Not-for-profit industry body Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending (Global PSSL) has welcomed an executive expert from the Central Bank of Eswatini to act as a peer reviewer on its project to support the United Nations Pathways.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched an ‘Expert Group’ to ensure businesses, investors and other non-state entities keep up the pace and fulfil their net-zero emissions pledges.
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UN’s report aims to help countries meet SDGs Final FACTI report published on February 25th A new United Nations report that aims to contribute towards efforts to reach its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 has been published. The UN’s High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency (FACTI), which was launched in March last year, […]
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Worcestershire Pension selects Minerva for ESG audit Minerva Analytics has been chosen to carry out an ESG audit of the Worcestershire Pension Fund as it seeks to target the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The committee is seeking to establish a baseline for all of its investment activities, which will help formulate and shape future strategic […]
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UK behind in efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goals The government’s Voluntary National Review, which outlines its progress towards the SDGs, showed it only received a satisfactory rating in one of the 11 areas on which it was assessed. The UK government has been warned to step up efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development […]
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Companies should adapt their business models to be at the service of the UN’s sustainable development goals (UN SDGs) according to Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. In a special session focusing on the SDGs, Polman said that they presented an […]
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