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SUMMARY:Transforming your business for a Blue Economy
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to everyone joining ADEX — industry and consumers. \nAsia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2023 \nSustainable Diving Dialogue: Transforming your business for a Blue Economy \nSunday\, 2 April | Time: 12:00-13:00 hrs (UTC/GMT+8) \nUnderwater360 Main Stage (Sands Expo and Convention Centre\, Singapore) \nOverview \nThe UN Environment Programme (COBSEA Secretariat) is hosting an event in partnership with The Reef-World Foundation (Green Fins international coordinator)\, and UW360. This dialogue aims to explore how the dive industry can become more sustainable\, involving various stakeholders such as dive centers\, liveaboards\, booking agents\, manufacturers\, media\, and training agencies. \nThe discussion will focus on crucial topics like preventing plastic pollution\, conserving coral reefs\, and promoting sustainable business models. Industry leaders\, movers\, and shakers in sustainability will share their insights and examples of sustainable business models during an interactive discussion. Attendees are encouraged to engage with the panelists\, share their ideas\, best practices\, and questions\, and learn more about pursuing a sustainable business model for the diving industry. \nTarget audience \nThis event is designed for representatives from all segments of the diving industry including dive professionals\, operators\, liveaboards\, resorts\, travel providers\, diver training organizations\, manufacturers\, photographers\, the media\, and others. Our goal is to provide actionable insights that will help you align your business with the market of the future\, making it more profitable and resilient by adopting sustainable business models. \nKey issues to be discussed \n• Dispelling the myth that sustainability has to be expensive: Reef-World’s recent Sustainability Survey has identified cost as one of the biggest barriers to the uptake of sustainable practices in the industry\, especially in the post-pandemic restart phase. This event aims to debunk the myth that sustainability is expensive by sharing evidence that sustainable practices have reduced operational costs by up to 70% in some areas. We will feature stories and solutions from industry leaders who are adopting cost-sensitive environmental solutions in their businesses. \n• Unlocking the value of sustainability: Companies in the diving industry are interested in finding ways to increase the visibility of and market sustainability. Research shows that post-pandemic dive tourists are interested in more sustainable holiday options and are willing to pay more for sustainability. However\, they need more transparency around environmentally-friendly options to avoid greenwashing. The event will focus on how authenticity in showcasing environmental ethos and practices can help promote sustainability and avoid greenwashing. The event will showcase stories of businesses that have benefited from sustainability by unlocking higher-value products that also deliver on local conservation needs\, connecting with local governments and partners on conservation efforts\, and unexpectedly enjoying financial benefits as a result. \nSpeakers \nModerator: Natalie Harms\, Secretariat of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA)\, UN Environment Programme \nPanelists: \n\nElaine Wallace – Owner\, Bunaken Oasis Resort and Spa (Green Fins DIgital Member)\nPaul Tanner – Territory Director\, PADI (Training agency)\nJohn Thet – CEO\, UW360 (Media)\nDavid McClinton – Owner and Director\, Ceningan Divers and Resort (Green Fins Top 10 Certified Member)\nBo Mancao – Underwater Imager\nAdam Broadbent – Founder & CEO\, ZuBLu (booking platform)\n\nKey takeaways of the event \nThe event offers a unique opportunity to connect with leaders in sustainability and gain valuable insights into sustainable practices in the diving industry. Key takeaways include: \n\nGain valuable connections with leaders in conservation and sustainability\, allowing you to build relationships and collaborate with others in the industry.\nGain insight into the latest post-pandemic business trends and learn how to incorporate sustainability into your business practices immediately\, including practical tips for reducing costs and increasing profitability.\nDiscover how to effectively communicate your sustainability efforts to consumers\, building trust and loyalty with your customer base.\nLearn how adopting sustainable practices can attract more customers who are willing to pay more\, return for more\, and promote your services among their online networks.\n\nOverall\, the event offers a unique opportunity to gain practical knowledge and actionable insights into sustainable business practices\, helping you to align your business for the future and increase your profitability and resilience. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/transforming-your-business-for-a-blue-economy/
LOCATION:Singapore
CATEGORIES:Environmental,ESG Awareness,Sustainability,United Nations
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SUMMARY:10th Annual Investors' Conference on European CLOs & Leveraged Loans
DESCRIPTION:IMN is pleased to announce the 10th Anniversary Edition and Annual Investors’ Conference on European CLOs and Leveraged Loans on April 4th\, 2023. \nWith the Global CLO market hitting the $1tn milestone and the LIBOR transition causing a swell of last-minute issuance\, there has never been a better time for this single day event\, serving as the ideal opportunity for the European CLO and leveraged loan community to connect with peers\, and share key updates and developments on topics including; investing across the capital stack\, middle market lending\, ESG and sustainability\, manager tiering\, regulatory landscape\, and more. This flagship industry\, and investor led\, conference is a must attend for this transactionally focused market. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to another must-attend event this April. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/10th-annual-investors-conference-on-european-clos-leveraged-loans/
LOCATION:Hilton Bankside London\, 2-8 Great Suffolk St\, London\, SE1 0UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESG Awareness,ESG Investing,Sustainability
