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Why Investing in Waste Matters

Chris Hall

Waste management is a big – and growing – business, as the global scale of solid waste generation reaches vast proportions. Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. billion tonnes.

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Nature is Integral to Sustainability Reporting – ISSB

Chris Hall

ISSB’s new definition of sustainability will be included in the general sustainability standard, meaning that companies will need to outline their dependencies on and the risks of natural ecosystems and human capital to their business over the short- to long-term. .

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ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

The definition does not imply a complete absence of human management and the assessment excludes feral and introduced populations. The report says 70% of the world’s poor are directly dependent, with one in five of the global population relying on wild plants, algae and fungi for their food and income.