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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

General sustainability definitions Climate risk Two types of climate risks exist, transition risks and physical risks. According to the EPA , transition risks are related to the transition to a lower-carbon economy, while physical risks are associated to the physical impacts of climate change.

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Eight Myths Debunked

Chris Hall

Myth 1: Climate change isn’t a financial risk . Climate change is a financial risk. Commitments made by over 200 countries at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement have led to the implementation of 2,570 climate laws and policies. Climate regulation isn’t the only factor influencing financial risk.

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Not as Green as it Seems

Chris Hall

This database was first compiled by the Climate Accountability Institute back in 2013 and is kept up to date through collaboration with disclosure platform CDP today. To this end, the Carbon Majors Database tracks the emissions of the top 100 oil, gas and coal mining groups. Less green over time.

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Safeguarding Our Forests

Chris Hall

Research shows that forests absorbed twice the amount of CO2 they emitted between 2001 and 2019, sequestering 7.6 The EU is still debating its proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive , which would require companies to identify and mitigate adverse impacts on biodiversity – such as deforestation – in their supply chains.

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ESG Explainer: Halting Deforestation

Chris Hall

The role of forests as carbon sinks and sources of biodiversity is well recognised, but action to clean-up supply chains is slow to reduce deforestation rates. Globally from 2001 to 2020, a total of 411Mha of tree cover was lost, equivalent to a 10% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 165Gt of CO?