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Five ways to give central banking a makeover

Corporate Knights

Since 2008, the world’s central bankers have pumped $33 trillion into the global economy through a process called Quantitative Easing (QE). Their actions since 2008 indicate that their primary allegiance has been to their fellow bankers and investors. Create money to tackle a crisis.

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Mary Kay Pink Changing Lives Global Cause Marketing Program Improves Millions of Women and Girls’ Lives Around the World

3BL Media

The Pink Changing Lives global cause marketing program is entirely funded by a portion of the sales from Pink Changing Lives designated products in participating Mary Kay markets. For the most recent updates on Mary Kay’s global sustainability strategy, click here.

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Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery

GreenBiz

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Many are considering a tried-and-true method to boost economies in the short term and provide wide societal benefits in the long term: infrastructure investment.

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Inside Hewlett Foundation’s plan to electrify all road transportation by 2050

GreenBiz

A former research scientist in clean energy and transportation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gopal has a grant-making philosophy that focuses on electrifying the global economy quickly, resiliently and reliably with clean power.

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University of Texas Institutions Receive $5 Million to Expand Blackstone LaunchPad to Additional Campuses

3BL Media

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation established LaunchPad in 2008 and partnered with Techstars eight years later to provide participants with access to its network of more than 10,000 mentors, invitations to signature events like Startup Week and Startup Weekend, and access to world-renowned content and startup services.

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Designing Net Zero Ports

3BL Media

The maritime sector plays a major role in the global economy, transporting a high volume of freight around the world. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions 1 and moves freight with some of the lowest carbon emissions per tonne.kilometre (t.km) 2 of any transport sector. SOURCE: WSP. DESCRIPTION: By James Peet.

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Changing the Profitability Paradigm: A Key Report Aims to Rally Global Investors Behind a Sustainable Approach to Finance

James Militzer

In 2001, the internet stock market crisis broke, and later that decade the subprime mortgage crisis sparked the 2008 global financial crisis — the largest since the Great Depression. along with other countries, introduced new regulatory policies in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.

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