Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

In their work, team members get the opportunity to meet and exchange with some of the world’s greatest leaders in sustainable development – professors, economists, bestselling authors, educators, and academics. It is directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur.

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Development Academics 99

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In 2013, Jeffrey Whitford , head of sustainability & social business innovation, read a Fast Company article on the launch of a new Nike app. The team aims to leverage employee expertise and innovation to impact life and health with science through methodical, needle-moving actions as a sustainability multiplier.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Development Academics Waste 130

3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

Since it was established in 2013, NJIT’s URI program has given more than 450 students hands-on, professional research opportunities that serve them in the next phase of their STEM careers. Funding from the grant will run from the academic years of 2022-2027. About New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Academics 130

Academics 130

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 31, 2022

Through his academic and professional work, Lokman has focused on the places where land and water meet, and how these zones have emerged as a critical front line in the fight against climate change. The areas that were inundated included the low-lying regions in the southern part of B.C.,

Climate Change 246

Climate Change Academics Development Banking 246

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A seminal 2013 report from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on eating insects highlighted the myriad benefits of edible insects, which include circular use of waste to rear insects, relatively low greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, and low water use.

Net Zero 288

Net Zero Academics Climate Change Development 288

Steven Mintz

APRIL 19, 2022

McCallion & Feder, 2013 )  The reasons for being bullied reported most often by students include physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation. Gini & Pozzoli, 2013  ). Gini & Pozzoli, 2013  ). Perren, Ettakal, & Ladd, 2013  ).

Academics 52

Academics Development 52

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2021

There were almost 22,000 places offered on degree apprentices in the last academic year, double the number from the previous year. It found that three-quarters (75%) think it is important to go to university, down from 78% last year and a high of 86% in 2013. Room for improvement. What is in it for our young apprentices?

Academics 52

Academics Analytics Development Manufacturing 52

3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

Since our founding in 2013 we have actively sought – and benefited from – scientific, operational, and financial support from our academic and strategic partners. CCI, which will continue to operate as an independent entity, has developed CoverCress™ as a unique crop whose grain is a lower carbon, low-input source for fuel and feed.

Supply Chains 130

Supply Chains Supply Chain Development Decarbonize 130

3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Heck, it didn’t even seem to be enough in 2013 when John Cook and other researchers determined that 97.1% of academic papers expressing a view on human-caused climate change agreed that it was real, and that humans were the cause.

Climate Change 130

Climate Change Climate Scientist Net Zero Zero Carbon 130

EJOLT

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Twenty-three academic or activist groups from Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia worked together to advance knowledge on a problem of great interest to society: what are the underlying causes of increasing ecological distribution conflicts at different scales? 2012, 2013) as well as embodied space (Yu et al.2013):

Academics 40

Academics 40

Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We need to engage the academic and scientific community and tap into worldwide technological know‐how in the private sector and civil society, in order to develop and implement practical solutions.” Starting in 2013 and finishing in 2015, the teams developed roadmaps for deep decarbonization in their respective countries.

Development 97

Development Decarbonize Academics 97

Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While the PRI and the industry have adopted the principle of ESG integration as a doctrine, academics have treated it as a hypothesis, looking for data to test it and determine if it holds true, particularly the link between ESG integration and financial performance. And can we really still call it “impact”?

Academics 93

Academics Paris Agreement Impact Investing Development 93

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The pace has quickened further in 2022 in response to then Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s April 2021 announcement that by 2030 the country’s emissions would reduce by 46% relative to 2013 levels. Significant progress. This July the panel released its second progress report , revealing extent of progress.

Climate Action Tracker 98

Climate Action Tracker Stewardship Code Sustainable Investment Climate Change 98

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

Understanding early on that he would have to apply his scientific knowledge to real-world scenarios, Jacobson added an economics major to his academic pursuits. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. (Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Then, in 1989, he attended UCLA and added a M.S.

Climate Change 101

Climate Change Divestment Academics Development 101

Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

With the creation of SDSN Nigeria in 2013, the University of Ibadan Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV) has been co-organizing the conference in its function as the hosting institution of the network.

Development 52

Development Academics 52

James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

That’s why the William Davidson Institute is sponsoring the Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition , which aims to increase the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic. The winners of the competition will receive cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

Supply Chains 98

Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change Development 98

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

With Michael Braungart, 2013. because I had won that award at the White House for sustainable development and I am an academic to them, which they respect. It had shutters and skylights operated by children so they could let the sun in, keep the sun out, put them to bed at night, that kind of thing. They had their mouths on everything.

