Australia Leads the Way on Deforestation, And That’s a Potential Risk for Investors
Deforestation is a growing risk for investors, and WWF Australia suggests a push for ‘Deforestation-free beef’ could reduce land clearing
Category: Sustainable-Economy
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How to solve the Great-Toilet-Paper-Crisis with social enterprise
Who-Gives-a-Crap have combined the subscription model with social enterprise to deliver toilet paper, and it’s working!
The best social-impact and business podcasts
A list of the best social impact podcast shows, as well as a few of my favourite general business and investment podcasts thrown in for good measure.
The Perils of Measurement
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it, as they say. But now that quantifying everything has become the norm, we need to question the metrics we’re using.
Shifting Power – at the Impact Investment Summit 2019
There was smoke in the air as we arrived on day one of the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific 2019. Climate change is no longer an abstract concept, it’s a clear and present danger, so we had to get to work.
The future of work is… purpose! Says Radek Sali
Impact comes in many different forms, but what’s often overlooked is the positive impact that flows from ensuring your staff are working with purpose.
SOCAP recap 2019
SOCAP stands for Social Capital Markets, as they say, it’s the intersection of money and meaning. So, on one level it’s an impact-investing conference, but it’s a lot more than that.
Sustainability is the only legacy that matters
The future is created by the decisions we make today. We have a chance to craft a legacy for our generation that will be told in stories and holograms for centuries to come.
Should governments pick winners? with Dr Sarah Pearson & Mariana Mazzucato
Should governments pick winners? These two public service experts certainly think so: Dr Sarah Pearson and Mariana Mazzucato.
Who cares about the SDGs?
Everybody cares about the SDGs, and there’s now a growing list of companies and governments who are declaring their sustainability credentials, and their social and environmental impacts, using the United Nations’ SDGs as a framework.
Pension funds & PRI driving the investment case for sustainability goals
For institutional investors the SDGs are a pragmatic guide to risk and opportunity. They don’t just help to future-proof capital allocations, they offer a huge boost to achieving the United Nation’s sustainability goals.
The UN Global Compact, where business and human rights come together
It was raining on the first day of the UN General Assembly week in New York. First Avenue had been closed to traffic and the main pedestrian crossing had been painted with a bright LGBT rainbow. Wailing sirens filled the air as motorcades of black SUVs roared passed.
