GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

With ESG gaining more attention and more companies committing to reaching net-zero emissions in the coming decades or otherwise pledging to do better by people and the planet, it’s inevitable that the next generation of professionals in the field will define the future of sustainable finance. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 05/10/2021 - 01:30.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

However, a growing awareness of ESG trends has given rise to the concept of "stakeholder value," whereby the focus is on long-term value creation for customers, employees, society and the environment rather than just short-term value for shareholders. The drive to improve disclosure around such metrics is ongoing.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 30, 2021

There is broad agreement among nations that rising global carbon dioxide emissions must be addressed. A New Paradigm: ESG—Environmental, Social, and Governance. trillion—was managed in accordance with sustainability metrics. trillion—was managed in accordance with sustainability metrics. MSCI Inc.,

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For instance, according to a report by Vantage Market Research , the Global Green Technology and Sustainability Market was worth $10.9 billion in 2021, a value that’s expected to rise to $44.4 The automation of this process saves both time and money while preserving the accuracy of reported ESG data.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In the previous article , I discussed the growing importance of Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) for companies. Perhaps no industry has a higher visibility on ESG metrics than the energy sector. Today, I want to discuss the role of hydrogen as a way of improving ESG metrics.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. [Happy New Year!

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Unfortunately, as the economic effects of COVID-19 cause government debts to rise sharply, there is now much less public money available for activities like climate protection or ecosystem restoration — this should sharpen our appetite for innovation. In the Arctic, temperatures are rising at twice the global rate. Sponsored Article.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If Sweden's Cevian Capital has its way, this coming proxy season European shareholders will be voting on a lot more compensation plans that tie a portion of executive pay to whether companies hit various ESG targets. In terms of pure numbers, the pressure appears to be working. Are the goals embedded in the company's long-term strategy?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Indeed, the ingredients for negativity are all too abundant: a persistent, shapeshifting virus; political stalemates that thwart climate action; growing social and economic inequality; terrifying ecological indicators; pushback by the anti-science crowd and their media enablers. It's not just ESG. ESG issues hit the mainstream.

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Climate 4.0

MARCH 12, 2021

By Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Editor Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) corporate performance deserves to rise to the level of a business first principle. Corporate advisories are now offering specific practice services in managing, reporting and disclosing climate change risk. ESG and more." ESG and more."

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

billion line of credit to its performance on such metrics as female leadership in the company and its employment of people of color; Invesco, a global investment manager with about $1.3 The rise of sustainability in corporate finance. The revolution in social finance. The “S” in ESG is also rising.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

ESG and Reporting Standards. There are currently over 600 ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) reporting provisions globally. This is creating a soup of ESG interpretations , muddling what constitutes a sustainable investment vs what does not. What Is ESG. Why Is ESG Reporting Important.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

However, a growing awareness of ESG trends has given rise to the concept of “stakeholder value,” whereby the focus is on long-term value creation for customers, employees, society and the environment rather than just short-term value for shareholders. The drive to improve disclosure around such metrics is ongoing.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. ESG values and a sustainable future. Why placing environment, social and governance principles at the center of COVID-19 recovery places makes sense for resilience and the bottom line. Our sixth report examining the evolving role of corporate sustainability leaders.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The rise of electric vehicles has been a perennial story for nearly a decade, but 2020 saw the pace of change accelerate. Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. What would you add to the list?

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals. Danone, banking on the assumption it reached peak emissions in 2019, is confident that its carbon-adjusted EPS will rise over the years to come. Leadership.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. On social media, she describes baking banana bread during quarantine and ponders why women overuse the word "sorry." We care" is what sets Lyft apart, Green has said.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2021

Unfortunately, as the economic effects of COVID-19 cause government debts to rise sharply, there is now much less public money available for activities like climate protection or ecosystem restoration — this should sharpen our appetite for innovation. In the Arctic, temperatures are rising at twice the global rate.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). We then deliver an 8-step process to track, measure, and report the GHG emissions associated with your business and related operations.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 12, 2022

Pressure mounts as investors look for ESG compliance. ESG compliance lays out the standards and responsibilities of an organization, to meet the environmental, social , and governance (ESG) needs appropriate to a business, which is communicated with ESG reporting. ESG trends: Is ESG reporting compulsory?

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to supply chain vulnerabilities and this article reviews many of the lessons that have been learned as well as their implications for our climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Creating sustainable supply chains requires leadership that includes integrating a wide range of metrics.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

From the boardroom to Wall Street, ESG is crucial for financial resilience. The ongoing shift to center ESG is driven by multiple forces. In the first, COVID-stricken quarter of 2020, 89 percent of Morningstar’s ESG-screened indexes outperformed their broad market equivalents. Julia Travers. Thu, 02/18/2021 - 00:45.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Companies accelerated the route to sustainable mobility The rise of electric vehicles has been a perennial story for nearly a decade, but 2020 saw the pace of change accelerate. As one report noted , net-zero commitments vary widely in terms of their metrics and transparency, among other things. What would you add to the list?

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance This Israeli startup mimics mangroves, coral and oysters to create protective seawalls Amid devastating forest fires, One Trillion Trees movement puts down U.S. ESG values and a sustainable future. Our 13th annual analysis of key metrics and trends published here.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals. Danone, banking on the assumption it reached peak emissions in 2019, is confident that its carbon-adjusted EPS will rise over the years to come.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company has played the self-described “woke” foil to market leader Uber.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

From the boardroom to Wall Street, ESG is crucial for financial resilience Julia Travers Thu, 02/18/2021 – 00:45 The ongoing shift to center ESG is driven by multiple forces. In the first, COVID-stricken quarter of 2020, 89 percent of Morningstar’s ESG-screened indexes outperformed their broad market equivalents.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. ESG Communications Strategy Supervisor, UPS; Atlanta. Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. in childhood. Holly Secon.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. Overall, it was more positives than negatives. The climate crisis became riskier.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. A big piece of Charania’s job is sustainability reporting, which helps to hold the company publicly accountable to its goals. in childhood.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

My biggest article of the year is generally the last one; it’s an attempt to synthesize and summarize big themes in sustainability. In the realm of what is mainly called sustainability or ESG now, the pressures on business to do more and better expanded rapidly this year. ESG Investing is dead. Long live ESG Investing.

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