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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

GreenBiz

When the Business Roundtable updated its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation a year ago this week, its members surely didn’t anticipate a global pandemic, a recession of historic proportions and a movement for racial justice becoming mainstream. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 02:11. The short answer: It’s mostly business as usual.

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The BusinessGreen guide to the Tory leadership hopefuls' green credentials

Business Green

The field is crowded, the race is wide open, and the Conservative Party’s commitment to climate action appears to be fracturing – we take a look at what we know so far about the candidate’s green plans. The front-runners. Rishi Sunak. However, his candidacy has environmental groups worried.

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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action? It’s Climate Week: the time of year that climate leaders and professionals usually descend upon New York City in a cloud of transportation emissions to talk climate ambitions and targets. . Corporate commitments roundup.

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Why BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Colgate-Palmolive view the SDGs as an innovation catalyst

Business Green

The 2020 reality is that field-level action is lagging. at launch, and only 25 percent of companies have set goals that are "sufficiently bold enough" to achieve the 2030 ambitions, said Claire Kells, senior management of corporate engagement with the UN Global Compact, during an SDG-themed tutorial two weeks ago at GreenBiz 20.

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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

AGreenLiving

Now that the business group’s statement has been stress-tested well beyond anyone’s expectations, it’s a good time to take a look at what difference it has made in its first 12 months. And some have neutered their stated commitments with actions that harm workers, communities and the environment. First, a refresher.

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BT Pension Scheme: Safeguarding our portfolios and the planet from climate change

Business Green

Implications of climate change. The implications of climate change are systemic and apparent, with extraordinary weather events including flooding, drought, storms and wildfires increasing in frequency, with significant financial and human consequences globally. Managing the risks posed by climate change.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

The following remarks were made last week by U.S. I first started working on climate change in the 1990s, advising President Clinton as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the run-up to the 1997 Kyoto Conference of Parties. We understood that the potential cost of climate change was significant. .