GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

For De Paoli, AB InBev’s loan has been welcome news. More often, a company would fall onto the more comfortable tactic: disclosing actions but not impact. According to De Paoli, with Enel’s SLL, investors no longer have to choose between commitments and short-term impact. Chief Investment Officer Scott Mather.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

It was welcome news to see United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) agree at COP27 to produce a 1.5°C This is ever more important in a world where we are already seeing the impacts of floods and heatwaves on our food systems and agricultural production. C climate goal. C climate goal.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But the introduction of consumer plastics in the years following World War II changed everything. As he reported on the fallout from “National Sword,” Franklin-Wallis developed an appreciation for how complex the waste industry is. In the course of reporting Wasteland , Franklin-Wallis began to rethink his own consumption practices.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

Sabine Chalopin , Head of ESG , Sustainable Infrastructure at Denham Capital, explains why i nfrastructure managers must think holistically about climate change. It won’t come as news to the ESG investment community that climate risk is a hot topic. The impact on people must be carefully considered too.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Last year we saw evidence that human rights and child labour issues are impacting supply chains operating in the US and Europe, as well as those based in developing nations. This exposed significant gaps in the way that organisations currently monitor, identify and address social violations in a rapidly changing risk landscape.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

To better understand best practices and what’s happening in this space, there was a special session at Bloomberg Green COP27 , an event co-sponsored by SAP for organizations to meet outside the negotiating rooms of the climate conference and delve into pragmatic strategies for cross-sector climate action. ESG Reporting.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. . Danielle Purifoy.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

Before we dig into the news of the day, let’s examine what ESG means for your organization. Environmental factors include carbon emissions, soil and groundwater pollution, waste disposal, material sourcing, biodiversity impact, and regulatory history. Significant Changes Will Impact How Organizations View ESG Due Diligence.

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Just Capital

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For some, the first explicit mention of reducing use of fossil fuels in any official UN climate talks text (a fact I find quite astonishing) was a major breakthrough. I see that small island nations most at risk from climate change were reportedly not in the room when the final text was approved.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK’s audit watchdog, took concluding steps on two high-profile corporate scandals this week. In 2023, a request for a report on child harm reduction at Meta received 16.3% Reform revived? –

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Sticking point – The G20 failed to agree on the phasing down of fossil fuels, leaving climate scientists and environmental campaigners frustrated amid weeks of extreme weather events around the globe demonstrating the escalating climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. Our priority and resolve hasn’t changed.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala. Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Institutional investors are focusing on understanding, measuring and managing climate risks in their portfolios, but the toolbox for physical risks is still coming together, says Florian Gallo, Senior Research Lead, Physical Climate Risk, at the London Stock Exchange Group. With global surface temperatures already 1.1°C 1], [3], [4]).

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Stanford Social Innovation

APRIL 6, 2022

Climate philanthropists, we are counting on you. If the world is going to ward off the worst of the climate crisis, philanthropists have a central role in remaking the global economic system for a carbon-neutral future. In that time, we have witnessed many positive changes in climate philanthropy that sometimes go unnoticed.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2023

The growing trend of insurers exiting high-risk markets due to climate change threatens to upset the delicate balance of financial ecosystems. Additional McKinsey research noted that the value at stake from climate-induced hazards could increase from around 2% of global GDP to over 4% by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 24, 2023

The federal government’s latest National Inventory Report, released in April 2023 , confirms Canada’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The good news is that the technologies needed to reduce GHG emissions from transportation are currently available, scalable and affordable.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

For some ESG has been around for a while, whilst for others it’s a new acronym and being pushed down from the headquarters of larger multinational organizations for their corporate reporting. This includes the CEO, the Chief Sustainability Officer, and increasingly the Chief Financial Officer under financial reporting.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda put a lot of promises in writing – not least commitments to protect coastal zones and oceans from the physical impacts of climate change. . The report noted the important role oceans play in regulating the Earth’s temperature and sequestering carbon. “We A positive sea change .

