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How unchecked consumerism helps drive climate change

Corporate Knights

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. For example, trees are the Earth’s carbon storehouse but the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that 10 million hectares of forests are lost each year.

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Could the video game industry be key to levelling up on climate action?

Corporate Knights

In 2019, the gaming industry emitted an estimated 24 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the United States alone – which was the carbon footprint of the entire nation of Mongolia that year. Pushing for corporate action In turn, the industry is starting to take its own emissions more seriously.

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

When surveyed in 2019, 42 percent of our member companies put "biodiversity risk" as important or very important to them. The Earth’s interrelated systems of water, land, biodiversity and ocean are facing unsustainable pressure. We cannot win the fight against climate change without addressing nature loss.?.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: UNEP FI Issues Oceans Toolkit for Investors

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including UNEP FI, ISS ESG, ISSB, Xpansiv and Carbon Trust. In 2019, Xpansiv acquired multi-registry environmental portfolio management system, EMA, from APX.

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Realizing the full potential of stakeholder capitalism

GreenBiz

Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), have highlighted the importance of redefining fiduciary duty, in order to stimulate long-term sustainable growth and the economic health of companies. Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static.

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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. It is a now problem,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “To However, CO2 and non-CO2 emissions in 2021 are expected to rise again to a level only slightly lower than the record high in 2019.

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Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact

Chris Hall

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. .

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