GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2020
To B or not to B? More tech companies should ask themselves that question. Heather Clancy. Thu, 06/25/2020 - 02:00. Fifth Wall, the biggest venture fund dedicated to funding disruptive ideas in real estate and retail, this week revealed that it has become a Certified B Corporation (B Corp) — a move that requires it to embed concerns about equity, inclusiveness and sustainability into its portfolio.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 25, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – Upstart Co-Lab has been a chief evangelist of the power of art, design, culture, heritage, and creativity to drive impact. The five-year-old non-profit led by Laura Callanan has made the business case for investments in the creative economy, which in the U.S. amount to $878 billion. Now, 10 institutions and individuals. The post Upstart Co-Lab investor coalition commits to shift capital to creatives appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Sense and Sustainability
JUNE 24, 2020
Editor’s Note: This article was first published on the Global Solutions Initiative website blog. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. Empowerment is an essential component of individual wellbeing, but also of the wellbeing of societies, according to the Global Solutions Recoupling Dashboard , a new tool for measuring wellbeing beyond traditional economic approaches.
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 23, 2020
The application portal is open for registration. We are seeking proposals from members of SDSN Amazonia, for projects in the nine countries of the Amazon basin. SDSN Amazonia launched a Prize and Call for SDI projects, in the table above you can find out the differences between the two calls. The table is available in Spanish as well. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the Amazon (SDSN Amazonia) launched the SDSN Amazonia Award 2020 and applications are now open.
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
JUNE 23, 2020
Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan. Tom Baruch. Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30. The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 23, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 23 – This season, shareholder resolutions involving human rights and worker rights made up the largest category for the first time, edging out climate-related concerns. Still, since resolutions are prepared months in advance, management skirted the full force of flashpoint issues such as worker health and safety, inequality, and racial justice set off.
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Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 23, 2020
A white paper from the US Pathways Projects explains the evolution of land use planning and renewable energy siting sharing lessons from California. Over the last year, SDSN USA and the SDSN DDPP Executive Director have worked together to define pathways to a low carbon transition in the US, demonstrating the technical feasibility of achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2020
SDG Ambition: Scaling Business Impact for the Decade of Action. Now more than ever, companies everywhere must unite in the business of a more resilient, sustainable world. Despite progress made in many areas, we are not on track to deliver on the SDGs by 2030. In fact, the United Nations Global Compact Progress Report 2020 reveals only 39 per cent of companies surveyed believe they have targets that are sufficiently ambitious to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 24, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – This season’s plotline on Billions, Showtime’s saga of wealth and corruption co-created by financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, finds Wendy Rhoades (played by actor Maggie Siff) and Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) maneuvering to turn Bobby Axelrod’s (Damian Lewis) Axe Capital into an impact investment fund. Now comes activist investor Jeff.
Eco-Business
JUNE 25, 2020
Stimulus packages to kickstart pandemic-hit economies can either shape a low-carbon future or lock the world into a fossil fuel system. Which countries in Asia are leading the green transition?
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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.
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 22, 2020
A data collaboration in 2018 between the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Vodafone Ghana, and Flowminder, enabled the GSS to access insights from mobile phone data to plan public health and sustainable development policies. Using Mobile Data For Health Monitoring: A Case Study of Data Sharing Between Ghana Statistical Services, Vodafone Ghana, and Flowminder Foundation demonstrates how a government and a private company were able to work with an intermediary partner to gain insights from sensiti
GreenBiz
JUNE 22, 2020
Chefs could be the missing ingredient to circular food systems. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 06/22/2020 - 01:00. It’s often said that the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach. The same principle could apply to fixing the broken food system. . Food loss and waste, the carbon-intensive production and distribution of food, hunger and food deserts: These are just a few inefficient and unequal outcomes of today’s global food system.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 25, 2020
COVID-19 is – and will continue to have – a huge impact on global food and nutrition security. On the supply side, restrictions on movement is leading to crops rotting in fields and farmers losing their livelihoods. Storage facilities cannot move their food stocks, whilst food processors obtain fewer raw materials. Food retailers have less. The post Building a better post-COVID food system with investments in small businesses in developing economies appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JUNE 24, 2020
A recent study highlights how demand for Brazilian soy by China and Europe is stoking deforestation, thereby increasing carbon emissions, especially in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna biome and the Amazon rainforest.
