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The global food supply chain is a complex nexus of rising costs, logistical challenges, and environmental factors, writes Morten Johansen, Chief Operating Officer for DP World Americas, in a recent article for Forbes.
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Sustainability as a Business Imperative: Investing for Success Mon, 09/18/2023 - 13:00 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Originally published in Black Veatch's 2023 Sustainability Report By Deepa Poduval, SVP Global Sustainability Leader, Black Veatch In today’s world, sustainability has evolved from a corporate responsibility to a critical ethical and business imperative. To achieve sustainability goals effectively, organizations must both reexamine traditional thinking of sustai
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The Nexus of Water and Energy: Helix Water District Selects Black Veatch for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in California Tue, 08/01/2023 - 11:00 Subheader Advancements in Clean Transportation, Regulations Fuel Sustainability Goals Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body OVERLAND PARK, Kan., August 1, 2023 /3BL/ - Black Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions, has been selected by Helix Water District in San Diego County, California, to perform de
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Join us for our upcoming webinar, a panel hosted by Antea Group with guests from PepsiCo, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on June 21st, 11:00 AM ET to learn more about water circularity and the energy/water nexus!
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New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival Receives Gold Certification for Commitment to Sustainability and Community Impact "" title="New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival" typeof="foaf:Image" />"" title="New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival" typeof="foaf:Image" />Thu, 05/18/2023 - 10:30 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body May 18, 2023 /3BL Media/ - AEG Presents’ New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival presented by Shell has been awarded Gold certification by the Council for Responsib
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Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Professor Noreena Hertz, global economist and author, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective March 29, 2023, and will serve on its Governance and Social Responsibility Committee. Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO of Mattel, said: “Noreena is a highly influential economist and a global thought leader on ESG. We look forward to the benefit of her expert insights and perspectives as we continue to execute our strategy to grow Matt
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Congratulations to our CEO Raul Vazquez for being named a finalist for the Fintech Nexus Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trailblazer Award.
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, global education organization Room to Read today announced She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world. The multi-media initiative — which in addition to a six-episode film series also includes books and audio stories — boldly aims to reach all 432 million adolescent girls (ages 12-18) in the world with content and educational curricul
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LyondellBasell and Nexus Circular announced they have signed a definitive long-term contract, which will supply LyondellBasell with approximately 24,000 tons of recycled feedstock per year.
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Data center owners are poised to become the next leaders in both energy and water efficiency by balancing resource use and addressing the [growing] reputational risk associated with running water-intensive facilities in water-stressed communities.
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Nasdaq’s position at the nexus of all these market stakeholders gives us unique insights into the information and guidance that each group needs to be successful, no matter where they are in their ESG journey.
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Peloton Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) today announced the publication of its second annual ESG report outlining recent progress made in its fiscal year 2022. The report shares key updates across social and environmental initiatives and introduces a new Impact Framework articulating Peloton’s approach and commitment to supporting the well-being of its people, communities, and planet. During a year of transformation, the company has remained committed to ESG as a key component of its growth stra
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Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, today announced the launch of a new benchmark carbon-offset contract, Sustainable Development Global Emissions Offset™ (SD-GEO™). The standardized contract, tradable on Xpansiv market CBL, provides a benchmark for market participants and corporates to transact high-quality carbon offsets from projects that also deliver high social impact. The SD-GEO will allow for delivery of cookstove projects with a minimum of f
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UnitedHealthcare and Peloton To Provide Millions of More People With Access to a Leading Interactive Fitness Platform Thu, 09/22/2022 - 13:35 Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body MINNETONKA, Minn. and NEW YORK, September 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ - UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and Peloton Interactive, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTON) have renewed and expanded their relationship to help more people get or stay active and improve their overall well-being. Under the n
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Advancing Tetra Tech's Commitment to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Fri, 10/07/2022 - 09:35 Subheader Joining 2XCollaborative, a global group driving gender-smart investment in climate, energy, health, and other sectors Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Tetra Tech is furthering our commitment to inclusion in our projects and across our global operations by joining 2XCollaborative, a global group driving gender-smart investment in climate, energy, health, and other sectors.
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The new facility will process and convert over 26,000 MTs of previously non-recycled plastics into highquality circular feedstocks to accelerate sustainable virgin plastics production.
