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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Source: [link] 12 The term ‘food systems’ refers to all the elements and activities related to producing and consuming food, and their effects, including economic, health, and environmental outcomes (OECD, [link] 2023) 13 Crippa, M. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Global index, data and analytics provider FTSE Russell recently published its annual Sustainable Investment Global Survey , which spotlighted a sharp fall in the priority of social themes for asset owners, dropping from 73% in 2022 to 37% in 2023. For the survey, FTSE Russell spoke to 350 asset owners with AUM between US$7.9

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As a global snacking leader dedicated to making snacking right, we are determined to lead in helping to drive sector-wide transformation for more sustainable sourcing at scale. This strengthened charter of farming practices was built hand-in-hand with our wheat chain through a series of workshops, including 40 stakeholders and participants.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 estimated the adaptation finance gap to be somewhere between US$194 billion and US$366 billion per year, with adaptation finance requirements in developing countries likely to be 10 to 18 times greater than current finance flows.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 17, 2023

Moreover, technology must be anchored in society to be socially sustainable, meaning that the use of resources is well motivated and explained. 6G for sustainability 6G networks should contribute to an overall sustainable development in society by enabling the transformation of other sectors than just ICT. and D1.4.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This raises the stakes for corporations wishing to gain customer loyalty and it is now important for brands to operate end-to-end visibility of their supply chains and offer evidence to back up any claims of ‘sustainability’ and ‘green products’. What are global asset managers doing to address social concerns?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In February 2023, the US Department of Labor (DOL) found that more than 100 children were illegally employed by Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), a company that contracts with meat-packing companies to clean slaughterhouses. The resolution follows increasing concern about the prevalence of child labour in the US food processing industry.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This means both investors and corporates must wait until Q1 2023 to find out the detail of the requirements, including on unfamiliar and contentious areas such as the reporting of Scope 3 emissions. But a well-publicised technology glitch put paid to established timelines for the rule, alongside almost a dozen others.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

Jennifer Wu, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, offers five reasons why sustainable investing will matter even more in 2023. 2022 saw sustainable investing go through extensive scrutiny. The key in 2023 will be to maintain focus on the signals, not the noise.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

Second-quarter issuance represented US$238 billion, down 20% year-on-year, while global issuance of green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds totalled US$238 billion – also down 20%. Due to take place this month, Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the CfD scheme will also see £1.1

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