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When it comes to social and environmental justice, words don’t cut it

GreenBiz

Because today’s stakeholders are fed up and armed with social media, and they will call a company out for greenwashing or an opportunistic antiracist tweet. But companies that espouse the "interests of all stakeholders" best take care to follow their words with action, especially when it comes to social and environmental justice.

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ESG Confessions: 5 Sustainable Finance Pros Share How They Are Grappling With the Talent Shortage, 'Greenwashing', and the 'Sucker' Stereotype | Featuring Jordan Locke, Acre

3BL Media

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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Let Experts Lead Engagement

Chris Hall

This is, presumably, what the new BlackRock and State Street stewardship programmes offer: the opportunity to have their voices heard at the companies whose business plans will make a meaningful difference to achieving global climate goals and the sustainable growth of the global economy.

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Investing Beyond ESG

Chris Hall

Investors must now apply a double materiality perspective to their sustainable investment process to ensure real economy impacts, according to Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Capital Management. Infrastructure is the essential backbone to modern economies and societies.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Sustainability trends 2023: Net-Zero roadmaps.

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Let the Climate Finance Flow

Chris Hall

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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U.S. SEC waters down its climate reporting rule under legal threats 

Corporate Knights

This rule is a floor, not a ceiling, for companies to report how their business is adapting to a global economy that is transitioning away from fossil fuels,” said Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S. Sustainable Investment Forum, in a statement.