How the climate crisis will crash the economy

The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before the western United States became a regional inferno, even before the Midwest U.S. became a summertime flood zone, even before an annual hurricane season so bad that the government is running out of names to attach to them, even before Colorado saw a 100 degrees Fahrenheit…

Nestlé Invests Millions in New Sustainable Packaging Initiatives

Nestlé began ramping up efforts to reach the company’s 2025 sustainable packaging goals. This includes investing millions of dollars in a fund that supports the transition from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics in the US. By 2025, Nestlé aims to make all of their packaging recyclable or reusable, and to reduce its use of…

Carbon pricing works, and this proves it

Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly, it’s obvious; however, there is perhaps a tiny chance that what happens in practice might be something else. In a newly published paper, we set out the results of the…

What does ‘climate risk’ actually mean?

If you stick around the world of sustainable business long enough, you’re sure to see an immutable march of memes — terms that rise up and become popularized, often without agreed-upon definitions. Then, over time, they become used, and overused, to the point where they lose much of their meaning. Or, at least, they can…

We Need Safe Water to Fight COVID-19 — And We Need to Provide It Now

Now that we have entered a moment of heightened global awareness of safe water as a cornerstone of public health and community well-being, we must join hands with others to make the investments needed to save lives.  By 2050, 5.7 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, will be living in water-scarce areas for at…

How sustainability vets align their work-life identities

As our professional colleagues in the Sustainability Veterans group expressed their sense of overwhelm and concern around the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter, we also reflected on how it relates to our lives, and vice versa. Sustainability Veterans is a group of professionals who have had leadership roles in corporate sustainability. We are now…

Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change

How much space do you think you need to grow a forest? If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature forests are springing up on patches of land in urban areas around the world, often planted by local community groups using a method inspired by Japanese temples. The idea is simple — take brownfield…

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

The key to long-term success in the fashion industry is to start trends and continually push the envelope — a philosophy that also applies to its ESG priorities. The $2.5 trillion industry accounts for about 8 percent of the world’s carbon emissions when considering the entire value chain — higher than the entire iron and…

AB’nin 2020 Döngüsel Ekonomi Eylem Planı ve İklim Değişikliği İle Mücadele

Kaynak: https://www.iklimhaber.org/abnin-2020-dongusel-ekonomi-eylem-plani-ve-iklim-degisikligi-ile-mucadele/ Yazı: BUSE ESİN Dünyada iklim değişikliğinin ciddi etkilerini yaşamayan tek bir ülke bile yok. 1990 verilerine oranla günümüzde seragazı salımı %50’den daha fazla artmış durumda. Aşırı sıcaklar ya da soğuk havalar, seller, kuraklıklar, tayfun ve kasırga gibi birçok aşırı hava olayının yaşanma sıklığının giderek arttığı zamanımızda birçok insan, iklim değişikliğinin neden olduğu acı…

Green bonds are growing bigger and broader

As the green-bond market matures, it is developing offshoots. In the last five years, we have seen shifts in the types of projects financed, as well as the emergence of innovative types of bonds and loans linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets. Together, these initiatives may broaden the market, offering more opportunities to…