GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

This will have a tremendous impact on nature that, in turn, will affect businesses and the global economy. The World Economic Forum analyzed 163 industry sectors and their supply chains and found over half of the world’s GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Its landmark report, "The New Plastics Economy," sounded the alarm in 2016 that if "business as usual" continues, by 2025 the ocean may hold more plastic than fish by weight. Its 60 signatories across public and private sectors agree to advance circularity goals for plastic by 2025.

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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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Corporate Knights

JULY 26, 2023

The newly formed Ontario Power Authority forecast that peak demand for electricity would start growing nearly twice as fast as it had over the previous 15 years, reaching 30,000 MW by 2025. The newest reactor in this country was built 30 years ago; the supply chains for many of the components are long gone.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For years, the relationship between sustainability and profitability in supply chain management was viewed as a zero-sum game. These findings and more are captured in DP Worlds report, titled Sustainability Drives Financial Benefit Across Supply Chains , available for download now. That narrative is rapidly evolving.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

“The rapidly changing global context urges the global business community to respond with smarter innovations and more responsible operations, seizing every opportunity to act with a larger purpose in mind,” said Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo’s CEO and Chairman.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The NAM and its members are at the forefront of every important policy debate, focusing on solutions to help the industry compete in the global economy and to help the country address challenges ranging from supply disruptions and inflation to the workforce crisis and energy security. Manufacturing employs more than 12.8

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It also means protecting, managing and restoring nature, coupled with major investments from businesses to reverse nature loss, beyond their value chains. Deforestation must be removed from supply chains by 2025. In a global economy no-one will be unaffected when climate-related disasters hit.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Circularity Gap Report , an annual study of circularity adoption worldwide by Circle Economy, states that the global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. The authors estimate that the global economy is only about 7.2% circular, down from 9.1%

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Economic value: Biodiversity directly supports industries like agriculture, fisheries, and tourism – but also all economic activities based on natural capital, contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy. Biodiversity loss leads to operational risks like resource scarcity and supply chain disruptions.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

So, how can consumer goods companies contribute to global goals around reducing plastic waste and pollution? While many consumer goods companies have made ambitious targets for 2025 and beyond, success on some fronts has proven to be elusive. trillion in the global economy, and reducing plastic waste is a crucial focus.

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We Mean Business Coalition

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From harvest failures to disruptions in logistics, the impacts of climate-related disasters such as severe flooding and extreme heat also mean greater costs for businesses and consumers in a globalized economy. It is increasingly urgent for companies to take effective action to decarbonize and build resilience in their supply chains.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Convened at COP26, we have already worked to set industry-wide standards for engagements, and are using these, together with the fast-growing set of tools, data and roadmaps to use our best efforts to eliminate the deforestation in our portfolios by 2025.

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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. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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3BL Media

JANUARY 21, 2025

Next generation of professionals challenged to develop a business concept leveraging artificial intelligence in plastics value chain Finalists will present virtually to panel of judges that includes leaders in sustainability OAKLAND, Calif.,

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The first priority for governments is to ensure their national climate plans (NDCs), due by early 2025, accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. These plans must close the gap between current policies and the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Only then can we hope to secure a sustainable future for all.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU’s FuelEU Maritime initiative is also set to apply from 1 January 2025. Starting at a 2% reduction in 2025 compared to 2020 intensity levels, it will increase to 6% by 2030, and eventually reach 80% in 2050. It will impose constraints on the average annual GHG intensity of onboard energy used by ships.

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James Militzer

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025. In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This along with an end to fossil fuel subsidies by 2025 is the timeline business needs to help get us on track. Anything less is incompatible with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.” is also joining RE100 by committing to 100% renewable electricity by 2025. . Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and NRG Energy Inc.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Companies poised to act early will find themselves at the forefront of the growth markets in the global economy. The UK will deliver its full plans in 2025. We Mean Business Coalition and our business partners are looking forward to working with Brazil to meet this moment in 2025.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The prospects for resolving any of these global issues already dim seem to have gotten even dimmer as the year has progressed, raising doubts about whether solutions will be found in time. Impact investings promise is to offer financial returns alongside tangible social and environmental benefits.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Virginie Derue, Head of Responsible Investment Research at AXA Investment Managers, identifies unifying themes for 2025 across social and environmental issues. In 2025, there is likely to be much scrutiny around US President Donald Trumps anti-green agenda. They risk peoples wealth, health and lives, and endanger political stability.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

While opposing camps beefed up their arguments for a re-match, the 2024 presidential election focused attention on Project 2025, a handbook for Trumps second term, which sought to prohibit investing in ERISA plans on the basis of any factors that are unrelated to investor risks and returns (sic).

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries were only obliged to update their goals by 2025. Volkswagen announced that it would more than double its network of electric vehicle charging stations by 2025. Nature is the substrate of everything including our economy. The bipartisan legislation in the U.S. will invest more than $7.5

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