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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. Last year alone, the company invested 1.8

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, global productivity growth has largely declined around the world. We’ll use that as a convenient shorthand, recognizing that the role of a COO is as diverse as the organizations they serve, with titles ranging from president to chief supply chain officer.

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The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers

James Militzer

In 2008, the failure of a single institution, Lehman Brothers, triggered a global financial crisis. The crisis crippled the global economy, not because of Lehman alone, but because of the unseen interdependencies that held the worlds financial system together. Think about it: Aid organizations have long-term commitments.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. A statement provided by Shell welcomed signs that some form of new regulatory regime was on the way.

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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. The second reason is its focus on job creation.

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Her Money. Her Future.

3BL Media

Through savings groups, entrepreneurship programming, and supply chain policy advisory, we’re increasing women’s control, capability, confidence, and choice to earn, save, and invest in themselves, their businesses, families, and communities. 19M savings group members and $690M+ savings mobilized since 2008. Where do we go next?

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Acting for Nature

3BL Media

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.