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New ADEPT president launches climate change policy position

Envirotec Magazine

Mark Kemp, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), has launched the group’s new Climate Change and Green Growth policy position. Key to achieving climate change action is behaviour change.

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it. According to the group’s scorecard , Vault 100 firms: litigated 286 cases exacerbating climate change (versus three cases mitigating it).

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Policy Advocacy Fights the Risks of Climate Change

EDF + Business

The latest National Climate Assessment presents the starkest picture yet of the growing costs and risks of climate change in the U.S. And if current trends continue, climate change could cost the global economy $5 trillion over a five-year period. This is especially true when it comes to climate-related policy.

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How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation

GreenBiz

How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation. Although many organizations have adopted ESG principles, executives and boards could do more to meet the demands of institutional investors, customers, employees and other stakeholders especially in regard to climate change risk. Nidia Martínez.

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Why rural America is key to climate change policy

GreenBiz

Investment in rural America will fuel the new climate economy

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change? Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. Aubrey McCormick. Fri, 04/09/2021 - 02:00.

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When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative

GreenBiz

When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative. Public equity asset managers drive what kinds of companies are valuable and thus have the capital to grow, to what industries retirement savings flow by default and what companies can achieve a scale that affords them outsized political and policy influence.