Sustainable finance: Performing with a sense of responsibility
Abu Dhabi’s Securities Exchange is developing environmental, social and governance guidelines for locally-listed companies…
Source: www.thenational.ae
Abu Dhabi’s Securities Exchange is developing environmental, social and governance guidelines for locally-listed companies…
Source: www.thenational.ae
From ageing electric batteries to old engines to rearview mirrors, the auto industry is revving up its recycling efforts as it faces pressure to reduce its colossal carbon footprint. The world’s automakers are investing in facilities to salvage old parts but the industry is also looking to recycle the millions of electric batteries used for the cars of the future. While electric cars are cleaner than their fossil fuel forebears, the raw materials needed for their batteries are extracted from mines in Africa that are often accused of environmental damage and using child labour. “As demand for these materials increase, the pressures on these (economically marginalised) regions are likely to be amplified, risking the goals of a socially and ecologically sustainable renewable energy system,” according to the Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney.
Britain’s largest university aims to eliminate single-use plastics, in the lab and elsewhere around campus, by 2024. How exactly the institution plans to meet that goal is yet to be determined….
PARIS and LONDON, June 1, 2021 — Atos today announces it has been awarded a contract by the University of Edinburgh to deliver its most efficient…
The Division of Economic Development, Continuing Studies, and Government Relations at the College of Staten Island (CSI) through its Office of Sustainable Community Planning sponsored more »…
It’s the end of July and so much still remains unknown. Administrators and educators are continuing to work so hard to do what’s best for learners while following the recommendations and limitations…
The idea of the circular economy frequently brings to mind issues of recycling waste and materials and making moderate use of natural resources. But if a new system is to emerge which is sustainable and equitable the whole economic model will have to be re-thought.