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Climate change is everywhere, and many businesses are beginning to wonder how this will impact their water risk. How can you be proactive as a business to address your climate-related water risk? Let’s explore.
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Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, today announced an agreement to acquire Evolution Markets, a leading brokerage firm in global carbon, renewable, and energy markets. The combined entity will benefit from Evolution Markets’ base of more than 2,000 customers, including many of the world’s largest energy firms, corporations, utilities, and financial institutions. "We’re excited to further leverage our environmental and energy market infrastructure t
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Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for global carbon and environmental commodities, today completed its acquisition of APX, the leader in registry infrastructure for energy and environmental markets. The acquisition brings together two innovators with the technologies and capabilities to empower markets to scale with liquidity and efficiency. Xpansiv connects buyers and sellers of environmental commodities and provides market data for voluntary carbon offsets, renewable energy c
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Blackstone Announces $400 Million Investment in Xpansiv, the Leading Global Carbon and Environmental Commodities Exchange Platform Tue, 07/12/2022 - 11:30 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Blackstone announced today that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners (“Blackstone”) have committed $400 million to lead a strategic investment in Xpansiv Limited (“Xpansiv”), the premier market-infrastructure platform for gl
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Valhalla Boatworks is the most recent addition to the list of boat manufacturers currently recycling plastic protective covers through the Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program. To date, the program, which launched in August 2021, is responsible for returning 17,911 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back into base materials, reducing the amount of plastics in U.S. waterways. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire
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Toshiba Recycles More than 64 Tons of E-Waste & Replants 18,952 Trees Globally in 2021
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Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Key to Improving Health Equity
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SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:The data center market in India is booming. Investment in Indian data centers is expected to reach $7 billion in the next three years, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.4 percent until 2022, making it the second fasted growing data center market in the world. Driven by widespread adoption of digitalization, data analytics and data sovereignty laws that enforce localization, the data center market growth in India will need to reach 15 times its current level
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Women entrepreneurs are solution multipliers in building an inclusive and sustainable future
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Stanley Black Decker Announces First Recipients of $25 Million Empower Makers Global Impact Challenge Mon, 03/28/2022 - 16:05 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body $3 million in grants and nearly $1 million in tools are being provided to organizations supporting workforce development initiatives Recipients represent the first cohort in 5-year commitment toward skilling 3 million makers Grants to empower roughly 180,000 individuals in 2022 through vocational skills training NE
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Today, practitioners refer to the “groundwater-surface water nexus,” and by recognizing the interactions between the two it is possible for agencies to better manage water resources as a whole and address concerns related to water scarcity.
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DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) announced a multi-year financial commitment to Kindbridge Research Institute (KRI) for a new research program to study the nexus of veterans and responsible gaming
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The Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program returned more than 10,000 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back to base materials during 2021, proving a pilot concept the sustainability initiative hopes to expand in 2022. Yamaha Rightwaters announced the program in August and continues to work with Nexus® of Atlanta, Georgia and Tommy Nobis Enterprises® of Marietta, Georgia, to develop a larger national program intended to reduce plastic waste in America’s waterways. “Po
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Six Pines Investments LLC (“Six Pines”), a wholly-owned, sustainable investment subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (“CPChem”) announced today its equity investment in two leading circular plastics recyclers, Nexus Circular LLC (“Nexus”) and Mura Technology Ltd. (“Mura”). In October 2020, CPChem announced success in its first commercial scale production of polyethylene using advanced recycling technology. The company markets its new circular polyethylene under the name Marlex® An
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The Yamaha Rightwaters sustainability initiative expands overseas as Yamaha Motor Australia announces plans to build on the company’s commitment to marine conservation by forming a strategic alliance with clean technology start-up Seabin™, its first Yamaha Rightwaters initiative. Yamaha Motor Australia joins the Australian-founded company as a major sponsor of the world’s first “100 Smarter Cities for Cleaner Oceans” campaign in Sydney. “At Yamaha, we are all passionate about boating and the lon
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Dodo, a Platform Helping Companies Reduce Emissions, Wins First Climate Fintech Cards Payments Challenge Thu, 11/18/2021 - 15:25 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body New York, November 18, 2021 /3BLMedia/ – Dodo, an all-in-one platform that helps companies to rapidly measure their emissions and access green, affordable finance, has won the inaugural Climate Fintech Cards Payments Challenge (C Challenge). The challenge is an initiative the global nonprofit New Energy Nexus la
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The Conference on Innovations in Climate Resilience, presented by Battelle in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories, will host the nation’s leading minds in climate change and resilience in Columbus, Ohio, March 29-30. The first-ever event is a curated technical program that focuses on solutions and will include invited keynote presentations, platform and lightning talks and a poster reception. The conference is expected to attract an audience of 800 governmen
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New Energy Nexus today launched its inaugural Climate Fintech: Cards & Payments Challenge (C&P Challenge) to catalyze innovation across the financial sector to address climate change.
