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SMEs Can Turn Ambition Into Action With SAP Product Footprint Management for Clean Operations

3BL Media

What’s more, investors are now going beyond “negative screening” and actively backing businesses that are leaders in sustainability, in pursuit of above-market returns. The low-cost, low-effort solution streamlines and simplifies carbon management, from raw materials and production to consumption, waste prevention, and recycling.

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Take Five: Future-proofing to the Fore

Chris Hall

Parallel performance In time, the need to restock Europes military may even challenge one of the most fundamental and longstanding tenets of sustainable investing: negative screening of controversial weapons. The fact that ten days have been scheduled, rather than the three needed in Rome for COP16.2,

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List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight

Corporate Knights

The Clean200 uses negative screens. The data set is developed through assessment of a company’s revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy , sourced from Corporate Knights research. To be eligible, a company must earn more than 10% of total revenues from clean sources.

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Decreased operational costs Sustainable investments often lead to more efficient operations, particularly in terms of energy use, water consumption, and waste management. Negative screening This is the process of excluding certain sectors, companies, or practices from a portfolio based on specific ESG criteria.

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Clean 200 list shows sustainable companies on path to dominate global economy

Corporate Knights

The Clean200 uses negative screens. The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research.

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These 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023

Corporate Knights

The Clean200 uses negative screens. The data set is developed through assessment of a company’s revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the  Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy , primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research.

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ESG Investing Needs to Expand Its Definition of Materiality

Stanford Social Innovation

In its most simplified form, ESG investing is “negative screening”—not investing in companies with harmful practices or actively engaging company leadership to change those practices—whereas impact investing refers to investments made with the intention to create measurable positive impact alongside financial return.