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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. In its Global Risks Report for 2021 , the World Economic Forum ranks biodiversity loss as the world’s No. 4 risk by impact.

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Workforce Transition in the Energy Industry

Cisco CSR

The World Economic Forum identified that oil & gas companies are leveraging this transition for growth by introducing new job roles and phasing out redundancies. This video can be tagged to assets in the asset management database for easy access. More Automation.

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Workforce Transition in the Mining Industry

Cisco CSR

In 2022 the World Economic Forum identified that mining companies are leveraging this transition for growth by introducing new job roles and phasing out redundancies. This new world of electronic data reduces the need for material-recording clerks and stock-keeping clerks. This signals a.

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The Current State of Play on Financing Loss and Damage

Chris Hall

Funding “nowhere close” to addressing scale and scope of problem, writes Preety Bhandari, Senior Advisor, Global Climate Programme and the Finance Centre at the World Resources Institute. This is especially true as non-economic losses and slow onset events make it harder to define what qualifies as loss and damage.

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Trends & Opportunities with Standardizing ESG Disclosures in Real Estate

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Companies around the world are being pressured to provide greater transparency about their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities, but the competing standards for disclosure of ESG data can often be confusing and time-consuming. SOURCE: Schneider Electric. Watch the conversation here.

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Will New Regulations Improve Fast Fashion’s ESG Look?

Chris Hall

Bangladesh has a particularly disturbing track record in the industry: According to the International Labor Rights Forum, between 2006 and 2012, over 500 apparel workers died in factory fires in Bangladesh, including at least 117 workers in the 2012 Tazreen factory fire (where exits were locked).

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EU project aims to play leading role in addressing e-waste

Envirotec Magazine

Finnish technology research group VTT will develop sustainable materials and manufacturing processes for electronic products, as well as circularity enablers, namely smart tags as data carriers for digital product passports. According to the World Economic Forum , 53 million tonnes of electronic waste was discarded in 2019.

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