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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

As heat, storms and flooding rack the planet, the investment industry has been poked and prodded in the last decade into reallocating at least a portion of its assets to meet the opportunities and risks of the climate emergency. Eugene Ellmen writes on sustainable business and finance.

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Navigating EHS and Sustainability in 2025: What to Expect From the Incoming U.S. Administration

3BL Media

Companies are under pressure from their customers and investors to deal with climate change. There is no denying that another Trump presidency will stall national efforts to tackle the climate crisis and protect the environment, but most U.S. There are also expectations for change on how the U.S.

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Spring statement suggests security supplanting climate as government priority

Envirotec Magazine

Her speech avoided any mention of climate concerns or Net Zero, a merciful omission, concluded The Guardian , but the reprieve from cuts could only be temporary, in its reading of events. These are urgent requirements which need clear and decisive action because of their immediacy. The pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5%

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How insurance companies can move the needle on climate change

Corporate Knights

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. As extreme weather events become stronger and more frequent, the Insurance Institute predicts that average annual severe weather claims paid by insurers in Canada will more than double between 2020 and 2030, increasing from $2.1

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Reset Connect Showcases Net Zero Business Solutions at London Climate Action Week

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: More than 100 exhibitors have taken part in the Reset Connect London two-day event (28-29 June) as part of London Climate Action Week. By Rufus Bullough. SOURCE: Acre. So far more than 33,986 users have collectively funded the planting of 42 million trees and reduced carbon emissions by 1.8

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Meet the woman leading Canada’s sustainable finance reform

Corporate Knights

As she made her way up the ranks in The Co-operators Group – a network of companies offering life, property and casualty insurance, as well as an investment management division, Addenda Capital – she grasped the changing relevance and mission of the insurance industry in an era of climate change.

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The High Cost of Climate Inaction

3BL Media

For decades, scientists have studied the risks of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the earth’s climate. The signals of early-stage climate change are becoming unmistakably visible. As the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate adaptation stated: “Global warming, reaching 1.5°C