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Investors Continue to Push for Sustainability Data
The incoming administration has suggested it will take a sharp turn away from President Obama’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, causing uncertainty regarding the factors that have made energy strategy a top priority among businesses in ... View More
ESG Ratings – Quo Vadis?
The ESG ratings industry is in full transition. Driven by demand from institutional investors and the awakening of the retail investment market, asset managers increasingly consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues an integral part o... View More
Duke Energy Directs $1.4M Toward Wildlife Habitat, Land Conservation
This week, Duke Energy Carolinas announced that it will invest nearly $1.4 million to help protect wildlife habitat and land conservation efforts in South Carolina into the foreseeable future. The Oconee County Conservation Bank will benefit from $61... View More
New 'Clean' Line of Campbell’s Soups Aims to Encourage Small, Healthy Daily Choices
In a bid to reposition itself as a producer of convenient natural products, Campbell Soup Company is set to launch Well Yes!, a pivotal “clean” canned soup line, with a corresponding campaign that encourages consumers to make small, healthy daily... View More
Carbon Trust, World Bank Team Up to Combat Climate Change, One SME at a Time
Earlier this year, the World Bank announced a fundamental shift in its role of alleviating global poverty, by refocusing its financing efforts towards tackling climate change through the lens of SMEs. Last month, the group launched a new Climate Busi... View More
HSBC To Launch New Sustainable Finance Unit
UK banking giant HSBC has announced plans to form a new dedicated sustainable finance unit in response to rising client interest in the sector. The new unit, which will sit within the bank’s global banking and markets division, aims to act as a cen... View More
When the Board Is on Board: Steering the Organization Towards Sustainability Leadership
Boards are the last great sustainability frontier. They set the sustainability tone at the top, which then cascades throughout the company. It is essential for boards of directors to be engaged in the sustainability agenda. They define the long-term ... View More
#BusinessCase: How Companies Are Redefining the Source of Business Value
According to a new Pure Strategies study, several billion was earned in 2015 from the sustainability efforts of 153 survey respondents, signaling a new way of defining sources of business value. Taking inspiration from sustainability’s positive per... View More
IKEA to Invest Over €3B to Ensure Stable Supply of Sustainable Materials
As companies and governments around the world are working to meet climate goals set out by the Paris Agreement, the IKEA Group’s 2016 Sustainability Report shows considerable progress towards its People & Planet Positive strategy and continued ... View More
Bill Gates & Friends Launch $1B Clean Energy Investment Fund to Fight Climate Change
On Monday, Bill Gates announced the establishment of a $1 billion investment fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, geared towards fighting climate change through clean energy innovation. ... View More
Report: 95% of Impact Investors Say Returns Meet or Exceed Expectations
A new study released by the Global Impact Invest Network (GIIN) at the opening of its two-day Investor Forum 2016 in Amsterdam this week found that impact investors reported substantial growth over the last three years ... View More
Cross-Party Group of MPs Launches Campaign to Divest Pension Funds from Fossil Fuels
A cross-party group of British MPs has launched the ‘Divest Parliament’ campaign, with the help of environmental group 350.org. ‘Divest Parliament’ aims for greater transparency on the Parliamentary Pension Fund’s £589 million investments ... View More
Shell Considering Linking Executive Bonuses to GHG Emissions Management
Coming off a string of apparent strides toward recognizing the benefits of sustainability – including ratifying a shareholder resolution that commits the company to investing in a low-carbon future, earning a place on the Dow Jones Sustainability I... View More
European Commission Releases New Clean Energy Package, But Is It Enough?
Yesterday, the European Commission (EC) announced it will begin phasing out coal subsidies and reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 under a new clean energy package. ... View More
How to Use Crowdsourcing to Drive Corporate Sustainability Innovations
Earlier this month at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’16 conference, IdeaScale, Topcoder and SensisChallenges presented on the use of crowdsourcing to drive innovation and de-risk the execution of corporate sustainability initiatives. ... View More
Your Stakeholders Now Want to Understand Your Biggest Risks – and So Should You
Transparency is the new normal, driving an unprecedented need for the integration of sustainability into all aspects of business. It took activists only a few days to plaster the Internet with pictures of the collapsed Rana Plaza factory in Banglades... View More
New Program to Help London-Based SMEs Capitalize on Circular Economy
The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) - a partnership between the Mayor of London and London’s Boroughs dedicated to improving waste and resource management within the capital, with the aim of turning London into a circular city - has launch... View More
Trending: Business, Other Countries Still Plowing Forward on Renewables
Despite uncertainty as to whether the U.S. will continue to play a part in global renewable energy adoption and fossil fuel reduction, business and other countries’ governments continue to ride the wave of commitments that have arisen from COP22 la... View More
Accurately Measuring Impacts of Sustainability Investments Needed Now More Than Ever
On the third and final day of New Metrics ’16, Paul Herman of HIP Investor gave us a to-do list: ... View More
Scorecards, Standards and Protocols: Where the #NewMetrics Rubber Hits the Road
Day 2 of New Metrics ‘16 kicked off with a main stage presentation from Reputation Dividend director Sandra Macleod, who provided us with a broad overview of how social impact and other factors can influence brand reputation; reputation, she conten... View More
