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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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What is the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)?

Sphera

The scientific community holds strongly recommends that the average global temperature increase must be limited to increase be limited to 1.5 °C C - 2° C compared to the pre-industrial era, to prevent the damaging effects of climate change. C to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

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In Defence of Corporate Climate Action

We Mean Business Coalition

Highly respected institutions such as the International Energy Association (IEA) and the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) remain upbeat that the shift to a net zero global economy is possible and well underway. Business leaders now have the scientific evidence that taking climate action will boost their corporate success.

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

What seemed to resonate best in follow-up discussion was the possibility of analogizing our climate crisis to the issues of forced labor and LGBTQ rights, regarding which corporations have been willing to embrace a relatively simple and effective moral framing, language, and demand. .