Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Interestingly, it is the product’s supply chain, or what we do not see related to making and distributing products, that is especially carbon intensive. the average person’s consumption of stuff has doubled in the past 50 years and, in 2019, North Americans disposed of almost 21 kilograms of electronic waste per person.

Climate Change 363

Climate Change UNEP Waste Supply Chains 363

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When surveyed in 2019, 42 percent of our member companies put "biodiversity risk" as important or very important to them. We need much stronger alignment with all stakeholders in the value chain surrounding industry to adequately scale the rapid adoption of next generation solutions that truly protect our biodiversity. Supply Chain.

Supply Chains 409

Supply Chains Supply Chain Bend the Curve Regenerative 409

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But a recent paper on blended finance by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) noted that just US$14 billion in climate finance was mobilised through blended finance solutions for EMDEs in 2019. . Steady momentum . New opportunities for climate- and nature-positive impact investments are emerging, rapidly. .

UNEP 98

UNEP Impact Investing Net Zero Supply Chains 98

Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

The wild species use report builds on previous 2019 IPBES research to identify just how reliant we are on nature, in the knowledge that a million are under threat of extinction, in no small part due to over-exploitation. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference. What has IPBES already told us?

Supply Chains 52

Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change Development 52

Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

Last year, UNEP FI issued a briefing paper for investors and other financial institutions which said “there is no foreseeable way in which the financing of [DSM] activities can be viewed as consistent with the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles”.

UNEP 98

UNEP Banking Supply Chains Supply Chain 98

Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

But, as highlighted in a 2019 paper published by research and innovation lab AidData and UN-Habitat , working out where and how to invest is complicated, with a number of hard and soft costs for investors to consider. Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

UNEP 52

UNEP Climate Change Net Zero Development 52

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

reduction in CO2 emissions versus 2019, setting a course for 2.1-2.8°C Stronger wording might have been possible, but this was a big step in the right direction,” said Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100. C in realistic reach.

Net Zero 84

Net Zero Paris Agreement UNEP Development 84