Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Disturbance from large herbivores has restored this landscape by reactivating natural processes that foster healthy ecology. But Tree and Burrell have helped nature reestablish its course at Knepp since then, in a process known as rewilding. Reintroduced beavers have masterminded a whole new wetland. The birdsong is unreal.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The world of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and investing has ramped up significantly over the past couple years, even more so during 2020, when social risks and reporting became front and center for many companies and investors. For their part, investors may not be asking the questions companies most want to answer.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Dr Anthony Kirby, Head of Regulation and Risk for Asset Management and Capital Markets in Europe at EY, places the TNFD framework in context of regulatory and political developments. The UK is one of 12 jurisdictions around the world that already include or plan to include nature-related aspects in their environmental taxonomies.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This article first appeared in Forbes. 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. How did the high-profile World Economic Forum event prioritise nature? Such actions make good, economic sense.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Investors are overcoming ‘known unknowns’ to address climate and nature risks, as reflected at a Boston roundtable hosted by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. When it comes to making sustainable investments, the future is uncertain, the tools are imperfect, and disclosures are far from complete.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

For some ESG has been around for a while, whilst for others it’s a new acronym and being pushed down from the headquarters of larger multinational organizations for their corporate reporting. Purchasing behavior is more purpose-driven than ever and consumers loyalty ties deeply into a company’s purpose.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 20, 2023

Headway expected H2 2023 toward more coherent, credible framework for carbon trading. The VCMI, which is introducing demand-side rules for entities using carbon credits as part of their decarbonisation strategies and net zero pledges, will be publishing its revised Claims Code of Practice later this month.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

Regulatory guidance for investors and corporates is gaining momentum but still lags climate-focused frameworks. 2022 will also see the launch of several large frameworks – both compulsory and voluntary – which will impact how investors manage and report on biodiversity risks and impacts. What can investors do to help?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Risk management.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The first half of this article considered key social themes influencing investors and regulators – human and worker rights, diversity and inclusion, health and safety among them – while recognising their interconnectedness with environmental and governance factors. Last month’s Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark 2.0

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Despite government efforts to account for natural capital, we’re continuing to spend it unsustainably. The White House has decreed that America is to get a new economic statistic. Along with GDP, inflation, employment and the other established big index numbers, the US will measure ‘natural capital’. trillion.”. billion and £8.4

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporate governance, climate change, biodiversity and nature, and human rights are all still jostling for attention at the top of the ESG agenda for asset owners. Dr Rory Sullivan, CEO of Chronos Sustainability, identifies four priority themes for asset owners in 2024.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A decade ago only a handful of companies, primarily in the energy sector, were measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and planning for net zero. Additionally, according to a recent IBM study , more than 70% of companies see ESG factors as a revenue enabler – direct contributor to increasing the revenue of a company.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Just over a month ago, as UK and European policymakers packed up their briefing notes ahead of the summer recess, a group of sustainable investment experts joined S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor to consider the suitability of evolving regulatory and legislative frameworks for the urgent task of steering capital to ‘green’ assets.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A shorter version of this article originally appeared on Reuters Sustainable Business. ” Recent weeks have seen a series of reports taking aim at companies. Many companies are making incredible progress and charting the course for others to follow. We must all deliver against the commitments we have made. C within reach.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Matt Singleton, Senior Manager at Be | Shaping the Future UK, outlines how the ESG reporting landscape is consolidating around three key frameworks and what CFOs need to know to take ownership of sustainability in financial statements. Better MI and reporting around ESG can also help manage downside risk.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2023

In the wake of a new global agreement for international waters, investors have an opportunity to support sustainable fishing. Oliver Ashford, Ocean Programme Associate at the World Resources Institute (WRI), says that unsustainable fishing (such as bycatch ) disrupts natural ecosystems and contributes to habitat destruction.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

5] Cities are therefore a part of the problem, as they heavily contribute to climate and biodiversity crises, but are also a critical part of the solution. 5] Cities are therefore a part of the problem, as they heavily contribute to climate and biodiversity crises, but are also a critical part of the solution. billion tons). [4]

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Eric Soubeiran, the company's vice president of nature and water cycle, explained that weaning the company off intensive farming is at the core of its new sustainability mission.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Blue carbon markets to support ocean and coastal system targets of COP27 Adaptation Agenda. . The Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda put a lot of promises in writing – not least commitments to protect coastal zones and oceans from the physical impacts of climate change. .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

Welcome to a new era of ESG and sustainable finance. Investors have awakened to the notion that how companies manage environmental and social issues is nearly as key to their risk profile and profitability as are financial fundamentals. Oh, and it’s the dawn of a new U.S. Oh, and it’s the dawn of a new U.S. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

One immediate way progressive food company leaders are doing this is by applying true cost accounting to their operations: assessing and measuring the negative impacts and positive benefits of their business practices and taking stock of their dependence on ecological and human resources. Lauren Baker. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 01:00.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There is mounting concern that some popular climate and nature metrics have oversimplified the underlying reality.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In this article, I’ll do a quick summary of 2020 and then present four sustainable business trends that could finally explode in 2021. In this article, I’ll do a quick summary of 2020 and then present four sustainable business trends that could finally explode in 2021. 2020 Sustainability Summary.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Steep but rapid post-GBF learning curve on nature risks predicted at recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. The complex challenge of understanding nature risks in portfolios is in its early stages across Asia Pacific (APAC). But the scale of nature crises is such that we cannot delay action.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2022

Management of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies could soon become central to asset owners’ sustainable investment strategies. Alongside its many harrowing and destructive impacts, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provided an unintentional boost to the aims of COP26. Ambition needed to finalise GBF.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this summary article, ESG Investor covers some of the areas with the biggest implications for asset owners. COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. After the sound , fury and compromises, what will investors remember COP28 for?

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B the Change

MARCH 23, 2023

B Corps Show and Share Regenerative and Inclusive Innovations at Natural Products Expo West 2023 In the natural products sector known for innovation and exploration, Certified B Corporations are showing how they go beyond the status quo and work to create a more inclusive and regenerative economy.

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EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

It moves to places that were previously considered too sensitive to touch: from the Arctic to regions in the Amazon rainforest with the highest biodiversity on earth. Now that humanity has used up those resources that are easily available, the frontlines of extraction move towards places where extraction is more difficult and more sensitive.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

We are proud to introduce our fifth annual cohort of twentysomethings who are sustainability leaders within — and without — their companies, nonprofits and communities. Senior Sustainability Lead, MetLife; New York. To turn her love of nature from a hobby into a career, Adams joined MetLife as a sustainability intern in 2014.

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