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New Energy Nexus Launches First-ever Climate Fintech Cards Payments Challenge, in Partnership With Barclays, Mastercard, Doconomy and Patch Tue, 09/07/2021 - 16:15 Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body NEW YORK, September 7, 2021 /3BLMedia/ – New Energy Nexus today launched its inaugural Climate Fintech: Cards Payments Challenge (C Challenge) to catalyze innovation across the financial sector to address climate change. This innovation program brings together multinational fina
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Topic at Kenai Classic Roundtable on Recreational Fishing
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From creating tools to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to helping address food insecurity, this year's notable changemakers are rising to the occasion in a year unlike any other
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The success of the United Nations’ Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a major global initiative to halt and reverse ecosystem degradation and combat climate change, hinges on opportunities that infuse green restoration into all infrastructure work that intersects the environment.
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Five breakthrough innovations from across Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America will each receive a $250,000 award and participate in a strategic new collaborative to focus on systemic solutions to complex sustainability challenges.
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SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 21, 2021 /3BL Media/ – Looking to stimulate the development of integrated technology solutions to support the sustainability needs of their mining clients, Black Veatch and Paterson Cooke announce today their collaboration in offering industry stakeholders guidance on a unified approach to technology solutions in tailings, water and energy management. Paterson Cooke and Black Veatch are leveraging their vast knowledge of best practices an
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Boeing Commits $50 Million to Innovation Campus to Become First Foundational Partner Wed, 05/05/2021 - 17:45 Subheader Transformative investment will help diversify the technology industry and bolster the Washington, D.C., region as a global innovation hub Type of Content Blog Layout Media Gallery Body Boeing has been named as the first foundational partner of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia. A $50 million, multiyear commitment from the company will help jump-start Vi
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Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
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“Exciting Breakthroughs in the Future of Limb Loss Care for 2,100,000 Americans,” 3 p.m. (EDT), Apr 27, 2021
Shines a light on the overlooked, underserved population of limb loss patients
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Company Recycles More Than 68 Tons & Replants 21,422 Trees Across the Globe in 2020
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Nexus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US-based healthcare company and domestic manufacturer, today announced that they transported via a special air freight charter through DB Schenker 82 tons of vaccine filling equipment, including a vaccine filling machine and isolator from Bausch + Stroebel and Franz Ziel. Once the production line is operational, Nexus will have the capability to produce up to 30 million doses of vaccines per month. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:
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One year into COVID-19 and amidst a growing mental health crisis, MTV Entertainment Group and nearly 200 organizations team up to plan inaugural ‘Mental Health Action Day’ on May 20
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Advanced facilities and industry-leading researchers at the University of Chicago, Argonne, and Fermilab position the Midwest as an innovation hub.
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Jeannelle Blanchard, vice president in Tetra Tech’s International Development Services group, has more than 25 years of progressive project management experience on donor-funded projects. During her first 10 years, she worked on energy efficiency and energy conservation issues in the tourism sector.
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Collaboration of Daimler Trucks North America, Portland General Electric reflects critical need to build infrastructure for electrified trucking fleets SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, March 22, 2021 /3BL Media/ – As the automotive industry accelerates the delivery of electrified truck models, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and Portland General Electric (PGE) are teaming up on a first-of-its-kind, public charging station specially designed for medium and heavy-duty el
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In partnership with The Colorado Health Foundation and the Finance Authority of Maine, Arctaris will deploy Opportunity Zone capital to deliver affordable broadband access to underserved communities.