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Realizing the full potential of stakeholder capitalism

GreenBiz

However, a growing awareness of ESG trends has given rise to the concept of "stakeholder value," whereby the focus is on long-term value creation for customers, employees, society and the environment rather than just short-term value for shareholders.

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This blend of free markets and state control is the dominant economic system in the vast majority of developed nations in the world today. The inspiration economy.

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Accounting for Overshoot

Chris Hall

This approach is outlined in a 2015 report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on sustainability reporting. “If and the UN Research Institute for Social Development, where it developed a set of indicators that were threshold-based.

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ESG Explainer: Walking the Walk on Plastic Packaging

Chris Hall

Later this month, an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will meet in Senegal to begin work on developing the instrument, which the UN hopes to be in place by 2024. UNEP says 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated per year. While companies are beginning to ensure their packaging is more sustainable, more can be done.

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