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Is it time to scrap COP?

Corporate Knights

While the success or failure of COPs often boils down to the substance of final pledges agreed to by negotiators, some academics suggest that failures like the 2009 Copenhagen COP have led to successes like the 2015 Paris Agreement. But that idea has been dismissed by anyone associated with the COP process who’s heard it. .

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African MBA programs are reclaiming sustainability in business education

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Since becoming a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education in 2009, GIBS has woven the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deeply into its curriculum, Chiba explains.

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Snigdha Kumar Helps Digit & Oportun Make Financial Health Achievable

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DESCRIPTION: Snigdha Kumar , our Head of Product Operations at Digit , has had a passion for financial inclusion since her academic days and throughout her career. In recognition of its responsibly designed products, Oportun has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) since 2009. SOURCE: Oportun.

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STEM Leader Marlene Watson Receives the 2023 AISES Ely S. Parker Award

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She later filled other AISES roles including chair of the Membership Committee and secretary of the Board of Directors from 2009 to 2010, and again from 2012 to 2015. Her record of academic achievement is impressive. from 2014 to 2015. Watson, who is Navajo (Diné) from Wide Ruins, Arizona, and Tohlakai, N.M. ,

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The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q2 2023 (September)

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Michael and Maree Whitlow founded Columbus ICE in 2009 to promote health, education and teamwork through sport to under-resourced communities. Here are some of our 75for75 recipients from our second quarter. COLUMBUS ICE: COLUMBUS, OH The mission is to Inspire Children to Excellence (ICE). It’s a safe space and guiding road.

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Antioch University and Otterbein University Announce Intention to Form First-of-Kind National University System

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The announcement comes after months of due diligence by the institutions to confirm alignment of their missions and academic offerings and to outline the ways in which learners, their campus communities, and their greater communities will benefit from the new system.

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Should ESG Investors Own Cryptocurrency?

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Academic researchers estimate that between January 2009 and April 2017, 46% of Bitcoin transactions were linked to illegal activity, to the tune of $76 billion, which is equal to the U.S. and EU illegal drug markets.