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New EFRAG-GRI MoU Enhances Sustainability Reporting in Europe

New cooperation agreement reached, as GRI-ESRS Interoperability Index is made publicly available Following a successful partnership between EFRAG and GRI over the past three years, a new Memorandum of Understanding has been signed, which substantiates the benefits of the alignment achieved between the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the GRI Standards and commits the […]

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Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?

It’s a common experience. Too much caffeine, anxiety, or insomnia muddled your sleep, keeping you tossing all night. But whatever the cause, the result is the same: The next morning, you feel beat up, achy pain pestering your head, lower back, or joints. It makes no intuitive sense. How can poor sleep cause pain? But […]

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EU Proposes Comprehensive Forest Monitoring to Boost Resilience

The Commission is proposing a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base, to allow Member States, forest owners and forest managers to improve their response to growing pressures on forests and strengthen forest resilience. Forests are an essential ally in the fight against climate change and […]

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A case for the ‘beautiful, troubling’ complexity of art

For some people, ethics or aesthetics alone can determine the value of a work of art. Quinn White thinks they’re missing the bigger picture. “It seems a bit reductive,” the assistant professor of philosophy said Monday during a discussion at the Safra Center titled “Beautiful, Troubling Art: A Defense of Non-Summative Judgments.” “It demands that […]

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The Swifting ESG Landscape: Why Taylor Swift is the New “T” in ESG

ESG was born out of a pretty simple idea. There are Environmental, Social, and Governance factors that can have a profound impact on a company. These non-financial issues can have a financial impact on the company, but it goes well beyond risks. Understanding these outside forces well can represent an opportunity for a company.  But […]

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Why so many blue-collar workers drifted away from Democratic Party

There were at least 37 United Steelworker halls in western Pennsylvania at one point in the 1960s. “Some of them were quite beautiful,” said recent graduate Lainey Newman ’21, co-author of the newly released “Rust Belt Union Blues: Why Working-Class Voters are Turning Away from the Democratic Party.” One of the most impressive was in […]

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Saudi Fund Supports Sustainable Development in Africa with $580M Funding

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Sultan Al-Marshad, signed 14 new development loan agreements worth $580m with 12 African ministers to fund projects in Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania at Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference in Riyadh. SFD CEO also signed a […]

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USDA Forest Service Proposes to Allow Carbon Capture Projects on National Forests

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow the agency to consider proposals for potential carbon capture and sequestration projects on national forests and grasslands. This proposal would harmonize the framework between the federal government’s two largest land managers by aligning with regulatory structures already established […]

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 The Coca-Cola Company launches 100% recycled plastic bottles in Canada

Beloved beverages including Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta in 500mL bottles will be made with 100% recycled plastic bottles*, saving 7.6 million pounds of new plastic in 2024 alone Today, The Coca-Cola Company is announcing that all its 500mL sparkling beverage bottles in Canada will be made with 100% recycled plastic* (*excluding caps and labels) by early 2024. This marks the […]

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DHL signs 668 million liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel deal to replace fossil jet fuel

Seven-year agreement will provide 668 million liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to replace fossil jet fuel Will enable DHL to reduce approx. 1.7 million tonnes of CO2e on a lifecycle basis, equivalent to operating DHL’s Americas aviation network carbon neutrally for one year Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificates (SAFc) will play a pivotal role in DHL’s […]

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