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Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation

GreenBiz

In this commentary, we suggest that current ESG research, analysis and investing practices pay insufficient attention to one of most important issues of our time: how people, societies and companies will adapt to a changing climate, and what that portends for stock and corporate bond investments. The elephant in the room.

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Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

Amidst the escalating impacts and threats of climate change, heads of state, negotiators, climate scientists, activists and business leaders prepare to meet for COP27, taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Nicolette Bartlett, Chief Impact Officer, CDP. Helen Clarkson, CEO, Climate Group.

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A Dignity First Corporate Demand for Climate Action

Sustainable Round Table

Even though thousands of the world’s most relevant, respected, and peer-reviewed climate scientists have warned for decades that deep, broad, and urgent action is needed to reduce the burning of fossil fuels, which is the primary cause of our climate and ecological breakdown.1 Because carbon emissions continue up, always.

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Take Five:  As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler

Chris Hall

If unchecked, mass mortality, mass displacement, severe economic contraction and conflict become more likely, said the people most qualified to know, in a report co-authored by climate scientists.