Items tagged:
Business and sustainable development
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Conserving wildlife: how insurance can help
A short five-minute video filmed in Kenya and Sri Lanka makes the case for a new form of private insurance – a product that will cover the risks and consequences of human-wildlife conflict for households and in doing so, reduce the likelihood of animal deaths
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From risk to resilience: incubating adaptive climate-proof businesses
In January 2022 a Forest and Farm Facility training event provided a refresher course on two toolkits that have been developed to support practitioners in improving business incubation and risk management processes – plus a new module on 30 practical options to climate-proof your business
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Energy, finance and community business – where is the money?
This online event, on 30 November, explored what mechanisms can enable community businesses and farmers to access the financing they need to grow their businesses by using energy productively
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Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has delivered a profound shock to the world economy. IIED's Laura Kelly argues that businesses must commit to more responsible and inclusive practices as part of their efforts to build recovery
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Wanted: corporate global citizens to deliver the SDGs
Businesses are global citizens too – and have a prominent role in collective achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, explains guest blogger David Croft
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Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
As world leaders in politics and business gather in Davos, IIED director Andrew Norton considers progress on the event’s ‘business with purpose’ agenda and asks how a progressive sustainability manifesto can omit climate change
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We need more than business as usual, to leave no one behind
In the latest blog in our series exploring how business and investors can contribute to achieving the SDGs, Rijit Sengupta discusses the challenges and opportunities for businesses in India seeking to raise the bar on sustainability
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Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Companies are lagging behind when it comes to action on climate change. Mike Barry shares his tips on becoming the sustainable business leaders of tomorrow
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Bringing business into the conversation on sustainable development
IIED has launched a new series of blogs and interviews exploring how business and investors are contributing to sustainable development
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When investors go green
Pernille Holtedahl unpacks the growing appetite for green bonds and suggests this is a movement driven by the broader public – not just business
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Q&A: Ready for impact?
In the first of a series of articles exploring how investors and business can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, IIED’s Laura Kelly puts questions to Chris West from Sumerian Partners on the lessons and challenges from impact investing
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Business as usual – or business with purpose?
As we launch our new strategy, Laura Kelly, director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, considers how the private sector can respond to development and environmental challenges – and how IIED can support business to deliver positive change
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Green Growth, and how we get there
A Chatham House hosted meeting on green growth offers clues for governments perplexed as to how and when to get the economy growing again – this time more sustainably.
