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Five Takeaways From Climate Week NYC 2024

3BL Media

When it comes to investing, sustainable investment funds grew 15% last year , and more than half of investors plan to boost sustainable investments in the coming year. With this shift the expectation for sustainability professionals is to become more operational, more action-oriented and more data-driven.

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From Waste to Resource: Circularity In Food Systems

Sustainability Update

She is an MBA candidate at the University of Georgia focused on Strategy and Social Innovation. Madeline worked primarily on the strategic philanthropy side of corporate social responsibility for five years before graduate school. She earned a BA in Art History in 2015, also from the University of Georgia.

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ESG Explainer: Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain

Chris Hall

The impact of human rights abuses in portfolio companies and their supply chains is becoming more apparent to investors. Martin Buttle, Head of Good Work at NGO ShareAction says, given the estimates, “there is a very real chance that victims are present in the global supply chains” of investee companies.

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Sustainability as a Financial Driver: How Green Practices Boost the Bottom Line

3BL Media

For years, the relationship between sustainability and profitability in supply chain management was viewed as a zero-sum game. Businesses operated under the assumption that environmentally responsible practices were a necessary but costly obligation a price to pay for regulatory compliance and reputational safeguarding.

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From the Archive: Talking Sustainable Investing at Holiday Parties

Jon Hale

Attending some non-work holiday parties this year, I had several great conversations about sustainable investing. Sustainable investing resonated with all four. These are the types of companies more likely to survive and prosper over the long run, so they’re good investments. None of them were with Millennials.

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Congress A Step Closer to Making Corporate ESG Disclosure Mandatory

Foley & Hoag

1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 – would require publicly traded companies to disclose their commitments to ensuring that environmental, social (human rights), and good governance standards (ESG) are reflected in their operations, activities, and supply chains. Towards a Mandatory ESG Standard. Next Steps.

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Biden Drilling Ban Throws Spanner in the Works for Trump

Chris Hall

Given the geographic scope of the 6 January offshore oil and gas drilling ban, this was [likely] the administrations parting shot, Michael Littenberg, Global Head of ESG, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business and Human Rights Practice at US law firm Ropes & Gray, told ESG Investor.