpton Recognized for DEI Leadership
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The bank’s Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary was honored in Corporate Counsel’s 2022 Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards. SOURCE: Regions Bank. DESCRIPTION: By Candace Higginbotham. Corporate Counsel recently announced its 2022 Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards and Regions Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Tara Plimpton was named a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion.
PG&E formally asks NRC to extend Diablo Canyon power plant license to 2030 to boost grid reliability
Utiliity Dive
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Diablo Canyon provides more than 8% of California’s in-state generation. The state will fund a $1.4 billion loan to PG&E to relicense the plant.
Rooftop solar take another significant bite out of Origin customer volumes
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Rooftop solar takes more volume away from retail markets, but Origin gains from big business wind and LPG windfall. The post Rooftop solar take another significant bite out of Origin customer volumes appeared first on RenewEconomy.
You got legacy devices, we got Cisco DNA Center
Cisco CSR
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
It is a well-established fact that Cisco builds amazing hardware which is reliable and built to last. Perhaps one of the best testimonials of Cisco’s quality is the sheer amount of “legacy” devices still in production across the globe. In fact, it is not uncommon to see devices with uptime of over a decade. While many networking professionals are very proud of the uptime, this is part of the reality of some network infrastructures.
The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges
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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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