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Can the World Bank Show the Way Forward for Impact?

Chris Hall

The new President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, recently spoke about investment’s role in delivering positive change. Like the World Bank, impact investors – along with responsible investors more generally – must think big; they must understand the constituents of success; and they must utilise those constituents as widely as possible.

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Is the burgeoning 'plastic credits' market a new wave of greenwashing?

Corporate Knights

In any event, critics note, the system only deals with the downstream issue of plastic already in the environment, and not the issue of the manufacture and use of plastic in the first place. ACC’s Dewing counters that “people say this is greenwashing. But] this is not greenwashing at all. Who’s eligible to buy plastic credits?

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Let’s Get Real (Measurement) About Social Impact

B the Change

Banks don’t make furniture; they exist to make money. Avoiding greenwashing and providing all stakeholders with social impact results of purpose-driven advertising campaigns requires a thoughtful strategy, transparency, and targeted measurement tools. Social impact is critical. It’s a place where companies can put people first.

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Climate Science Vital to “Fill the Gaps” in Scenario Analysis

Chris Hall

Masseri added that NGFS scenarios are not built to deal with “extreme risk” – catastrophic outcomes associated with lower probability events or fat-tailed distributions – meaning they are prone to underestimating the impact of climate change.

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New Standard Digs Deep into Mining Impacts

Chris Hall

A 2020 World Bank report estimated the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, will need to increase by nearly 500% by 2050 – the equivalent of nearly three billion tonnes – to fulfil sufficient upscaling of clean energy technologies and energy storage solutions.