GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Countries around the globe are set to launch the biggest round of infrastructure investment since the post-2008 financial crisis stimulus measures. Before the shovels hit the dirt, it's worth understanding how the world of 2020 is different from the world of 2008. For example, since 2008, the percentage of U.S.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Action Against Hunger has been working in Syria since 2008. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 21 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 20, 2022

It also helps greatly that the country’s climate policies are underpinned by the world’s first climate change law, introduced in 2008, and a Climate Change Committee (CCC) that holds the government to account on its targets and progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Others are calling for the U.K.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 18, 2022

The effects of climate change are all around us. Yet those most affected by climate change are already vulnerable populations, many of whom are living in some of the poorest countries in the world. Climate-driven extreme weather emergencies such as storms and droughts can damage crops and lead to massive food shortages.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Foundations , celebrity philanthropists and tech giants alike have announced plans this year, with grand sums of money attached, to combat climate change. Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Daley, Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot — have all promised to combat the effects of global climate change. Read the full story from WTTW. Three mayors in the past 15 years — Richard M.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

“RBC is deceiving the public by claiming to be taking climate action while expanding its financing of climate-destroying fossil fuels,” said Wilson, secretary-general of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. Climate change disproportionately impacts Indigenous peoples around the world as well as here in Canada.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

Imagine’s mission is to mobilize business leaders to tackle climate change and global inequality. . For example, Polman pointed to the 2008 financial crisis in which the U.S. In Polman’s work at Imagine, he aims to bring together key stakeholders who can make a big impact in their industries. "We

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 3, 2021

by Garth Heutel, Givi Melkadze, and Stefano Carattini (Georgia State University) In 2008, as big banks began failing across Wall Street and the housing and stock markets crashed, the nation saw how crucial financial regulation is for economic stability – and how quickly the consequences can cascade through the economy when regulators are asleep at… (..)

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 Extreme weather events are the biggest contributor to power outages and will increase with climate change, which the Department of Energy estimates costs the U.S. Centralized energy distribution from fossil fuels via the grid is not reliable (or cheaper). economy $150 billion annually.

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Matthew E. Kahn

JULY 16, 2021

John Cochrane recently posted an important blog post sketching out his claim that climate change will only have a small impact on world GNP over the next 75 years. He argues that the trend growth (3% growth for 60 years) will swamp the effect of climate change). See m y slides here starting on slide 9.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We cannot win the fight against climate change without addressing nature loss.?. Global Compact member since 2008. It is my hope that this new benchmark will help transform biodiversity commitments into actions. A risk — and an opportunity. Science Based Targets Network, 2020.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

Entrepreneurial innovation, new investment and regulatory models must be promoted and accelerated to prepare for future pandemics, climate change and to restore the environment. We know this current crisis is a preview or warm-up act for a climate-changing world. Back to normal is not an option. Don't bet against America.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Did you know: The partnership between Mary Kay and the Arbor Day Foundation started in 2008 with a corporate recycling program, where one tree was planted for every old reusable compact recycled. The work of the Foundation enables us to keep on learning about climate and biodiversity, but also about urban forestry and forestry carbon.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 31, 2022

Through his academic and professional work, Lokman has focused on the places where land and water meet, and how these zones have emerged as a critical front line in the fight against climate change. The flood is showing that climate change doesn’t know boundaries.”. The average claim now runs to $43,000.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2024

Courts around the world are increasingly being asked to determine whether governments and Crown corporations are doing enough to address climate change. In the past, Canadian courts indicated climate change fell on the other side of that line.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the early 2000s, Sylvie Trottier found herself trying to convince her father that climate change was real and dangerous. As an environmental studies student at McGill University at a time when the climate crisis was far from a household name, she knew much more about it than her father, Lorne Trottier.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Globally, there is an urgent need to take climate action and address related risks and opportunities as we transition to a lower carbon economy. The physical and transition effects of climate change can influence a business’ bottom line and its ability to compete in the future.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 27, 2020

27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate change, income inequality and now, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well. ImpactAlpha, Aug.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 27, 2020

Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate change, income inequality and, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well. Featured: Agents of Impact Call Replay Rooting out racism as a systemic risk (audio).

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We believe everyone has a role to play in creating a sustainable future and addressing climate change and we’re excited about all the ways this will expand our abilities to do just that,” said Darren Van’t Hof, managing director of Environmental Finance for USBCDC. Bank’s commitment to the environment and supporting its customers. “We

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Tone down the celebration : Though the scale differs, in 2008 people were losing their jobs and afraid for their futures. Immediate vs. restorative : The 2008 financial crisis sparked hopes of a fundamental shift from short-term profits to longer-term values. Pull Quote.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Ørsted ranks as the world’s most sustainable energy company in Corporate Knights' 2022 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world and is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs 6,672 people. billion (EUR 7.1

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. Climate Change. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy. Sustainable Shipping.

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3BL Media

APRIL 11, 2024

Twill’s career has spaned over 25 years in real estate development, climate change, education, sustainability, and urban regeneration. AEG has been embedding sustainability into its global business since 2008. Jason Twill, LEED Fellow – Principal, Viridis Initiative.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 5, 2022

Chicago will soon release a climate action plan — a comprehensive look at the effects of climate change in the city, and actions to address it. It will be an update to a plan Chicago released in 2008, when it became the first major city in the U.S. Read the full story from WBEZ.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. Climate Strategy. Various climate change-related placards carried by protesters at the Global Climate Strike Rally and March in downtown San Francisco in September 2019. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 BusinessGreen. Shutterstock.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2020

After the 2008 economic recession, I led a study to show that companies generally scaled down sustainability programs during periods of lowered financial performance, but they did so rather selectively. Indeed, bigger threats of climate change loom at us, and sustainability managers ought to not take eyes off that big issue.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime. But seven years on, researchers, regulators and activists are still arguing about how California’s most famous climate policy has affected its most vulnerable residents — and how to do better.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 6, 2023

universities have about 3,000 programs with a “sustainability” label, up from 13 in 2008. Achieving global sustainability and meeting climate change challenges will become more likely as legions of people commit their working hours to sustainability solutions. Today, U.S.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For my first article since hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, I could have written another article on how not solving climate change would cost us trillions of dollars. Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt So climate change will cost half a trillion in just two weeks.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

Sustainable energy – without the hot air (2008). The author was an engineering professor at Cambridge and the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and was knighted by the Queen for his work. I hope you liked this selection of seven essential books on climate change and energy.

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Global Renewable News

MARCH 28, 2023

In 2022, more than 630,000 ComEd residential.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

But – the concern is that too few companies are disclosing decision-useful climate-related financial disclosure. Important Background for Understanding the 80 Year History of the TCFD The Financial Stability Board (FSB) was created in 2009 following the global financial crisis of 2008.

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3BL Media

JUNE 18, 2024

Gildan’s ESG journey began in the early 2000s, and since then, the Company has achieved many ESG reporting milestones, including: The publication of its first Corporate Citizenship Report in 2004; The accreditation of its social compliance program by the Fair Labor Association (FLA) in 2007; Aligning to sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting (..)

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3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vanguard's Farm Powered program not only fights climate change but also provides crucial support to multigenerational dairy farmers in the region. Over the years, The Sugarman has consistently expanded its customer base, forming key partnerships in 1993 and 2008.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

One thing was that economies had bounced back to the levels recorded before the 2008 financial crisis, but in reality, economic growth and labor productivity were mainly carried by low-paid, low-quality and low-security jobs, with more than half the world’s population — 4 billion people — not covered by any social safety net. .

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