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TNFD Names New Co-Chair

Chris Hall

She replaces Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, who stepped down from the role in March due to the “growing demands of her responsibilities” as Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the taskforce said.

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ESG Explainer: Walking the Walk on Plastic Packaging

Chris Hall

Packaging makes up around one third of the municipal waste generated annually in the European Union and the US, says WBCSD, with the cost of adverse environmental effects caused by plastic packaging valued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at around at US$40 billion. What actions are governments taking?

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Sustainable capitalism resists short-term thinking and endeavors to maximize long-term economic value creation. This economic model is designed to increase the human capacity to deal with shocks (climate disasters, supply chain interruptions, etc). The resilience economy.