3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation established LaunchPad in 2008 and partnered with Techstars eight years later to provide participants with access to its network of more than 10,000 mentors, invitations to signature events like Startup Week and Startup Weekend, and access to world-renowned content and startup services.

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Gail Tverberg

APRIL 5, 2023

Figure 2 shows that the ratio of US debt to GDP hit a maximum in 2008. Analyzing US debt to GDP ratios by sector provides some insight regarding the reason for the fall in the ratio of debt to GDP since 2008 in Figure 2. California is one state where this approach is starting to catch up with the electricity system.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

In 2023, a staggering 91 countries were involved in some form of conflict, a significant increase from 58 in 2008.This This escalation of conflict has a profound impact on the global economy, with conflict estimated to have a 12.9 percent impact on global GDP.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

It has been estimated that the global death toll attributable to AMR could rise to 10 million people a year by 2050 if we do not act now, with damage to the economy potentially being as catastrophic as the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. It’s estimated that AMR was directly responsible for the death of 1.27

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The UK is one small player in a global economy competing for dollars. The scheme generated a surge in investment; however, following the 2008 economic crisis, the Spanish government reduced the premiums being paid to investors, who in turn sought to recover their lost returns by invoking the arbitration provisions of the ECT.

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Sense and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The tax was introduced piecemeal , the rate increasing periodically to allow the economy to shift with the policy. But things are less clear if we understand how carbon emissions for a country and its economy are measured.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Since the mid-90s, global real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL) has integrated sustainability into its growth strategy to create value for the business and its stakeholders.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched the HGIF Global Equity Circular Economy Fund, which will invest in up to 60 companies that are enabling the transition to a circular global economy. Since its launch, solarZero has installed 8,500 solar systems on New Zealand residential, commercial, and community buildings.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

The UK’s commitment to achieving net zero in general is enshrined in the Climate Change Act of 2008 (as amended). These requirements are expected to be extended to medium-sized and small companies by 2025. This could lead to faster innovation and a more competitive market.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 27, 2020

She cautioned that recovery from the 2008 financial crisis was energy and carbon intensive, and that we should learn from this past and chart a new path as the economy recovers from this current challenge.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

The 2040 target will require a 90-95% reduction in an average ship’s GHG intensity. Emissions reductions must account for the full life-cycle (well-to-wake), meaning the IMO will consider fuel production, delivery and usage onboard ships, as well as emissions produced thereafter.

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Sustainable Round Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As I heard Paul Hawken note to a crowd of more than 20,000 in 2008: “If a history of this time is written, it will be a history of heroes collaborating, creating and overcoming great odds.” Now after COP28 the whole world officially agrees: our sustainability requires a transition to a global economy that has moved beyond fossil fuels.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 20, 2020

Confronting the Crisis: Priorities for the Global Economy’, 9 April 2020. Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases’. 7181 (February 2008): 990–93. Almost 25 Million Jobs Could Be Lost Worldwide as a Result of COVID-19, Says ILO’, 18 March 2020. Policy Responses to COVID19’, 23 March 2020. Jones, Kate E.,

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Pink Changing Lives global cause marketing program is entirely funded by a portion of the sales from Pink Changing Lives designated products in participating Mary Kay markets. For the most recent updates on Mary Kay’s global sustainability strategy, click here.

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James Militzer

APRIL 8, 2024

In 2001, the internet stock market crisis broke, and later that decade the subprime mortgage crisis sparked the 2008 global financial crisis — the largest since the Great Depression. along with other countries, introduced new regulatory policies in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Since 2008, the world’s central bankers have pumped $33 trillion into the global economy through a process called Quantitative Easing (QE). Their actions since 2008 indicate that their primary allegiance has been to their fellow bankers and investors. Create money to tackle a crisis.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 20, 2021

As the world slowly but steadily heads out of the coronavirus pandemic, the global economy is waking up - along with inflation concerns - and car markets are recording a sustained recovery from last year's rout.

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