By Lisa Richwine, Reuters LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Oscar winner George Clooney and other top Hollywood stars have offered $150 million to the SAG-AFTRA actors union as part of a proposal to end the actors’ strike as it nears its 100th day. Their offer, confirmed by Clooney’s spokesperson …
Connecting the Dots: Digital Tools Helping Companies Tackle Scope 3 Emissions
By Max Winograd, Sustainable Brands Quantifying scope 3 is undeniably daunting. But the Partnership for Carbon Transparency is working to create the ‘internet for emissions data’ — which would set a common framework for all organizations to seamlessly connect, exchange and derive insights from emissions data. When it comes to …
California to Require Big Firms to Reveal Carbon Emissions in First Law of its Kind
By Dharna Noor, The Guardian Measure signed into law by Gavin Newsom on Saturday is strong blueprint for national climate accountability, experts say. A groundbreaking California law will force large companies doing business in the state – including major global corporations – to disclose their planet-heating carbon emissions. The measure, signed into …
We are Being Poisoned Every Day, so Why Do We Keep Voting for More pollution? Ask a Lobbyist
By George Monbiot, The Guardian The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life There are some things we rightly find intolerable, such as the possession of poorly trained, aggressive dogs. There are other things, whose impacts are many thousands …
Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral:’ Refining Corporate Carbon-Credit Claims
By George Favaloro, Sustainable Brands With the explosive growth of the voluntary carbon market came concerns around carbon-reduction claims lacking clarity or being misleading. Several refined claims frameworks have emerged to bridge these gaps. Historically, companies relied on carbon credits to bolster claims of Carbon and Climate Neutrality; using these …
At Long Last, There’s a Metric for Quantifying the Monetary Value of Sustainability Investments
By Tom Idle, Sustainable Brands Astanor Ventures’ Impact Multiple on Investment methodology translates the expected and realized benefits of invested-in products or services into monetary terms — helping investors make more informed, strategic decisions. Anybody working in sustainability is only too aware how crucial impact measurement is to maintaining performance. …
Landmark Report Sets Out 7 Steps for Embedding Nature, Equity Goals into Global Financial Activity
By Aldo Nestares, Sustainable Brands The Taskforce on Nature Markets asserts an unprecedented shift towards accurately pricing nature in global markets must occur to deliver on nature, climate and equity goals. On Thursday, at the Amazon Summit in Belém, Brazil, the Taskforce on Nature Markets launched its Making Nature Markets Work recommendations report — detailing how an unprecedented …
Green Investment Boom and Electric Car Sales: Six Key Things About Biden’s Climate Bill
By Oliver Milman, The Guardian The $369bn Inflation Reduction Act has boosted clean energy and EV cars, but the politics remain difficult The US’ first serious legislative attempt to tackle the climate crisis, the Inflation Reduction Act, is hitting its first anniversary both lauded for turbocharging a seismic shift to …
Absolute Poverty Rises Amid Debt Distress and Corruption
By Frank Vogl, Other News New humanitarian approaches are vital instead of IMF austerity Nine Kenyans were killed and more than 300 were arrested by the police in recent protests over what many Kenyans view as draconian government economic policies. In Lebanon, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – …
The Profiteers of Armageddon
By William D. Hartung, Other News Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released a new film about Robert Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb” …