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Ben Caldecott is a British expert in sustainable finance, and founding director of the sustainable finance programme at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. [1] and a supernumerary fellow at Oriel College. [2]
The International Cotton Advisory Committee's Expert Panel on the Social, Environmental, and Economic Performance of Cotton and the Food and Agriculture Organization Plant Production and Protection Division published a guidance framework for measuring the sustainability of cotton farming systems with indicators that were in part informed by ...
Dixson-Declѐve was a speaker in the TED Countdown and TEDX: The Sustainable Future series. In conversation with TED global curator Bruno Giussani, she presented "5 keys to shifting to a well-being economy - and the cost of inaction”, outlining what has been learned since the first [11] "Limits to Growth" [12] report warned of the consequences of unlimited economic growth and presenting ...
Banks around the world are evaluating the potential impact of climate change and government regulation on their lending practices. Energy-intensive sectors, like coal and oil, tend to suffer most.
To do so, the Initiative works with members from the banking and insurance industries, [4] technical experts and key stakeholders to convene collective action, facilitate shared learning and co-develop practical resources to equip financial institutions with the knowledge and expertise to make their strategies and operations more sustainable.
The Harvard Business School defines sustainable investing as “a range of practices in which investors aim to achieve financial returns while promoting long-term environmental or social value.”
Tim Jackson FRSA FAcSS (born 1957) is a British ecological economist and professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey.He is the director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), [1] a multi-disciplinary, international research consortium which aims to understand the economic, social and political dimensions of sustainable prosperity.
In 2015 the Institute launched its Rewiring the Economy framework setting out ten collaborative tasks for business, policy and finance leaders to lay the foundations for a sustainable global economy. [1] [2] [3]