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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change. Joel Makower. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 02:11. Last week, a group of activists, scientists, academics and others issued a report calling for policies and other initiatives to generate prosperity while addressing inequity and the climate crisis. They called it the Blue New Deal. Its focus: an ocean-based blue economy.

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Investors find common cause in pushing back against Trump’s anti-ESG rules

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 23 –Investors may debate the merits of competing sustainability frameworks, or which environmental or social factors are truly material to corporate performance, or how fast they can align their assets with the 2-degree scenario called for in the Paris climate agreement. But a wide swath of investors appear united in pushing back against.

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Outcomes of eDialogue: What future for small-scale farming?

Sustainable Development Network

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE On July 16, 2020, the SDSN, Foresight4Food, IFAD, and APRA co-hosted the first of a series of eDialogues on the future of small-scale farming. The goal of the series is to present the latest thinking of experts working on the front lines to support small-scale agriculture, and this first session gave an overview of the challenges smallholders face and opportunities for improvement in yields and standards of living.

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COVID-19 and the Air Inside

Sense and Sustainability

Decades of research have clearly demonstrated the impact of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) on building occupants. The health and well-being of building users are linked to the atmosphere around them, from inadequate ventilation to material off-gassing. In this age of virus hyper-awareness, the role of IAQ mitigation of airborne bioaerosols, like COVID-19, has yet to be explored.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Paul Polman: 'Businesses cannot succeed in societies that fail'

GreenBiz

Paul Polman: 'Businesses cannot succeed in societies that fail'. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 01:30. As people across the United States and the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for racial justice, the business community has an integral role to play in both the dialogue and the solutions to these social issues. Last week, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman urged business leaders to be courageous in their response.

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Agent of Impact: Dawn Sherman, Native American Natural Foods

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 24 – Dawn Sherman says the buffalo is the perfect metaphor for what it’s like to be at the helm of a Native enterprise. “Buffalo face the storm. During any kind of winter storm, they face it and they walk into the storm, because they know that eventually they will walk out.” This. The post Agent of Impact: Dawn Sherman, Native American Natural Foods appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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To Stop Waves of Refugees, the West Must Address the Main Driver of Syrian Displacement: Assad’s Terror

Sense and Sustainability

Since December 1, 2019, more than one million people in Syria’s Idlib, mostly women and children, have been displaced by an onslaught of Bashar al-Assad’s forces and his Russian and Iranian allies. For perspective, this number is higher than the entire population of San Francisco. The displaced primarily shelter in makeshift camps on the Turkish border, exposed to the extreme weather of an unusually cold winter.

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Sustainability and the never-ending battle against burnout

GreenBiz

Sustainability and the never-ending battle against burnout. Chris Gaither. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 01:04. I felt sure I’d put burnout in the past. I’d quit my high-stress job at Apple, started my own executive-coaching business and found balance in my life. Then, with shame burning my face, I had to cancel a GreenBiz workshop I was leading about how to take care of yourself.

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Will impact investors welcome the arrival of mechanisms to redress community grievances?

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 21, 2020 — A conservation project in the Tanintharyi region in southeast Myanmar aimed to protect the area from unsustainable palm oil and rubber plantations and overfishing. Indigenous Karen and other communities, however, objected that the top-down project cut them off from their livelihoods, jeopardized ceasefires that had ended a civil war and.

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Young Entrepreneurs and the Opportunity for Agri-food Social Enterprises in Indonesia

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN Indonesia, Andalas University, and Indonesian Professor Association hosted a webinar, “Localizing SDG 2 and Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs to Enter Agri-food Social Business". The event invited speakers to provide practical and theoretical knowledge on the challenges and opportunity for social enterprises in agriculture. As a form of collaboration with experts beyond SDSN members, the webinar invited Larissa Sidarto , a representative of HARA.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op

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Corporate Bonds Through a Factor and ESG Lens

MSCI

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on how companies manage cash flows and liquidity. Bond investors face the possibility of increased leverage, rating downgrades and defaults. Can factors and ESG metrics shed light on these risks?

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Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge

GreenBiz

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge. Heather Clancy. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 04:13. Apple already has ventured far beyond most other companies when it comes to pushing for climate action within its supply chain. . Consider that it has convinced more than 70 Apple suppliers to use renewable energy to produce products on its behalf , an effort funded in part by close to $5 billion in green bonds issued by the technology giant as well as a dedicated pool of money in

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Corporates turn to strategic investments to drive sustainable innovation

Impact Alpha

When Amazon announced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, it became the latest in a growing number of corporates using balance sheet capital to invest in and spur sustainable innovation. In the past year alone, Microsoft, Citi, Merck, Splunk, and Unilever have announced new approaches to invest. The post Corporates turn to strategic investments to drive sustainable innovation appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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World’s first high-level science initiative dedicated to the survival of the Amazon launches today

Sustainable Development Network

Advised by policymakers, CEOs, cultural icons and elected Indigenous leaders, research panel led by Carlos Nobre, Andrea Encalada and Jeffrey Sachs will lay out path to equitable bioeconomy, built on biodiversity, and traditional knowledge. Spanish | Portuguese Normal 0 false false false ES-US X-NONE AR-SA Editor’s Note : On September 3, 2020, the Science Panel for the Amazon will host a science webinar presenting on the main issues to be covered in the report, on the status of the Amazon, inclu

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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A brief update on Innovation Forum’s work in 2020: Cross commodity research, stakeholder engagement and digital promotion

Tobias Webb

This post is a quick update for you on current plans that might be relevant for you, from Innovation Forum in 2020. At Innovation Forum, we provide a platform for communication, stakeholder engagement and honest dialogue. We work closely with companies to leverage our experience, network and platform to drive progress around critical supply chain challenges.

