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Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists
2023-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
The demand for seasoned talent in the ESG strategy space is rapidly increasing. Global corporations’ strategists and consultants are accelerating the buildout of their ESG practices on sound business grounds, but those brought in to implement such significant business transformation are often working from an inherent deficit. They must rise above the rhetoric and lofty promises of their firms to quickly effect concrete change that delivers tangible value.
The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists equips corporate strategists, consultants, business development leads, and other cross-functional leaders with the practically relevant research and tools to lead ESG strategy integration — from project valuation to ESG risk and opportunity assessment, from data adoption best practices to team deployment and project management. The program focuses on the myriad risks and opportunities associated with the climate transition; broader environmental risks; diversity, equity, and inclusion; socio-political risk; and shareholder activism, then concentrates on the skills needed for strategy execution — corporate political activity, organizational change, and systems and processes analysis.
Program Experience
Highlights and Key Outcomes
In Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists, you will:

Develop a rigorous foundation for integrating ESG factors into strategic analysis
Analyze the efficacy of strategic responses to ESG risks and opportunities
Improve ESG communications, disclosure, and data systems
Build integrated project plans and dashboards encompassing ESG factors
Effectively engage stakeholders in the most complex and conflictual stakeholder environments

The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists is comprised of one month of introductory content (Wharton ESG Essentials) immediately followed by an additional month of specialized strategy content. This advanced certificate is designed to quickly catapult corporate leaders to the forefront of ongoing ESG decision making, empowering them to act as informed, prepared catalysts for change amid urgent and complex constraints and opportunities.

Blended Online Program Structure
This program’s blended format is designed to produce maximum, immediate impact for the busy executive. Participants will join live online sessions for two hours once a week over eight weeks. Sessions will be led by award-winning, tenured Wharton faculty who are pioneering academic research and leading the dialogue in the rapidly evolving ESG field.
Broadcasted and facilitated live from a technologically advanced classroom, the program prioritizes live engagement and employs a host of instructional modalities to enhance the learning experience: in-class discussions, case work, small-group breakout sessions, role playing and several competitive and engaging simulations. In addition, participants will work through self-paced content at their convenience in between live sessions.

Program Details:
Every Wednesday for four consecutive weeks in September
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 1: September 6
Day 2: September 13
Day 3: September 20
Day 4: September 27

AND
Every Tuesdays for four consecutive weeks in October
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 5: October 3
Day 6: October 10
Day 7: October 17
Day 8: October 24

Experience and Impact
In Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists, you will build on the knowledge in Wharton ESG Essentials to learn how to formulate, advocate for, and implement strategies that address ESG factors.
The program presents an overview of the climate transition’s impact on corporate strategy, including the risks from both the physical effects of climate change as well as the regulatory responses to facilitate the transition to a net-zero economy. Participants will analyze how these and other environmental risks influence corporate strategy and what tools and resources are available to reduce risk exposure. Participants will also gain perspective on the green technology and innovation sector – where cost curves are rapidly evolving and leading to non-linear dynamics that threaten to sunset some industries and give birth to new ones.
The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Strategists additionally arms participants with data-backed tools to manage the nuance of ESG strategy. Participants will engage in issue and stakeholder mapping, learning how to integrate pertinent data into usable and accessible dashboards. They will also look at best practices in managing stakeholder relationships — particularly from the strategists’ unique position working cross-departmentally, as well as toggling between internal and external stakeholders and managing deep-seated conflicts between their stakeholders.
Session topics include:

Sustainability Strategy
Climate Strategy
Geo-Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy

Those interested in learning more about Wharton ESG Essentials, or additional specialized certificates, can visit here.
Participants who have successfully completed Wharton ESG Essentials as a standalone program can apply for and enroll in a certificate track within one year of Essentials completion.

Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Financial Professionals
2023-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
$35 trillion dollars of assets under management claim inclusion of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment strategies. However, their portfolio managers must navigate imperfect data sets to measure the impact of a company’s ESG factors. Additionally, investors and regulators must navigate mounting skepticism of ESG claims, trying to separate the green from the greenwash. They’re positioned in a bind — beholden to growing shareholder appetite for returns on sustainable and value-driven portfolios, while simultaneously competing against benchmark funds that focus only on short-term performance.
This Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Financial Professionals combines Wharton’s world-class financial acumen with the critical insights from award-winning Wharton faculty pioneering ESG research. The result is a powerful, actionable toolkit for investment professionals to implement, measure, model, and optimize ESG-asset integration in their portfolios for sustained value generation.
Program Experience
Highlights and Key Outcomes
In the Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Financial Professionals program, you will:

Enhance your ability to integrate ESG factors into diverse investment strategies across asset classes
Identify climate leaders and laggards across industries and those poised to seize transition opportunities
Understand how complex regulations give rise to financial markets for carbon and renewable energy certificates, and how this impacts the profitability of various industries
Analyze financial implications of different political risks and future scenarios from geopolitical to national to local levels
Anticipate ESG shareholder activism and engagement as well as their impacts

The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Financial Professionals is comprised of one month of introductory content (Wharton ESG Essentials) immediately followed by an additional month of specialized investing content. This advanced certificate is designed to quickly catapult financial leaders and professionals to the forefront of ongoing ESG decision making, empowering them to act as informed, prepared catalysts for change.

Blended Online Program Structure
This program’s blended format is designed to produce maximum, immediate impact for the busy executive. Participants will join live online sessions for two hours once a week over eight weeks. Sessions will be led by award-winning Wharton faculty who are pioneering academic research and leading the dialogue in the rapidly evolving ESG field.
Broadcasted and facilitated live from a technologically advanced classroom, the program prioritizes live engagement and employs a host of instructional modalities to enhance the learning experience: in-class discussions, case work, small-group breakout sessions, role playing, and several competitive and engaging simulations. In addition, participants will work through self-paced content at their convenience in between live sessions.

Program Details:
Every Wednesday for four consecutive weeks in September
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 1: September 6
Day 2: September 13
Day 3: September 20
Day 4: September 27

AND
Every Monday for four consecutive weeks in October
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 5: October 2
Day 6: October 9
Day 7: October 16
Day 8: October 23

Experience and Impact
In the Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Financial Professionals program, you will build on the foundation acquired in Wharton ESG Essentials to dive deeper into investment strategies that tap ESG data and insight — be it through accepted best practices or emerging levers. Whether you pursue fundamental analysis, value-based investing, factor models, screens or tilts, quant models, event-based trading strategies, impact investing, or thematically oriented focused efforts on different ESG factors, you will see the rapidly evolving frontier of the field and develop the skills needed to push it forward. The discussion will also look beyond publicly traded equities to private markets, corporate and public fixed income, real estate, and alternative investment assets.
You will gain a better understanding of climate finance — how carbon markets and others drive the energy transition, and how to identify firms benefiting from climate transition tailwinds as well as headwinds within and across industries. The program will examine perspectives on the green technology and innovation sector, where cost curves are rapidly evolving, threatening to sunset some industries while accelerating the growth of new ones. And you will learn to map green supply chains to see the bottlenecks that will generate short-term inflationary pressures and medium- to long-term investment opportunities. You will also learn about the rapidly growing market for green bonds and what they can and can’t offer in terms of impact.
The program will also explore geopolitical scenarios for the world economy over the next decade and their implications for portfolio construction. And from a governance standpoint, you will learn about the risk factors that make some firms more likely to face shareholder activism and less capable or successful in their response. You will also develop tools and tactics for more sophisticated engagement with firms to unlock value.
Session topics include:

ESG and Impact Investing
Climate Finance and Economics
Shareholder Activism
Socio-Political Risk

Those interested in learning more about Wharton ESG Essentials, or additional ESG specialized certificates, can visit here.
Participants who have successfully completed Wharton ESG Essentials as a standalone program can apply for and enroll in a certificate track within one year of Essentials completion.

Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Senior Leaders
2023-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Highlights and Key Outcomes
In the Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Senior Leaders program, you will:

Assess corporate exposure to climate risk and opportunities
Develop and refine the leadership skills necessary for positive stakeholder management and grand organizational change
Better navigate conflicting stakeholder demands, prioritize stakeholder issues, and earn/maintain stakeholder trust
Prepare for and proactively engage with ESG activists
Strategically engage with political and regulatory stakeholders

The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Senior Leaders is comprised of one month of introductory content (Wharton ESG Essentials) immediately followed by an additional month of specialized management content. This advanced certificate is designed to quickly catapult corporate leaders to the forefront of ongoing ESG decision making, empowering them to act as informed, prepared catalysts for change amid urgent and complex constraints.
Blended Online Program Structure
This program’s blended format is designed to produce maximum, immediate impact for the busy executive. Participants will join live online sessions for two hours once a week over eight weeks. Sessions will be led by award-winning, tenured Wharton faculty who are pioneering academic research and leading the dialogue in the rapidly evolving ESG field.
Broadcasted and facilitated live from a technologically advanced classroom, the program prioritizes live engagement and employs a host of instructional modalities to enhance the learning experience: in-class discussions, case work, small-group breakout sessions, role playing and several competitive and engaging simulations. In addition, participants will work through self-paced content at their convenience in between live sessions.
Program Details:
Every Wednesday for four consecutive weeks in September 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 1: September 6
Day 2: September 13
Day 3: September 20
Day 4: September 27

AND
Every Wednesdays for four consecutive weeks in October 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

Day 5: October 4
Day 6: October 11
Day 7: October 18
Day 8: October 25

Experience and Impact
The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Senior Leaders will arm participants with best practices, data, and processes that participants can immediately deploy in their organizations. You will build on the knowledge of Wharton ESG Essentials to learn how boards and c-suite executives are assessing strategies to address ESG risks and opportunities, from climate and socio-political risks to the best internal governance structures, and how to powerfully measure and harness these factors.
The program dives deepest into the skill sets begetting a successful leader who can put ESG at the forefront of value creation. You will learn the art and science of corporate diplomacy, including best practices for engaging with and fostering fruitful relationships with stakeholders, both external and internal. The program will also provide a playbook for overcoming organizational silos in the development and assessment of political risk mitigation strategies.
Additionally, you will analyze scenarios of global warming and their impact on asset values. You will gain perspective on the green technology and innovation sector, analyzing where cost curves are rapidly evolving and could impact your firm. You will investigate the risk factors that make some firms more likely to face shareholder activism and less capable or successful in their response. You will also develop tools and tactics for more sophisticated engagement with activist shareholders, policymakers, and representatives of civil society to unlock value.
Session topics include:

Climate Risks and Opportunities
Socio-Political Risk
Shareholder Activism
Corporate Political Activity

Those interested in learning more about Wharton ESG Essentials, or additional ESG specialized certificates, can visit here.
Participants who have successfully completed Wharton ESG Essentials as a standalone program can apply for and enroll in a certificate track within one year of Essentials completion.

Wharton ESG Programs for Executives
2023-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
The stakes have never been higher for valuing and managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Once considered a niche field, ESG is now cited as “the #1 factor impacting business strategy” by Forbes. At the same time, leaders must navigate several cross currents — keeping pace with an accelerating regulatory landscape, leading requisite organizational and technological change, and enacting policies to attract and retain talent, all while delivering more value for increasingly demanding and sophisticated shareholders.
Wharton ESG Essentials taps the latest insights from Wharton’s leading faculty to equip participants with the tactical competencies needed to successfully link ESG to profit-and-loss statements and portfolio strategies, create and implement a solid risk management plan, and adopt proven best practices rooted in frontier research. Go beyond the headlines and rhetoric, and gain the clarity to not just understand the impacts of ESG factors but to strategically harness them.

Carbon Catch-up: Nature or Tech solutions? How to build a carbon removal strategy
2023-08-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Join us for an insightful webinar with Katharine Hayhoe from The Nature Conservancy and Brian DiMarino from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
From nature to tech-based solutions, learn how to navigate the complex landscape of carbon removal and build a robust strategy that aligns with your net zero aspirations.
Key questions to be explored:

Why is it crucial to integrate technological carbon removal solutions alongside nature-based solutions?
When should companies get started on their carbon removal portfolio strategy? And what should they consider?
How can companies ensure that they are building a balanced carbon removal portfolio?

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and explore actionable strategies to accelerate your transition toward a net zero future.

