Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 18, 2023

SDSN and our networks are hosting a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. We are thrilled to invite you to join us at the following events organized by SDSN and our partners. Check back for event dates, times, and registration information. >>>

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 18, 2023

This year, SDSN and our networks hosted a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. We invited our networks and the SDG community to join us at the following events, which SDSN hosted or were organized by our partners.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 26, 2022

After two successful editions, the third edition of the Global Solutions Forum (GSF) took place on the 18th of January 2022 in a hybrid format alongside the G-STIC conference in Dubai during the Global Goals Week at Expo 2021. Showcasing talented innovators worldwide.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In Southeast Asia , the ASEAN Green Future project in collaboration with research groups from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, and Thailand published a series of reports to demonstrate how sustainable, decarbonized economies offer enhanced economic development and more resilient futures for the region.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

.” The summit culminated in the Nairobi Declaration , a call to action proclaiming African states’ unified stance on climate action ahead of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As 22 May marked the International Day of Biological Diversity , we are less than eight years away from the 2030 deadline to reverse biodiversity loss, which was internationally reaffirmed at November’s COP26 climate conference. This 2020 report underlines the global nature of the task in hand.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The shift, or transition, to a low-carbon world is gaining momentum. Many recognize this and are asking: How can we combine economic initiatives that move away from carbon creation while generating opportunities for employees, workers, and local communities? That needs to change. The same holds true for private investors.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

More frequent and extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, are disrupting supply chains, displacing people from their homes and causing disaster response and recovery costs to skyrocket. Many countries across Asia also lack access to sufficient financing to fully develop low or zero-carbon infrastructure.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

After successful events at COP22 , COP23 , COP24 , and COP25 , this year, SDSN virtually hosted the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) , formerly the “Low-Emissions Solutions Conference,” on the sidelines of COP26 from November 1-5, 2021. Getting to net zero requires a lot of thinking about real strategies.”

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 27, 2015

On July 13-16, 2015, member states convened in Addis Ababa for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. An event on “ Unlocking Public and Private Finance for African Infrastructure ” was co-hosted with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Brookings, and African Development Bank (AfDB).

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Recent events have impacted my kin personally in Maui and Northwest Territories,” says the 25-year-old community organizer from Six Nations of the Grand River, who works as the just-transition lead at Sacred Earth Solar. It’s a constant reminder of how important our work is.” They found that more than half (57%) experience eco-anxiety.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 27, 2023

The International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) inaugural standards have been formally launched with the promise of delivering a comprehensive accounting-based language for sustainability-related disclosures that provides global investors with consistent, verifiable and decision-useful information.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

That’s why, as global leaders gather for yet another round of climate negotiations in the COP27 conference this month, waste is expected to be a hot topic (no pun intended). For instance Egypt, which is hosting COP27, plans to put forward the 50by2050 Initiative at the event , aimed at treating and recycling 50% of Africa’s waste by 2050.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Midway through our inaugural GreenFin event last week, during a break devoted to three-minute bursts of randomly selected networking conversations, I found myself paired with a university student attending the conference as part of his studies. . Support for carbon pricing may be deep. Heather Clancy. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 02:11.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

C will lead to irreversible ‘tipping points’ and ecosystem losses, according to the UK’s Met Office, with rising global temperatures increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, accelerating the melting of the world’s icesheets, leading to rapid sea level rise. An overshoot of 1.5°C

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

128 companies are committed to improving their energy efficiency through EP100.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

Our objective was to identify outstanding Canadian entrepreneurs and companies that are gaining significant traction in the fight against carbon – with exciting new solutions that most of the world hasn’t discovered yet. The Future 50, like other green leaders around the world, are being powered by a confluence of events.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network Southeast Asia Network (SDSN SEA) co-hosted a conference dedicated to the topic of blended finance October 9-11, 2018. This was the premier blended finance conference in the world, putting Indonesia at the leading edge of this emerging industry of public-private partnerships.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . During her five years with Quantis, Bande has advised some of the world’s largest companies in the food, cosmetics and apparels sectors, helping them define science-based targets, insetting initiatives and carbon pricing approaches. Jesse Klein. Jennifer Ballen, 28 . LinkedIn .

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