Asian businesses have ‘strong intentions’ on decarbonisation, but face challenges, report finds
Asian firms boast strong intentions when it comes to implementing decarbonisation measures in their businesses, but face a number of hurdles.
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‘Library of greening’ can enable towns and cities to learn from each other on sustainability
The RECLAIM Network Plus initiative, which provides a central database for towns and cities looking to mitigate the impacts of climate change, has won new funding for the development of what it describes as a ‘library of greening’.
‘Water stress’ to weigh on businesses, governments in coming years: report
Climate change is likely to force many countries to modify how they use resources, particularly water, a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence has found.
62% of firms say wildfires, floods and storms will impact their environmental initiatives
More than six in ten businesses around the world (62%) has said that storms, floods and wildfires are likely to have a material impact on their environmental initiatives, a study by Honeywell has found.
Private equity firms ‘uniquely positioned’ to drive sustainable change, says report
Private equity firms are ‘uniquely positioned’ to instigate change on a variety of sustainability topics, a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found.
GHG emissions could be reduced by 31% through plant-based adoption: study
Substituting 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 has the potential to decrease agriculture and land use-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31%, preventing the degradation of forests and natural land, according to recent research.
Climate policies set to keep temperature increases ‘well below 2°C’, says IPR
A study of global climate policies, both currently under way and on the horizon, suggests temperature increases are likely to…
Improving sustainability of tourism industry needs to be a key focus, says UNWTO
The tourism industry needs to build a “more sustainable sector for people, planet and prosperity”, Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the…
COP28 president-delegate calls for ‘new era’ in climate finance
COP28 president-delegate Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber has said that the private sector needs to play an important role in ushering in a new era for sustainable climate finance.
Only 13% of executives say sustainability is ‘deeply embedded’ in their company culture
Just 13% of company executives in the US say that sustainability is ‘deeply embedded’ into their firm’s cultural DNA, with the majority in the ‘early to middle’ stages of developing a sustainability culture, a study has found.