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We are entering a new era, one in which companies are less able to hide behind their pronouncements and good intentions.
by Joel Makower
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Beyond ESG and investing, or even green bonds, there are worldchanging possibilities.
by Joel Makower
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GreenBiz's newest event focuses on the Wild West of ESG investing and sustainable finance.
by Joel Makower
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The importance of corporate reporting is rising amid companies’ efforts to assess, quantify and communicate climate risk, various ESG metrics and progress toward net-zero and other goals.
by Joel Makower
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It’s no longer just about “What business is doing to the climate.” It’s also about “What the climate is doing to business.”
by Joel Makower
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When the cost of money is tied to a company’s sustainability performance: Game on.
by Joel Makower
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A new partnership finally offers the tantalizing prospect of harmonization between two competing frameworks.
by Joel Makower
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Money is pouring into ESG investments because they produce higher short- and long-term yields and are seen as less risky during turbulent times. A no-brainer? Not if you’re the Trump administration.
by Joel Makower
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Investments based on sustainability criteria are on a sharp rise. It's a dynamic and confusing world. CSOs should rejoice.
by Joel Makower
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The world of ESG is growing by leaps and bounds among big companies and mainstream investors. But the metrics — and the impacts — are still inconclusive.
by Joel Makower
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Even when companies 'check the boxes' for ESG, they still face risks from climate change.
by Joel Makower
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The IPCC analysis, and another report from the International Energy Agency, paint a stark picture about what it will take to keep global warming within acceptable limits. Are we up to the task?
by Joel Makower
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The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. In this episode: How American businesses, from WWF to Ceres to Microsoft to Ingersoll Rand, are still proving their commitments to the Paris Agreement's climate goals.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode, how to get suppliers to act on climate, educating consumers about the circular economy and clean power for circular cities.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode, what we learned from 2017's stormy seas, thinking out of the box with edible packaging and Boston stirs the pot with innovation.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode, investors mobilize for climate action, companies turn a new leaf on deforestation and why the hottest business trends are circular.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode: Trump postpones Paris exit; businesses push for Energy Star and combine purchasing power through a renewable buyer's alliance.
by Joel Makower
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An interview with Bonnie Nixon, the consortium's new executive director, on what the group is doing and where it's headed.
by Joel Makower
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The retail giant’s sustainability dreams don’t appear to have diminished, though it's clear the company has been humbled by the fiendish complexity of all it has set out to do.
by Joel Makower
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The co-directors of Walmart's Sustainability Consortium, one key plank of the company's larger Sustainability Index, explain how the group will work -- and what companies get for the six-figure price of admission.
by Joel Makower
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Now that Walmart has finally unveiled its audacious Sustainability Index, it's time to take a more sober assessment of what's really going on here. In short, there is both more and less going on here than meets the eye.
by Joel Makower
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Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott announced today that his company, long a target of activists of pretty much every stripe, was going to be paying a lot closer attention to the environmental and labor standards of its overseas supply chain. What in Sam’s name is going on here?
by Joel Makower