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Standard Chartered’s Approach to Creating Healthier Workplaces Globally for People and Performance

3BL Media

IWBI Signature Interview Series: Q&A with the global banks Head of Real Estate on how its holistic approach integrates people-first strategies into its real estate roadmap Multinational companies are uniquely positioned to advance and scale health and well-being across their global footprint.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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Global Market Adoption of WELL Surges: More Than 5 Billion Square Feet of Space Now Uses the World’s Leading Standard for Healthy Buildings and Healthy Organizations

3BL Media

Looking forward, WELL is poised for even faster adoption, bolstered by signature partnerships, global policy advancements and an increased focus on social sustainability. Beyond formal reporting, WELL has also been included in over 200 ESG, CSR and sustainability reports since 2018.

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S&P Acquires Largest Sustainable Bond Rating Provider Shades of Green

ESG Today

CICERO provided the SPO for the for the first green bond framework issued by the World Bank in 2008, and established Shades of Green as a subsidiary in 2018. The acquisition follows several years of rapid growth in the sustainable finance market, with the ESG debt universe reaching $4.5 trillion now compared to $1.5

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Nasdaq 2022 Sustainability Report: Supporting the Investment Community

3BL Media

Nasdaq ESG Indexes The OMX Stockholm 30 ESG Responsible Index (OMXS30ESG), introduced worldwide in June 2018, was the first ESG version of an established exchange benchmark. It was followed by the listing of ESG index futures contracts in November 2018. In 2022, we added functionality that helps customers meet their SFDR requirements.

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The Next Generation of DFI Technical Assistance: Why it’s Time for Development Finance Institutions to Take a Standardised Approach

James Militzer

And the IFC’s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability have become industry practice across the DFI community when it comes to assessing and managing environmental, social and governance issues. As both the scale and the need for DFI TA programmes continue to grow, it’s time to start this conversation.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. While at Duke University, Price earned national recognition as one of eight members of the 2018 class of Energy Scholars , a program designed to help empower a new generation of renewable energy leaders. At the U.N.

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