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NEW YORK, November 21, 2024 /3BL/ - The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is proud to host its inaugural SocialSustainability Summit in New York City on December 13.
With heightened societal expectations and an evolving regulatory landscape, companies and their investors are increasingly motivated to address socialsustainability, the “S” in ESG. Provide other supporting materials to help investors use information from the GRESB and IWBI socialsustainability reports and tools.
By Liz Peters This holiday season, it’s not a hit movie ticket or must-have toy you should be concerned with getting your hands on: it’s a pass to IWBI’s SocialSustainability Summit in New York City. On December 13, this groundbreaking, full-day event will be solely dedicated to driving the future of socialsustainability.
In recent years, socialsustainability has gained increasing attention from businesses, consumers, regulators, and civil society. Socialsustainability means putting people first and implementing business practices that contribute to the human dimensions of sustainable development.
For more information, please see our annual Human Rights Due Diligence Report. We take a riskbased approach and pragmatic steps to rollout human rights due diligence and inform our sourcing practices from our direct suppliers to our key upstream ingredient supply chains. For more information on Cocoa Life see pages 31.
Business and financial markets information service provider Bloomberg announced today the launch of a series of indices covering sustainable finance instruments including green, social and sustainability bonds.
But, the general direction is clearthe EU wants companies who operate within its borders to capture and report sustainabilityinformation so that they can be evaluated based on their social performance. The list of indicators that must be reported is also changing.
Unlike environmental and governance issues, which are more easily defined, have an established track record of market data, and are often accompanied by robust regulation, social issues are less tangible, with less mature data to show how they can impact a company’s performance.".
Sofidel The financial industry is changing and is committed to improving transparency in the industry as well as directing practitioners toward greater integration of sustainability risks within investment processes. Indeed, an important goal is to strengthen the reliability and comparability of information.
Foundation FSSC’s FSSC 24000 SocialSustainability Management System Certification Scheme is currently being benchmarked under the SSCI’s Processing and Manufacturing scope (Social). More information on the FSSC 24000 Scheme is available on their website. Why Host Stakeholder Consultations?
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Its members have shaped public health and policy outcomes and informed our cutting-edge work in socialsustainability, while upholding the rigor and relevance of WELL and reinforcing IWBIs global leadership. More information on WELL can be found here.
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Looking forward, WELL is poised for even faster adoption, bolstered by signature partnerships, global policy advancements and an increased focus on socialsustainability. Beyond formal reporting, WELL has also been included in over 200 ESG, CSR and sustainability reports since 2018. More information on WELL can be found here.
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The sustainable finance indicators track the issuance and holdings of debt instruments with sustainability characteristics, such as green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds in the euro area, providing information on the proceeds raised to finance sustainable projects.
As human health is increasingly recognized as material to the bottom line, WELL’s holistic and research-driven approach provided a roadmap for organizations to leverage the increased interest in socialsustainability performance as an organizational differentiator, enhancing their ESG strategy and reporting.
Learn More and Apply Third-party auditing and monitoring schemes and programmes are invited to apply for SSCI Recognition and demonstrate their commitment to industry-defined expectations for supply chain sustainability. The Initiative initially focuses on social compliance with the potential to expand the scope to environmental compliance.
TD has replaced its previously undefined ESG skills with environment and socialsustainability skills, which it defines as understanding of leading practices of corporate responsibility and sustainability, including measures of environmental (including climate-related) and social performance.
We believe that companies such as Tetra Pak need to act urgently, based on the currently available information, to reduce the impacts of our value chain, to restore landscapes and to contribute to the wider transformation of food systems.” Those that don’t disclose or provided insufficient information are marked with an F.
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When did you start to see environmental and socialsustainability become more of a priority for corporations in the context of business travel? However, there’s been significant progress with groups emerging to help establish sustainability standards for the travel industry.
For more information, please visit: www.theconsumergoodsforum.com For additional information, please contact: Didier Bergeret Director, Sustainability The Consumer Goods Forum SocialSustainability (Human Rights) It is governed by its Board of Directors, which comprises more than 55 manufacturer and retailer CEOs.
Topics will include environmental and socialsustainability; leadership and best practice; healthier lives; embedding sustainability across the value chain; technology and innovation; Race to Zero; ESG and reporting; behaviour change and the consumer landscape. For more information, please visit: www.theconsumergoodsforum.com.
As a global snacking leader dedicated to making snacking right, we are determined to lead in helping to drive sector-wide transformation for more sustainable sourcing at scale. These tools will help empower farmers to measure their own environmental impact, informing and supporting future sustainable decision-making on farms.
The event will feature MainStage sessions, technical discussions and roundtables focused on equity, building health and technology, socialsustainability, artificial intelligence, the role of health leadership in government and more. More information on WELL can be found here.
However, investing in socialsustainability has several challenges, including difficult geopolitical environment in many countries, as well as a perceived lower rate of return and higher risk. These social initiatives are commercially viable, but we need to inform investors who are not familiar with the model.”
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In addition to consumer sentiment rankings for sustainability across 18 categories, the Report found that, for consumers, a combination of environmental sustainability and socialsustainability is required to influence brand reputation.
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