GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

But before zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fleets can hit the road, stakeholders must find innovative ways to finance them in a way that is accessible, affordable and attractive to corporate buyers. . In terms of physical abundance of electricity, Izzi was quick to add: "I had a power outage this week — it’s not just theoretical."

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

During GreenFin, Anyene was one of 12 students and young professionals who joined the conversations about the transition to net-zero , the need for more action when it comes to social and environmental justice , and the role of artificial intelligence in sustainable finance and ESG reporting. Betty Cheong. Vanshaj Verma.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This is especially the case when it comes to women-led companies. Stakeholders ranging from the African Development Bank to large-scale private funds recognize the need cost-efficient industrial energy access as well as universal household electricity. Sponsored Article. Pull Quote. Renewable Energy. Entrepreneurship.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

In Polman’s work at Imagine, he aims to bring together key stakeholders who can make a big impact in their industries. "We I think now it is clear … that if you want to maximize your shareholder return, it leads you automatically to a more responsible ESG, multi-stakeholder type business model," Polman said.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

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

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today’s amendments do not serve shareholders or the capital markets more broadly," Lee said in her statement of opposition. First, in connection with environmental, social and governance issues at a time when such issues — climate change, worker safety, racial injustice — have never been more important to long-term value. 1, 2022.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

An article in the April/May 2023 issue of Fortune magazine asserted that companies were “ swapping exuberance for efficiency ” and pointed out that they had collectively laid off more than 150,000 people since January. (By By August, that number was up to nearly 225,000.) Of course not.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Campaigners have long argued that while major fossil fuel companies are spending big sums on publicly pushing messages that suggest they are committed to decarbonizing by investing in greener forms of energy, in reality, the overwhelming majority of their capital expenditure still goes towards oil and gas.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains," says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their "no deforestation" policies and practices. There hasn’t been an obvious gearup.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

We are exploring new ways to further engage and make a difference by bringing together our collective intellectual, experiential, emotional and social capital — independent from any individual company — to help the next generation of sustainability leaders achieve success. Your day job is going to be there for you when you are finished.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Jessye Waxman is a shareholder advocate at Green Century Capital Management, where she uses the environmentally responsible investment firm’s leverage as a shareholder to protect forests. When did this work begin and how has the firm’s strategy evolved over the years? Julie Nash. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:15.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2020

Appelbaum: When you're looking at clean energy and social justice, what drives what? . I am excited about an initiative I've just launched, focused on making sure stakeholders have a role in the transition. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

For a more thorough understanding, we recommend you read our previous article ESG Reporting: What Is ESG Reporting and Why Is It Important? Building on this, in this article we wanted to address a common misconception. To help, in this Green Business Bureau article we explain the difference between ESG and sustainability reporting.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

This is another in the realm of the “business case” for sustainability (within a corporation for its own capital and investment decisions, not as an investment thesis for investors). I’ll explore why reality makes me uncomfortable in another article coming soon. This article got some good debate on my LinkedIn post.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

One final note: Be sure to check the end of this article for quick job updates from others who responded to our outreach but chose not to comment on the two questions. Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement? . If our environmental is suffering, we will suffer at some point.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

When this lack of care concerns our environment, we find businesses guilty of what is termed greenwashing. As such, in this article, you’ll learn how to avoid greenwashing and effectively communicate your environmental responsibility. If you answered yes to this question, then you’re in a minority. Defining corporate greenwash.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A group of industry members, advocates, utility stakeholders and state officials is preparing to issue the first of two reports that will help lawmakers in Maine craft new renewable incentive policies and plan grid upgrades for the coming years. The new stakeholder group will build on that work, said Burgess, who’s a member of the group.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

When most of us think about forests, we may picture vast expanses of tall trunks and dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves, far from the busyness of the city. When we go to work with some of these small towns, I bet the percentage of white people is 80 to 90-or-more percent." Breanna Draxler. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 00:05.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is the second article in a series. “What we are trying to do as a fund is define what climate change entrepreneurship needs to look like,” Karthik Chandrasekar, the founder of early stage cleantech venture capital firm Sangam, said in an interview at his office early last year. Read part one here.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Organizations are motivated by pressure from their employees, their customers, their investors, other stakeholders, and their own values — as well as growing clarity about the opportunities (and requirements) of the big economic and tech transitions already underway (like, say, decarbonizing the whole world).

