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Preparing for the Double Materiality Assessment: The Next Step in CSRD Reporting

3BL Media

Quick background to CSRD To deliver on the 1.5ºC targets of the Paris Agreement, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) was established in 2001 with the support of the European Commission. We explain what this means, why it's important, and how companies can prepare for it.

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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

General sustainability definitions Climate risk Two types of climate risks exist, transition risks and physical risks. According to the EPA , transition risks are related to the transition to a lower-carbon economy, while physical risks are associated to the physical impacts of climate change.

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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

More than two-thirds of the British public (70%) believe the climate emergency demands a more urgent response and almost as many say it is now the biggest issue facing humankind (63%). The way the financial world responds to the climate crisis will be make or break for the health of our planet. “The degrees as possible.

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation

Climate change is impacting everyone, but its ongoing effects threaten the lives and livelihoods of some people more than others. Acting on climate justice is important, because social inequities increase the severity of the risks and costs that vulnerable people face as a result of climate change.

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Climate change horror stories from around the world

Edouard Stenger

While it is undeniable that we are ramping up our actions against climate change, it is hard to deny that global warming is getting scarier every week. This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address. Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank.