Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The group’s latest report, “ A world in balance 2024:Accelerating sustainability amidst geopolitical challenges ” tracks advancements in organisations’ environmental and social sustainability over the last three years. In late 2023, executives were planning to increase investments in sustainability this year. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Social bond issuance picked up significantly in 2020 as governments implemented large support programmes and allocated bond proceeds to address the health crisis caused by Covid-19. Figures shown to right of chart are as at 30 June 2022. We expect more countries to follow.

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Green Bonds Banking Greenwashing Social Sustainability 69

Sphera

MAY 13, 2022

Another example is a California law which has required plastic beverage containers to contain specified amounts of postconsumer recycled plastic since January 1, 2022. To be sustainable from the consumer’s perspective, packaging should be produced with a minimum of resources, be plastic-free and fully recyclable, but still look nice.

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Supply Chain Supply Chains Waste Greenwashing 98

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

trillion), said the RIAA’s Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022 , co-authored by consultancy EY. Investment managers are also getting much better at backing up their claims around the sustainability of their portfolios, as they don’t want to find themselves on the wrong side of tightening greenwashing regulation and scrutiny.”.

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Climate Change Net Zero Greenwashing Social Sustainability 52

Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Since then, heatwaves across the northern hemisphere, gathering energy and food security crises, and climate policy actions across the globe, notably in the US , have raised new questions about the path to a net zero economy – alongside concerns about the impact of inflation, disruption and transition on existing economic and social inequities.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An important key to unlocking that finance lies in green and sustainable emerging market bonds, which promise lenders both returns and the opportunity to invest in projects with an ESG impact. There’s a lot of greenwashing, and there are really weak standards in terms of additionality, materiality, accountability and transparency.”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2023

Investor demand for green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) has surged in H1 2023, with regulatory developments bringing greater transparency and confidence to the market. Linklaters forecasts record year for green bonds, while SLB issuance suffers Q2 slowdown.

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Green Bonds Greenwashing Social Sustainability Development 98

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Global sustainable bond issuance surged in 2021, with data providers estimating total volumes just above or below US$1 trillion; green bonds accounted for roughly half. Moody’s ESG Solutions expects overall GSSS-labelled (green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked) issuance to rise from US$992 billion last year to US$1.4

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Green Bonds Net Zero Development Banking 52

Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

Combined, the regulation is designed to help European asset owners understand, compare and measure the sustainability characteristics of investment funds, limiting their exposure to greenwashing. . “We There may be areas where we may need to take further action, if we notice that there is a real risk and reality of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009. Ten years after – It might have taken them a little more than a decade, but at last they got there. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9

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