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Over 40% of Gen Z, Millennials Would Switch Jobs Over Climate Concerns: Deloitte Survey

ESG Today

For the report, the 2023 Gen Z and Millennial Survey, Deloitte surveyed nearly 23,000 Gen Z (born 1995 – 2004) and Millennial (born 1983 – 1994) respondents across 44 countries, in addition to conducting qualitative interviews, with topics ranging from financial concerns, work/life balance, mental health and climate action.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. She has seen it happen before her eyes.

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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

To illustrate, BlackRock, the world’s leading investment firm, with more than $7 trillion worth of assets under management, has announced that climate will play a central role in investment considerations. A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments.

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Turn off the Engines 

Chris Hall

As evidence, he points to its Sustainable Food Lab, established in 2004, to work collaboratively with farmers, suppliers, NGOs, governments and other allies “to address issues including farmer poverty, soil health and climate change”.

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Health leaders discuss Mechanisms and Coordination of Global Health Governance and Finance

Sustainable Development Network

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region that dealt with SARS in 2003-2004 were best prepared to respond to COVID-19, as their specific readiness plans resulted in lower burdens of disease and death even before vaccines were introduced in 2021. Each country should determine and expand national pandemic preparedness plans. First, Prof.

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How cracks emerged in Africa's plan to plant a wall of trees across the continent

Corporate Knights

More than you’d expect for someone who spends his time working on the impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change in his native Kenya. And certainly more than you’d expect for someone who had to leave his home in Trans-Nzoia County, on Kenya’s western border, because of flooding caused by the climate emergency.