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ESG reporting is becoming increasingly investor-grade — and siloed

GreenBiz

Its 2019 sustainability report , for example, features a menu of links to a comprehensive data resource and all reporting frameworks from every page of its digital report. For example, MetLife, in its 2019 sustainability report , disclosed its diversity (gender and ethnicity) data against key industry benchmarks by Deloitte and McKinsey.

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How tree-planting startup Propagate Ventures monetizes land conservation

GreenBiz

And as of July 2019, the company had raised $12 million in early-stage venture funding (led by True Ventures ) to help with its mission. Like Pachama and Silvia Terra, Propagate's competitive edge is analytics and information. Currently, the company is protecting forests in Northern California and Arizona.

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Investors shine a satellite on methane leaks from oil and gas industry

Corporate Knights

Trillions of dollars are now aligning with ESG, which means that tracking corporate adherence to ESG principles has become big business – and large investment firms are increasingly using satellite data to inform their analytics. ” For example, in 2019, Moody’s bought California-based Four Twenty Seven.

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Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

GreenBiz

From there, a segmented audience of more than 500,000 profiles was cross-referenced against Zoomph’s sports analytics platform to understand who this sustainability-minded audience may follow, including sports leagues, teams and brands. . Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Arrow-Supported Start-Up Wins Edison Gold Award for Innovation

3BL Media

IBM is providing cloud services and Watson analytics. A winner of the 2019 Call for Code Global Challenge, Prometeo is field-testing the device in wildfire-prone countries and plans to deploy the technology in 2023. This marks the fourth consecutive year the Edison Awards have recognized Arrow.

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Navigating the Rising Tide: The Convergence of Climate Change and Global Trade

3BL Media

In 2019, flooding accrued a hefty price tag of $82 billion for global economies,” Enright notes, citing The Wall Street Journal. This is “imposing significant costs on governments, corporations, NGOs, regional economies and other stakeholders.

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Sizing up Impact in Chicago

3BL Media

In 2019, this vacant property was transformed from a dormant building into a state-of-the-art auditorium through $5 million of grants and donations. Mastercard generated spending insights that were based on anonymized and aggregated transaction data, and derived via robust analytic techniques.

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