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Sustainability Wins a Seat at the Table

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Two weeks ago, global business and political leaders met at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss geopolitical and environmental challenges. The need to move towards a net-zero economy, regenerative businesses, and an inclusive global economy were the key topics on the agenda.

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AccountAbility Joins With Global Commons Alliance and UN Climate Champions Team to Launch Navigator Addressing Nature and Climate Action

3BL Media

Businesses and financial institutions have a vital role to play in delivering a nature-positive and net-zero economy.” The Navigator brings vital rigor and clarity for organizations grappling with complex climate and nature priorities as they contribute to a more resilient and regenerative future ,” says Ms. Matic, Ph.D.,

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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

Net-zero" became a key commitment during 2020 — goals that aim to eliminate, at least on paper, a company’s greenhouse gas emissions, water extractions, fossil-fuel use or deforestation activities by a given date. Given this, it was not surprising to see an uptick in corporate ambition on sustainability issues.

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Blistering heat is ravaging tourism hotspots. Can the industry reinvent itself?

Corporate Knights

Tourism is projected to make up nearly 12% of the global economy by 2033, but it is also poised to consume a troubling 40% of the world’s remaining 1.5°C trillion to global GDP in 2022, and the WTTC forecasts [pdf] that figure doubling to represent 11.6% Travel and tourism added US$7.7

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Creativity and Collaboration Vital to Finance Nature

Chris Hall

We have already disbursed US$111 million to farmers as part of this scheme, including through our new ‘GreenGalaxy’ programme that securitises agricultural receivables to fund small and medium farmers – enabling them to transition to regenerative agriculture by raising yields on cleared lands, while avoiding deforestation.

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This Week’s Fund News: Federated Hermes Partners with UK Museum on Biodiversity

Chris Hall

The negative impacts of biodiversity loss pose a systemic risk to the global economy and we must stop taking nature’s permanence for granted,” said Kukuljan. “We We hope this farm will become a showcase for regenerative organic production of tree crops in Spain,” said João Roseiro, SLM Partners’ Agronomy Director for Iberia.

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Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts

Renewable Energy World

Those that can restore natural carbon sinks through soil sequestration, ecosystem recovery, and regenerative agriculture. Countries, cities and regions representing over 50 percent of world GDP have net-zero targets in place, as do more than 1,500 companies with combined revenues of $12.5 trillion USD. . C of warming.