Nordic environmental impact platform Milkywire has raised over $5 million in 2023, from nine companies including Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) and Klarna, to support climate projects focussed on contributing to global net zero, beyond offsetting.
Research from global risk management and insurance broker Gallagher warns that half of all UK businesses have reported being impacted by the effects of climate change.
The UK High Court has granted Greenpeace permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to launch a new licensing oil and gas round, with fossil fuel companies submitting more than 100 licences to explore for new oil and gas.
The Munich-based software company offers carbon accounting software for industrial manufacturing companies, which are coming under increasing pressure to decarbonise their supply chains.
Research released by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and Kantos found a lack of sustainability skills and knowledge is hampering the marketing profession from clearly and effectively communicating its strategies – resulting in a higher risk of greenwash.
More than half of global GDP is exposed to material nature risk without immediate action, finds the latest analysis from PwC, which is opening a new centre to upskill its 328,000-strong workforce.
Project development company Tradewater made their name by focusing on damaging greenhouse gases which fall between two stools, that of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances.
There is a huge gap in the world’s plans to reach net zero by 2050, and failure to address it could prove a ticking time bomb – ozone depleting substances that aren’t covered by international climate change agreements.
Two insurers – reinsurer Munich Re and insurer Zurich – have now backed out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), raising concerns about the loss of an effective lever for climate action.
The climate and sustainability crises have taught us about the interdependence between different spheres of action, from business impact on climate and biodiversity, policy impact on investment flows, climate on the food system and much, much more.
