Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2023

If you have an idea for an article, we want to hear from you. We encourage social innovators of all identities and backgrounds, at all levels of their careers, and in all countries around the world to review our submission guidelines and consider sharing their ideas and experiences with our readers.

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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2024

This article is a great start. The JPRC can continue to help promote the Averted School Violence project and encourage members of school communities to report incidents of averted and completed school attacks to the database. We also welcome the JPRC as a research partner as we move ahead to make schools and communities safer.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The full article can be viewed here. Lambe also offers guidance for private sector leaders on how they can overcome “green hushing” and publicly celebrate their corporation’s environmental achievements. Follow Dan Lambe on Twitter and LinkedIn , or reach out to dlambe@arborday.org.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The full article can be viewed here. In his latest piece as an official member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council , Arbor Day Foundation chief executive Dan Lambe discusses the unique, unifying power of tree planting in an increasingly divided world. Follow Dan Lambe on Twitter and LinkedIn , or reach out to dlambe@arborday.org.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Market participants flag importance of double materiality to enhance Article 8/9 definition alignment, stress need to recognise transition strategies. According to Morningstar’s SFDR Article 8 and Article 9 Funds Q3 2023 Review , Article 8 and 9 fund assets are worth more than €5 trillion (US$5.8

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The guidelines create rules for the international transfers of carbon credits, a move intended to create more trust in the growing carbon market.

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Environmental Finance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As negotiations on Article 6 continue into the second week of COP28, Environmental Finance has heard that EU may be looking to 'curtail' negotiations amid concerns about how its own carbon mechanisms could be affected.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest. We’ve been running the contest since 2012, selecting 12 of our most-read articles from the past year and inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. 22 to Jan.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today the launch of two new funds classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

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James Militzer

JANUARY 4, 2023

NextBillion’s “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest ended yesterday, and after tallying the votes, we’re excited to announce the three winners, as selected by our readers: First Place. Where the ‘New Formal’ is the New Normal: Lessons on Innovation from India’s Artisan Economy. Best wishes for the new year!

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This year’s top article, “ The Relational Work of Systems Change ,” explores how readers can prioritize relationships in collective impact efforts. SSIR published the seminal article on collective impact more than a decade ago.) Data colonization has harmful consequences.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

COP28 could mark a step toward a closer relationship between voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) and compliance markets, depending on Article 6 negotiations on issues such as eligibility on new activities. Article 6.4 The details and rules for operationalising Article 6.4 Regarding Article 6.4, negotiations in Dubai is vital.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Despite recent attempts by lawmakers to provide more clarity on the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), fund managers are reluctant to reclassify their Article 8 funds back to Article 9 after a series of downgrades. Article 8 funds suffered most in Q2, with them witnessing net redemptions of €14.6 from 53.8%

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Leading European asset manager Amundi has chosen to reclassify nearly all of its sustainable investment funds previously categorized as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) to the less stringent Article 8 level. The EU SFDR forms part of the EU’s Action Plan on financing sustainable growth.

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Environmental Finance

JANUARY 10, 2024

The first credits agreed as part of the Paris Agreement's Article 6.2 mechanism have been transferred from Thailand to Switzerland, but questions around the project's additionality have been raised.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 3, 2022

As an open forum for emerging markets business , NextBillion publishes around 150 original, guest-written articles each year, covering enterprises, innovations, challenges and opportunities across multiple sectors and geographies. We’ve counted the votes, and we’re happy to announce our three most influential articles of 2021.

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Environmental Finance

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

As Article 6 policymakers design a new global carbon market, employing proven solutions will accelerate implementation, writes Xpansiv CEO John Melby

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Environmental Finance

AUGUST 22, 2023

With 100 days to go until COP28, the conference needs to nail down the technicalities of Article 6, if the carbon markets are to be used to help meet national emissions reduction targets, writes Genevieve Redgrave

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James Militzer

JANUARY 21, 2022

NextBillion runs our customary “ Most Influential Articles ” contest at the end of each year, in which we select 12 of our most-read articles from the previous year, and invite readers to vote for the pieces that impacted them the most. Photo credit: DFID – UK Department for International Development.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

NextBillion has been running our “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest since 2012, selecting the 12 most-read articles we’ve published each year and inviting readers to vote for their favorites. Other times, these articles reveal vital discussions that are happening behind the scenes in boardrooms and investor meetings.

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Environmental Finance

OCTOBER 20, 2023

There are hopes that the operational rules of Article 6 will be finalised at COP28, writes Anshari Rahman

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2024

They argue that this country could actually take credit for some of those Asian GHG reductions under Article 6 of the 2015 Paris climate treaty, which allows for bilateral emissions trading. Essentially, Article 6 has become a green fig leaf to greenwash LNG exports. The climate-change argument is central to the LNG debate in Canada.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Just 15 funds were moved up from the EU’s Article 8 classification in the third quarter

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2022

Equity funds labelled as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are no more aligned with the environmental taxonomy than non-ESG funds, according to Clarity AI. . of an Article 8 fund’s underlying revenue is taxonomy-aligned, compared to a 3.1% average for Article 6 funds.

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Environmental Finance

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The uptake of UCITS exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered as Article 9 under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) continues to be significantly slower than Article 8,

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The new funds are classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicating that they have sustainable investment as their objective.

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ESG Today

MARCH 27, 2023

The new fund, which conforms with Article 9 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), launches with sustainability-focused investment manager CCLA as a cornerstone investor. The post Federated Hermes Launches Article 9 Investment Grade Credit Fund Targeting Carbon, Water & Waste Leaders appeared first on ESG Today.

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Environmental Finance

JANUARY 3, 2024

The rapidly evolving policy landscape continued to dominate the news in 2023, with EU announcements creating several of the most-read articles on Environmental Finance.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Getting an agreement on the rules for international trading of carbon credits, a set of negotiations known as Article 6, came down to the wire last month at COP26. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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Environmental Finance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A partnership to implement an international carbon trading framework under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has been launched by Japan at COP27.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Twitter could potentially affect how journal articles are viewed, read and shared among academic professionals, an expert said at Retina 2022. Read the full story at Healio. According to Sunir J. … Read more →

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

Many European bond funds have focused on maintaining consistent risk/return profiles when adapting to Article 8 status under the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), according to a new analysis from Morningstar, rather than targeting investment in bonds with strong green credentials.

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Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

More than a quarter of EU funds claiming to be 'Article 9' compliant under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) risk losing this status, according to a report from FE fundinfo.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 4, 2021

Scientific articles that get downloaded from the scholarly piracy website Sci-Hub tend to receive more citations, according to a new study published in Scientometrics. The number of times an article was downloaded from Sci-Hub also turned out to be a robust predictor of future citations. Read the full story at PsyPost.

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Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The EU is considering radical changes to its controversial Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) that could see it ditch the Article 8 and 9 designations that are widely used by investors to signal the sustainability ambition of funds.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The most popular articles published by SSIR online in 2021 focused on some of the most difficult problems facing the social innovation sector today. Other popular articles questioned the values and assumptions of major movements like cash transfers, corporate sustainability, and ESG investing. By SSIR Editors.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 5, 2023

Sustainability related articles include: The Illinois Municipal League recently released the most recent issue of the Illinois Policy Journal.

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