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Woodlands Dairy is celebrating the fifth edition of their ESG report! In the latest report, for the calendar year 2022, we share: ·      Our sustainability journey ·      How our goals are aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals ·      Where we've cut back on Greenhouse Gasses ·      How we manage our natural resources ·      What we are doing with staff ·      Community Social Investment project information ·      What we do to govern effectively We are here to share, For the Good of All. Would you like to read the report? Like or comment below this post and we'll send it to you. #sustainabilitymatters #UNSDG #WoodlandsDairy #sustainablility #sustainabilitygoals #forthegoodofall

Mobilising capital to protect and enhance biodiversity, greater emphasis on social impact and a better awareness of how ESG investing is critical for a sustainable future are all on the wishlist for members of the sustainable investment community heading into 2024. Author: Michael Nelson https://lnkd.in/egu7PD52 #esg #investing #biodiversity #sustainability

Earlier this month, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched two new benchmarks. "The S&P Biodiversity Indices measure the performance of a subset of equity securities from an underlying index selected and weighted to collectively reduce the ecosystem impact intensity, limit the proportion of ecosystem impact to significant land, enhance the alignment to specific United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and reduce the carbon footprint relative to the underlying index." Impact Cubed is proud to provide the SDG revenue alignment data that helps make this possible. Click below to find out more about our SDG dataset: https://lnkd.in/e96pMxME #SustainableInvesting #Biodiversity #InvestmentSolutions #ESG #Investment

Nature and biodiversity play a pivotal role in the global economy. This is equally true across the sectors in the Real Economy, where PAI specialises. In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates that more than 50% of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on natural capital. Esohe Denise Odaro, Head of Sustainability & ESG at PAI, recently joined the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)’s ESG Conference to share PAI’s perspective on how integrating nature-positive solutions into strategy allows private equity firms to build resilience and contribute to global sustainability goals, both at the platform level and across their portfolios. This is an approach advocated by BLOOM, a practical action guide designed to help private market participants reduce negative impacts on biodiversity and safeguard related returns. Learn more about BLOOM: https://lnkd.in/evDex23e #PAIPartners #privateequity #RealEconomy #ESG #sustainability #biodiversity

Mobilising capital to protect and enhance biodiversity, greater emphasis on social impact and a better awareness of how ESG investing is critical for a sustainable future are all on the wishlist for members of the sustainable investment community heading into 2024. Author: Michael Nelson Read more on ESG Clarity EU: https://lnkd.in/egu7PD52 #esg #biodiversity #sustainability

Great, to reconnect with Samuel Shiroff, whom I met, when he was still with Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt - a few years before I founded :response - ESG & Sustainability Consulting im 2007. Following a great panel on #naturepositive business - the first time the #gcleaderssummit has ever done one. Here is a recent study from WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development on the topic. The topic is developing really fast - and that is clearly necessary looking at the massive and ultrafast paced biodiversity loss. https://lnkd.in/eBKHxc7a #regenerativebusiness #biodiversity #massextinction #forwardfaster2030

We thank portfolio institutional for having us at their annual ESG Club Conference. We were delighted to be able to share our thoughts on the clarity of ESG ratings and the consensus between them, amongst other key #esginvesting topics.    We also thoroughly enjoyed being able to sit in on the other panel discussions, with our biggest takeaway points being:   1️⃣ 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆;    public markets are not going to be able to solve the issue on their own - clear, uniform regulation is essential to drive progress in this area, and so asset owners need to engage with policy makers! 2️⃣ 𝗢𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆;    there is no silver bullet when it comes to measuring biodiversity loss, but we don’t need perfection in data to begin tackling this issue. Data points exist (namely on ‘potentially disappeared fraction’ (PDF) or the ‘mean species abundance’ (MSA)), take action now, as we don’t have time to wait for the perfect data set. 3️⃣ 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗦𝗚;    human rights due diligence is a key precursor to choosing an investee company. The UN Global Compact should provide a baseline to investment decisions, whereby exclusions on companies who violate these very basic principles should be implemented.   We will have a full write up on our experience during the day posted on our website soon.   #esg #esgratings #assetowners #pensionfunds

COLUMBIA blue are proud to share with you our ESG Report, highlighting our strong dedication to transparency, responsibility, and the pursuit of excellence. At COLUMBIA blue sustainability is of existential importance. Collectively we acknowledge not only the responsibility to fulfil a progressive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy, but also to empower our team to constantly strive for improvement and work together to improve the well-being of our planet and its people. Norman Schmiedl, COLUMBIA blue's CEO, states "Our services are underpinned by sustainable practices, be it in reducing energy consumption, promoting responsible procurement, safeguarding human rights, or minimising waster generation. Together, we will continue to shape a sustainable future for leisure and lifestyle". Read our initiatives, achievements, and future endeavours in the ESG report here: https://lnkd.in/gUPfUiiy #COLUMBIAblue #Sustainability #ESG

Nancy Wang, Director, Sustainable Finance Division of ANZ Group Holdings Limited steered the session on “Climate and Nature Linked Financing — Meat and Energy Sector”, focusing on how organisations are approaching nature and biodiversity risk, as well as building a better understanding of nature risks and opportunities. Highlighting that biodiversity risks are closely linked to climate risk, Alethea (Ally) Bett, Manager, ESG Analytics & Advisory at ANZ Bank emphasised the institution’s four key focus areas on nature risks, which include the development of policies and processes to identify emerging risks as they evolve and assess potential impacts; encouraging customers to strengthen their approach to diversity through effective board governance policies and strategies, and disclosures using recognised indicators or metrics; building staff capabilities on biodiversity, nature, risks and nature-related trends through a multidisciplinary approach; and assessing impacts and dependencies on biodiversity, risks and opportunities through portfolio analysis. Matt Harcombe, Sustainability Manager, Silver Fern Farms Ltd gave an overview of the organisation’s Sustainability Action Plan — Good by Nature, which is designed to support and accelerate Silver Fern Farms’ transformation to the world’s most trusted, nature positive producer. Good by Nature focuses on key priorities such as creating a climate positive future; enhancing nature to ensure a sustainable future; creating value through a zero-waste culture; enriching communities through diversity and inclusion, social equity, and good health and mental wellbeing; creating options for value and growth through disruptive innovation; and building trust through responsible and sustainable practices, among others. #AICB #UNEPFI #sustainability #climatechange #climateaction #ESG #sustainablebanking #responsiblebanking #nature