Navigating Nearshoring: An Evolution in Resilient Manufacturing

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By Misha Govsteyn, Sustainable Brands By shortening supply chains, optimizing resource utilization and reducing waste, nearshoring enhances economic resilience and embodies a shift towards a more sustainable and environmentally conscious approach to manufacturing. As a strategic imperative in the face of global supply chain disruptions, the nearshoring (or reshoring) movement has emerged as a viable …

The Global 100 List: How the World’s Most Sustainable Corporations are Driving the Green Transition

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By Shawn Mccarthy, Corporate Knights Now in its 20th year, the Global 100 ranking reveals that corporate leaders ?are pouring more of their revenues into sustainable investments than ever As 2023 came to a close, the World Meteorological Organization declared it to be the hottest year on record. One week …

Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders: 10 Measures to Close the Emissions-Reduction Gap

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Sustainable Brands New WEF report finds a 600-gigaton gap in national emissions-reduction ambitions and policies that must be closed to keep 1.5°C target alive, and outlines 10 ways for businesses and governments to accelerate decarbonization and close this gap. The Alliance for CEO Climate Leaders, a CEO-led community facilitated by the World …

Four Trends Shaping Sustainable Finance’s Future in 2024

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By Eugene Ellmen, Corporate Knights Will banks keep cheerleading fossil fuels while renewable stocks make a comeback? Eugene Ellmen shares his finance forecast. Temperature records were broken month after month in 2023, pushing governments around the globe to promise to triple their renewable-energy capacity and transition away from fossil fuels …

Cop28: Second Draft Text of Climate Deal Calls for ‘Transitioning Away’ from Fossil Fuels

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By Adam Morton, The Guardian Latest draft does not include a commitment to phase out or phase down fossil fuels, as many countries, civil society groups and scientists have urged. A new draft climate agreement released at the Cop28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates has for the first time explicitly …

First Roadmap for Financiers Implementing a ‘Just Transition’ Launched at COP28

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By Sustainable Brands The new guidance will support the global financial sector in embedding just-transition practices in their operations to ensure a climate transition that leaves no one behind. Sunday at COP28 in Dubai, UNEP FI and the International Labor Organisation (ILO) released Just Transition Finance: Pathways for Banking and Insurance — the first roadmap for the financial sector …