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8th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum)
2023-08-30 00:00 - 2023-09-01 23:59 | Songdo Convensia Convention Center, Incheon City, Korea, Republic of
Considered Asia-Pacific’s largest and longest-standing gathering of adaptation practitioners to share information, knowledge and best practices in adaptation and resilience-building, the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum) is the biennial flagship event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) Secretariat, hosted within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
The APAN Forum serves as a primary regional platform for adaptation practitioners to meet, exchange knowledge and experiences, and collaborate towards the pertinent outcomes and practical solutions that are needed to address the challenges of climate change.
The 8th APAN Forum will take place in-person from 30 August (Wednesday) to 1 September (Friday) during the Korea Global Adaptation Week (KGAW) 2023. It will be hosted by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Environment Institute – Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change and Incheon Metropolitan City, and co-organised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UNEP through the APAN Secretariat.
Objectives
The APAN Forum aims to:

Enhance understanding of climate change adaptation issues, approaches, and policies for effective planning;
Provide a comprehensive report on actions taken and progress made to address knowledge, policy, and funding gaps since the last APAN Forum;
Serve as a platform for accelerating action and implementing adaptation knowledge and programmes, offering actionable guidelines for communities, practitioners, and policymakers;
Formulate recommendations to expand adaptation efforts in the Asia-Pacific region, guiding contributions to COPs and other global/regional initiatives; and,
Promote climate change adaptation and resilience through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and amplification of messages from local to global levels.

Forum Theme
Resilience for All: Enabling transformative implementation
Over the past two decades, Resilience has served as a unifying theme for the APAN Forums. The past years have seen significant efforts towards generating knowledge and information on climate change adaptation at the global and regional levels. However, we are still significantly off-schedule to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and the world is in a state of climate emergency. The current climate change impacts are evident and disruptive in sectors like agriculture, ecosystems, human health, urban settlements and infrastructure.
Therefore, this year’s theme underscores the urgency of adaptation action that is required to build resilience and equip communities with the capacity to withstand and moderate worst-case climate scenarios. It is also in line with the key outcomes of COP 27, further emphasising the importance of transformative approach to accelerating and enhancing adaptation efforts.
Target Participants
Representatives from governments, financing institutions, academia and research, international organisations, UN agencies, civil society organisations, youth organisations and the private sector, among others, will participate in the 8th APAN Forum to work together to build and strengthen partnerships across sectors for adaptation action. The Forum will also provide a space to reflect on the outcomes of COP 27, and to highlight regional lessons learned. These will serve as inputs for the discussions at COP 28, which is to be held at the Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates in November 2023.

3rd International Forum on Low-Carbon Cities: City-led climate actions in North-east Asia
2023-08-28 19:30 - 2023-08-29 04:30 | Incheon (Hybrid), Republic of Korea
The 3rd International Forum on Low-Carbon Cities will be jointly organized by ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office and Incheon Metropolitan City on 29 August 2023 during the Korea Global Adaptation Week, in collaboration with Green Climate Fund, Incheon Carbon Neutrality Center, ICLEI, innovative Green Development Program, CityNet, Climate Change Center and Local Government Association for Climate and Energy Transition. The Forum is expected to facilitate information sharing and strengthen partnership and peer-learning among cities and city networks in North-East Asia and beyond, by bringing together local governments, international and regional organizations, national and regional city networks and various stakeholders.
More details including registration site will be updated in due course.

International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management (ICSTM 2023)
2023-08-25 00:00 - 2023-08-27 23:59 | Park Inn by Radisson Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
2023 7th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management (ICSTM 2023) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark during August 25-27, 2023. The conference was initiated in 2017 and held in Barcelona, Spain, then Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2018, Budapest, Hungary in 2019, virtual mode in 2020, 2021, 2022 due to the covid-19 epidemic for the past six years. It aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professionals from both the industry and the academia to share their newest research findings and results in the filed of sustainable tourism management.
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Key Themes & Topics

The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest:

Tourism strategies
Environmental issues
Community issues
Climate change
Safety and security
Tourism as a tool of development
Art, architecture and culture
Heritage tourism
Wildlife and adventure tourism
Health and wellbeing tourism
Medical tourism
Marine and coastal areas tourism
Sport tourism
City tourism
Tourism impact
Tourism and protected area
Ecotourism
Rural tourism
Tourism and technology
Industrial tourism
Transport and tourism
Education and tourism
Theme parks and leisure
Destination management
Planning and development
eTourism
Simulation models
Social and physical infrastructure

Sustainability Opportunity and Climate Risk in Government Supply Chain
2023-08-23 12:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
As the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services—purchasing over $630 billion in fiscal year 2021 alone—the U.S. Government supply chain faces significant financial risks from climate change. In November 2022, the U.S. government proposed the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule to address some of these challenges. Join Moody’s in a deeper dive into ESG regulations, sustainability opportunities and the risks of climate events in the U.S. government supply chain.