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SUMMARY:Accelerating Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Trinidad and Tobago: Sustainable and Green Growth Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:UNDESA/DSDG in cooperation with UNOSD\, ECLAC\, and the RCO/UNCT are organizing a Training Workshop entitled “Accelerating Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Trinidad and Tobago: Sustainable and Green Growth Opportunities” in Port of Spain from 4 to 6 April 2023. \nThe 3-Day Training Workshop represents Phase 4 of the UNDESA\, UNOSD and ECLAC cooperation with Trinidad and Tobago that aims to strengthen the national stakeholders integrated planning and decision-making that incorporate sustainable and green growth\, strengthen resilience and accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. \nThe workshop will bring together senior policy makers from the planning ministry\, key line ministries\, civil society organizations\, academia\, and private sector representatives. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/accelerating-progress-towards-the-sustainable-development-goals-in-trinidad-and-tobago-sustainable-and-green-growth-opportunities/
LOCATION:Port of Spain\, Trinidad and Tobago\, Spain
CATEGORIES:ESG Awareness,Sustainability,United Nations
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SUMMARY:Bloomberg for Credit: Navigate Sustainable Fixed Income Effectively
DESCRIPTION:Join this webinar to gain a better understanding of ESG topics in relation to Credit. Learn how to navigate sustainable fixed income effectively by leveraging Bloomberg’s resources\, whether it is related to data\, transparency\, ratings\, research\, news\, indices or regulation. \nDiscover best practices for locating issuer data\, evaluating carbon impact and net zero alignment\, and identifying regulatory profiles in respect to SFDR\, TCFD etc. \nDiscussion topics: \n·        Integrate ESG data and scores into monitoring\n·        Check alignment with regulatory requirements\n·        Use Bloomberg Intelligence to keep track of ESG trends\n·        Find & keep track of ESG bonds\n·        Analyze and compare ESG bonds against comps \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/bloomberg-for-credit-navigate-sustainable-fixed-income-effectively/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:ESG Awareness,Sustainability,Sustainable Finance
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SUMMARY:4th global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme
DESCRIPTION:Humankind is confronted with multiple deeply rooted and interlinked crises\, including in relation to climate\, biodiversity\, conflict\, energy\, consumer prices\, food insecurity\, malnutrition and health. \nGlobal food systems challenges call for a profound and swift transformation of how we produce\, process\, retail\, and consume food and dispose organic waste. \nThe UN Secretary-General’s Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) in September 2021 created important momentum for this transformation. \nContributing to the 2023 Stock-Taking Moment of the UN FSS follow-up process\, this conference will look at how food systems need to be transformed to overcome these crises in order to minimize the risk of global collapse and achieve the SDGs. \nBased on concrete examples\, the conference will look at main barriers and bottlenecks in relation to food systems transformation\, discuss solutions and release a series of actionable recommendations with a focus on the following five key levers: \n\nGlobal\, regional\, national\, sub-national inclusive governance to set the foundations for applying a holistic/integrated approach towards sustainable food systems.\nCollaborative\, multisectoral\, integrated policy actions based on a holistic approach to materialize the transformation we need: shifting consumption and production patterns in our food systems.\nMobilizing means of implementation\, including financing.\nMetrics and accountability frameworks to measure transformation.\nMission-oriented research and innovation\, in collaboration with the private sector.\n\nTo do so\, the conference will provide a space for countries\, coalitions\, the Food Systems Coordination Hub’s “ecosystem of support” and other food systems actors to present transformational actions\, tools and initiatives linked to the implementation of National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation that have emerged since the UN FSS and discuss how such actions can be further scaled up to ensure that we collectively attain our sustainable food systems pathways by 2030. \nIn addition\, the conference will discuss how progress on shaping sustainable\, resilient\, healthy and inclusive food systems in the context of the UN FSS follow-up process can be properly measured in view of the UN FSS 2023 Stock-Taking Moment and beyond. \n\n\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/4th-global-conference-of-the-sustainable-food-systems-programme/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:ESG Awareness,Sustainability,United Nations
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SUMMARY:Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2023
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development will take place in April in Santiago\, Chile. \nConvened by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)\, the Forum is a regional platform for assessing progress and exchanging knowledge\, best practices\, and policy solutions to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda\, in line with regional priorities and specificities. \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-regional-forum-on-sustainable-development-2023/
LOCATION:Santiago\, Region Metropolitana\, Chile\, Chile
CATEGORIES:ESG Awareness,Sustainability
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SUMMARY:2023 Bloomberg Green Summit
DESCRIPTION:A preeminent gathering of climate champions meeting at the crossroads of sustainability\, science and culture\, the third annual Bloomberg Green Summit will highlight the solutions needed to address the planet’s most pressing climate challenges. \n\n\nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
URL:https://esgnews.com/event/2023-bloomberg-green-summit/
LOCATION:Convene\, 1 Liberty Plaza\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate,Environmental,Sustainability
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