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Sofidel: “Visionary” Entrepreneurs and Managers

3BL Media

Read more about topics related to environmental and social sustainability, themes and projects close to us in terms of culture and corporate modus operandi on our Soft&Green blog. According to Polman, companies should put themselves on the front line and support governments that cannot solve these problems alone.

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Take Five: Speed Trap

Chris Hall

Those undecided between maintaining dialogue and divesting – on financial or ethical grounds – might benefit from reading a new analysis commissioned by UK asset owner Border to Coast. The announcement last week of a consultation on the sector’s role in Britain’s net zero transition only added to its challenges.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2 Climate change was also the most important ESG issue for asset managers, addressed across US$3.4 trillion in assets under management. trillion AUM, making it the fourth most common criteria.

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Take Five: No Magic Green Wand

Chris Hall

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  In the week 1.5 °C C became a reality, policymakers remained focused on short-term considerations.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

While at Tufts University, from which he received a bachelor’s in international relations and economics, Dowd was involved with the school’s fossil fuels divestment campaign and interned in the Obama White House. Resch sees her common career thread as what she calls "social sustainability.". Secretary-General. At the U.N.

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