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The 2021 proxy season: What’s on the menu?

GreenBiz

The 2021 proxy season is officially here — much awaited after the tumultuous events of 2020. This article was reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. The 2021 proxy season: What’s on the menu?

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To Achieve a ‘Forest Positive’ Planet, We Must Prioritise the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

3BL Media

By Didier Bergeret While environmental and social sustainability challenges are often viewed separately, they are inherently connected. These events provide hopeful opportunities to catalyse action around protecting the world’s forests – the extraordinary biosphere that is home to many Indigenous Peoples.

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How Forestry Companies Prove They’re Sustainable

3BL Media

“If there was not forest certification, a lot of land would be managed without that push to reach higher sustainability standards,” says Richard, who has been an auditor for 22 years. What is a sustainable forestry certification? You can learn more about the staff ride in this article by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

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The Next Generation of DFI Technical Assistance: Why it’s Time for Development Finance Institutions to Take a Standardised Approach

James Militzer

We’ll explore some potential ways DFIs can move toward this standardisation in this article — the second in a two-part series exploring the value and uses of DFI TA — discussing the benefits that greater standardisation would bring to both DFIs and the organisations they support.

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Give Something Greater: 14 Gifts for Employee Teams

B the Change

Custom designs are available for companies seeking an eco-friendly option for events or giveaways. Carbon Offset Credits Tradewater | United States Small Business Price: $17 / 1 ton of CO2e With a belief that everyone has the power to fight global warming, Tradewater offers carbon offset credits for households, businesses, travel, or events.

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The Evolution of Mid-market Sustainability-linked Loans

Chris Hall

In line with the large-cap market, the SPTs in the mid-market are more likely to focus on the environmental or social, rather than governance aspects of ESG. Non-delivery of ESG reports and certificates: usually results in an automatic switch-off to the ESG margin ratchet, but does not result in a default or event of default.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation

The kick-off article to this series shared a startling statistic: Forty percent of the world’s population is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and most of the people in this group live in the countries least responsible for causing it. By Daniella Foster. Community Resilience.