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
CleanTechnica
JUNE 26, 2020
BYD is almost always one of the first automakers to bring electric vehicles to a country in South America. Colombia is the latest winning nation to benefit from BYD's cleantech innovation, and in this case it's getting the well loved Tang EV and Yuan.
GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2020
Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right. Paolo Natali. Thu, 06/25/2020 - 00:30. According to polls, it was mid-March when most of us in the United States understood the severity of COVID-19. At the same time, we collectively were searching for data to drive lifesaving decision-making. Close all business and keep people inside homes?
Impact Alpha
JUNE 23, 2020
A systemic problem requires a systemic solution. Black businesses, because of lack of access to capital, among other reasons, cannot grow and hire like their white peers. Yet if 15% of Black-owned businesses had employment parity, they would create 600,000 new jobs and add $55 billion to the US economy, according to a study from. The post The $55 billion plan: Accelerating Black-owned businesses to create wealth, jobs and growth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JUNE 23, 2020
Students from one of Singapore's largest higher-education institutions, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), have formed a campaign group to pressure the university to sell its shares in fossil fuels companies.
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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
CleanTechnica
JUNE 26, 2020
Volkswagen's Zwickau factory is switching 100% to electric vehicles. It will produce a total of 6 models from 3 Volkswagen Group brands (Volkswagen, Audi, and Seat). Today was the last day it produced a fossil fuel vehicle, vehicle #6,049,207 from the factory under Volkswagen's reign, a Golf R Estate.
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2020
Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 02:00. ICYMI, ride-hailing biggie Lyft announced last week that it plans to electrify every single car offering services on its platform by 2030, including both those that Lyft owns and rents to drivers and ones that its drivers own. It's a colossal task for an 8-year-old company that says it won't be profitable until at least 2021 and plans to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in costs this year. .
Impact Alpha
JUNE 25, 2020
Blended finance has gained significant momentum in the past few years, and we increasingly see more early stage and late stage blended finance deals emerge to attract the attention, and ultimately capital, of investors to advance the SDGs. With traditional aid and development finance further stretched to meet immediate response and recovery needs brought on.
Eco-Business
JUNE 23, 2020
From systems able to replenish depleted batteries at lightning speed to smart chargers that ‘talk’ to one another, exciting developments lie ahead on Singapore's road to sustainable mobility.
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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.
CleanTechnica
JUNE 26, 2020
Zoox, based out of California (of course), has been working for years on autonomous ride-hailing technology. It was valued at $3 billion in 2018. Amazon just bought it — reportedly fro $1.2 billion.
GreenBiz
JUNE 26, 2020
Where Unilever's product labeling initiative could have a huge impact. Jim Giles. Fri, 06/26/2020 - 01:00. One of the most significant projects in sustainable food in 2020 was unveiled last week. The news is important partly because of the company involved: CPG behemoth Unilever, which reaches 2.5 billion consumers every day through 400 brands, which range from Ben & Jerry’s to Hellmann’s and appear on shelves in 190 countries. .
Impact Alpha
JUNE 25, 2020
Many commentators posit that the COVID-19 pandemic could go down in history as this generation’s opportunity to do a course correction toward a sustainable future as envisioned in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The opportunity for large-scale change certainly exists, but it won’t be inevitable or easy. It will require unprecedented resources.
Eco-Business
JUNE 23, 2020
Businesses’ sustainability programmes better prepared them for the Covid-19 crisis and will become increasingly important. But to achieve broad sustainability competency throughout the organisation, companies must bridge the knowledge gap.
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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.
CleanTechnica
JUNE 26, 2020
As well as being the Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of United Nations-Energy, Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of world renowned international organization Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). Damilola is a globally respected leader with a broad and diverse international background.
GreenBiz
JUNE 22, 2020
The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. GreenBiz Editors. Mon, 06/22/2020 - 02:30. If you're looking for the light of inspiration during one of the darkest periods the world has seen in decades, you've come to the right place. We are proud to introduce our fifth annual cohort of twentysomethings who are sustainability leaders within — and without — their companies, nonprofits and communities.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 25, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – A quarter of small businesses will fail and a quarter will succeed, and even thrive, in the aftermath of COVID. But the broad middle group of companies in emerging markets are treading water and in need of a lifeline. A spate of efforts have arisen to try to prevent the worst-case. The post COVID-recovery financing facilities aim to bridge capital gaps for small and growing businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eco-Business
JUNE 23, 2020
Pacific island nations have been among the top performers worldwide in controlling Covid-19. A greater emphasis on water, sanitation and hygiene practices will help continue that success.
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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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