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Materials & PackagingMaterials & Packaging
As Cobalt Declines, Demand-Growth Rises by 500%
As Cobalt Declines, Demand-Growth Rises by 500%
Published on June 2, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Circular initiatives may be on the rise, but an impending commodity crisis for cobalt indicates that we still haven’t learned our lesson as far as resource depletion is concerned. The ferromagnetic metal is primarily used in the preparation of magn... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
Digital Financial Infrastructure Key for Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Digital Financial Infrastructure Key for Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Published on May 31, 2017
About a 3 minute read

A new study released by the Better Than Cash Alliance has revealed how agriculture nonprofit One Acre Fund and Citi Inclusive Finance have cut payment losses and collections costs by over 80 percent for smallholder farmers in Kenya by successfully di... View More

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New Metrics
Natural Capital Impact Group Develops Single Biodiversity Metric to Help Companies Reduce Impacts
Natural Capital Impact Group Develops Single Biodiversity Metric to Help Companies Reduce Impacts
Published on May 31, 2017
About a 3 minute read

To make it easier for companies to reduce their environmental impacts, businesses such as Kering, Interserve, Mars and Asda have banded together to develop a new healthy ecosystem metric designed to support companies as they make the transition to a ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Willard: Sustainability Champions Must Learn to ‘Speak Business’
Willard: Sustainability Champions Must Learn to ‘Speak Business’
Published on May 28, 2017
About a 3 minute read

For several years now, Bob Willard, former IBM exec and current sustainability “guru,” has been working to create a resource to help sustainability champions break through to senior leadership and accelerate change within the business world. Last... View More

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Supply Chain
What about the ‘S’ in ESG? New Guidelines for Evaluating Companies’ Social Performance
What about the ‘S’ in ESG? New Guidelines for Evaluating Companies’ Social Performance
Published on May 28, 2017
About a 4 minute read

When it comes down to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, more and more investors are looking at how companies perform on human rights. Guarding long-term investments against a potential fallout from social grievances has become part ... View More

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Finance & Investment
CDP, Bank of America, Barclays Introduce World's First Investment-Grade Carbon Pricing Scheme
CDP, Bank of America, Barclays Introduce World's First Investment-Grade Carbon Pricing Scheme
Published on May 25, 2017
About a 3 minute read

While the adoption of carbon pricing is on the rise, members of the We Mean Business Coalition, including Barclays, Bank of America and Hermes Investment Management have introduced the world’s first investment-grade carbon pricing system for the po... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationCollaboration & Co-Creation
SDG Fund Strives to Improve Working for Peruvian Quinoa Producers
SDG Fund Strives to Improve Working for Peruvian Quinoa Producers
Published on May 19, 2017
About a 2 minute read

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Fund and the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Stations have revealed the results of their new program to improve working conditions of quinoa producers in the Peruvian regions of Ayacucho and Pun... View More

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Finance & Investment
'The Biggest Prosperity Opportunity in History': Joel Solomon on the ‘Clean Money Revolution’
'The Biggest Prosperity Opportunity in History': Joel Solomon on the ‘Clean Money Revolution’
Published on May 18, 2017
About a 8 minute read

By 2050, $40 trillion will change hands in North America alone – the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history – and the effects will transform the world as we know it. This is Joel Solomon’s opening gambit as he launches his passion... View More

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Finance & Investment
Bluon Energy Enlists Leonardo DiCaprio to Boost Energy Efficiency, Tackle Climate Change
Bluon Energy Enlists Leonardo DiCaprio to Boost Energy Efficiency, Tackle Climate Change
Published on May 17, 2017
About a 3 minute read

California-based startup Bluon Energy, creator of an energy-efficient replacement refrigerant for existing HVAC-R systems, has scored new investors and a board advisor to boost awareness of the role its refrigerants can play in the fight against clim... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Calls for International Carbon Pricing System
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Calls for International Carbon Pricing System
Published on May 16, 2017
About a 3 minute read

