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African MBA programs are reclaiming sustainability in business education

Corporate Knights

Across the continent, business schools are embracing local narratives , turning the classroom into a space where African ingenuity and global relevance meet and changing how students see themselves – not just as participants but as creators of a more sustainable and equitable global economy.

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The G7 Summit 2022 Is Coming. Here's Why All Global Citizens Should Be Paying Attention

3BL Media

Humanitarian groups follow the meetings closely because their outcomes have the ability to affect overseas development aid, the fight against global poverty, and investment in climate action, among other things. Even without the G7, these countries would have tremendous power to shape the priorities of the global economy.

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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems

James Militzer

In 2009, developed countries committed to mobilizing US $100 billion per year for climate action in developing countries by 2020. As of 2020, the annual SDG financing gap for developing countries stood at $4.2 Make multilateral development banks (MDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) catalysts of mobilization.

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SAP’s Journey to Net Zero 2030

3BL Media

As a global technology company supporting the vast majority of the world’s business, SAP needs to lead from the front with our ambitions and actions. Since 2009, SAP has been on a sustainability journey with the objective to create positive economic, environmental, and social impact within planetary boundaries. 2030 is not far away.

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Why Should Investors Care About Anti-microbial Resistance?

Chris Hall

Anti-microbials are medicines developed to prevent and treat infections caused by pathogens in humans, animals and plants. AMR is the evolutionary process whereby microbes develop resistance to these medicines. We believe that without imminent coordinated action, AMR could become the next pandemic.

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Aligning Finance with Climate Action

Chris Hall

The roots for this lie in the third goal of the Agreement, which is to “make financial flows consistent with low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development” (Article 2.i(c)), Countries agreed to limit global warming and adapt to climate-related damages, all in a way that eradicates poverty and advances sustainable development.

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No Quick Fix to Europe’s Gas Dependency

Chris Hall

Regardless of geopolitical developments, decentralised energy systems based on renewable energy sources increase energy independence and security, while lowering costs for end-consumers and contributing towards the decarbonisation of economies,” says Marco van Daele, Co-CEO and CIO at SUSI Partners, a Swiss-based infrastructure fund manager.