UN Global Compact in Partnership With Accenture and SAP, and With 3M As Patron Sponsor, Launch SDG Ambition Guidance to Accelerate Business Action to Achieve the SDGs

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:00

The United Nations Global Compact in partnership with Accenture and SAP SE, and with 3M joining as Patron Sponsor, today launched SDG Ambition guides to support businesses in accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

More Than 250 Companies Take Action to Advance Women's Leadership and Equality

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 01:05

The United Nations Global Compact announced today the participation of more than 250 companies in Target Gender Equality

Webcasts Focus on Role of Buildings, Communities and Organizations to Respond to Today's Global Health Challenges

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 12:45

With the gravity of the situation regarding COVID-19, today, more than ever, the spaces where we spend our time play a role in the future of protecting our families, our businesses and the public at large. Join IWBI and the WELL community for...

Arbor Day Foundation Receives Award to Grow Natural Climate Solutions

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 10:20

Through the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Nature Conservancy’s Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator program announced the award of $860,000 to be split among five projects designed to help scale climate change...

Helping the UN Guide Ecosystem Restoration Into the Mainstream

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 14:00

Currently, the UN lacks the technical capacity to implement a strategy to address the scale of restoration needed on its own and is looking to corporate partners like WSP to help guide its successful development.

Earthx CEO with Brad Smith of Microsoft Premieres Wednesday, September 23rd

Mon, 09/21/2020 - 15:00

United Nations Global Compact CFO Taskforce Launches Principles for Integrated SDG Investments and Finance to Focus Private Sector Investment on Sustainable Development

Mon, 09/21/2020 - 13:55

The UN Global Compact CFO Taskforce today launched the first integrated, UN-backed principles for integrated SDG Finance and Investment.

Transform to Net Zero and the Shift From Climate Ambition to Climate Action

Mon, 09/21/2020 - 15:00

Unless companies transform into net zero businesses, targets alone will not persuade governments to make more ambitious national pledges. That is why we need—and we are beginning to see—a great shift from climate ambition to climate action.

Fact or Fiction? The Truth About Scope 3 Screenings and Science-Based Targets

Mon, 09/28/2020 - 10:00

Are scope 3 screenings a critical factor in developing an emissions inventory and setting a science-based target? Learn more as we address misconceptions.

Zero Waste to Landfill: The Why and How

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 10:30

With terms like “zero waste” flitting around the sustainability discussion, it can sometimes feel like companies are up against unachievable benchmarks. In this blog, Antea Group highlights “zero waste to landfill,” also known as “landfill-free”.