By Rach Colling A new science-policy study from EFI sets out how forest-related biodiversity could be included in the EU Taxonomy, to help encourage sustainable investments in forests. The EU Taxonomy Regulation creates a common set of indicators and criteria to classify sustainable commercial activities and investments. While forest-related activities
Our planet has been plagued by socio-economic instability, record temperatures and deepening inequalities, worsened by crises and emergencies. The world has witnessed a stagnation in progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with only 15 per cent of targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track
Europe needs smart investments to strengthen disaster resilience, adaptation and finance response to disaster and climate risks, say new reports on the Economics for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness, released by the World Bank and the European Commission today. Europe is warming faster than any other continent and is highly vulnerable to
At the Clean Cooking Summit organized by the International Energy Agency (IEA), TotalEnergies announced its ambition of giving 100 million people in Africa and India access to clean cooking by 2030. TotalEnergies will therefore invest more than $400 million in the development of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. In
Close to 60 countries, as well as companies and development institutions, gather in Paris to channel unprecedented resources towards addressing a challenge affecting huge numbers of women and children The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in Africa who
re.green and Microsoft re.green has finalized its largest carbon removal (CDR) project to date. re.green will deliver approximately 3 million tons of carbon removal credits over a 15-year period through the restoration of forests using solely native species, encompassing the planting of at least 10.7 million seedlings. This offtake agreement
Broadening our ambition in greenhouse gas reduction Standard Chartered enhances net zero roadmap with commitment to deliver methane (CH4) emissions reduction target. A methane target aligns with Standard Chartered’s focus on reducing carbon dioxide-related (CO2) financed emissions and supports the companies ambition to be net zero by 2050. The Group has
By Niccolo Conte | Article/Editing: Dorothy Neufeld The World’s Richest Countries Across 3 Metrics This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. How do you measure the economic success of a country? By one classic measure,
By Simon Jessop, Reuters A global insurance coalition intended to help curb the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions has relaunched with a new name and weaker membership requirements in response to companies fleeing over allegations of collusion by Republican politicians in the United States. The Net Zero Insurance Alliance The insurance group,
Story by Mary Foley, Forbes Recent news coverage of corporate sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives has focused on a handful of sweeping reforms that will have a truly global impact. These include instruments such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in Europe, the U.S.
