Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

We’re thrilled to announce that our 2022 Spotlight Virtual Issue is now available to read! Starting in 2021, the Journal of Applied Ecology Senior Editors select a collection of articles from the previous publication volume to showcase important new research from the Global South. These articles are free to read for the year so that […]

The European Commission launched a call for applications with a view to selecting organisations to be appointed as additional members for the ETS2 implementation of the Commission expert group on climate change policy. The call for applications will remain open until 2 May 2023. The expert group already has a formation for the ETS2 implementation, which […]

Bain & Company announced that Karan Singh has been appointed Asia Pacific head of Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R) practice effective April 1. Based in New Delhi, Karan was one of the founding partners who helped establish Bain’s India business in 2006 and has more than 20 years of management consulting experience across Asia, Europe and the United […]

In just two years since launching, One Million Black Women has deployed more than $2.1 billion in investment capital and over $23 million in philanthropic capital to 137 organizations, companies and projects across the country.  The initiative, which is guided by an advisory council of Black leaders from across the country in partnership with Black women-led organizations, […]

CSRHub recently learned about an extensive analysis of US grocery store ESG performance that was conducted by Ratio Institute.  Their “2022 ESG State of the Industry” Report covers the 107 largest grocery chains.  It consistently evaluated 127 ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) criteria across both 62 publicly-owned and 45 privately-owned entities.

We are launching a public consultation to gather people’s views on the EU’s intermediary climate target for 2040, setting a path from our already-agreed 2030 targets  to net-zero emissions by 2050. You can answer the public consultation here. It will run for twelve weeks, until 24 June 2023.  Why are we launching this public consultation?  Climate change […]

Shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize 2022 In their latest research, Kieran Gething and colleagues use a citizen science habitat survey to predict the richness and rarity of invertebrate communities in frequently inundated river sediments in order to guide monitoring and management of these dynamic habitats. River channels and their surrounding areas are dynamic ecosystems […]

Ecologists have mused over the mechanisms that structure plant communities for centuries. One such mechanism is negative density dependence, which has been proposed as a an important promoter of tree species diversity across plant communities. However, most negative density-dependence studies to date have focused on the roles played by insects and fungal pathogens. Less attention […]

The project will supply enough green energy for 1.3 million UK homes Off the Norfolk coast, East Anglia Three will be the world’s second largest windfarm Over 2,300 jobs will be supported during the construction of the windfarm ScottishPower, one of the UK’s largest green energy developers and part of the Iberdrola group, has formalised […]

Initiatives Will Increase Offshore Wind Output, Prioritize Wind Energy Partnerships, and Create 15,000 Jobs Governor Wes Moore announced major offshore wind energy initiatives to build a more economically competitive state. To move Maryland toward achieving its 100% clean energy goal by 2035, Governor Moore announced that Maryland will significantly increase its offshore wind output and […]