2014 and Global Economy - ESG Impact Zone

Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Governments already have spent $12 trillion to $13 trillion just to stabilize global economies ravaged by COVID-19. Many of these same governments are devising ways to reconstruct global economies by spending back better, addressing climate change and inequality along the way. Spend back better. Leadership. GreenBiz 21.

Climate Change

Climate Change Global Economy Regenerative Greenwashing

NatureMetrics Raises $25 Million to Scale Biodiversity Monitoring and Reporting Platform

ESG Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

Founded in 2014, NatureMetrics provides solutions enabling companies to measure and report on nature impact. We are making nature data accessible and actionable, driving a shift towards a more sustainable global economy.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Supply Chains Global Economy

Inogen Alliance Presence at COP28: Panel Discussion Side Event, 4 December in the Blue Zone

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This event will delve into the means and examples of how to access funding by GCF and the critical role of ESG principles in shaping investment decisions and financial mechanisms to combat climate change and foster a more sustainable global economy.

Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement Climate Change Development Global Economy

Are We Educating Students for a Future that Doesn’t Exist?

Daniel Burrus

JULY 1, 2015

And with exponential advances in technology being reached with each passing year, the pace at which the global economy is changing has increased proportionally. Over the past several years, the overall pool of law school applicants has dropped significantly; between 2014 and 2015, the applicant pool shrank by a whopping 8.5%.

Global Economy

Global Economy Development

Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

During lockdown, the global economy was disrupted so severely that it triggered a shift in mindset among business leaders to recognise the importance of ESG issues in creating a more resilient future. “ When I attended COP25 (Madrid) in 2019, there was talk of the climate crisis, but there was not a lot of urgency,” she says.

Net Zero

Net Zero Chief Sustainability Officer COP26 Corporate Social Responsibility

Driven by a Mission to Engage

Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

Gallup data describes the phenomenon of ‘quiet quitting’, estimating that over half of the US workforce is engaged in this behaviour, with low employee engagement costing the global economy US$8.8

Impact Investing

Impact Investing Global Economy Banking Development

SDSN Turkey Network and the Role of Sustainable Cities as Drivers of Global Transformation

Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

SDSN Turkey was launched in June 2014 and is jointly managed by Boğaziçi University and Columbia Global Centers | Turkey. The first is the shift of the global economy from the North Atlantic to Asia. The second big change is the shift from a rural to urban economy.

Global Economy

Global Economy Development Climate Change

Will China’s crackdown on ‘foreign garbage’ force wealthy countries to recycle more of their own waste?

Green Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

China’s action could reshape an overlooked but critical segment of the global economy: the cross-border flows of scrap that underpin recyclng markets worldwide. According to one 2014 study, China received 56 percent by weight of global scrap plastic exports. This trade makes economic sense all around.

Waste

Waste Shipping Global Economy Development

Here we go again: Ontario’s reckless nuclear gamble

Corporate Knights

JULY 26, 2023

per year and top 35,000 MW by 2014, 50% above its 1989 level. Peak demand in 2014 was lower than it was in 1989. Ontario Hydro was forecasting peak demand would grow at 2.5% The plan was withdrawn before environmental assessment hearings were even convened and the proposed power plants were never built. It was 2005.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain Global Economy Development

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

3BL Media

JUNE 10, 2022

In the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis , finance ministers from six of the world’s leading economies — France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US — formalized talks they had been having about the state of the global economy and international politics. The G7 is a formidable global policy forum.

Climate Change

Climate Change Global Economy Development Banking

Russia SWIFT Ban Still Being Finalised; China Urges Dialogue

Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

Some countries, including Poland, had pushed for more banks to be included in the SWIFT ban, but there are concerns that the consequences could spill over into the global economy, especially when it comes to energy supplies. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank, as well as Gazprombank, was spared. Korean banks had about US$1.47

Banking

Banking Global Economy Development

Celebrating a Milestone: More Than 1,000 B Corps in Europe

B the Change

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Behind these 1,000 B Corps, there are tens of thousands of people working hard to help their companies become better businesses, transforming the global economy to benefit people, communities, and the planet. Since its beginnings in 2014, the B Corp Movement has grown stronger in Spain, especially since 2021.

Regenerative

Regenerative Global Economy Development

Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A pledge to reverse deforestation also seemed to be significant, and gained the support of around 100 countries, although some observers noted that a previous international agreement in 2014 “failed to slow deforestation in any way”, as Fotis Fotiadis, co-founder of Better Origin observed.

COP26

COP26 Net Zero Climate Change Development

6 Questions on Multinationals and the B Corp Movement

B the Change

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Experts from B Lab’s Standards, Certification & Verification, and Global Partner Business Development teams share insights on the challenges and opportunities of bringing multinational corporations into the B Corp movement. B Corp Certification is for businesses of all sizes.

Development

Development Global Economy

Mary Kay Pink Changing Lives Global Cause Marketing Program Improves Millions of Women and Girls’ Lives Around the World

3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mary Kay China Charity Fund has provided free surgeries for girls with cleft lip and palate who need help since 2014. For the most recent updates on Mary Kay’s global sustainability strategy, click here.

Global Economy

Global Cleantech Jobs on the Rise

Sense and Sustainability

JULY 21, 2020

By Type of Energy Solar PV firms play an increasingly important role in the global economy. These companies added 94 gigawatts to the global solar energy capacity in 2017. million jobs to the global economy. Meanwhile, the global wind energy sector created 1.15 They also contributed 3.4 million jobs.

Global Economy

Global Economy Climate Change Development

25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

"We have an opportunity to extend the recent response of regulators, businesses and investors on climate change to nature; both are interrelated and both pose a systemic risk to the global economy.". One of Hobson’s convictions is that American’s must be "color brave," a phrase she coined in her 2014 TED Talk.

Supply Chains

Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change Development

Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

Nature is the substrate of everything including our economy. According to WWF’s Natural Planet Index , natural resources contribute $125 trillion to the global economy annually. Our economy and our very lives depend on nature, without nature there is no economy and no life.

Climate Change

Climate Change Paris Agreement Waste COP26

ESG Impact Zone

Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

NatureMetrics Raises $25 Million to Scale Biodiversity Monitoring and Reporting Platform

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Inogen Alliance Presence at COP28: Panel Discussion Side Event, 4 December in the Blue Zone

Are We Educating Students for a Future that Doesn’t Exist?

Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Driven by a Mission to Engage

SDSN Turkey Network and the Role of Sustainable Cities as Drivers of Global Transformation

Will China’s crackdown on ‘foreign garbage’ force wealthy countries to recycle more of their own waste?

Here we go again: Ontario’s reckless nuclear gamble

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

Russia SWIFT Ban Still Being Finalised; China Urges Dialogue

Celebrating a Milestone: More Than 1,000 B Corps in Europe

Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

6 Questions on Multinationals and the B Corp Movement

Mary Kay Pink Changing Lives Global Cause Marketing Program Improves Millions of Women and Girls’ Lives Around the World

Global Cleantech Jobs on the Rise

25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

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