GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Slow and steady won’t win this race. Getting across the finish line may require FIRE.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Architect Chris Benedict is on a rooftop in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, New York, explaining to a camera how energy recovery ventilators provide fresh air without losing heat. It’s windy, it has been raining, and everything is soaking wet, but she forges on with her message: decarbonizing our drafty, aging building stock is one of the most critical problems we face.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 28, 2023

"World-first" solar methanol plant that will tap into Port Augusta solar thermal project one of four green fuel projects funded by Australia and Germany. The post “World first” solar methanol plant to feed off Port Augusta solar thermal project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Be impeccable with your words. It’s the first of the Four Agreements – a set of universal life principles outlined in the bestselling book by Don Miguel Ruiz. ‘Being impeccable with your words’ is my favorite, and it’s no surprise. As a product marketer, I spend most of my daily existence casting about for the perfect word to use in web copy, a webinar, or video script.

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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With soaring gas prices due to the Ukraine war and the EU’s push to cut emissions, European industries are increasingly switching to high-temperature, high-efficiency heat pumps. Combined with the boom in residential use, the EU is now hoping for a heat pump revolution.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Revelations that almost 95% of the “avoided deforestation” carbon credits issued by the world’s largest certifier have zero climate mitigation value, have sparked calls for rigour, transparency, and accountability in the carbon credit process. The forest carbon offsets used by Disney, Shell, Gucci, and other big corporations “are largely worthless and could make global heating worse,” reports The Guardian.

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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is the final blog in a series on cloud optimization. Also see “ Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload Optimizer ” and “ Getting to the cloud: How IWO can help you plan cloud migration.” In this interview I talk with Mike Isaia, technical solutions architect, about the trend toward the use of multiple public cloud providers and how Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer simplifies performance and cost optimization across AWS , Microsoft Azure , and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Better profits, better soil and buying back its land, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska has regenerative ag to thank.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Didier Bergeret, sustainability director at The Consumer Goods Forum Last month, the Church of England promised to set up a £100-million fund, looking to make amends for its links to the international slave trade. The fund will focus “on improving opportunities for communities adversely impacted by historic slavery.” But slavery is not just a thing of the past.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

ACT government switches on 10MW/20MWh Queanbeyan battery – one of at least two big batteries commissioned to aid the territory's shift to all-electric renewables. The post ACT switches on its first big battery on path to full electrification 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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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 30, 2023

Part 2 of the 4-part series – Cloud monitoring for Cisco Catalyst switches series Welcome back to the second blog in our series for cloud monitoring of Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches! Like I said in my last blog , the most important step in your journey to the cloud starts with visibility. Rather than trying to explain with too many words what I mean by visibility, I’m going to spend some time showing you—so brace yourself for a lot of screenshots.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 30, 2023

How are you going to ensure your messaging and actions actually move the needle for gender equality?

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Businesses risk billions if Black professionals continue to be underrepresented in tech jobs. Closing the gap means making changes to education, recruiting, and retention initiatives.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We know about “agrivoltaics”, where land under and around solar panels is used to grow crops and graze livestock. But what about “conservoltaics”? The post How solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife 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.

Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There have been a lot of talks recently about the article entitled “ Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation”. The title itself does not set off alarm bells until you understand that the study suggests the earth’s core is no longer turning. Now, I am no seismologist, but… I know that if the core of your network stops turning it could be cataclysmic.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2023

Young Americans are flocking to Europe for a green career. How do sustainability careers in Europe differ?

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 30, 2023

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are useful in measuring a company’s progress toward achieving social goals in addition to creating shareholder value.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 30, 2023

Spanish energy giant to build four small "agri-solar" farm projects that prioritise benefits to crops and and livestock over solar production. The post Solar farms put cow comfort and crop yield ahead of harvesting electrons 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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Cisco CSR

JANUARY 30, 2023

Whether or not you’re packing your suitcase to join us at Cisco Live in Amsterdam, I want to share an online certification exam prep resource that’s available right now, free for a limited time. Allow me to introduce you to Cisco U., your new certification exam prep mentor. What does a mentor do? A mentor guides you as you work through learning new things.

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Utiliity Dive

JANUARY 30, 2023

Utility assets have traditionally been secured by proprietary communications links whose security depends on physical access control and operational obscurity.

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TEDxInnovations

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Making friends as an adult can feel like a baffling obstacle course. Why was it so much easier to connect as kids? To help you find well-rounded and fulfilling friendships, psychologist Marisa Franco discusses science-backed tips on how to make (and keep) friends, like the optimism-inducing "acceptance prophecy" and the shame-reducing "theory of chums.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Array Technologies will set up manufacturing facilities on Australian soil as part of VRET conditions to supply a new Victorian solar farm. The post Solar tracker giant sets up manufacturing facility in Australia to supply local projects 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

Cisco CSR

JANUARY 30, 2023

The Department of Defense (DoD) has provided strategic guidance for all DoD Components to adopt a Zero Trust (ZT) strategic approach in the DoD CIO’s recently published DoD Zero Trust Strategy. Building upon the seven pillars in the reference architecture, the DoD CIO provides a clear vision and approach along with very precise goals, objectives, and outcomes desired for DoD Components to evaluate and adopt specific “DoD Zero Trust Capabilities” described as “Target” and “Advanced” levels in a D

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Impakter

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Impakter Do We Need to Sacrifice Our 1.5 °C Goal to End Poverty? On January 30, the World Inequality Lab (WIL) at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) published a new report about how the emissions gap both within countries and between countries is being driven by wealth inequality. The fact that high-income nations and individuals emit disproportionate amounts of GHG is not groundbreaking.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Climate solutions-focused investment business Just Climate announced today its inaugural three investments, backing companies with solutions to help decarbonize the steel sector, accelerate electric mobility, and provide renewable energy for manufacturers. Founded in October 2021 by Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused investment firm chaired by former U.S.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ikea buys into $3 billion wind and battery project in Victoria as part of multi-billion dollar renewable spend. The post Victoria’s biggest wind farm lures major new investor, with billions earmarked for renewables 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.

Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

All the planning, design and execution for NRF 2023 are now behind us, but I returned home from New York feeling like it was worth every ounce of effort we put into it… It was amazing to be, not only back in person, but back to 2020 levels of participation with so much pent-up enthusiasm and interest from the attendees that visited. Something I personally enjoyed was a new approach for us at NRF – Coffee and Conversations , is something we have done as a video podcast for a while, both to hel

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Stacey Higginbotham

JANUARY 31, 2023

For the last two years, Shortcut Labs , the Swedish company behind the Flic buttons, has seen its sales to enterprises spike. Dirk Lüders, the head of partnerships at Shortcut Labs, told me that about half of the company’s revenue now comes from business clients even though it’s never marketed to them. These clients range from a car company that uses the button to physically open an app on a user’s phone to access the vehicle’s software features to a company called MiS

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2023

By Carmen Rojas We are living in messy times. The impact of a frail democracy and fissured economy is that day-to-day living for far too many people in the United States is desperate and dire, while a handful of plutocrats, willing to game these political and economic systems, are lining their pockets to consolidate wealth, power, and political influence.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 30, 2023

Bloomberg New energy Finance says investment in low carbon energy has hit a new high – and for the first time reached parity with capital invested in fossil fuels. The post Clean energy investment tops $US1 trillion, sits neck and neck with fossil fuels 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.