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TCW Acquires Engine No. 1’s Sustainable Transformation-Focused ETF Business

ESG Today

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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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

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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More Focus, More Impact 

Chris Hall

Financial institutions were recently granted a temporary stay of execution on compliance with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Under the exemption, they will initially only need to check for any human rights and environmental harms in their clients’ own operations, rather than across entire supply chains.

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Health leaders discuss Mechanisms and Coordination of Global Health Governance and Finance

Sustainable Development Network

And third, 75-80% of the costs associated with pandemics are recurring costs, which are not sustainably funded at this point. Pandemic preparedness and prevention are long-term measures and are part of health systems created through decades of continuous and sustained investment. First, Prof.

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable capitalism resists short-term thinking and endeavors to maximize long-term economic value creation. This economic model is designed to increase the human capacity to deal with shocks (climate disasters, supply chain interruptions, etc). However, it remains focused on profit maximization.

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Integration of Social Issues Critical to Confront Climate Change

Chris Hall

It also pointed to a lack of tools for investors to integrate social issues into their investment strategies and an “overwhelming focus” from international bodies and investor initiatives on climate and nature-related issues. trillion and US$14.2 trillion and US$14.2