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SDSN Supports Academic Conference on Growth, Resilience and Sustainability in Asia

Sustainable Development Network

Mahendhiran concluded with the message that if Malaysia does not invest in its STIE Ecosystem and Planetary Health Action Plan, Malaysia will lose its global economic competitiveness. In the panel discussion that followed, Dr Albert Park shared ADB data on how risk remains elevated for East Asia, and tilting to the downward.

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SDSN September NY Events

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN and our partners are hosting a series of exciting events in New York, in and around the UN General Assembly (UNGA 70) and the Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Public Events Invite-only Events Public Events The following the events are free and open to the public.

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Focus on “Practicalities” of Sustainable Finance under New Institute Director 

Chris Hall

Ex-Invesco Research Director Hazra to Lead First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, with research planned on engagement, human rights, biodiversity and diversity beyond gender. Other recent reports covered microplastics, microfibres and the challenges of the “rapid evolution” of sustainable investment for fund governance.

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Regulators Turn to Tech to Tackle Greenwashing

Chris Hall

Four teams have been recognised at a regulator-run TechSprint event aimed at developing technological solutions to counteract greenwashing, boost trust in sustainable finance and improve accuracy of information for investors.

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Sustainability or ESG? Do the Words We Use Make a Difference?

Jon Hale

End of Week Notes The widespread use of “ESG” obscures the broader purpose of sustainable investing and makes it easier to attack. While it’s not perfect, I prefer the term “sustainable investing,” but it’s a battle I may not be winning. That could be one reason “ESG” is used more often in fund names.

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Whose Data Is This Anyway? Striving for Higher Standards of Emissions Reporting

3BL Media

How can a coalition of organizations bent on improving outcomes, such as Google, Baker Hughes, and academic institutes help lay the groundwork for reliable reporting of emissions that enable better decision making, and which are comparable across the economic spectrum? Footnotes. [1]

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Status Quo a Barrier to Africa’s Future as Green Superpower

Chris Hall

Despite growing sustainable investment opportunities across Africa, “business-as-usual” finance system reinforces funding gap. Earlier this year, France hosted the New Global Financing Pact , an event aiming to coordinate and accelerate international action to address financing needs in the Global South.