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What the UAE Consensus – agreed at COP28 in Dubai – means for business

We Mean Business Coalition

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai have concluded with a new deal known as the UAE Consensus. We should not be mistaken – this is a historic development and signals the beginning of the end of the era of fossil fuels. COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber wanted to deliver something historic and unprecedented.

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation

What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? The public sector isn’t much different. The fact is, we are in a transformative era where the speed of technological advances and exponential data growth has already changed how we work and live.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation

Our planet, and our profits, hinge on it.” In January 2024, over 300 organizations globally, from across industries and the financial sector, committed to nature-related disclosures based on TNFD’s recommendations, published just months prior. Enter the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

They don’t see the “adults” – in business or government – making any of the hard decisions required to avoid the climate crisis. Instead, they see our net-zero targets slipping away and they feel betrayed. The Future 50 should reassure those who worry the green energy transition will drag us back to a pre-industrial stone age.

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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation

By Lina Srivastava The aftermath of the OpenAI governance controversy revealed the extent to which power has been consolidated by AI tech giants, a situation with dangerous implications for critical aspects of society. We need a new roadmap.