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Why the Skills Mismatch Is a Global Challenge

3BL Media

We are also at a tipping point in climate change. Climate-related disasters displaced three times more people than conflict and violence in 2020, jeopardizing education for millions of children. Climate change is also why the renewable energy sector is booming, opening new jobs with new challenges and skill requirements.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

The same year, An joined the company, tasked with setting up its public relations and corporate social responsibility department (CSR). Building for the future Being Singapore-based, CDL has been acutely aware of the physical impacts of climate change for decades.

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Are we on the cusp of the 'Age of Freedom'?

GreenBiz

Anything with "technology convergence" and "climate change" in the same sentence captures my attention. Rethinking Humanity " makes the case that the convergence of key technologies is about to disrupt the five foundational sectors that underpin the global economy, and with them every major industry in the world. .

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What starting a spice company in Tanzania taught me about sustainability and equity

Corporate Knights

Much of my early career entailed bridging gaps between corporate objectives for mineral extraction and equitable access and distribution of resources to local communities. Those were nascent days of corporate social responsibility, when the focus was on corporate image, not substantive changes to business practice.

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From the Archive: Talking Sustainable Investing at Holiday Parties

Jon Hale

Here’s the gist of how I described it to them: It’s about investing with an awareness of the impact that environmental and social issues like climate change and gender equality can have on a company’s financial success, and of the impact that companies have on these issues in society.

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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. .

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.