Development 523

Development Smart Buildings Regenerative Academics 523

Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Seventeen Korean companies have been certified as B Corps to date, starting with a forest-building social venture Tree Planet in 2013. Amid these developments, the number of companies obtaining B Corp certification is gradually on the rise in South Korea. Collaboration with academia offers a way forward.

Corporate Social Responsibility 93

Corporate Social Responsibility Global Economy Academics Development 93

Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Regarding Goal 3 (Reduce child mortality), the global under-five mortality rate has declined by more than half, dropping from 90 to 43 deaths per 1000 live births between 1990 and 2015 and about 84% of children worldwide received at least a dose of measles-containing vaccine in 2013 (up from 73% in 2000).

Development 52

Development Decarbonize Paris Agreement Academics 52

Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Building on lessons from many communities using data for collaborative improvement, we decided in 2013 that achieving population-level impact—improving outcomes for large groups of people—would require a more intentional focus on systems, and commitment to rigor and use of data.

Academics 72

Academics Banking Development 72

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

TEPCO subcontractors collect sea water samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2013 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 One academic publication claimed the total global social welfare cost could exceed US$200 billion. Japanese authorities are not planning to release the water all at once.

Waste 98

Waste Academics 98

Gail Tverberg

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This seems to be the academic specialty that finds holes in other people’s wishful thinking. China’s coal supply stopped growing about 2013. Nuclear and modern renewables would not be available because they depend on fossil fuels for their production, maintenance and long distance transmission lines.

Supply Chains 80

Supply Chains Supply Chain Development Academics 80

3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

KRISTY DRUTMAN: Mostly it’s people who are not in the climate space, comedians or politicians or entrepreneurs and business people who don’t really understand how to communicate climate science to the public because they don’t fully know the issue because they don’t have the academic background.

Climate Change 130

Climate Change COP26 Greenwashing Academics 130

GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

The number of standalone lab-greening efforts has grown since Harvard-trained neuroscientist Allison Paradise created My Green Lab in 2013, from about 10 to 90 groups that engage tens of thousands of scientists around the world. In many cases, product developments in support of sustainability also reduce laboratory risk.

Waste 430

Waste Climate Change Development Supply Chains 430

Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 1, 2023

ABOUT NETWORKS PROGRAM The Networks program of SDSN launched its first network in 2013 and has experienced continuous growth ever since, reaching over 1800-member institutions and 53 networks across 6 continents. It is directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur.

Academics 52

Academics Development 52

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Cohen cites academic research showing that the rising tide of ESG-led investment flows has already shifted the valuation of companies in favour of those that have better environmental performance. When ESG [investing] has reliable measurement, we will begin to see investment decisions made in a different way,” he says.

Impact Investing 111

Impact Investing Banking Development Carbon Offsets 111

Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

ABOUT NETWORKS PROGRAM The Networks program of SDSN launched its first network in 2013 and has experienced continuous growth ever since, reaching over 1800-member institutions and 53 networks across 6 continents. It is directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur.

Development 52

Development Academics 52

Russ George

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The research paper has been stagnating and trapped by belligerent peers who created a ‘birds nest tangle’ of so-called academic peer review for over two years. ” In 2013 removal of the Elwha River dam in Washington state cost $325 million. A Fisherman’s Birds Nest Tangled Controversy.

Academics 52

Academics Development 52

3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

For one thing, it means that for the last year or so, I’ve had a serious case of the “told you so’s” as developments on the global, regional and national scales from think tanks and academics have validated the work that we have all been doing for the last 35 years enabling the private sector to act for nature. and 45 in Mexico.

Global Economy 243

Global Economy Development Net Zero Climate Change 243

Tobias Webb

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As academics have noted: “…scientists have estimated that restored forests could sequester up to 16% of the carbon needed to limit global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial levels, while generating some $84bn in assets such as timber and erosion control”. To this end, pledged restoration is clearly a good start.

Supply Chains 52

Supply Chains Supply Chain Development Academics 52

Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

However, in social policy, academics and policy makers can use the rhetoric of evidence-based policy in policy deliberations to dismiss rather than resolve the complex ways that community values and research evidence interact. To be sure, the use of research evidence in policymaking is also valuable.

Academics 109

Academics Development 109

Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The virtual event reflected on progress made towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the perspective of the transformations that have taken place in education, academic curricula, research, and technological developments following the historic 1992 Rio Summit.

Academics 52

Academics Development Zero Carbon Climate Change 52

Stanford Social Innovation

AUGUST 25, 2022

Technology-focused climate crisis research and development (R&D) programs are in a time of rapid expansion and reformulation across government , academic research , the private sector, and partnerships that span all three. By Theodora Dryer.

Net Zero 98

Net Zero Divestment EPA Development 98