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How insurance companies can move the needle on climate change

Corporate Knights

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. Government and consumer responses to climate change also affect the insurance industry. The transition to a low-carbon future, while necessary, introduces considerable investment risk.

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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

president will be taking aim at legislation that resulted in nearly US$300 billion in private-sector investments in clean energy, battery manufacturing and clean power generation, most business leaders recognize that concerns about a worsening climate crisis will grow regardless of shifting political winds. While the new U.S.

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Women are leading in the fight against climate change. By joining forces, we can amplify that impact

We Mean Business Coalition

This article was first published in Reuters Women have been a major force behind the most important milestones we have achieved on fighting climate change. When you look hard at climate progress, you can see the mark of women leaders. The climate space urgently needs more of the qualities that women leadership can bring.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

Now we can measure this green business exposure for the majority of companies and are able to count annual green investments that run into the trillions, growing six times faster than the economy at large,” Heaps says. Waste management $ 3,048 8% 45% 100% 100% B+ 1.5°C, C, SBTi 13 Clean Harbors Inc Norwell, U.S.

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Supporting the Financial Services Industry Sustainability Journey

Cisco CSR

As climate change and the impacts of the carbon-based economy are becoming a centerstage conundrum across the globe, driving shareholder value is no longer the only goal for financial institutions (FIs). FIs are in a position to help build and accelerate sustainable development. Cisco Sustainability Solutions for Customers .

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Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility

Envirotec Magazine

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The trial will run for at least 12 months and will apparently be operational from July 2024.

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