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Women lead the world’s most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

C40, the network of cities founded in 2005 by then London mayor Ken Livingstone to collectively promote climate action, has spawned a subgroup of female mayors. In 2014, they numbered four; three years later, they were 15, and their number continues to grow. Indeed, 50% of the top 10 cities in the index are led by women. Anne Hidalgo.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

As a complement to the sustainability-linked pricing metric included in the SLL in 2019, the issuance of the SLBs aligns our business and financing with our commitments and values by creating a direct link between climate and funding strategies. THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS COUNCIL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. GREENTOWN LABS.

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Commitment to Customers, Transparency, and Decarbonization

3BL Media

Originally published on NRG Energy Insights By NRG Editorial Voices Alongside our power values, our sustainability framework is a cornerstone to the development and evolution of our business. NRG’s climate goals are to reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2025 from the current 2014 base year and to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Snow, Climate Change and the Olympic Winter Games

3BL Media

Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 all relied partially on manufactured snow. The controllable and adaptable nature of man-made snow makes it a better fit than the natural version for developing ski courses for elite racing. What is the IOC doing to help address climate change?

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Leaning into Resilience: Three Ways Small and Growing Agriculture Businesses Have Navigated Global Crises – And How Investors Can Support Them

James Militzer

We’ve seen three approaches that successful SGBs had in common: 1) they developed adaptable supply chains, 2) they built out domestic sales channels, and 3) they digitized aspects of their businesses. Developing Adaptable Supply Chains. Photo courtesy of East Africa Fruits.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile.