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On the Edge of the Abyss

Chris Hall

Last year, UNEP FI issued a briefing paper for investors and other financial institutions which said “there is no foreseeable way in which the financing of [DSM] activities can be viewed as consistent with the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles”.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

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. .

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Investors’ Fight to Track Impact on Nature

Chris Hall

“Biodiversity in rural England is clearly not the same as a Brazilian biome, and [companies in each region] have vastly different potential risks and impacts,” notes Aela Cozic, Sustainable Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at UK-based investment manager Fidelity International.

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SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

Fixing the Business of Food The project team led by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment issued its 2021 project report that provides an update on the food and agribusiness sector’s alignment with the SDGs, as well as offering guidelines to help companies accomplish the change of direction needed to address this challenge.

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable capitalism also invites efforts to reinforce sustainability as a fiduciary issue, create advisory services for sustainable asset management, expand the range and depth of sustainable investment products; reconsider the appropriate definition for growth beyond GDP and integrate sustainability into business education at all levels.