Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

The investor-led initiative will be advised by UNEP and is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Cape Town and the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). The resolution will help to forge an international legally binding agreement by the end of 2024. What is a sustainable blue economy?

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

From minimizing waste to corruption-free operations, GRI 12 guides companies to deliver comprehensive and comparable reporting. This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Investors must engage with investee firms on improving their research and development efforts to create new solutions to plastic waste pollution, according to a five-year progress report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). A final agreement of the global plastics treaty is scheduled for the end of 2024.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

On 2 March at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi, representatives from 175 nations endorsed a resolution to end plastic pollution and develop an international legally binding agreement by 2024. million tonnes of plastic waste each year, equating to 100 kg per person. Plastic pollution in Australia.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

There is no time to waste in initiating setting targets on nature and taking decisive action on nature.” Seeking alignment Developed in collaboration with 44 FfB member organisations from a target setting working group, the framework seeks alignment with the GBF and other frameworks on climate and nature. .”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

Plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution and data suggests that there are 50-75 trillion pieces of plastic and microplastics in the ocean, with an estimated 9% of waste from 460 million tonnes of plastic produced each year is recycled. A final agreement of the Global Plastics Treaty is scheduled for the end of 2024.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

General Motors announced it was delaying its plans to produce 400,000 EVs by the end of 2023 to mid-2024, citing battery supply issues. Frank Goguen, Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at Newton Investment Management, notes automakers have been struggling with “major shortages of key components, such as semiconductors ”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. . ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ?

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3BL Media

JUNE 28, 2022

Renowned for being a water-intensive and wasteful industry, textiles account for around nine per cent of the microplastics that end up in the sea every year, causing ocean acidification and harming marine biodiversity. Innovation plays a major part and one company, Humblebee, has taken a novel approach to search for an alternative solution.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2025

Former UNEP FI head of risk David Carlin calls for a refocus on reducing carbon emissions at COP30 and doubles down on the concept of carbon markets. Despite international efforts to combat climate change, the EUs Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record. above pre-industrial levels.

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