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Why the push to sell LNG as a climate solution is full of hot air

Corporate Knights

In the wake of the latest unmistakably clear “ final warning ” to humanity issued by the United Nations in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s comprehensive Sixth Assessment report, the three locks keep us on the road to climate chaos. LNG projects are capital intensive.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it. New metrics, such as the ones proposed this week by the UN Statistical Commission that go beyond GDP to include natural capital.

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Guest Post: Connecting the “D” to the ESG

ESG Today

Perhaps it takes this global village of humans (and technology) to work together to rise to these challenges. this digitization initiative started in 2009 when the SEC mandated that companies ‘tag’ their financial statements using XBRL, the global digital reporting standard. Under Pressure. In the U.S.,

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IoT news of the week: May 27, 2022

Stacey Higginbotham

this author’s vision includes people acting on the insights derived from complete digitization and AI that can help provide more context to humans on the floor — or up in their offices away from the plant. Neara raised the funding from Skip Capital, Square Peg Capital (which led Neara’s Series A raise), and OIF.

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Nature-based Solutions “Good Value for Money” – UN 

Chris Hall

As well as initiatives in France and Colombia, the report cites the use of a budget tagging tool in the UK, which calculated that 95% of its autumn 2021 budget was nature-neutral. . Clear and predictable” revenues . Banks, investors and companies that have made ‘net zero’ or ‘deforestation-free’ commitments need to invest, it said. .

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

If it weren’t for the plastic tags in the cows’ ears and the overhead drone of occasional passenger planes, we could be 600 years ago. Humans have increased too: When a stork couple at Knepp became the first since 1416 to naturally breed in the U.K. The birdsong is unreal. And above it all, a stork wheels. s known vertebrates).

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Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Leila Saad of Common Impact Is Helping To Change Our World

3BL Media

I initially worked with organizations focused on human rights and the rule of law to create a better world. They donate their professional skills and expertise to nonprofits, whether for a marketing campaign, a financial model, a technology upgrade, or a human resources manual. I have worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years.