SDG Summit USA 2022
About the event Today's business landscape is characterized by an unprecedented, accelerating, and complex mix of risks and opportunities. New markets are emerging rapidly due to megatrends such as climate...
About the event Today's business landscape is characterized by an unprecedented, accelerating, and complex mix of risks and opportunities. New markets are emerging rapidly due to megatrends such as climate...
Measuring and evaluating business impact is a critical part of the successful delivery of Agenda 2030. There are calls from governments and civil society – and increasingly from companies themselves...
With 222 million crisis-affected children and adolescents in need of education, there is an urgent necessity to better understand and respond to the education needs of crisis-affected people. Strong and coherent systems to collect, analyze, and share information on education in emergencies — across the humanitarian-development nexus — are essential and indispensable. The panel conversation...
The Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation will host a storytelling event to uplift the voices of health workers, facilitate new connections between partners and highlight the importance of advancing the needs of the health workforce and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Peace Day Live will take place on September 21, on the International Day of Peace. It will broadcast live from London and New York, and will include high-profile actors and musicians on air to spread the message of nonviolence.
The SDG Action Zone brings together the highest levels of UN leadership, activists, government officials, business leaders, changemakers and disruptors in a virtual collaborative space to highlight the ecosystem-wide solutions,...
The systematic integration of ESG factors into investment strategies, and investment decision making across asset classes, has exploded. Asset owners around the world were early adopters of sustainable investment commitments,...
This high-level side event will kickstart thematic discussions in preparation for the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on UHC and mobilize political leadership for strengthening health systems through a primary health care-oriented approach. Government representatives, UN agencies, and key global health stakeholders will take stock of the implementation of the 2019 Political Declaration on UHC, evaluate...
A new approach to ESG and Corporate Social Responsibility This event is open to ESG, social impact, corporate philanthropy and sustainability professionals. Evidence demonstrates strong correlations between education and diverse...
Join SAP and World Scouting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly for a conversation on the importance of non-formal education and skills education to equip young generations with...
Impact State of Mind is a 3-day UNGA side event at the intersection of Climate Action and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Climate Change is the greatest challenge of our generation,...
UNICEF and Meta closely partnered during the COVID-19 pandemic to bring a new level of innovation to public health. We began by embracing digital tools to build confidence and demand...
National Geographic Society and PepsiCo unveiled a new global initiative, Food for Tomorrow, designed to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture and reframe how food systems are understood by policymakers,...
Sydney leads with new financing model for renewables Akaysha Energy has secured a A$300 million ($196 million) corporate debt facility to accelerate the rollout of large-scale battery energy storage systems...
Expanding Nature-Based Finance in the US Silvania, the global nature capital investment platform, has entered a strategic partnership with Alder Point Capital Management to accelerate sustainable investment in US timberland...
New Zealand Steps Into Utility-Scale Solar with Global Technology Partner Global solar tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has entered the New Zealand market through a partnership with Bright Fern Energy on...
A Cross-Border First for Asia’s Energy Transition From ridgelines in southern Lao PDR, 133 turbines now send clean electricity across the border into Vietnam. The Monsoon Wind Power Project, which...
Rising Influence of Family Offices in ESG The latest survey from the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) indicates a profound shift in global capital allocation, with 90% of family offices now...
Rome advances utility-scale renewables Enfinity Global has closed €316 million ($341 million) in financing to build eight utility-scale solar plants across Emilia Romagna, Basilicata, and Lazio. With a combined capacity...
A Strategic Bet on Hydrogen’s Next Phase Thyssenkrupp nucera has finalized the acquisition of core technology assets from the insolvent Danish company Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS), in a move designed...
Highlights Sphera, the Chicago-based sustainability and operational risk management software firm, has secured a new round of growth capital from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, adding a second major institutional backer...
Ghana and Singapore are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable development and agribusiness following bilateral talks in Singapore. The two countries confirmed they will deepen collaboration across carbon markets, modern agriculture,...
Diginex Limited and SGS have reaffirmed their strategic alliance to deliver technology-enabled sustainable finance solutions, extending a partnership first formed in 2022. The renewed collaboration aims to tackle rising demand...
Iberdrola España has begun commissioning its Ciudad Rodrigo photovoltaic plant, its second solar facility in Salamanca and one of the largest in Castilla y León. The 316 MW project, developed...
A new World Bank report warns that environmental decline is not only a climate crisis but also a major drag on economic growth. The study, Reboot Development: The Economics of...
TRIIBE is a nonprofit founded in 2024, is focused on helping established college-student-run nonprofit founders scale impact. TRIIBE has already formed a community rooted in resilience, compassion, and action. Most...
The Trump administration has canceled $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects, a move that effectively derails several cornerstone initiatives launched under the Biden administration’s clean energy...
PepsiCo has released its 2024 ESG Summary, highlighting progress against its PepsiCo Positive (pep+) sustainability and nutrition strategy. Introduced in 2021, pep+ embeds sustainability across the company’s operations, guiding growth...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been advised to strengthen its climate risk framework by balancing global best practices with domestic realities, according to a new report by the...
Utrecht Leads with a Sharper Line on ESG UTRECHT – The Dutch pension fund PFZW has severed mandates worth roughly $34 billion with global managers BlackRock and Legal & General...
Copenhagen readies first EU-compliant sovereign green bonds Denmark is preparing to enter capital markets with what would be the world’s first sovereign bonds issued under the EU Green Bond Standard...