Why doesn’t soil get the same attention as climate change?
4 December 2015
Why doesn’t soil get the same attention as climate change? Dr Jonathan Green 4 December 2015 The importance of soil to our well-being is unequivocal and 2015, the United Nations International Year of Soils , has seen a flurry of activity and interest around soils, particularly around World Soil Day...
Climate change and the insurance industry: the legacy of 2015
26 November 2015
Climate change and the insurance industry: the legacy of 2015 Tom Herbstein, Senior Programme Manager, ClimateWise 27 November 2015 As things stand, 2015 is squaring up to become a landmark year for action on climate change. Already we have seen the signing in March of the UN Sendai Framework for...
How to secure sustainable supplies of cotton?
18 November 2015
How to secure sustainable supplies of cotton? Dr Gemma Cranston, Senior Programme Manager, Natural Capital Leaders Platform 19 November 2015 Last week I had the pleasure of presenting initial findings from a business-led project on natural capital challenges for cotton production at the World...
Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment
9 November 2015
Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment Dr Jake Reynolds, Director, Sustainable Economy 12 November 2015 In an article for ESG Magazine, Dr Jake Reynolds explains why financial markets are not immune to the impacts of climate change in the short term. Climate change poses...
Is business ready to account for natural capital?
12 October 2015
Is business ready to account for natural capital? Dr Gemma Cranston, Senior Programme Manager, Natural Capital Leaders Platform 13 October 2015 With increasing consumption, growing population and a seemingly unlimited appetite for economic growth across the globe, pressure on natural resources and...
Words matter in the Paris climate agreement
3 September 2015
Words matter in the Paris climate agreement We Mean Business 3 September 2015 Words matter. This is especially true for the Paris Agreement on climate change to be concluded this December. Businesses and investors have a clear stake in the words in the agreement and in the political commitment...
#100daysToParis Q&A with ACCIONA
28 August 2015
#100daysToParis Q&A with ACCIONA Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Senior Executive Director of Sustainability at ACCIONA, S.A. 28 August 2015 On the final day of our #100daysToParis blog series we asked Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Head of Sustainability at ACCIONA how climate change has affected ACCIONA...
What if consumers took matters into their own hands?
27 August 2015
What if consumers took matters into their own hands? Nigel Lake, CEO, Pottinger 28 August 2015 Bringing our series of blog posts to mark #100daysToParis to a close is Nigel Lake, Pottinger CEO and Senior Associate of CISL, with his thoughts on how consumers can influence impactful change. Thank you...
Technologies are key tools in the battle against climate change
21 August 2015
Technologies are key tools in the battle against climate change Niall Dunne, Chief Sustainability Officer at BT Group 28 August 2015 Marking #100daysToParis , we are pleased to hear from guest blogger Niall Dunne, who shares his views on both BT’s responsibilities and opportunities when it comes to...
Skanska's Journey to Deep Green™ – a 2 degree solution
19 August 2015
Skanska´s Journey to Deep Green™ – a 2 degree solution Jennifer Clark, Senior Vice President, Green and Corporate Community Investment, Skanska AB 26 August 2015 As part of our series of blog posts to mark #100daysToParis , where at COP21 the world will make its international agreement on climate...
