3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In many parts of the world, jobless growth has become a pressing concern, as economies expand without generating enough formal employment opportunities for young people. Moreover, the alignment between economic growth and investment in education is critical. The challenges are great, but so are the opportunities.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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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

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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Waste UNEP Global Economy Development 81

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investment industry bodies have underscored the need for double materiality in response to the UK government’s consultation on non-financial reporting. The authority had already pushed the release back to Q3 earlier in the year and the rules are now not expected to arrive until H2 2024.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

International shipping accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Impact assessments for the fuel standard and emissions pricing will be carried out over the course of 2024. The EU’s FuelEU Maritime initiative is also set to apply from 1 January 2025.

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Shipping Net Zero Stranded Assets Development 81

Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

On top of that, they will be creating plans to comply as soon as by the 2024 reporting cycle (e.g. As I wrote in my article , the many sustainability frameworks suck companies’ resources and confuse stakeholders. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies.

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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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Banking Net Zero Climate Change COP26 59

Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

This week, EU and US policymakers prepared for big shifts impacting sustainable investment, amid further evidence that climate risk is financial risk. Lobbyists and policymakers are gearing up to put flesh on the bones of the European Commissions plans to streamline the requirements of key sustainable finance policies.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I needed to be back in Toronto to present our latest sustainable investment research to attendees at a summit hosted by the Principles for Responsible Investment , whose signatories manage US$121 trillion in assets. 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

Now ESG is seen in some quarters as “a threat” to the citizens and especially the well-being of public finance (at least in the Republican-led states), Alas, also in the halls of Congress where we see frequent and heated “pro and con” debates about ESG, climate change, sustainable investing, corporate sustainability…and more.

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