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World Class Corporate Sustainability Conference Held in Miami

Sustainability Update

LEED v5 focuses on three key impact areas: decarbonization, quality of life, and conservation and restoration, and has established new prerequisites and credits towards these areas. LEED v5 has also increased alignment with ESG reporting frameworks including GRESB, GRI, and SASB.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: European Central Bank warns against watering down EU sustainability reporting rules; CDP restructures, aims to reduce sustainability reporting burden for companies; Shell faces new legal action over new oil & gas projects; Germanys Merz looks to scrap EU sustainability due diligence law; Microsoft signs carbon credit mega-deal; (..)

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Land Betterment Board of Director Chris Hagler Moderates Panel at GreenFin 23

3BL Media

At GreenFin 23, Chris Hagler was the moderator for the panel titled, Green Banks: Catalyzing Investments in Climate Solutions. Joining Chris on the panel were Bert Hunter Chief Investment Officer, CT Green Bank, Eli Hopson, Chief Operating Officer, Coalition for Green Capital and Andrew Kessler, President, NY Green Bank.

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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

bank to commit to net-zero emissions generated from its financing activities by 2050. . Signatories agree to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement. I’ve spoken to many corporate sustainability professionals that say they don’t publicize their climate commitments. Where is everyone else? .

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Global Aviation – We Rely On It – With The Industry’s Ups and Downs

Sustainability Update

We probably take airline travel for granted in 2024; but it was just 120 years ago on December 17, 1903 that the Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio mastered the air on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. with a controlled, powered flight in what we now know as an “aircraft”.

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All hail the corporate reporting singularity?

GreenBiz

What's more, the momentum behind harmonized visions of corporate reporting is offering hopes of streamlining workflows for sustainability professionals, while improving the quality of data available to the public. So sustainability professionals and investors alike should expect more action around the "G" for governance in ESG.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Decarbonized buildings. Today, he makes his living nudging others — namely corporate executives — toward a decarbonized sustainable future. As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Planet-healing fast food.

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