Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

” The latest Food Waste Index Report (2024) , compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and co-authored by WRAP, found that the world wastes over a billion tonnes of food – one fifth of all food available to consumers at the retail, food service and household level annually.

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ESG Today

MARCH 18, 2025

The announcement by UBS marks the latest in a series of moves by banks globally to withdraw or pull back on climate commitments, although UBS changes appear less drastic than those by some of its peers.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2024

January 24, 2024 /3BL/ — Junior Achievement of Oregon and SW Washington has announced a grant of $225,000 from KeyBank to launch the expansion of its JA Capstone Program. Washington and Commercial Banking leader. PORTLAND, Ore., The funds will support upgrades to its S.E.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 3, 2025

Morgan Stanley has joined several of its peers in exiting the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities,ESG Today has confirmed. Morgan Stanleys commitment to net-zero remains unchanged.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nasdaq is proud to have won the 2024 RiskTech100 awards for its Market, Anti-Financial Crime, and Capital Access Platforms. Anti-Financial Crime Market abuse, fraud, and money laundering is an enormous problem across the globe that costs trillions of dollars and contributes to systemic risks to the global economy.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2024

kilograms of plastic waste from entering the ocean since the start of our partnership with Plastic Bank [1] 100% renewable electricity sourcing at all CooperVision facilities in New York and the United Kingdom Governance Adherence to high standards of ethics, compliance and accountability provides long-term value for our stakeholders.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Financial institutions have a major role to play in decarbonising the economy toward net zero over the coming three decades.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. To date, the ocean and its ecosystems have provided significant benefits to the global community, including climate regulation, coastal protection, food, employment, recreation and cultural well-being.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The report showcased its votes on 13,406 resolutions at 1,052 meetings in the year to March 2024, with the LGPS setting a target for 80% of its financed emissions to be subject to engagement by 2025, and 100% by 2030. Two banks have committed to take the requested action and a third including just transition ambitions in its net zero plan.

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3BL Media

JUNE 28, 2024

But the poles are just as involved in the blue economy as the oceans we work and play in. As we observe the United Nations’ World Oceans Day 2024, we pay special attention to polar waters, their global roles and transformations, emerging opportunities they present, and our connection to them as businesspeople.

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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. Thirdly, central banks and financial institutions increasingly view biodiversity loss as a systemic risk to financial systems.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. In 2020, the direct cost of waste management to the global economy was an estimated US$252 billion. billion tonnes.

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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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James Militzer

AUGUST 26, 2024

In 2024, the need to reduce poverty and inequality is as pressing as ever. 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.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. On top of that, they will be creating plans to comply as soon as by the 2024 reporting cycle (e.g. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At the core of every B Local are B Corps — for-profit companies using the power of business to transform the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. B Locals are place-based communities of people using business as a force for good. There are many pathways,” she said. There is a richness to the community.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 19, 2024

Canada’s former central bank governor, Mark Carney, noted that this transition will require US$200 trillion of funds between now and 2050. This is not an impossible lift for a global economy that generates US$100 trillion a year of gross domestic product.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

Such resolutions averaged 22% of support in 2022, but dropped to 16% only last year – the lowest average support across the report.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

With around 70% of the global economy now committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, the urgency of exiting coal and completely phasing out fossil fuel subsidies is clear. billion climate finance already promised by Biden each year, by 2024. and the European Union, now covers more than two-thirds of the global economy.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

Meanwhile, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso reached a deal after two years of negotiations, resulting in the introduction of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 – due to speed up the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects, and improve its ability to build out power lines by shortening regulatory approvals.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 9, 2025

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) is a UN-backed initiative founded in 2021 ahead of the COP26 climate summit that brings together global banks committed to aligning their lending and investment portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050.The Starting in 2024, major banks began to exit the NZBA.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Wentzel takes on the role after serving as interim Group Chief Sustainability Officer at HSBC following the departure in late 2024 of the banks CSO Celine Herweijer. Prior to joining HSBC, he held several senior roles at Macquarie Group, including heading the Cash Equities Division for Macquarie in Europe.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 23, 2025

The work of the TCFD paved the way, in 2021, for the launch of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), an international cohort of banks committed to transitioning their financed emissions. At its peak, the NZBA included 140 banks representing around US$64 trillion in assets.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Climate risks and geopolitics were both in the limelight, and often clashing, in 2024 as a myriad of questions were raised concerning the future of sustainability efforts. This would better inform central banks, commercial banks and insurers and drive refined and more appropriate actions.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

California banned new fracking beyond 2024 and called for an end to oil production by 2045. Businesses, banks, and investors. and banks are moving away from fossil fuels and biodiversity loss. The European Central Bank agreed to prioritize climate risks and Brazil’s National Development Bank abandoned coal.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Corporate Knights data shows that for the large companies that make up 80% of global market capitalization, sustainable revenues and capital expenditures are growing more than twice as fast as everything else over the past five years. While the die is cast on the direction of travel of our global economy, we can speed it up.

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Sustainability Update

APRIL 11, 2023

With this and other actions, we probably are seeing an important campaign platform shaping up for the 2024 state and national elections. Top Story/Stories Who am I going to bank with?’ Many people cheered (at last!) while others jeered. This could be from one of the great Florida humorous fictions works of author Carl Hiassen !)

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