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Does Every Little Bit of ESG Integration Help?

Stanford Social Innovation

Since it was launched in 2006, thousands of corporations and organizations have signed the “Principles for Responsible Investment” (PRI), committing to “incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes,” more commonly known as ESG integration. By Harald Walkate. Four Conditions for Impact.

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Jeffrey Sachs Awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for Leading Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

Sustainable Development Network

The Tang Prize is an international academic award set up to create a better world for all of humanity. An example of his pioneering innovative transdisciplinary approach to these issues can be found in his engagement with the Millennium Project, which he chaired on behalf of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2002 to 2006.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. That’s why the William Davidson Institute is sponsoring the Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition , which aims to increase the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic.

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Take Five: Making Good on a Promise

Chris Hall

An academic has warned that torrential rain and widespread flooding is “the new normal”, following floods in Northern Ireland this week. millimetres per year between 2006-2018. Seventy millimetres of rain fell within five hours, causing riverbanks to burst and drainage systems to overflow, damaging more than 300 homes.