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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

But in the coming year, many businesses will have no such luck as they navigate major changes to the global tax and regulatory environment that has been encouraging investment in more sustainable technologies and practices. is in second place this year, while Danish wind manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems S/A is in third. Telus Corp.

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

While publicly traded companies often dominate the headlines, private companies are a much larger part of the global economy. trillion in 2022, thanks to an increasing number of private equity funds and assets, up from about US$600 billion in 2000. In 2022, Imperial became a wholly owned business of DP World.

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The Blue Wonder

3BL Media

10 These ecosystems are worth US$ 375 billion per year to the global economy, from industries and services including fishing, food, pharmaceuticals and tourism. 14 It means that investment in blue ecosystems is underrepresented, despite the critical role they have in climate mitigation and their importance to the global economy.

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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. before 2050, and 75% of the citys net-zero strategy relies on these investments.

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A Pathway to Practical Solutions

Chris Hall

In its 2022 Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked biodiversity loss as the third most critical threat to the planet over a ten-year horizon. WEF’s estimate is that 50% of the global economy is under threat from biodiversity loss. Unfortunately, conventional farming must shoulder some of the blame.

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey Sustainabilty

percent in the decade between 2012 and 2022. Similarly, big data analytics is enabling manufacturers to optimize production processes with unparalleled precision. Even before the crisis, advanced economies’ productivity growth receded from 2.2 percent annually between 1997 and 2002 to 1.6 percent between 2002 and 2007.

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Financing for development must account for women

Eco-Business

trillion per year to the global economy. Female labour force participation amounts to just under 47 per cent globally, compared to 72 per cent for men. Education 5. Gender equality 6. With widening finance gaps and digital divides, the call to put women at the centre of development finance has never been more urgent.