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The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers

James Militzer

In 2008, the failure of a single institution, Lehman Brothers, triggered a global financial crisis. The crisis crippled the global economy, not because of Lehman alone, but because of the unseen interdependencies that held the worlds financial system together. trillion currently invested in impact but not really.

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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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Ceres Releases New Guide To Aid U.S. Food Sector’s Climate Transition Plans As Investors Ramp Up Pressure

3BL Media

The global food system is responsible for approximately one third of global emissions and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently outlined how global temperature rise stands to negatively affect the global economy, food security and both human and planetary health. Decarbonizing the U.S.

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Where Finance Firms Are Finding Sustainability Specialists | Acre’s Ian Povey-Hall for ESGClarity

3BL Media

The significant increase in reporting requirements driven by fund labelling has created substantial challenges for fund managers launching sustainable and impact investing-focused strategies. As such, financial services firms are rethinking the structure and process of their investment, sustainability, risk and compliance teams.

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Could the Reallocation of Human Capital Be a Key Solution to Today's Climate Crisis?

3BL Media

These individuals have the subject matter expertise driven from years deep in the detail of how these previously ‘non-financial' factors are impacting the global economy. Ian manages Acre's London team and leads commercial development globally for Acre’s sustainable finance and impact investing practice.

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Investor Group Launches Initiative to Engage Companies on Biodiversity and Nature Loss

ESG Today

Liudmila Strakodonskaya, Responsible Investment Analyst, AXA IM, said: “Nature protection is a challenge that needs to be addressed to preserve the existence of our societies and global economies. Companies and investors must integrate nature and biodiversity considerations in their research, engagement and investment processes.

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Guest Post – Investing in Resilience: The Insurance Industry’s Role in the Net-Zero Transition

ESG Today

This climate protection gap – the potential costs to an economy due to climate-related losses not covered by insurance – is growing. But this figure is far higher in developing countries where the protection gap looks more like a chasm. In the EU, only about a quarter of climate-related catastrophe losses are insured.

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