GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2020
The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. Joel Makower. Mon, 08/24/2020 - 02:11. One silver lining of this horrific moment is the rise of loans, bonds and other financial instruments linked to sustainability outcomes. In this sense, "sustainability" is broadly defined to include environmental issues as well as social ones. And, more recently, a new subcategory of, yes, pandemic-related issues.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 26, 2020
Small business owners are facing catastrophically bad choices these days, with half predicting they will be forced to close as a result of the COVID-19 economic crisis. Meanwhile, nearly 40 million workers have lost jobs and are struggling to get by, as evidenced by miles long lines at food banks and a brewing eviction crisis. The post Turning the small business crisis into an opportunity for equitable employee ownership appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 25, 2020
New study shows half in oil and gas have considered new role in renewable energy industry – or are already diversifying into it. Eight in ten Scots oil workers have considered that their careers could be impacted by actions being taken to tackle climate change, new research suggests. The equivalent of 90% of Scotland’s electricity demand is now met from renewables like wind and solar power.
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 28, 2020
In the face of the current global health crisis, it is more important than ever to shine a light on transformative and scalable solutions that shape the path towards a sustainable future. In October 2020, SDSN will take the Global Solutions Forum (GSF) to the next level to showcase the eight best solutions coming from SDSNs National and Regional Networks in a one-of-a-kind virtual event.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2020
New sparks for the electric vehicle industry. Zoé Bezpalko. Tue, 08/25/2020 - 01:45. Thinking back to the beginning of 2020 can seem like a lifetime ago. Before the pandemic took root on a global level, the transportation industry was already in the midst of a great and exciting transition. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying. . Take General Motors, for example.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2020
Community development finance institutions have long been “first responders” to small businesses in historically underinvested communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has in stark terms revealed the degree to which those same communities are subject to the impacts of systemic racism and an economy built on poor-quality jobs. This moment in time requires each of us—community lenders, The post How investors can blend finance for CDFIs to advance economic and racial justice appeared first on ImpactAlpha
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Sense and Sustainability
AUGUST 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: This article was first published by the Environmental Defense Fund, an organization focusing on creating economical policies to support clean air and water; abundant fish and wildlife; and a stable climate. The article was authored by Steve Cochran and originally appeared here. As Louisiana and Texas prepare for Hurricane Laura to make landfall, our primary focus is on the safety of those in its path.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2020
Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date. Katie Fehrenbacher. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00. German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 27, 2020
ImpactAlpha, August 27 – By 2030, India will be home to more than 1.4 billion people who will collectively spend $1.6 trillion annually on food. City dwellers will outpace the rural population. A quarter of Indians will be part of the upper-middle class, demanding not only more protein in their diets, but more meat. For. The post Eight predictions for the future of Indian agriculture appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2020
Eleanor Shield, a wildlife biologist and conservationist, is among those recruited by Kaitiaki Consulting. A Scots firm that focuses on large scale land redevelopment and rewilding has hired 20 environmental consultants after a global recruitment drive. Kaitiaki Consulting, which is based in Scotland and New Zealand, has brought in specialists in forestry, ornithology, botany, soil science and a raft of other key sciences as it ramps up its activities.
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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.
MSCI
AUGUST 27, 2020
Mexican companies’ ESG risk-mitigation practices have come a long way over the past decade, but there has been some slippage over the past two years. We examine the current status and why investors may want to pay attention.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 26, 2020
Ensuring Performance and Safety in Recycled Plastics. As companies and consumer brands incorporate recycled plastic content into their products and as part of their circularity goals, product integrity becomes an important consideration. There are many ways to evaluate the performance and safety of recycled materials. This one-hour webcast will show you tools to evaluate these aspects and how brands like HP are increasing recycled content in their products and assessing performance and sustainab
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 28, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 28 – When the lineup of the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court on Wednesday, the players didn’t realize they’d be joined by the rest of the NBA. And then the WNBA. And then professional leagues from baseball to soccer to tennis. The sports world’s bottom-up, wildcat strike followed the police shooting. The post Agents of Impact: Professional basketball players.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 25, 2020
Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the UK and Northwestern University in the US. In a comment article published in Nature Sustainability , the researchers are urging policy makers across the world to focus on behavioural change, knowledge promotion and investment in water infrastructure.