With more than 60 governments and 1,200 businesses now pricing carbon emissions, the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and a group of 200 organizations have issued a global call to action for the establishment of an international carbon pric... View More

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Community Updates
What is your water risk?
What is your water risk?
Published on May 16, 2017
About a 2 minute read

For companies, direct water costs generally represent a marginal expense which can sideline any decisions to invest in better water resource management. If we compare the risks related to water and energy, an investment to improve energy efficiency w... View More

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Community Updates
Kimberly-Clark Plans $75 Million Efficiency Upgrade at Mobile Mill
Kimberly-Clark Plans $75 Million Efficiency Upgrade at Mobile Mill
Published on May 12, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark has announced plans to build a $75 million combined heat-power plant at its Mobile mill, which they say will increase the plant's efficiency while decreasing long-term costs and emissions. The plant will generate e... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Global Opportunity Explorer Platform Brings Together Investors, Entrepreneurs to Deliver on SDGs
Global Opportunity Explorer Platform Brings Together Investors, Entrepreneurs to Deliver on SDGs
Published on May 12, 2017
About a 2 minute read

What if there was an easier way to connect revolutionary solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges with the capital needed to initiate real change? That’s exactly what the Global Opportunity Explorer sets out to do. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
S&P DJI, Trucost Release New Carbon Scorecard
S&P DJI, Trucost Release New Carbon Scorecard
Published on May 10, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Just months after launching its new S&P Green Bond Select Index, which measures the performance of green-labeled bonds that finance sustainability projects, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Trucost have announced the publication of the S&P Dow J... View More

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Finance & InvestmentCircular Economy
Closed Loop Foundation Gears Up to Boost Circular Economy Investment with New Research Initiative
Closed Loop Foundation Gears Up to Boost Circular Economy Investment with New Research Initiative
Published on May 10, 2017
About a 2 minute read

In an effort to boost capital investments geared towards recycling infrastructure and the development of the development of the circular economy, the Closed Loop Foundation has launched a new research initiative. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
The Vatican: Where Mission-Driven, For-Profit Startups Come to Grow?
The Vatican: Where Mission-Driven, For-Profit Startups Come to Grow?
Published on May 9, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Cutting-edge isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind when it comes to the capital of Catholicism — the Vatican — but Stephen Forte is gearing up to change that. The entrepreneur and Fresco Capital founder is launching a new startup accelerato... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsCollaboration & Co-Creation
Dozens of Corporates, 200+ Large Investors Urge White House to Keep Paris Promises
Dozens of Corporates, 200+ Large Investors Urge White House to Keep Paris Promises
Published on May 9, 2017
About a 3 minute read

President Trump has threatened to pull the plug on U.S. involvement of the Paris Agreement ahead of the G7 Summit in Italy later this month, spurring major companies to speak out in support of continued climate change efforts. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Calvert Foundation Launches Capital Aggregation to Catalyze Impact Investing
Calvert Foundation Launches Capital Aggregation to Catalyze Impact Investing
Published on May 4, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Global financial institution Calvert Foundation has announced a new business line, Capital Aggregation, designed to pool capital from multiple institutional and accredited investors, in the form of syndications and participations in fixed income tran... View More

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Community Updates
Kimberly-Clark Invests in Energy Efficiency at its Mobile, Alabama Mill
Kimberly-Clark Invests in Energy Efficiency at its Mobile, Alabama Mill
Published on May 1, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has approved an investment of $75 million for construction of a new on-site combined heat-power plant at its tissue mill in Mobile, Alabama. This plant, to be constructed over a two-year period, is expected to improve the f... View More

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Finance & Investment
Triodos Bank Is Taking Sustainable Banking Mainstream in the UK
Triodos Bank Is Taking Sustainable Banking Mainstream in the UK
Published on May 1, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Following the announcement of Philips’ new sustainability-driven revolving credit facility, Dutch banking group Triodos has launched a personal current account in the UK in response to a growing demand for responsible banking products. “Our new p... View More

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