This is the second in a six-part series examining decarbonization practices in the health care industry. The first column details the importance and value of integrating sustainability and ESG principles…
Since the beginning of 2024, activist investors have filed at least 54 shareholder resolutions calling on companies to report their climate lobbying or political spending — including through trade associations…
Sustainability experts view climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water scarcity, food security and water pollution as increasingly severe challenges, according to the latest GlobeScan/ERM survey. By Tove Malmqvist June 27,…
This article is sponsored by Pure Strategies. All successful corporate climate efforts rely on effective supplier engagement programs. Yet many companies flounder in their efforts to create such programs for…
Business leaders, investors and mayors have teamed up on an initiative designed to encourage governments to produce ambitious climate plans ahead of a crucial U.N. deadline early next year. The…
Miscalculating social and environmental risks in mergers and acquisitions can lower deal prices or result in litigation, according to experts speaking at the GreenFin 24 conference in New York. (The…
Established by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) in 2006, the Living Building Challenge (LBC), the preeminent certification program for "regenerative" buildings, covers seven building performance areas including the typical…
One hundred years of deals have made borrowing costs "much, much lower" and amount of money "still much much higher" for fossil fuel projects than those for renewable power plants…
This is the second article in a six-part series examining how carbon markets can catalyze the transition to a green economy. The first article describes how carbon markets can be reimagined…
Corporations and investors are doing a first-rate job of investing in clean energy, according to Paul Bodnar, director of sustainable finance, industry and diplomacy at the Bezos Earth Fund. But…
Salesforce has committed $25 million to Frontier, a corporate buyers group founded by Alphabet, Meta, Shopify and Stripe that pledged $1 billion by 2030 for carbon removal purchases. The move,…
CRH, the international supplier of construction material, estimates $13.9 billion (about 40 percent) of its 2023 revenue came from products with "enhanced sustainability attributes." That includes products made from recycled…
