Category: SDGs
SDGs: Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Trends
In an extract from the Responsible Business Trends Report 2019, Ethical Corporation’s Liam Dowd says progress towards integrating the SDGs into business strategies is continuing.
New SDG Advocates sign up for ‘peace, prosperity, people’ and planet, on the road to 2030
Six new influential public figures came on board as official SDG Advocates on Thursday, committing themselves to the pursuit of the 17 goals.
SDGs: “Current assault on nature is threatening human survival – transformative change is needed”
We are not on track to meet universal goals for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
SDGs: Balancing the goals and needs of societies
The whole notion of consumerism is often read from the perspective of the western angle and this may not correctly represent what consumerism means to the rest of the world.
SDGs: An ETF To Save The World
Due to the unique way the Impact Shares ETFs are structured, every dollar invested in SDGA translates into money for economic development projects worldwide.
SDGs: What will it take to fix flailing SDG funding?
The international community is not acting fast enough to mobilize finance for the Sustainable Development Goals, experts gathered at the Financing for Development Forum told Devex.
SDGs: The fight to define Regenerative Agriculture
Changes of this nature to farming practices could help U.S. agriculture draw down 250 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
SDGs: HSBC and Walmart launch green finance program
The retailer has promised to cut one gigaton of carbon emissions from its supply chain by 2030, as part of the company’s wider science-based emissions targets.
SDGs: Asset managers align investments with UN Sustainable Development Goals
But practical integration has its challenges due to data and technology barriers, and deep Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment is still finding its feet.
SDGs: Goals of ending poverty, inequality doomed without financial fix, U.N. says
Marketplaces for industries such as digital technology must not be concentrated in only a few parts of the world because tight control can depress competition and stagnate wages, said Navid Hanif.
