James Militzer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In recent years, the proliferation of mobile devices, along with the continent’s poor banking infrastructure, have made Africa fertile ground for explosive growth in mobile money use. According to the GSMA , in 2022, two thirds of the globally processed $1.26 trillion in mobile money transactions occurred in sub–Saharan Africa.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Transform Finances recent SSIR article Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone and accompanying report threw a much-needed spotlight on how Alternative Ownership Enterprise (AOE) models can help redistribute economic value, looking at the landscape in the United States.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The great reclassification' strikes Article 9 funds as second SFDR phase approaches. These individuals have the subject matter expertise driven from years deep in the detail of how these previously ‘non-financial' factors are impacting the global economy. About Acre.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 5, 2022

According to a June report published by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, the U.K. trillion in increased productivity to the global economy. Investing in solving the global literacy crisis is not only essential for the betterment of humanity, it also is vital to economic progress.

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Sphera

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. commercial banks) but is also relevant to public financial institutions (e.g.,

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Written by Rebecca Ungarino | 26th January 2022.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Julie Segal, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, outlines the c hallenges and opportunities of the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c). Aligning investments with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, as required under Article 2.1(c) Article 2.1(c)

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

As we discussed in an article last fall, according to FINCA survey data , which covers 11,000 households in 13 countries, almost 80% of our clients experienced deteriorating food security as a result of lost income between 2020 and 2021. But negative experiences can have a powerful, and sometimes positive, effect on future behavior.

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3BL Media

JUNE 28, 2024

As we observe the United Nations’ World Oceans Day 2024, we pay special attention to polar waters, their global roles and transformations, emerging opportunities they present, and our connection to them as businesspeople. At the same time, the regions have uncovered important prospects for the global economy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 12, 2023

This article orignally appeared on We Don’t Have Time. The challenge to keep global warming below 1.5°C When we discuss scale, we cannot afford to ignore the millions of small and medium sized businesses – or SMEs – that drive global economies and create the fabric of local communities.

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James Militzer

JUNE 27, 2024

And other East African countries, like Ethiopia and Mozambique, are even collaborating with international entities in the pursuit of their digital transformation: The EDISON Lighthouse Countries network and the World Bank , respectively, have provided input and support for these countries’ plans.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

According to the World Bank , daily per capita waste in developed markets is expected to increase by 19% by 2050,” Stefanie Mollin, Global Equities Portfolio Manager at GIB Asset Management (GIB AM), a UK-based boutique with US$6 billion in AUM, told ESG Investor. billion tonnes. The economic cost is also substantial.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The fund will be classified as Article 9 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation with “significant alignment” to eight SDGs. Mediolanum International Funds is the European asset management platform of Medio lanum Banking Group.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Global asset manager Federated Hermes has launched a Biodiversity Equity fund, with insights from the UK’s Natural History Museum. Managed by Ingrid Kukuljan, the firm’s Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing, the fund is classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched the HGIF Global Equity Circular Economy Fund, which will invest in up to 60 companies that are enabling the transition to a circular global economy. US investment manager Franklin Templeton has unveiled a new social-focused bond fund.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Unfortunately, surging inflation, a global energy crisis and a constant threat of recession cut out a few of our expectations. In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A version of this article first appeared on Harvard Business Review. . COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key targe t: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C by halving global emissions by 2030. Glasgow saw agreement on Article 6 finally reached, meaning that carbon markets are here to stay.

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James Militzer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is falling short , and there are still around 4 billion people living on incomes below $8 per day — the widely used income threshold for the “base of the pyramid” in today’s global economy. By 2022, Jaza Duka had provided over Ksh 1. It is time to lean into that promise.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 13, 2024

By stepping up their climate ambitions and backing them with concrete commitments, the G7 can catalyse a surge in global investment and reinvigorate their economies. G7 countries make up approximately 38 per cent of the global economy and were responsible for 21 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

More than 450 firms representing US$130 trillion in assets under management have joined the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero , a coalition of sector-specific initiatives from banks, asset managers, asset owners, insurers and other financial service providers.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

Taskforce of Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements These are international standards which are intended to embed climate-related financial reporting into mainstream corporate reporting cycles across the wider global economy. This could lead to faster innovation and a more competitive market.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

Firstly, the global economy is in the midst of the clean energy transition, one of the biggest changes to an economic system since the second industrial revolution, which introduced mass production in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. Dynamic market expansion.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

After Floyd’s death, two-thirds of the corporations listed on the S&P 100 declared their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, including all the major Wall Street banks. Banks’ discriminatory policies on mortgage lending, checking accounts and small business funding have perpetuated racism for decades, the investors argue.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Our goal is to take this 'whole-of-government' approach and turn it into a 'whole-of-economy' approach. Delivering those contributions will require bold and urgent action — nothing less than transforming important sectors of the global economy, especially when it comes to how we generate power and move people and goods.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And then there are “sub-systemic” shocks, more localized climate-related impacts that “can undermine the financial health of community banks, agricultural banks or local insurance markets, leaving small businesses, farmers and households without access to critical financial services.” Sponsored Article. Sub-systemic shocks.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At the core of every B Local are B Corps — for-profit companies using the power of business to transform the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. Watch sessions from BLD PNW 2022: [link] This article was originally published at [link]. It’s not just the actions of a single company,” he said. “B

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 29, 2023

But the budget “doesn’t show any progress towards fulfilling Canada’s promise to end fossil fuel subsidies this year,” and misses out on just transition/ sustainable job investments that would have reflected “an honest examination of the future of the oil and gas industry in this rapidly shifting global economy.” “The

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Global Renewable News

JUNE 29, 2025

Just as GWEC united our industry to elevate wind from niche technology to mainstream energy solution, Envision is now pioneering wind's next evolution: from standalone turbines to integrated renewable energy system and global net zero ecosystems.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

While high profits at a firm level can indicate economic vitality, at a national level it’s usually a sign of economic rot and oligopolistic market structures (five big banks, four big grocery stores, three big telcos, one big fertilizer company serving 36 million people). 6 24 WSP Global Inc Engineering construction $174,951.00

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James Militzer

APRIL 8, 2024

And internationally, the Basel Accords were updated in the wake of that crisis, building upon the ongoing efforts of several key global economies to strengthen banking supervision and thereby promote stability in the financial world.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement. Sponsored Article. Climate Change.

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James Militzer

MARCH 14, 2023

And increased flows of capital across borders can also have disruptive effects on economies. Though these topics are worthy of further exploration, we limit our discussion to the economic impacts of global trade in goods and services in this article. What Does the Future Hold for Globalization?

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

C, we need to see a meaningful price on carbon and a strong carbon market through robust rules on Article 6 that will help channel cost-effective investments and raise climate ambition. Both will support the rapid scaling up of nature-based solutions globally. Both will support the rapid scaling up of nature-based solutions globally.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 20, 2020

This article benefited from excellent research assistance from Finn Woelm (SDSN). Confronting the Crisis: Priorities for the Global Economy’, 9 April 2020. Joint Statement World Bank Group and IMF Call to Action on Debt of IDA Countries’, 25 March 2020. World Bank. World Bank Blogs. The Lancet 395, no.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC. The newly anointed group sustainability chief for one of Europe’s largest banks, HSBC — a role she will assume in July — London-based Celine Herweijer is a familiar feature in the continent’s corporate climate movement. Sponsored Article. Leadership.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, in the food sector, Imagine is working with 30 companies on a project that involves looking at regenerative agriculture, setting up a common data bank and creating a joint labeling system. Governments already have spent $12 trillion to $13 trillion just to stabilize global economies ravaged by COVID-19. Leadership.

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