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Report: ‘Turning Point’ for Green Bond Impact Reporting Standards
Impact reporting by green bond funds saw a transformational rise in standards over the past year.
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- Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: ESG Data Can Keep Businesses Accountable, but Only if It Can Be Trusted
ESG data will be vital in painting a picture of how and where industries are succeeding – or failing – in the battle to reach net zero.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- data, ESG, greenwashing
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How Timberland, Vans, VF Corporations Are Making Sure Their Cotton Isn’t ‘Greenwashed’
VF Corp., which owns Timberland, Vans and The North Face, bought the first-ever verified regenerative cotton crop in Haiti earlier this year with the help of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Your Thinking About ESG is All Wrong. Here’s What it’s Really About
Blaine Townsend, director of Bailard Wealth Management says attacks on ESG lean heavily on false economics and myths.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- data, ESG, governance, greenwashing
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Preparing Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future
Confronting the world’s vast energy and climate challenges can be daunting, but a new generation of innovative entrepreneurs are developing the skills to tackle this threat head-on. Sandra Draheim at the William Davidson Institute (WDI) argues that business case studies are a key teaching tool for these young leaders. She shares nine energy and climate-related case studies from WDI Publishing (available at 50% off through March 31), and invites readers to take part in WDI's Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition, which offers cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 to the three winners.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Transportation
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U.S. Sustainable Investing Assets Plunge by More Than US $8 Trillion
A new report says a greenwashing crackdown by the U.S. SEC is partly driving massive reassessment of ESG assets.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, greenwashing
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ESG Fund Chaos Angers Investors as Greenwashing Concerns Mount
The asset management units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA are adding to a tidal wave of ESG fund downgrades.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, greenwashing
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Leading ‘Sustainable’ Investment Funds Backing Fossil Fuels, Research Finds
“Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management”, Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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