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Where Are We Now With Climate Change Solutions After the G20 Meeting and the Trump White House Abandonment of COP 21/Paris Agreement? All eyes were on Hamburg, Germany last week as the leaders of the "G20" nations** gathered. High on the agenda was climate change and sustainable development. Mixed messages came out of the gathering, but as Jens-Peter Saul explains in our first Top story, even if governments can't agree in such gatherings, private industry is moving forward in providing climate change solutions. These include solar and wind power, which investors are finding attractive these days. Low-carbon organizations and networks are attracting new members and partners. Where? -- in the USA, North Africa, Europe, China and elsewhere. So, says the author of the HuffPo piece, while having visionary political leaders is important, response companies with strong commitment to clients and the society can also boost the sustainability agenda and provide solutions to address climate change challenges. Author JP Saul is CEO of the Ramboll Group, a leading engineering and design firm based in Denmark. The company's global work is across Buildings, Transport, Urban Design, Water, Environmental, and Health. Ramboll Group helps to create more resilient cities, it says, helping municipalities to adopt to climate change. At the end of the G20 meeting, the media were reporting..."G20 Ends on Anxious Note as World Leaders Remark on Trump's Climate Defiance..." There is great hope for the USA to continue making progress toward the 2-degree goals of COP 21 thanks to the efforts of the public sector (states, cities, municipalities); large and small corporations; trade associations; and especially investors. Top Stories This Week... Boosting global sustainability is not dependent on G20 Source: Christopher P. Skroupa, Forbes - Hank Boerner: In the Paris meetings, the United States voluntarily agreed to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels and to commit up to $3 billion in various aid to poor countries by 2020. A small amount of money overall, we could say, and thanks to many actions already taken, we are cutting our greenhouse gas (GhGs) emissions as a nation. Important Items for Your Attention: Editors' Sustainability Scans - Progress! Source: GreenBiz - In these hyperpartisan times, one might think any assertion of national purpose would be controversial. On the contrary. The nation’s founders believed a shared and enduring purpose was so important that they put it at the top of... Source: Sustainable Brands - For companies and brands today, more sustainable production methods are topping lists of things to do. The uncertainty of material and vendor prices, the need to comply with a growing number of regulations and mounting evidence... Source: Forbes - Last year GRI launched the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. Can you tell us how it is different from the previous GRI Guidelines and what impact it will have on investors and issuers? Source: Sustainable Brands - The sustainability revolution has the breadth and magnitude of the industrial revolution but it has the speed of the digital revolution."
Thud: Socially Responsible Investing Meets Reality Lawyers plan to stop UK dropping EU rules on environment after Brexit Shareholders Show Strong Preference for Annual Say on Pay Votes U.S. to speed approval for oil, gas exploration on federal land
The Federal Reserve is divided over its longer-term path Source: Forbes - The number of cyber attacks has not increased over the past decade, but the visibility and impact of those attacks has. Previously, when companies had breaches you either never knew it or didn’t recognize it, because it wasn’t... Source: hellenicshippingnews.com - Adding to that, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) was involved in the second biggest deal of the quarter, for an Australian utility, but it was unclear whether it would be as active overseas in coming months in light of a... Florida may drop ties to businesses linked to Venezuela (Wednesday - July 05, 2017) Associated Profiles : Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Massachusetts), Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board Profile Source: Mass Live The Republican - BOSTON - After posting the second largest annual investment return in the state pension fund’s history, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board voted on Tuesday to restructure its approach to investments, changes... News for You From the Corporate Sector - With (+) and (-) Signs Uber Is Dealt a Fresh Blow in European Legal Case Coconut Oil Supply Chain Slides toward Sustainability via P&G, BASF, Cargill Partnership HSBC Said in Talks With U.S. to End Crisis-Era Mortgage Probe Volvo to drop traditional engines Heathrow publishes its 2016 Sustainability Performance Report Tesla Sales Fall Flat, Clouding Outlook for Musk’s Bold Targets Hobby Lobby Fined $3 Million Over Smuggled Iraqi Artifacts Qualcomm seeks to ban imports and sales of Apple iPhones in new lawsuit
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** The G20 are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union (representing the interests of the 28 states of the EU not included above). |
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