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What role does ESG play in the 'new normal'?

GreenBiz

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? How can companies adapt to ensure business continuity in such an uncertain environment?

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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The management of environmental and social risks — as viewed through the lens of ESG metrics — "will likely emerge as the new standard of comprehensive corporate governance and underscore how non-financial E, S and G factors may affect long-term valuation," Brie P. It’s a tall order, to be sure, but the future demands nothing less.

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The worst case scenarios are worse

Business Green

All that is bad enough, but it is also broadly in line with numerous other sobering models that attempt to predict climate impacts. What makes this report blood-freezing-in-the-veins terrifying is how robust and plausible it feels. Any attempt to model the future is inherently uncertain.

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PensionBee to launch fossil fuel-free fund by end of 2020

Business Green

The PensionBee platform already invests in L&G's Future World Fund which seeks to engage with fossil fuel companies to get them to change their business practices and carbon footprint over time. This article originally appeared at Professional Pensions.

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Negative Emission Technologies And Land Use

Energy Innovation

To meet Paris Accord targets, many of the models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) rely heavily on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – a process of growing biomass and then burning it to produce energy while capturing the produced CO 2.from from the combustion process and ultimately storing it.

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. The science is also uncertain around soil’s ability to store carbon, which can be easily undone through erosion, or changes in land use or the weather.

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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

The events of this year have been first and foremost a human tragedy, but they also have served as a catalyst to awakening interest and adoption of these strategies as reasonable approaches to remain resilient during these uncertain times. Liu explained how in the last four years, Cathay and Foxconn achieved consensus on their ESG strategy.