Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Republican legislators had submitted a proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change Two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, voted with Republicans “I just signed this veto because the legislation passed by the Congress would put at risk the retirement savings […]

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Co-authors Jenna Hutchen and MJ Robertson discuss how their latest research in interdisciplinary forest science led to a topology of Knowledge Exchange practices. Managing forests is not as simple as growing or cutting down trees. Global forest management is the complex interplay of government policies and directives, cultural and spiritual values, stakeholder perspectives, and efforts […]

The issue is Banco de Bogotá’s first sustainable, subordinated bond issued in the international market IDB Invest will lead the investment with an $80 million subscription As part of the bond issuance process, IDB Invest advised Banco de Bogotá in the design of the methodological framework for the use of funds IDB Invest and Banco […]

IPCC, or the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, delivers scientific reports on the state of our climate – and its new synthesis report is out now. It summarises three important publications from 2021/2022, on the physical science basis; on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and on mitigation of climate change. Since the first publication in […]

Today, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has published its Synthesis Report, the final part of its Sixth Assessment cycle. The synthesis report gives an overview of the state of knowledge on climate change, highlighting new developments since the previous synthesis report in 2014. The European Commission welcomes the report and reaffirms its […]

by Gael O’Brien How can managers (or anyone) increase their ability to thrive amid 2023’s uncertainties and business challenges? It turns out the answer may be science-based: the result of more than eight decades of longitudinal research by the Harvard Study of Adult Development. The key is the quality of your relationships – which means […]

The bid values the green energy unit at $2.3 billion The proposal marks the first time an Indian state-run company has bid for a renewable energy firm NTPC has earmarked investments of more than $30 billion in the next 10 years to raise the share of non-fossil energy in its portfolio to 45% from the […]

New target is focused on supporting environmental, decarbonization and social activities as part of the Bank’s broader ESG Strategy In 2017, TD was the first major Canadian bank to set a financial target of C$100 billion to be deployed by 2030 toward low-carbon lending, financing, asset management and internal corporate programs “Mobilizing sustainable finance is a […]

To reach climate neutrality in Europe by mid-century, we need to invest in making our electricity grids sustainable and emission-free, while boosting European green industry. Batteries are a key part of that challenge. For our industry to remain competitive and innovative, we need a domestic manufacturing base for lithium-ion batteries and other energy storage solutions. […]