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An insider’s look at the Glasgow climate summit – talks intensify, amid grandstanding and anger outside

Renewable Energy World

The Energy Transitions Commission , a coalition of businesses and nongovernmental organizations, calculated that if the commitments made at COP26 are delivered, it will cut the gap between today and the 1.5 The international financial community formed a broad alliance of firms committed to net zero, attracting accusations of greenwashing.

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Regenerative Playbook

Martin Brown

If you have seen the beautiful Anti-Greenwash Playbook that Content Comms launched at COP26 then you will be aware of the ability that these small books have to open conversations. As our launch coincides with World Book Day – so please do check out the fantastic live reading events being held to encourage young readers.

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Greta Thunberg calls COP a "two-week long celebration of business as usual, and blah, blah, blah." at Fridays for Future rally

John Englart

People from all ages, but especially youth and students.Greta Thunberg marched with the crowd and made a speech to the Fridays for Future Rally on November 5 in which she argued those leaders inside the COP were just engaged in Greenwashing, that it is largely a PR event, a "two-week long celebration.

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2022 Must be the Year of Action

Chris Hall

In amongst news of the latest twists and turns of the coronavirus pandemic, the final quarter of 2021 was punctuated by a depressingly familiar set of headlines on devastating weather events. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Concerns over corporate greenwash are widespread.

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Putin Puts Governance Back on the Agenda

Chris Hall

Events in Ukraine gave sustainability-minded investors pause for thought. As some noted , legislative momentum on sustainability and climate was already slowing, just 100 days after COP26. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a momentous and appalling human tragedy for its citizens which will have painful consequences beyond its borders.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

We hosted events with indigenous and youth participants in the pavilion this year – but there’s scope for business to do more to engage and empower these groups, whose voices will be critical to ensuring an inclusive, equitable transition that leaves no-one behind. In fact, this has been a COP of action.