GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

UN-backed assessment urges incoming EU Commission to place the SDG agenda front and centre of its policies and investment strategies.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This article explores how this groundbreaking invention has the potential to significantly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How are hydropanels contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Hydropanel technology aligns directly with this goal.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Sustainable Development Goals need rescuing, a global sustainable investors group warned recently. The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked goals ranging. The post Facing up to shortfalls – and trade-offs – in the Sustainable Development Goals appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

16 – Mexico has issued a $890 million Sustainable Development Goal bond. United Nations Development Programme. The post Mexico issues $890 million Sustainable Development Goal bond appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Sept. The issuance is the first sovereign SDG bond, according to the U.N.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Driving Force for Business. The UN SDGs are a reflection of a world that is increasingly becoming more concerned with sustainability, the health of our planet and well-being of society. All businesses will benefit from the sustainable world the SDGs seek to achieve.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 23, 2021

The post Securitizing future cash flows to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, June 23 – In Nigeria, Primero Transport Services, a bus company with a concession from the Lagos government, securitized receivables from its bus.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Consumer goods companies have a major role to play in shaping more sustainable consumption habits, writes the Consumer Goods Forum's Wai-Chan Chan. Sustainable business is now a matter of survival. These 17 goals are a blueprint for achieving a better, fairer and greener world for everyone. Failing to meet them is not an option.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 2, 2022

In 2015, the United Nations laid out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at transforming the world for a better future for humanity and the planet. The goals were designed to reduce inequality, accelerate economic growth, protect the environment, end global poverty and hunger as well as advance education and health.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2022

Artificial intelligence can accelerate progress of the Sustainable Development Goals and help us get back on track to reaching them by 2030, but the devil's in the ethics details.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

If we are to make any significant progress on critical issues such as ending poverty and climate change, as set forth in the Sustainable Development Goals, we will need everyone at the table.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

An open letter to world leaders calling for bolder progress on the SDGs has been signed by 20 leading activists and backed by 2,000 high-profile supporters, as a new online toolkit aims to help businesses develop SDG strategies. "We These Goals are all our Goals and can only be achieved together.". We are watching you."

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

From an ESG standpoint, quantum computing technology has the potential to affect pretty much all of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 29, 2020

A new management tool for embedding considerations related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals into day-to-day business processes.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We’re almost halfway through our timeline for the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on reporting, supply chains, SMEs and accountability are crucial.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Sustainable Development Goals. Solving it will require a significant capital infusion in a more local, more sustainable, global food system able to deliver more affordable healthy food. ImpactAlpha, Oct. 10 – Poor nutrition is an untrenched global challenge that impacts many of the 17 U.N.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 30, 2020

Here's why a key Sustainable Development Goal is back in style, and why it may be the SDG "for our times.".

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Are you ready to transform your business into a sustainable powerhouse? The CSRD is more than just a reporting obligation — it intends to transform the business sector into a more sustainable, resilient economy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

As we move into a crucial decade of action on achieving serious progress on sustainability, many are hoping the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession will serve to reset our priorities toward a greener future in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Life Below Water (Goal No.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 could require spending $175 billion per year.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 29, 2019

As a flotilla of boats representing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals follows activist Greta Thunberg into New York City, the need to do good is more apparent than ever. But how can business leaders use the UN's goals to do more than just greenwash?

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GreenBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Today, sustainability plays an increasingly vital role in corporate strategy and operations, with expectations on sustainability leaders growing as climate risks become more material.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 21, 2020

Back in the halcyon days of 2015, nearly every country in the world signed on to a set of 17 audacious goals for 2030, including “End poverty in all its forms everywhere,” “End hunger,” and “Achieve gender equality.” Five years into the 15-year timeline for achieving the U.N.’s

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Sponsored: Here’s how scaling supply chain certification delivers on critical UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

Durham, UCL, Harvard, and Yale among 56 universities worldwide joining UN-backed initiative to help scale up action in support of Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The case for using human-centered design to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2022

GreenBiz Editorial Director, Heather Clancy, speaks with United Nations Global Compact CEO and Executive Director, Sanda Ojiambo, about what it will take to close the Sustainable Development Goals action gap in the next 8 years before 2030, and the role of business in driving change.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2020

A new tool, released today, aims to push apparel and home furnishings companies further toward sustainability, and ramps up efforts by the textile and fashion industries to align material choices with the Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This session will explore how cities, communities and organizations can work with an integrated energy provider to meet their sustainability goals, manage energy costs, build resilience and increase efficiencies.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

Over the past decade, Paul Polman has emerged as one of the most influential business voices in sustainability. During his 10-year reign as CEO of Unilever (following 27 years at Procter & Gamble), he led the company’s Sustainable Living Plan, a multifaceted effort to decouple its. Moderator: . Joel Makower. Guest: Paul Poman.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Fresh alliance of corporate, charities, politicians celebrities has urged the UK government to use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to guide recovery plans from the pandemic, joining a raft of other players calling for a climate-sensitive recovery to the pandemic.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

A new investment platform launched today in Davos is set to invest $500m in businesses working to achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, there is not enough cash to support early and mid-stage companies working on sustainable technology to scale in developing markets.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

Now more than ever, companies everywhere must unite in the business of a more resilient, sustainable world. In fact, the United Nations Global Compact Progress Report 2020 reveals only 39 per cent of companies surveyed believe they have targets that are sufficiently ambitious to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Solar energy is rapidly developing as one of the most common forms of renewable energy production. They produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals. But not all solar installations are alike.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2022

With the passage of the infrastructure bill and the urgent need to improve and expand our cities, it’s critical that we build in a way that is both resilient and sustainable. Among the topics: What sustainable and resilient infrastructure looks like in the future. Near-term actions to reduce cement and concrete industry emissions.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

The Path to Sustainable Forestry. The forest industry is embracing more sustainable practices that protect people, biodiversity and our climate – and many companies have set goals to source from more sustainable forests. Speakers: Ron Jarvis, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Home Depot. The challenge? Ron Jarvis.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 1, 2023

Patterning your programs and practices on 14001 can help whether your biggest issue today is trying to stay in compliance with environmental regulations, or if you’re already pursuing sustainability goals like energy reduction and greenhouse gas (GHG) tracking. the importance of stakeholder engagement in and outside your company doors.

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