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

For large companies, the focus will shift from shareholders to stakeholders. This stakeholder capitalism is a more conscientious approach to business by balancing profit and purpose. When GBB was founded, our primary value proposition was our green business certification and Green Business Bureau seal.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 26, 2022

When I posted it to LinkedIn , it went about as viral as my stuff goes. Second, investors are feeling pressure from their stakeholders. When a company announces, in essence, “We’re doing ESG,” what does that tell you? I ran this little rant in MIT Sloan Management Review last month. 144,000 impressions. 300+ comments.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

There is growing evidence that companies which put their stakeholders first on ESG issues perform better, explains Schroders' Katherine Davidson. The idea that companies should be run for the benefit of all their stakeholders, not just shareholders, is not new. The gap is wider when we look at the provision of back-up dependent care.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Types of Operating Risks in Hydrogen Projects The identification, documentation, allocation and ultimately mitigation of risk, including operational risk, is relevant for any project but particularly hydrogen projects which are, by their nature, large, complex and capital intensive projects. Stakeholder engagement is also key.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

To bridge this function gap, businesses need a clearly defined sustainability program, and this article will be your guide to create and launch one. Refer to Green Business Bureau’s article, How to Create a Sustainability Plan: Executive Guide to Becoming a Sustainable Business – Step 5 , for more guidance. Returns on Capital.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 18, 2022

In this article, we answer those questions and discuss all the benefits of completing a green business certification online. It takes the commitment of people’s time and business capital. What is the return on investment of completing a green certification? Can I complete a certification online to minimize my costs?

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 28, 2021

When it comes to social and environmental justice, words don’t cut it CJ Clouse Wed, 04/28/2021 – 00:05 Not so long ago, business was business. But companies that espouse the “interests of all stakeholders” best take care to follow their words with action, especially when it comes to social and environmental justice.

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Low Impact

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I was asked to do this in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, when we came 2 hours away from the cash machines being turned off – which isn’t a particularly resilient system. Part of it is part of my work for the Institute for Strategy Resilience and Security at UCL. I talked with Dil, who talked about rent credits. How would it work?

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

When this lack of care concerns our environment, we find businesses guilty of what is termed greenwashing. As such, in this article, you’ll learn how to avoid greenwashing and effectively communicate your environmental responsibility. If you answered yes to this question, then you’re in a minority. Defining corporate greenwash.

Sustainability 78

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 25, 2022

A 2021 report by Natural Capital Partners analyzed carbon neutrality commitments made by the Fortune Global 500, finding that there’s been a three-fold increase in net-zero targets, which means a 50% increase in the number of companies that have either achieved carbon neutrality, or are targeting it by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Even amid the truly serious money flowing into climate tech and sustainable infrastructure, the $2bn infusion disclosed by Generate Capital earlier this week is truly stratospheric. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com. Green infrastructure-as-a-service specialist secures major cash injection.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This move away from short-termism by financial institutions and capital markets has created a new buzzword in the corporate world: ESG. In this article, you’ll learn how ESG and corporate sustainability are similar, but also how they can be distinguished. What Is Corporate Sustainability? The Dilution of the Term Sustainability.

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Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 23, 2019

For the first time in decades, they said that shareholders were not the only stakeholder that mattered. To understand why the BRT statement matters, how it ties into all this other news, and what actually will (or won’t) change about shareholder capitalism, three points and a question are worth bearing in mind. Let me explain.

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Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 23, 2019

For the first time in decades, they said that shareholders were not the only stakeholder that mattered. To understand why the BRT statement matters, how it ties into all this other news, and what actually will (or won’t) change about shareholder capitalism, three points and a question are worth bearing in mind. Let me explain.

Fossil fuels 60

Fossil fuels Climate change Policy Carbon 60

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article provides a useful overview of the SDGs and is the first in a series of articles on how companies can align their own values and practices with the SDGs. If the world continues to go down our current path, businesses will experience significant capital loss and inability to create their products and services.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

And there's more that each of these stakeholders can do. For example, Article 11(1) in the Waste Framework Directive states that member states are required to set up separate collections of textiles by 2025," the authors noted. Regulation, consumer demand and shareholders are pushing for more recycled textiles.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

the internal systems that the company uses to meet the needs of stakeholders). For example, when a company introduces internal policies geared toward sustainability, this is relevant to both environmental and governance criteria. This article will discuss concrete steps your company can take to improve your current ESG score.

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