Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 1, 2021

Spotlight blog by members of SDSN USA Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The corporate world has shown tremendous enthusiasm in pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. With a new major company joining the list almost daily, net-zero has become a new benchmark for corporate climate leadership. It will not!

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In addition to the financing, suppliers in the program will also receive technical support from sustainability consultant, Guidehouse, to embark on factory upgrades to decrease their climate impact. According to H&M’s 2022 Sustainability Report, Scope 3 makes up nearly 99% of the company’s emissions.

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5 This week in ESG news: Texas pulls $8.5 Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5

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3BL Media

AUGUST 1, 2022

The transition to a more sustainable economy will require far more intentionality than we see today, in the sense that businesses, capital markets, civil society and governments will need to reach a broad consensus on goals and set a course to reach them. We should not underestimate the immensity of this challenge.

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3BL Media

MAY 20, 2022

A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains , Lee examined and compared existing methodologies and examples of reporting from BHP, Freeport McMoRan, and Vale, three mining majors in the copper supply chain. In Responsible or reckless? A nuanced and diverse cohort.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2023

The firm focuses on creating value by helping companies transform their businesses to be sustainable, and targets companies that can drive long-term value by positioning to benefit from once-in-a generation transformations such as the energy transition and supply chain onshoring. 1, said: “Engine No.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Holding the companies accountable on their commitments to net zero targets will help ensure the implementation of net zero strategies, through financial institution engagement, including a decline of coal, oil and gas within portfolios.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The UK government announced plans to invest £960 million (USD$1.2 billion) in green industries aimed at accelerating manufacturing in key net zero sectors, in addition to a new series of significant reforms designed to rapidly boost the capacity of its electricity grid to address energy transition needs over the coming decades.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance. Their creative thinking and perspective will help build more sustainable solutions for the future.". Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Investors can commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In both the public and private sectors, this week saw incremental progress in support of sustainable investment objectives, rather than transformative changes. First, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance told us of a steepening uphill struggle, but an effective one driven by target-setting across activities and sectors.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Planet worked with SCS Global Services , (SCS) an organization specializing in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental and sustainability quality performance claims, to certify its operations as carbon neutral in accordance with the internationally recognized PAS 2060: 2014 Carbon Neutrality Standard.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Against a backdrop of inflation, supply chain issues and a rising cost-of-living, UK leaders are steadfast in their environmental commitments as they view sustainability action as a means to offset economic uncertainty.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Figure 1: Emerging Regulations and Standards on Sustainability and Climate Disclosure and organizations involved (Source Deloitte ). Besides, mandatory sustainability reporting is also progressing rapidly at the country level. Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Thank you GRI! Source VBA.

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Sustainability Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

In our Net Zero Readiness report released this year, which surveyed Australian businesses, it was revealed that 85% of Australian companies mentioned a lack of internal talent/decarbonisation specialists was a major barrier to decarbonisation initiatives. However, while it’s difficult it’s also necessary, and certainly achievable.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The climate crisis, and the necessary transition to a net-zero economy, exacerbate the risks to people across the value chain, whether in the form of lost livelihoods from extreme weather events and rising temperatures, or loss of employment from a rapid shift away from carbon-intensive practices.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It comes as investor focus on deforestation, to achieve net zero targets, steps up. It found that of 700 financial institutions with high profile climate and net zero commitments only 21% recognise deforestation as a business risk.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2023

Companies must meet extensive environmental, social and governance requirements, make sustainable investments to support vulnerable communities and adhere to twelve core ESG principles. Another key aspect of the SCS-007 standard is climate neutrality and sustainable production practices with net zero impact.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Hydrogen cluster projects with industry, local government and communities can deliver the early steps towards net zero.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

The investment community may have limited control over net zero targets, but it can enable better outcomes, says London Business School Executive Fellow Tom Gosling. Asset owners are really naive around policy lobbying and should get much smarter about how they support political change.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In a move to better support emerging markets’ (EMs) climate transition efforts, 12 UK-based pension funds have unveiled draft guiding principles that will inform their sustainable investing strategies. . As asset owners, we are committed to achieving net zero,” they said. .

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, despite growing concerns around a potential recession, many CEOs are planning to make sustainable investments a top priority. However, supplying the tools to implement, track and manage ESG programs is only one piece of the puzzle.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

After all, the rising profile of social factors has been driven partly the development of the sustainable investment regulations and frameworks aimed primarily at addressing the climate crisis. For this reason, among others, questions about the status of social factors within ESG investing abound. Approximately 6.3

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. The Eurosystem central banks last year defined their common stance for applying climate-related sustainable investment principles.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Autumn Statement criticised for supply-side focus, but promises of pension reform pique interest. The UK government has “comprehensively failed” to set out a robust green industrial strategy to compete with other countries leading the way in the transition to net zero.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . ISS ESG Issuer Level Net Zero Alignment Data can be used to identify positive and negative performing companies against individual climate related metrics.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, Hymans Robertson, 2DII, ACA Group, Edison, UKSIF and Util. . Olivia Mooney joins as RI Consultant from the Principles for Responsible Investment and will be the stewardship lead in the team.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sustainable investment experts predicted an even greater emphasis by investors on public policy, at a recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. First, our roundtable participants surveyed the existing regulatory landscape for sustainable investing. Positive trajectory.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is leading to a rapid reappraisal of ESG risks by asset owners, including enhanced scrutiny of human rights and governance risks across portfolios, and a reaffirmed commitment to net zero targets. . How are companies replacing those business ties?”? .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

In this week’s ESG Interview , SLM Partners’ Paul McMahon highlights opportunities, despite the challenges of scaling up investment in regenerative projects, given their current typical small size and lack of track record versus other real assets. Icahn also took aim at asset managers. “If

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“Forests are essential both for preventing dangerous climate change, catastrophic biodiversity loss, and for securing the human rights and livelihoods of more than a billion people,” said Vemund Olsen, Senior Analyst – Sustainable Investments at Storebrand Asset Management. It has accelerated under his administration.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Persefoni, ISS ESG, BNPP AM, Ortec Finance, ESG Book, MSCI, SIX, Urgentem and Likvidi. . These requirements include regulatory reporting of emissions data and tracking alignment to net zero and climate goals.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Eleven of the TNFD’s 14 recommended disclosures replicate the categories used by the TCFD, with the addition of three new ones, including ones related to human rights policies and engagement activities, and the location of assets and activities, including upstream and downstream supply chains where possible.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

“ Nuclear power may be a low-carbon fuel source which provides much-needed baseload capacity, though it is hard to avoid the long-term impact caused by nuclear waste , leading to questions about its overall sustainability,” said James Alexander, CEO of UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Averting this cataclysm requires the reduction of global anthropogenic greenhouse (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050. Balancing act The road to net zero is inextricably linked to the phasing out of fossil fuels. The transformation of the global economy will take US $9.2 trillion in annual average spending , US$3.5

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, responsible for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union, told this October’s EU Sustainable Investment Summit taxonomies are critical to “identify environmentally sustainable investments and to increase transparency on sustainability”.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Competition barriers to collective sustainability initiatives by investors expected to be lowered. Regulators will soon provide investors with clearer guidance on the acceptable boundaries of collective action to achieve net zero and other sustainability objectives, according to competition lawyers.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Discussing climate and nature risks at roundtable hosted in Hong Kong in early October by ESG Investor and S&P Global Sustainable 1, organisations acknowledged the links between the two. “If After a challenging period for investment over the past several years, they do not want to put an extra limitation on their investment decisions.

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