Beijing puts the crucial Comprehensive Agreement on Investment in peril by sanctioning Europeans who criticize its human-rights record.
The world is aggressively seeking sustainability. While the topic has been around for perhaps a decade, the “awakening” really hit the public consciousness in 2020 and it has now become a mega-theme. It’s transitioning into a revolution and shepherding an
Data from 500 million LinkedIn users has been scraped and is for sale online, according to a report from Cyber News. A LinkedIn spokesperson confirmed to Insider that there is a dataset of public information that was scraped from the
LONDON — Saudi Arabia has signed power purchase agreements with seven new solar projects that will provide electricity more than 600,000 households, state news agency SPA quoted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying on Thursday. Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta’s ability to generate revenues, according to a statement. Read More
Last fall, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that it was time to rein in Section 230 immunity. Now, Justice Thomas is laying out an argument for why companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google should be regulated as utilities. From a report:
Urgent change in how economies think, act and measure success is needed to protect and enhance global prosperity and the natural world, a major review commissioned by the UK government has recommended. The review, written by leading economist Professor Sir
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON — The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S President Joe Biden. Read
As the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats weigh what to include in their next big legislative package, they will face competing pressures to make it more palatable to Republicans than recent $1.9 trillion stimulus bill but also to take
WASHINGTON — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will release a 10-year strategic plan as Tuesday expected to propose slowing delivery standards for some first-class mail as he seeks to put the money-losing U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on firmer financial footing,
Resilience Insights Series: Part 5 Now more than ever, investors are recognizing the importance of managing risk and developing adaptive capacity. How can they make decisions to anticipate, adapt, maneuver, and change course as needed within a volatile, uncertain, complex,
Virtue in corporate environmental, social and governance debt is becoming lucrative for investors and companies alike, but vice still has its rewards in the hunt for yield. Companies in sectors that many ESG funds would exclude, such as tobacco, fossil
Our industry is engaged in an important dialogue to improve sustainability through ESG transparency and industry collaboration. This article is a contribution to this larger conversation and does not necessarily reflect GRESB’s position. It is commonly estimated that we spend
OTTAWA — The chief executive of a federal infrastructure agency says there is a short runway to prove its worth, and thinks it can stand out by taking on outsized risks to attract private dollars for billions in new construction
Nobel Prize winner Professor William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, explains his theory of ‘No Regrets’ whereby companies can integrate ESG at a level that brings real benefits for society
LONDON/BRUSSELS — A $2 trillion group of investors on Monday urged the European Commission to be more ambitious in its planned overhaul of the bloc’s huge farming subsidy program to fight climate change and protect biodiversity. Read More
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