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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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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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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.

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Tech Offers Fast Track to Green Revenues

Chris Hall

Institutional investors should be aware of the immediate and future opportunities arising from the development of the green economy, when assessing equity allocations in their portfolios. of global equity markets. Its share of the global economy will need to grow from 7%, to between 16% and 25% by 2050.

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Rethinking Former GE CEO Jack Welch’s Legacy Offers Insight Into the Future of American Capitalism

Just Capital

But you also recognize that there were so many different factors – philosophically, politically, legally, societally – that went into this shift that we saw in capitalism and developing a new norm for corporate leadership. That to me was one instance, but by no means the only one, of his grand campaign to shape his own legacy in retirement.