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Crédit Agricole Launches Division to Lead Environmental, Social Initiatives

ESG Today

International banking and investment group Crédit Agricole announced the launch of its Societal Commitment Division, a new unit responsible for defining, promoting, leading and coordinating the group’s environmental and societal initiatives.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

In the last two decades, accounting has been transformed by the shift in corporate culture that has seen corporate social responsibility move from the margins to centre stage , and sustainability migrate from the marketing office to the banner flying over the entire operation. Recent reports from the U.K.’s

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Gallup Poll on Honesty & Ethics in the Professions

Steven Mintz

Historically, honesty and ethics ratings for members of Congress have generally not been positive, with the highest rating reaching 25% in 2001. Many banks sold off these mortgages and transferred the risk to an unsuspecting third party. However, most of these professions’ images are in the middle rather than below average.

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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. Yet it is estimated that among the EU’s major banks, only 3% of their balance sheets is made up of green assets.

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