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What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'

GreenBiz

What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'. Heather Clancy. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 02:00. Who is responsible for emissions? Where did they originate? How can we be sure? A global coalition fronted by former Vice President Al Gore promises granular insights and data into those sources — down to individual power plants, ships or factories.

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Maintaining momentum for the SDGs in the face of COVID

Impact Alpha

The economic fall-out of COVID-19 – and its knock-on effect on the U.S. Sustainable Development Goals – will be long-term and significant. The International Monetary Fund reports that global output could decline by 4.9% in 2020, while the cumulative hit to GDP growth is expected to hit emerging markets (excluding China) harder than advanced economies.

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Vietnam to step up battle against dirty air—will its measures go far enough?

Eco-Business

Air pollution in Vietnam has risen sharply over the years, often reaching alarming, lung-wrecking levels. The nation plans to issue a new directive to tackle the deadly problem.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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Global Cleantech Jobs on the Rise

Sense and Sustainability

The cleantech sector is on the rise. Propelled by reduced production costs and the looming threat of climate change, demand for renewable energy and efficiency is increasing across the globe. Sustainability is also becoming profitable. Market forces are expanding the cleantech sector at an unprecedented rate, as entrepreneurs and governments work together to upgrade energy grids with solar, wind, and hydro power.

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Verizon, NRG, Oliver Wyman share tips on TCFD scenario planning and reporting

GreenBiz

Verizon, NRG, Oliver Wyman share tips on TCFD scenario planning and reporting. Aaron Mok. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 00:30. More than 1,000 global leaders have implemented recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure as part of their climate action plans. But many organizations are still grappling with how, exactly, to do this.

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Expanding the pool of entrepreneurs and ownership structures that have access to capital

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 20 – Revenue-sharing, ‘collaborative endorsements,’ and diverse referral networks are among the strategies being explored by the first funds chosen by the Kauffman Foundation’s Capital Access Lab. “Investment is more than ownership; it is about equity and impact,” said Melissa Bradley of Washington DC-based 1863 Ventures, who said the support will advance “New.

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As Covid-time haze season approaches, report claims APP has been clearing and draining peatlands

Eco-Business

Satellite analysis has found that APP-linked companies have cleared 3,500 hectares of peatland over the last two years, including since the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, according to a report by Greenpeace. APP denies the allegations.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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The New Peugeot e-2008 — Peugeot’s 79 Year Electric Vehicle Journey Leads Here

CleanTechnica

There's a decent chance you didn't know that Peugeot was working on electric cars 79 years ago, in 1941. We will not banish you from visiting CleanTechnica for not knowing that, especially since we didn't know it.

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APM: An Overlooked First Step Toward Digital Transformations

GreenBiz

APM: An Overlooked First Step Toward Digital Transformations. Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 are complex concepts, and many manufacturers struggle to sort through what it means and how to approach the topic. Meanwhile, manufacturing and process businesses continue to face ongoing labor crunches and a mass retirement wave (taking significant tribal knowledge with them), which add to the urgency and stress to understand the concept, develop a strategy, and take action to maintain or incr

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Book review: Nick O’Donohoe on Sir Ronald Cohen’s Impact 

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 22 – There is nothing surprising about the fact that Sir Ronald Cohen has written a book on impact. What is perhaps surprising is that it has taken so long for him to do so. Cohen has an extraordinary life story. He was born in Egypt to a Jewish family that was forced. The post Book review: Nick O’Donohoe on Sir Ronald Cohen’s Impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The true price of pesticides is unaffordable

Eco-Business

The European Union has banned many active pesticide ingredients due to damaging health and environmental effects. With leading global agrochemical firms seeking new markets to conquer, developing countries urgently need strict controls.

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Supercharge Your ESG Content This Libra Season

Throughout Climate Week, a feeling of urgency on tackling the climate crisis was palpable. Yet, questions continue to linger about corporate progress. Are we truly moving the needle or are we stuck in a cycle of empty statements and a flood of reports and guidelines? In the latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Libra Edition , we use Climate Week outcomes to explore how brands can communicate progress credibly.

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Tesla & The Minions — China EV Sales Report

CleanTechnica

The overall Chinese market returned to negative numbers in June, down 6% year over year (YoY), but on paper, plugins fared much worse, down 53% last month.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30. Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals.

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DILA Capital looks to underserved Latin American markets with fourth fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 21 – Mexico City-base venture capital firm DILA Capital has backed numerous social enterprises, like biogas tech venture Sistema.bio and Peruvian skills development startup Crehana, even though it doesn’t explicitly call itself an impact fund. With its fourth fund, the firm is eying Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and other underserved markets in Latin America, The post DILA Capital looks to underserved Latin American markets with fourth fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Students for sustainability. Young Sustainable Impact SEA founders Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan

Eco-Business

Sai Surya Yarlagadda and Irsyad Ramthan founded Young Sustainable Impact SEA while they were students at National University of Singapore. They share what it takes for students to convince startups and investors to believe in them.

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How Will Virgo Season Impact Your ESG Communication?

3BL’s in-house experts merge the celestial wisdom of astrology with current environmental, social, governance (ESG) communication trends to offer a unique perspective and practical advice on sharing your company’s commitments effectively. 3BL’s new “Navigating ESG Comms through the Cosmos” series begins with Virgo season! In this edition, we delve into: How businesses have responded to environmental disasters over the past few months and why you can expect a continued focus on the climate crisis