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Sports Organisations Commit to Safeguarding Nature Under New Framework

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DESCRIPTION: Twenty-three sports organisations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a founding partner, and the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, signed the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework today. Spanish Olympic Committee. Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee.

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Nature – On The Frontlines At Davos 2024?

We Mean Business Coalition

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. According to WEF’s 2024 Global Risks report , biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse rank as one of the top three risks over the next decade.

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The SAP Solution Transforming How Businesses Navigate Plastic Regulations

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Meanwhile, in its quest to make all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030, the United Nations is preparing to launch a plastic treaty in 2024. According to UNEP , 91% of consumers express concern over plastic waste. Consumers are taking up the issue as well.

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Time to Break the EV Bottleneck

Chris Hall

General Motors announced it was delaying its plans to produce 400,000 EVs by the end of 2023 to mid-2024, citing battery supply issues. Frank Goguen, Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at Newton Investment Management, notes automakers have been struggling with “major shortages of key components, such as semiconductors ”.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. . ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ?

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How the Fashion Industry Is Tackling Three Major Impacts on Our Ocean - Bringing Hope for the Decade of the Ocean

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The unique opportunity aims to replace all single-use plastic packaging in the fashion supply chain such as hangers, shopping bags, shrink film, shirt clips and polybags. Innovation plays a major part and one company, Humblebee, has taken a novel approach to search for an alternative solution.

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

Stronger wording might have been possible, but this was a big step in the right direction,” said Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Tripling renewables means addressing land use and planning, threats to biodiversity, and supply chain-related issues,” he says. C in realistic reach.