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

Despite the growing popularity of more recent structures, green bonds are still the biggest class of ESG-linked finance, with more than $1 trillion outstanding, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. That means verifying that the metrics established for a project’s impact report are specific, material and credible.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

According to the 2004 study ‘ The effects of indoor air quality on performance and productivity ’, the effects of poor indoor air quality have a direct impact on performance and productivity. However, every year we, Delta-Simons, are seeing more and more companies incorporate sustainable measures to reduce their impact on air quality.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

Bella Landymore, Joint Interim CEO, Impact Investing Institute, and Brendan Curran, Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, explain how the Transition Plan Taskforce is supporting UK businesses to draw up fair and inclusive transition plans.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Due to the energy crisis, countries are being forced to look for new ways to move, produce goods, heat and cool homes, and keep rising energy costs down for citizens. Many governments are prioritizing the individual to safeguard people and families against the enormously rising price of energy impacting everyday living.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

As the narrative goes, mitigation opportunities from nature are ‘ relatively small’ and thus nearly all our efforts must focus on phasing out oil, coal, and natural gas. . Perhaps more concerning than the narrative itself is its influence on the climate policy arena. This all suggests that nature and land is not a climate side show.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

By Lisa Prevost, Energy News Network. Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. Activists met the news with incredulity. metric tons.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BNY Mellon, DWS, Milltrust Ventures, EFFV, SUSI Partners and responsAbility Investments. Cooke told ESG Investor that impact bonds will make up at least 50% of the fund, offering high levels of transparency to investors on impact.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 24, 2022

20 countries’ combined experiences have helped identify solutions to both conserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change, while meeting food security goals. The brief assesses the global impact of feasible country-level actions to conserve biodiversity, taking into account different risks and trade-offs.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2022

GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL CALLS FOR WORLD LEADERS TO EMPOWER GIRLS, CLOSE THE CLIMATE FINANCE GAP, ALLEVIATE THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, AND RELIEVE CRUSHING DEBTS NOW. Broadcasting and streaming from Accra and New York City on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube and more.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An early deal on loss and damage funding for countries on the front lines of the climate emergency drew some focus away from a conflict of interest scandal embroiling COP28 organizers as United Nations climate negotiations got under way this morning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Sustainability Matters

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The recent Aquanomics report by GHD clearly underscores the urgent need to take robust action to build water resilience and mitigate the frequency and potentially catastrophic impacts of these climate events. Added to this are the hard-to-measure social and psychological impacts on those caught up in these events.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 15, 2022

Sadly, this also means that today – when we are in dire need of more cross-faction collaboration to solve the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss – we are pointlessly pitting solution against solution in the public debate. Put simply, we cannot get to 1.5 Put simply, we cannot get to 1.5

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BlackRock, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, SUSI Partners, AXA IM Alts, Octopus, KGAL and M&G. . trillion in AUM, has launched its MSCI China Paris-Aligned Climate ETF for European investors. .”

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

For businesses operating from within or exporting to the EU market, understanding and preparing for these changes is important to ensure continued compliance. This post will offer a high-level view of each of these regulations, providing key insights and actionable tips to ensure your business is prepared to meet these new standards.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us. Civil society creates a balance between sectors, providing a means for private companies to create social impact, and to improve civilian access to essential needs usually covered by the public sector, like education and health care.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

Good afternoon — it’s great to see everyone here today eager to learn, network and celebrate. And there is a lot happening and changing. But while our world changes, the reason we gather remains constant. We tried on “no net loss/net positive impact” for a while but that didn’t fit.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2024

On 18 January, a report on the UK government’s progress toward its environmental targets found that there had been “little or no change” in the extent of land protected under the UK’s network of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and their condition in England had deteriorated.

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3BL Media

MARCH 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The scientific consensus is that climate change is responsible for warming of temperatures, rising seas as icebergs melt, greater intensity of storms (hurricanes, cyclones, and super rainstorms), and more such impacts on Planet Earth. And according to the experts, humans are primarily responsible for climate change.

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