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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

The world fought back against the pandemic, and in just one year, developed four vaccines and immunized half of the world’s population. Despite poor coverage in developing countries (6%) and new variants bringing back lockdowns, we hope to go back soon to a new normality. ESG trends in 2022: Sustainable Supply Chains.

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Is TCFD a catalyst for transformational climate adaptation?

GreenBiz

Adaptation metrics need further development. The International Platform for Adaptation Metrics notes, "One of the key barriers over and again acknowledged is the need for a global effort to build consensus on metrics to help governments, businesses and financial institutions to identify and steer investment." Pull Quote.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. trillion in AUM, according to a report by the Global Investing Network. Moreover, measuring impact is still in its early development, with most funds using SDGs or qualitative assessments to measure their impact. Thank you GRI! Source VBA.

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Bridging the Gender Equality Gap

Chris Hall

There are two approaches to issuing gender bonds – one where budget and spending are assigned to activities for developing information tools, digital platforms or other initiatives for women; the other one measures the expected outcome of a project and analyses sustainability performance targets by a given date.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain.

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Biodiversity Gains Ground

Chris Hall

Aiming to support companies as they meet growing demands from stakeholders, the new standard introduces more transparency on supply chains, location-specific impact reporting, new disclosures on direct drivers of biodiversity loss, as well as reporting requirements for societal impacts.