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
MSCI
AUGUST 25, 2020
As investors evaluate the possible reallocation of capital around the transition toward a low-carbon future, we analyzed the characteristics and performance of companies engaged in green versus carbon-intensive activities. Was there evidence of a “green-to-fossil-fuel premium”?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2020
Despite record oil price fluctuations, circular plastic strategies prevail. Jesse Klein. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:45. The coronavirus pandemic threw almost every market into a tailspin, including the notoriously sensitive oil market. And when crude oil prices fell into negative territory in April, the recycled plastic industry experienced a reckoning. Would corporations still invest in relatively expensive circular plastic commitments if virgin plastic prices, closely tied to the petroleum industry,
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 24, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 24 – AA Fisheries is the kind of enterprise impact investors talk about all the time. But too few turn talk into the capital such businesses need to survive and thrive. The fish farm supplier in Eastern Uganda was a solid performer until the COVID crisis shut it down. But solid is not. The post With ‘mezzanine capital,’ iungo seeks to fill a gap for East Africa’s small and growing family businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already arrived in some areas of the energy industry and has the potential to further advance the integrated energy transition – such are the findings of a recent analysis by the German Energy Agency – Deutsche Energie-Agentur ( dena ) – titled “Artificial Intelligence – from Hype to Reality in the Energy Industry” It examined the technical development status and the cost-benefit ratio for nine specific areas of application and provided so
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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
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 25, 2020
New York, USA: Given the strong impact that COVID-19 has had on cities, the 2020 cohort of Local Pathways Fellows developed a set of innovative solutions that address the SDG 11 targets which are presented in the report titled “COVID-19 Rapid Response Solutions for Cities by the 2020 Local Pathways Fellows”. During the month of May the 2020 cohort of Local Pathways Fellows worked on developing their proposed solutions to address the urban challenges that each SDG 11 target is facing amid the pan
GreenBiz
AUGUST 26, 2020
Who has the most sustainable fleets? Time to name names. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 08/26/2020 - 00:30. Sustainable fleets are at an inflection point , and we here at GreenBiz are looking to celebrate them. That's why I'm particularly excited to share that GreenBiz plans to publish the top 25 list of sustainable fleets the week before our annual VERGE 20 conference (which will run virtually the last week in October). .
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 27, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Agents of Impact Call Replay Rooting out racism as a systemic risk (audio). Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate change, income inequality and, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well. The current discourse on.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2020
The oceans play an important role in regulating our climate and its change by absorbing heat and carbon. Scientists from the Department of Physics at Oxford University say they have discovered that the influence of circulation changes on shaping ocean warming will diminish in the future. This is despite having been identified and modelled as a key factor over the past 60 years.
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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.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 27, 2020
A shorter ingredients list does not mean a product is healthier and better. Additives can improve quality. Consumers should also know that animals are often injected with chemicals in industrial farming, experts said.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2020
This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk. Ravi Varghese. Mon, 08/24/2020 - 01:15. To understand economic crises of the recent past, present and future, there may be no finer teacher than Michael Lewis. Many readers will be familiar with Lewis’s book "The Big Short," which documented how excesses in global credit markets spawned a worldwide financial crisis.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 27, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate change, income inequality and now, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well. The current discourse on racism uses systemic in a different way, recognizing the culture, policies and institutions.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2020
In July 2020, the Met Office reported that most UK water companies have seen an increase in average water consumption during lockdown, especially those operating in suburban areas. It’s clear that Covid-19 measures around the world have resulted in societal changes that are directly impacting when and how much water people are consuming. So, how do water companies prepare for an unexpected surge or drop in demand?
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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.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 25, 2020
Companies have improved in the traceability of their products, but incidents of labour abuse remain ‘intolerably high’, said Greenpeace in its latest tuna cannery ranking. Which canneries earned the best scores?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2020
Episode 234: Circularity 20 highlights, talking green chemistry. Heather Clancy. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (6:45). The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. This Israeli startup mimics mangroves, coral and oysters to create protective seawalls. Amid devastating forest fires, One Trillion Trees movement puts down U.S. roots.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 24, 2020
When the Detroit City Football Club faced financial challenges due to COVID, the owners didn’t turn to typical investors for capital to help the organization recover. The pro soccer team turned to the people of Detroit. In just a few days, the team’s Wefunder equity-crowdfunding campaign raised over $1 million from more than 3,000 fans. The post Business founders embrace equity crowdfunding to raise capital during COVID appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2020
Environmental and industrial measurement firm Vaisala has appointed Kai Öistämö (b. 1964) as President and CEO. Öistämö starts at the firm on 1 October, 2020. Current President and CEO Kjell Forsén is to step down by the end of 2020. Öistämö joins from US technology company InterDigital, where he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer since 2018, before which he served as Member of the Board.
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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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