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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

It works on more than 350 such projects with more than 250 organizations, including the World Economic Forum, WWF and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Another business consulting heavyweight, Bain & Company, was declared carbon neutral by Natural Capital Partners in 2012.

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IOC Welcomes Admission As Observer Organisation to UN Climate Change

3BL Media

International Olympic Committee news This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We

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Paris 2024: Setting New Standards in Sustainable and Inclusive Sport Events

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OECD Guides on Impact Assessment Building on the 2018 Recommendation on Global Events and Local Development, in July 2023, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published guides to help event organisers monitor and evaluate the social, economic and environmental impacts of their events.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

However, subsequent Conservative prime ministers – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – “didn’t understand the urgency”, according to the Rt Hon John Selwyn Gummer, Lord Deben, Conservative Party peer and former chair of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) from 2012 to 2023.

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Paris 2024: More Sustainable, More Useful, More Responsible

3BL Media

Tania Braga IOC Head of Impact and Legacy Delivering more sustainable Games Amongst Paris 2024’s key sustainability commitments is the objective to cut the carbon footprint of the event by 50 per cent compared to the London 2012 and Rio 2016 average, aligning with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We

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COP30 and the business of conservation

We Mean Business Coalition

It is when 190+ countries will come together to review their national climate plans and investments 10 years after adopting the Paris Agreement and amid intensifying climate impacts and geopolitical tensions. However, challenges remain in ensuring that conservation efforts persist alongside agricultural intensification.

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

Sustainable Development Network

Normal 0 false false false false EN-US ZH-TW HI 18 June 2022, Taipei : In the first of four consecutive announcements, the Tang Foundation announced the winner of the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, Prof. The Tang Prize is an international academic award set up to create a better world for all of humanity.