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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: UNEP FI Issues Oceans Toolkit for Investors

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including UNEP FI, ISS ESG, ISSB, Xpansiv and Carbon Trust. To be offered on a digital platform, the standard will assess companies as either ‘taking action’, ‘advancing’ or ‘leading’.

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GRI at Climate Week NYC

3BL Media

Key events on the agenda confirmed so far, including one that can be attended virtually, include: Digitizing Mandated Climate Reporting: Current Status (23 September, 15 Beekman St, 3rd Floor, panel duration: 09.45-10.25, 10.25, full event 9.00 Malcolm Glenn, GRI US Policy Consultant, will also attend.

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Finance Majors Invest in “Cleaner, Greener” Farming

Chris Hall

Yara has set a target for 150 million hectares of farmland to benefit by 2025 from digital processes that help in areas such as nutrient efficiency and reduction of pollution. Nuveen, with 1.2 At just seven members, a relatively small number of organisations have signed up to the programme so far.

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Re(Introducing) the Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund: Redefining Impact in Climate Investing

3BL Media

Adaptation finance represents just 10% of global climate finance ( UNEP ), while investments in nature-based solutions and biodiversity remain underfunded despite their crucial role in combating climate change. Gaps in Funding for Adaptation, Biodiversity, Decarbonization, and Nature: Despite these advances, critical funding gaps remain.

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Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Envirotec Magazine

Dr Noel O’Kelly of monitoring technology firm Spirit Digital argues for greater access to air quality data and education, and he explains that the data is available today. Image credit: Max Chen , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This challenge is associated with large health effects – effects that will continue to menace public health in the future”.

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Time to Break the EV Bottleneck

Chris Hall

The idea is to design a ‘digital twin’ for a physical battery which can convey the sustainability-related information of the product, including its carbon footprint and child labour and human rights performance. It is working to address these systemic environmental and social risks and ensure a just transition to net zero.

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Blanket Statements, Brick and Mortar of ESG Integration

Sense and Sustainability

Dis]Comfort Blanket It is this similar spirit behind our laser focus on disclosure and reporting that has forced the co-Chair of the UNEP Inquiry Simon Zadek to remark that “we moved from “if you want to manage it, measure it” to “if you are clueless what to do, then measuring it is a good comfort blanket.”

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