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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

Last updated on September 11, 2023 Forward-looking organizations are diving into environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) and sustainability, which can feel like ESG alphabet soup, a seemingly never-ending list of acronyms for varying ESG concepts, frameworks, rating agencies, regulations and regulatory bodies. Let’s get into it.

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Hari Balasubramanian on Investor Interest in Nature-based Solutions

3BL Media

Hari identifies those hurdles as including a lack of clear regulation; a shortage of expertise for identifying and developing high-quality sustainable opportunities; bottlenecks in verification and validation; and inefficiencies and undue friction in the marketplace. But, he says there are opportunities to meet these challenges.

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A $500 Billion+ Market Opportunity for Real Impact: Three Ways Corporations Can Engage in Social Procurement

James Militzer

Since global procurement budgets amount to trillions of dollars, dedicating even a small percentage of these budgets to social enterprises could generate billions of dollars in new revenue for the sector – and substantial new impact for both corporate ESG efforts and the communities and causes they target. Photo credit: CucombreLibre.

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Top 40 MBAs double down on commitments to sustainability

Corporate Knights

A business course that once focused on maximizing shareholder profit now teaches how to measure purposeful value creation. A risk-management class, once strictly concerned with fiscal threats to corporate profits, now assesses climate impacts on bottom-line decisions. The key is to never get complacent.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer at City Developments Limited, outlines how the Singapore real estate firm’s sustainability reporting has evolved to communicate value and impact to stakeholders. The same year, An joined the company, tasked with setting up its public relations and corporate social responsibility department (CSR).

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

This work is being done even as some highlight the abuses of the “Net Zero” framework that was developed in the years preceding the IPCC’s 2015 Paris Climate Agreement that focused world attention on the need for global Net Zero Emissions by 2050. Three Factors Driving World Leading Sustainable Brands .

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

This work is being done even as some highlight the abuses of the “Net Zero” framework that was developed in the years preceding the IPCC’s 2015 Paris Climate Agreement that focused world attention on the need for global Net Zero Emissions by 2050. Three Factors Driving World Leading Sustainable Brands .