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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Dubbed the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting — Ecosystems Accounting (SEEA – EA), this method of measurement would fundamentally change economic and policy planning in countries that adopt it. New metrics, such as the ones proposed this week by the UN Statistical Commission that go beyond GDP to include natural capital.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline. Back to normal is not an option.

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Brazilian Meat Giant JBS a Bigger Emitter Than Italy, Study Estimates

DeSmogBlog

“It’s mind-blowing that JBS can continue to make climate claims to investors, even as the company massively increases its emissions,” said Shefali Sharma, Europe director for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a nonprofit advocacy organisation, which calculated the estimates.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

AGreenLiving

Dubbed the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting — Ecosystems Accounting (SEEA – EA), this method of measurement would fundamentally change economic and policy planning in countries that adopt it. New metrics, such as the ones proposed this week by the UN Statistical Commission that go beyond GDP to include natural capital.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

I do so by helping them adopt supplier policies and by conducting due diligence processes to verify suppliers' compliance with sustainability obligations (environment, health and safety, labor and human rights). . He’s also started a new blockchain venture and is a new global youth lead for innovation nonprofit Dream Tank. .

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Back to normal is not an option To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Back to normal is not an option To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline.