Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Across the continent, business schools are embracing local narratives , turning the classroom into a space where African ingenuity and global relevance meet and changing how students see themselves – not just as participants but as creators of a more sustainable and equitable global economy.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lenders are urged to end fossil fuel expansion and convert targets into “meaningful commitments” as US banks fall behind international peers. Action by banks to reach net zero emissions and meet climate goals is “insufficient”, according to two reports which also highlight significant gaps in the policies guiding the sector’s transition.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

25, 2022 /3BL Media/ -- Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC), together with Truist Foundation and Truist Charitable Fund, recently announced a $1.45 JA Finance Park's success is a testament to the public-private venture model that brings together businesses and school systems to prepare our local students to succeed in a global economy.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Financial Times announced on Friday, January 28th, 2022, that AccountAbility received a Premier Sustainability Consultant ranking following a survey of 5,200 partners and executives of professional services firms. SOURCE: AccountAbility.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

UK-based bank Barclays will no longer directly finance new oil and gas projects, and will require its energy sector clients to produce transition plans or decarbonization strategies by the beginning of next year, according to a new “Climate Change Statement” released by the bank.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A 1997 study published in Nature, for instance, concluded that global ecosystems provide between US$18 and $61 trillion worth of goods and services to civilization, roughly on par with the cash then circulating in the global economy. A 2010 analysis of the forests and wetlands surrounding Vancouver found that these provided $5.4

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In recent years, the proliferation of mobile devices, along with the continent’s poor banking infrastructure, have made Africa fertile ground for explosive growth in mobile money use. According to the GSMA , in 2022, two thirds of the globally processed $1.26 trillion in mobile money transactions occurred in sub–Saharan Africa.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

The organization is also involved in a lawsuit launched last year against Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas , targeting the bank’s financing for new oil and gas projects and calling for a strong climate policy, based on a similar “duty of vigilance” law in France.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Originally published on bloomberg.com July 21, 2023 /3BL/ - Bloomberg today announced the Bloomberg New Economy Forum’s return to Singapore, November 8-10, 2023, with a full delegation of global corporate and government leaders.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Market Platforms Regulators require exchanges, marketplaces, banks, and brokers to monitor an array of risks because the default of one or a group of participants could rapidly result in contagion across the financial markets. In addition, clients can collaborate through Verafin’s Information Sharing platform to fight crime.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Trade is the global economy's lifeblood, with maritime transport at its core. But the carbon footprint of port operations and shipping is substantial, with shipping accounting for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions , according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2023

million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) in 2022, from 221.2 C no/low overshoot scenarios to set the ambition level for sub-portfolio and sector targets. At the global level, IPCC 1.5°C trillion in AUM. trillion in AUM, up from US$7.1

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 5, 2022

According to a June report published by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, the U.K. trillion in increased productivity to the global economy. Investing in solving the global literacy crisis is not only essential for the betterment of humanity, it also is vital to economic progress. Image courtesy of NABU.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In 2022, GFANZ identified four strategies necessary for financing a whole economy transition to net zero, which collectively comprise “Transition Finance.” Mary Schapiro, GFANZ Vice Chair: “Transforming the global economy to achieve net zero is the biggest challenge facing this generation.

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Sphera

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. commercial banks) but is also relevant to public financial institutions (e.g.,

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Written by Rebecca Ungarino | 26th January 2022.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 6, 2024

By Zainab Raji In a globalized economy, remittances are a pivotal financial flow for developing economies. Even such numbers may not capture the full extent of the remittance economy: for example, while Nigeria’s officially recorded remittance inflows ( $19.5 billion in 2021 and $20.1 Morgan and Temasek.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Border to Coast has also collaborated with Royal London Asset Management and Friends Provident Foundation to set clear just transition expectations for the banking sector. The LGPS’ engagement goal is for the banks to either introduce a standalone just transition plan or explicitly incorporate just transition into existing climate plans.

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Just Capital

JUNE 23, 2023

In Fortune , Yale School of Management Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, director of research at the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, share insights from various CEOs on how AI will impact their industries, including banking and professional services. trillion annually to the global economy.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 6, 2023

threshold is reached (IPCC, 2023, 2022). If unaddressed this decade, this could have potentially catastrophic impacts on city, national, and global economies, societies, ecosystems, and biodiversity. These losses are expected to grow dramatically as the 1.5C To operationalize the mandate of the Draft Decision-/CP.28

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Gail Tverberg

APRIL 5, 2023

World oil consumption divided into consuming areas, based on data of BP’s 2022 Statistical Review of World Energy. The problem I see is that rich countries expect to maintain service economies that are fed by huge streams of manufactured goods and raw materials from poorer countries. Amounts are through 2022.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In the midst of a weakened global economy and the war in Europe continuing to place strain on geopolitical relations, speculation as to whether COP27 could deliver measurable outcomes was a global concern. The 2050 review and LEDS subsequently enabled the revised emissions targets for 2030 in June 2022.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The resources included deep-dive guidelines for seven sectors – including asset owners, asset managers and banks; high-level guidance for 30 sectors of the global economy; and advice on how to undertake a transition planning cycle.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Credible transition plans are an essential tool to ensure the global economy transitions in line with a 1.5 ° C pathway,” said Nicolette Bartlett, Chief Impact Officer at global disclosure platform CDP. In 2022, only 28% of UK companies disclosing through CDP said they had a transition plan.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Kristensen, who joins from a similar role at Federated Hermes – following spells at Jyske Bank and Neuberger Berman – reports to Client Group Co-head Paul Voûte, who has made deepening institutional relationships a priority since taking up his role in 2022. “Nevertheless, the landscape looks very different from each country.”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The dependency of the global economy on nature and biodiversity is ultimately a financial risk, says Robeco. In 2022, Robeco plans to increase the granularity of its assessment to better understand and compare the biodiversity performance of individual companies within high-risk sub-industries.

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James Militzer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is falling short , and there are still around 4 billion people living on incomes below $8 per day — the widely used income threshold for the “base of the pyramid” in today’s global economy. trillion were equivalent to nearly half of global GDP. million annually.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

Even Germany’s decision to permanently shelve Nord Stream 2 , the partial ejection of Russian banks from Swift , and oil and gas majors exiting equity partnerships with Russian companies in recent days have been ignored by the former intelligence officer. Economic sanctions have so far failed to shake President Vladimir Putin’s resolve.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

According to the World Bank , daily per capita waste in developed markets is expected to increase by 19% by 2050,” Stefanie Mollin, Global Equities Portfolio Manager at GIB Asset Management (GIB AM), a UK-based boutique with US$6 billion in AUM, told ESG Investor. In 2022 the global waste-management market was valued at US$1.3

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

“We – our team and the United States administration – came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August,” Kerry told onlookers on Wednesday, with climate talks put on hold in 2022 after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And as we head into 2022, climate change must be a top priority for companies around the world. Therefore 2022 must be the year when corporate climate action becomes mainstream. In 2022, government policies to move away from coal power and fossil-fueled transport will proliferate. Coal’s Out, So Get More Renewables In.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Last year we had great hopes that 2022 would be the year to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19. Unfortunately, surging inflation, a global energy crisis and a constant threat of recession cut out a few of our expectations. 2022 Sustainability Summary. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Such were the words of Snorre Gjerde, Lead Investment Stewardship Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), as he evidenced the need for a better view of companies’ exposure to biodiversity risk and their impact on nature, speaking at an event hosted by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. There are choices,” said Cabanis.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recognizing the very real threat to global economies and ecosystems posed by biodiversity loss, prominent global corporations are venturing beyond the atmosphere and into the biosphere. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

Firstly, the global economy is in the midst of the clean energy transition, one of the biggest changes to an economic system since the second industrial revolution, which introduced mass production in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. per litre respectively in July 2022. Dynamic market expansion. EVs require 2.5

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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.

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