By Sustainable Brands New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust. The climate crisis is now being felt worldwide through more frequent and powerful extreme-weather events. Companies, particularly those in high-emission industries, are major contributors to global …
This Partnership Is Set to Slash Scope 3 Emissions in the Meat Sector
By Sustainable Brands New partnership between the Meat Institute and Supplier LOCT signifies a pivotal moment in the effort to tackle the climate impacts of our food system and offers a template for other industries to follow. As the world tightens its grip on the reins of climate change, a …
Will climate change make insurance too expensive?
By Insa Wrede, DW Extreme weather events influenced by climate change are causing ever greater destruction, forcing insurers to increase their premiums where they can. What does this mean for the future? “Basically, if there is more damage, someone has to pay for it,” said Ernst Rauch, a climate expert with Munich …
The economist who puts a price tag on wild animals
By Benji Jones and Byrd Pinkerton, Vox Nature is priceless. But how much would you pay for it? Bats, the world’s only flying mammals, spend much of their lives eating. In North America, most of them chow down on insects — things like mosquitos, moths, and leafhoppers. They can catch as many …
Canada’s parliament grills bank CEOs on climate policy in rare meeting
Reuters TORONTO, June 13 (Reuters) – The CEOs of Canada’s big five banks on Thursday reassured members of parliament about their commitment to fighting climate change, but said reducing funding for fossil fuel extraction would take time and more works need to be done to reach net zero emissions. In …
Climate finance for adaptation needs a clear destination
By Mark Chandler, EuroNews The least the international community can do is fully and strategically finance climate adaptation to provide the best possible protection against climate hazards and risks, Mark Chandler writes. How do you know when a small-scale farmer in Africa, Latin America or Asia has sufficiently adapted to …
Can carbon offsets actually work? The Biden administration thinks so.
By Joseph Winters, Grist New guidelines aim to restore confidence in the controversial climate solution. On Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled new guidelines on “responsible participation” in the voluntary carbon market, or VCM — the system that allows companies to say they’ve canceled out their greenhouse gas emissions through the …
Big Lessons for Sustainable Finance from Financial Economic Crime
By Kevin Halimi and Boris Van Bruggen, Sustainable Brands The two fields may seem wildly different; however, when it comes to conducting client due diligence and collecting data, there are clear lessons sustainable finance professionals can learn from their counterparts in financial economic crime. During the last decade, financial institutions …
Carbon pricing works, major meta-study finds
By Ulrich Von Lampe, Phys.Org Between 5 and 21% emission reductions: this is the empirically measured effect of carbon pricing systems in their first few years of operation. A research team now identifies these findings for 17 real-world climate policies around the globe, condensing the state of knowledge more comprehensively …
International Debt Is Strangling Developing Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change, a New Report Shows
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News Many small island nations which contributed little to climate change now must borrow money to rebuild after climate-induced storms. The debt service they’re carrying hinders their ability to invest in new adaptive infrastructure before the next storms hit. Small island developing countries are increasingly …