Glasgow’s Chamber of Commerce and London’s Waste and Recycling Board have forged a partnership, in a bid to help businesses in both cities make circular economy shifts ahead of COP26 in November.
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Tell your state legislators to support this bill that would reduce throwaway plastics by 75% by 2032, phasing out packaging and containers that can’t be recycled or composted.
Passionate about environmental policy issues? Spend this summer with Whittle School & Studios learning about environmental sustainability and public policy at our Sustainable Summer Ideas Lab (SSIL). Students will study the mechanisms government has to impact the environment and how that relates and sometimes conflicts with a market economy.
Sustainability-linked finance is designed to incentivize the borrower’s achievement of environmental, social, or governance targets through pricing incentives. Launched in 2017, it has now become the fastest-growing sustainable finance instrument, with over $809 billion issued to date in sustainability-linked loans and bonds. Yet these instruments are still nascent in emerging markets, which represent only 5 percent of total issuance to date. This note shares examples of recent sustainability-linked financing, including several involving IFC in various roles, to highlight how investors can utilize these new instruments in emerging markets and mitigate greenwashing risks.
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Mary Creagh, chair of the House of Commons environmental audit committee, has said sustainability should be top of the fashion industry’s agenda, and a fundamental requirement for business….
For brands looking to limit their carbon footprint, illustration and animation can provide a more sustainable alternative to photoshoots and films. But how do you find the right images for your brand?
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the establishment of a Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize and a research and development center for the recycling of critical materials such as cobalt and lithium from lithium-ion batteries.