This report examines on-going challenges for aligning land-use policy with biodiversity, climate, and food objectives and the opportunities to enhance the sustainability of land-use systems. It looks at six countries with relatively large agricultural and forestry sectors and associated greenhouse gas emissions, many of which also host globally important biodiversity.
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) highlighted that two new policies integrating inclusive green economy principles have been approved in Mongolia and Peru.
New report published today at event in Berlin co-hosted by the UN Secretary’s Task Force for Digital Financing of the SDGs, SDSN and the Green Digital Finance Alliance for the first time ever take stock of the number of fintechs innovating on sustainability. The data shows that between 4 to 5 percent of the total number of fintechs in Germany are innovating on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Recent research by CDSB and WBCSD has found 40 ESG issues key to corporate sustainability, including 10 emergent issues. Here we present the findings of the research and offer helpful tips to companies on how they can better report against them.
The projected quadrupling of global GDP by 2060 presents both tremendous risks and opportunities for the sustainable management of natural capital. Embracing a circular economy model presents great potential for economic growth, with an estimated US$4.5 trillion business opportunity. However, the degradation of natural capital threatens the ecosystem services on which more than 40 percent of total world employment, or 1.2 billion jobs, depend directly, along with billions more jobs with indirect linkages to natural capital. In this blog, we feature some of our latest resources that illustrate the role green industry can play in strengthening the sustainable management of natural capital.
On 13 January 2020 (10am PST/1pm EST), GreenBiz is holding a webcast to mark the release of the "State of Green Business 2020" report. The report looks at key trends and metrics assessing how, and how much, companies are moving the needle on the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. The report is produced in partnership with Trucost, part of S&P Global, and covers the performance on the biggest publicly traded U.S. companies (S&P 500) and global players (S&P Global 1200).