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S&P, UNEP Launch Methodology to Measure Companies’ Nature & Biodiversity Risk

ESG Today

S&P Global Sustainable1 and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today the launch of Nature Risk Profile, a new methodology aimed at enabling companies and investors to assess and analyze companies’ nature-related risks, including impacts and dependencies on biodiversity.

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“Room for Improvement” in Climate Risk Tools – UNEP FI

Chris Hall

Climate risk tools available to financial institutions suffer from shortcomings in data inputs and scope, despite recent consolidation and technology innovation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

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Knight Bites: 6 ways to win our battle with plastic pollution by 2040

Corporate Knights

Ahead of a second round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty in Paris this week, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) laid out an action plan for business and government to end the planet’s enormous pollution problem. Here are six of its system-changing solutions. modern-day “milkmen” for consumer goods).

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UNEP FI Risk Centre Bridges Theory and Practice

Chris Hall

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) has opened a new risk centre centralising its resources on climate and nature risks, aiming to help members better identify and manage the ones that are financially material. Its activity will take different forms.

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The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'

GreenBiz

The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion on green research and development and $35.2 Of the $14.6

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Bloomberg Integrates United Nations Framework To Assess Potential Company Impact on Sustainable Development Goals

3BL Media

Originally published on bloomberg.com Bloomberg today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind tool that investors can use to assess the potential impact of a company’s business on any of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 3 trillion per year for developing countries ( UN Sustainable Development Group ).

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Could the video game industry be key to levelling up on climate action?

Corporate Knights

Researchers say that players can also develop a feeling of control in games they don’t get from other mediums, as they make decisions that drive the narrative forward. “I So much so that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized the power of video games as a communications tool to spread environmental messages.

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