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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The State of Green Business 2021. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 02:11. The report, published in partnership with S&P Global Trucost, is a free download. As we dare to look ahead, however tentatively, at 2021 and beyond, we see more of the same. Joel Makower. Now, where were we?

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IFRS Says Over Half of Global Economy Moving Towards Coverage by ISSB Sustainability Reporting Standards

ESG Today

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to provide investors with information about companies’ sustainability risks and opportunities.

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Global Financial Inclusion Index from Principal® Develops Benchmark for Financial Security and Inclusion Across Global Economies

3BL Media

In its first year, the Index is helping to develop a benchmark for financial security and inclusion across global economies. In general, developed economies tend to pool towards the higher end of the Index, and emerging and developing economies cluster at the bottom. Key findings.

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New Global Report Demonstrates FedEx Economic Impact

3BL Media

NYSE: FDX) released the findings from its 2022 report that analyzed the company’s impact on the global economy with key regional and market-specific analyses from around the world at the conclusion of its 2022 fiscal year (FY 2022). DESCRIPTION: MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - FedEx Corp. In FY 2022, FedEx invested $6.8

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Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

GreenBiz

Mon, 02/15/2021 - 02:15. In addition to having a devasting effect on lives and livelihoods, COVID-19 has been the biggest global disruptor in recent memory. Governments already have spent $12 trillion to $13 trillion just to stabilize global economies ravaged by COVID-19. Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders.

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CalSTRS Awards $150 Million Mandate to Ninety One’s Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Strategy

ESG Today

Ninety One’s Global Environment strategy is a high conviction, concentrated global equity portfolio that provides exposure to the multi-decade structural growth opportunity from decarbonization, by investing in the equities of companies expected to contribute to the transition to a lower-carbon global economy.

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Biodiversity meets the bottom line

Environmental News Bits

Framework Convention on Climate Change, estimated that net-zero commitments covered about 68 percent of the global economy in 2021, compared to just 16 percent in 2019, a more than fourfold increase.… Net-zero commitments exploded last year, with the number of companies making them doubling. Race to Zero, part of the U.N.