GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2022

COVID recovery and focus on ESG mean that the purpose of businesses must go beyond profit — and in the digital age, companies cannot hide from responsibilities.

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GreenBiz

JULY 11, 2022

When done well, Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) reporting and management can reduce an organization’s environmental footprint, improve efficiency, and unearth new market opportunities, all while reducing risk and building resiliency. Download our guide today for more information and get started with your ESG reporting.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

5 steps boards can take to be ESG-ready for 2021. Amongst the many dramatic challenges global businesses faced in 2020, one that had been simmering for years bubbled up and promised to stay at a high boil in 2021 is ESG: Environment, Social, Governance. . Understand why boards need to be ESG-ready. Pamela Gordon.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sponsored: Digital technology can free up your CSO to focus on strategic impacts by automating ESG data collection and reporting activities.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When done well, better Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) management can reduce an organization’s ecological footprint, improve efficiency, and unearth new market opportunities, all while reducing risk and building resiliency. The benefits are real, but exploring ESG frameworks, standards, and solutions can be overwhelming.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

By taking a tiered approach, focusing on disclosures and being proactive on water, smaller companies can close the ESG gap between them and larger firms.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 21, 2021

Ethics, Compliance and Risk: Creating a Shared ESG Vision. But a renewed focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues from investors, employees, customers and regulators has driven corporate ethics and compliance (E&C) groups to become more involved in sustainability and ESG programs. Director, ESG.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2022

Online investment startup Carbon Collective takes on ESG greenwashing with a new climate-focused 401(k) for small mission-driven companies.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

Integrating ESG into Business Strategy: Lessons from the Leaders. The pandemic has altered the way companies think about ESG. This new wave of momentum and compelling evidence from the market response have propelled an increase in ESG investing, along with the growth of ESG reporting and disclosure.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2021

Awareness on ESG issues has steadily grown over the decade. In the age of social media, companies involved in ESG controversies are heavily prone to consumer backlash that could cost them millions. Consumers increasingly prefer a sustainable lifestyle and engage in sustainable activism.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2022

Sustainability has long been a part of the corporate vernacular, however a renewed focus on ESG is pushing companies to consider: How do we tackle not just environmental, but social and governance issues for both internal and external stakeholders?

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GreenBiz

MAY 13, 2021

Lofty goals and good intentions don’t automatically yield reduced impacts, and the most brilliant environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy means little if it can’t be implemented. Not all senior leaders may appreciate the value ESG brings to an organization.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2021

Nearly all SRI and corporate sustainability strategies focus on changing companies and addressing symptoms, such as climate change, poverty and other major environmental and social challenges. Systems change investing (SCI) switches the focus of SRI from company change and symptoms to system change and root causes. How to do SCI.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 1, 2023

why ISO 14001 provides a great framework for an environmental management system that grows with your ESG maturity level. Environmental management is about more than just maintaining regulatory compliance and avoiding failures, like fines and reputational risks. the importance of stakeholder engagement in and outside your company doors.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Date/Time: January 24, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) The sustainable business world enters 2022 flying high, as the world focuses with increasing urgency on many of its core issues: sustainable finance, the circular economy, clean energy, climate tech and more.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Sustainable Recovery: ESG Values and our Resilient Future. In a world facing multiple crises, businesses, cities and organizations that have placed ESG values at the core of their work are proving to be more resilient, adapting more rapidly to change while charting a sustainable course to benefit future generations. Topics include: .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The company actually increased waste to landfill by 16 percent through 2019 but is has pledged to focus more closely on "a strong byproducts plan, product donation strategy and improved forecasting.". I think for depending on where you see it, it kind of reflects the way that the company might focus on the issue.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The world of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and investing has ramped up significantly over the past couple years, even more so during 2020, when social risks and reporting became front and center for many companies and investors. So, too, the growth of ESG-related bonds and loans. Introducing … GreenFin 21.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2021

So, what are some ESG issues rising to the top for investors this year? And what could that mean for a corresponding evolution in how companies manage, measure and disclose their ESG risks and efforts? Despite a dramatic uptick in ESG disclosure, there remains no preferred standard for companies to follow. Stand by for more.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly becoming incorporated across all aspects of organizations, including business strategies, operations and product/service offerings. A particularly effective way to advance ESG principles is through redefining responsible leadership. 1 in three years. 1 in three years.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Moreover, reporting on ESG performance does not ensure environmental and social improvement. He and his coauthors based their conclusion on improving quantification of ecosystem services, comparability enabled by value chain indices and research linking high ESG companies to high equity returns.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The ‘S’ in ESG gains currency. We have seen a rising emphasis on ESG issues in recent years, as customers, investors and other stakeholders look for more transparency on corporate strategies and their impact on society. The S in ESG is definitely gaining currency. Manjit Jus. Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:00. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 11, 2022

Participants in this one-hour webcast will be the first to see a new annual report being launched that day, focusing on the state of ESG and sustainable finance. And, perhaps most important: Are we even making progress?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

One year ago, cloud software powerhouse Salesforce began touting its answer with the general availability of the Salesforce Sustainability Cloud, a platform for providing real-time access to ESG data such as energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a push to produce "investor-grade" climate data. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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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 11, 2021

The rise of social metrics in ESG reporting. Yet, there has been little consistency in corporate disclosures as adoption rates varied and as the focus deepened on easier quantified risks that have felt more urgent and actionable: greenhouse gas emissions; waste to landfill; diverse hiring/retention; etc. Aman Singh. Subscribe here.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy. Samsonite first disclosed the state of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) journey with the publication of its first ESG report in 2016, a requirement for the company’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Christine Rile….

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2022

ESG vs. Sustainability. The meanings of the terms “ESG” and “Sustainability” are evolving and it’s important to understand the difference. TL;DR -> ESG and Sustainability are starting to be used interchangeably. ESG Definition. ESG at its core is both a corporate governance framework and an investment framework.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In 2019, when we first started holding our GreenFin Summits — the precursor events to GreenFin 21 — the focus was relatively narrow: the role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in the investing world. It was soon evident that the topic of sustainable finance was bigger than just ESG and investors. Not so fast.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation. With the explosive growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in recent years, it appears that we may be at or approaching an inflection point. The practice of ESG must adapt. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 02:00.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 11, 2024

Investor NextEnergy Capital has received a US$110 million capital commitment for its solar PV and energy storage-focused fund, NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

"The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. . Still, progress in this area could move faster than we’ve typically seen in ESG-land, for a few reasons: . Finance & Investing. Biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

What role does ESG play in the 'new normal'? When people are sick, suffering and dying — with little certainty about when or how it will end — how can we be expected to focus on a project deadline, a business meeting or a PowerPoint presentation? Janine Guillot. Mon, 07/06/2020 - 01:25.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 8, 2021

That’s the megatrend underpinning the rise of ESG, and the one that has brought it to the forefront for chief financial officers. Those intangibles are much more sensitive to environmental and social risks, which makes ESG issues that much more important for both companies and shareholders. Subscribe here. It started with intangibles.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice. It would create a focal point to engage the private sector to contribute to current and future priorities and to further accelerate the private sector’s focus on sustainability.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This is called Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing. If you’re looking to explore ESG investing, we’ve come up with a beginner’s guide to get started. With ESG investing , you should understand your core values to guide your investment decisions. ESG investing is quite different from financial-based investing.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 3, 2022

SEC To Require ESG Disclosure of Data. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations all around the world are moving forward with ESG regulations and requirements. International ESG proposals. SEC Disclosures Will Provide Data Needed By ESG Rating Companies. SEC Proposal for Required Climate Disclosures.

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