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Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

3BL Media

SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Governmental Pledges. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Private Sector Initiatives. SOURCE: EcoVadis.

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Three Reasons Why Tackling Deforestation Is a Business Priority in 2022 and How to Prepare

3BL Media

The most recent UN climate conference, COP26, highlighted the role of forests and agriculture in ways we have not seen before. COP26 saw over 30 major financial institutions announce their intentions to eliminate the leading sources of commodity-driven deforestation from their portfolios. KEYWORDS: The Consumer Goods Forum.

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Sustainable Finance and Upcoming Reporting Requirements in 2022

Sphera

Even after the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close last November, the ESG landscape still remains unclear. Environmental, Social and Governance and sustainable finance currently are like the Wild West.

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4 Sustainable Business Trends to watch in 2021

Carlos Sanchez

Besides, the pandemic has postponed the momentum towards COP26 or climate change movements like Greta Thunberg’s Friday’s for future. In 2020, more than 9,600 companies disclosed their environmental impacts through the non-profit CDP platform. Besides, the global responsible investing driven assets hit $40.5

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 12, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Ahead of next week’s G7 Leaders’ Summit, read a summary blog by We Mean Business Coalition’s Policy Director, Gillian Nelson, on the 5 takeaways for business on climate and energy. The latest net zero signals of change include a solar boost for South Africa’s grid and a successful energy efficiency trial for UK companies.

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A Dignity First Corporate Demand for Climate Action

Sustainable Round Table

My efforts to propose this paradigm change began two years ago with Leading with Dignity in 2021 , a far ranging investigation published on SR Inc’s Sustainable Leadership Blog about how those who hope to provide enduring leadership in a rapidly changing world could best offer a new framework for perception, thought, and action.

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER – This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . An updated draft proposal was released by the COP26 Presidency this morning, on the last official day of the conference. READ THE FULL STATEMENT HERE > FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER – ANALYSIS: .

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