ESG: Dispatch from the Front Lines of Accountable Capitalism
2023-08-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Over the past decade, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have captured the attention of trillions of dollars of capital, engaged thousands of consultants, and become a top strategic concern in the C-suite and board rooms. However, over the past 18 months, a countermovement has challenged the efforts to value ESG factors and incorporate them into strategic initiatives, claiming that such efforts are “woke” and antithetical to free markets. This countermovement has culminated in seven separate Congressional hearings in Washington, DC in July 2023, challenging various aspects of ESG integration. Yet, at the same time, EU ESG disclosure regulation continues to expand and investor and corporate interest in ESG factors remains strong.
In this LinkedIn Live Session, three leaders in ESG integration – across financial services, consulting, and corporate – will join Wharton professors to discuss their perspectives on the current battle of ideas, dollars, and action. Join us to learn the latest actionable insights from the front lines of accountable capitalism.

6th International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change
2023-08-21 00:00 - 2023-08-22 23:59 | Delta Hotels By Marriot Philadelphia Airport
Coalesce Research Group is delighted to welcome all the Speakers, Delegates, Researchers, Students and Industrialists to be a part of our “6th International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change”. It is a two-day conference going to be held from August 21-22, 2023 in Philadelphia, USA.

The theme of the conference is “Current Research on on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change” covering a wide extent of critically vital sessions of Environmental Science and Climate Change equally. Environmental Science section will cover all the major and minor topics which help in finding solutions for environmental problems (Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Noise Pollution, Thermal Pollution, Radioactive Pollution and Light Pollution) and Global Warming. We will also cover the technology section which plays an important role to maintain a sustainable development for Future Technology, Renewable Energy like Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Geothermal Power and more.

The conference includes Keynote and Plenary Sessions, Speaker Sessions, Young Researcher Forum, Workshops, Symposia, Video Presentations, Poster presentations, E-Posters, Exhibitions and also an opportunity for B2B meetings on the most recent improvements in the field of Environmental Science, Ecology, Climatology, Renewable Energy, Trade and Policies, Risk, Pollution Control, Mitigation Natural Resources and many more… by specialists from both Scholastic and Commerce foundation.
Scope and Importance
The goal of environmental sustainability is to conserve natural resources and to develop alternate sources of power while reducing pollution and harm to the environment. Controlling the environmental pollution, conservation of the environment and biodiversity are the major focus areas of all the countries around the world. In this context, the importance and impact of biotechnological approaches and the implications of biotechnology must be thoroughly evaluated. Environmental biotechnologists are playing a key role by applying biological processes to technology to create more sustainable societies.
Aim of the Conference
This conference deals with the scientific concepts that underpin modern biotechnologies and how innovations can be exploited for the development of products and processes such as biofuels, novel bioactive compounds and waste conversion technologies. You’ll also explore the bioethical, socio-economic and regulatory aspects of environmental sustainability and the role of biotechnologies in environmental protection.
Target Audience

Biologists
Geologists and Geo Scientists
Ecologists
Climatologists
Meteorologists
Marine Biologists
Oceanographers
Chemical and Biological Engineers
Environmental Engineers
Researchers and Innovators
Academic Faculty and Students
Training Institutes
Associations, Societies and Professional Bodies
Industries
Environmental and Climate Change Policy Analysts
Non – Governmental Organizations
Business Entrepreneurs

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World Water Week 2023: Seeds of Change
2023-08-20 00:00 - 2023-08-24 23:59 | Stockholm, Sweden
Theme: Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World
World Water Week has been organized every year since 1991 by Stockholm International Water Institute, which curates the content. It is the leading conference on global water, championing cooperation across sectors and national boundaries.

Tackling the greatest challenges of our time often starts with water. Here you can delve into a broad range of topics, from food security and health to agriculture, technology, biodiversity, and the climate crisis. Each year has its own theme which is explored from many different perspectives.
At World Water Week you will meet a diverse and inspiring mix of decision-makers, business leaders, city planners, activists, and researchers from all over the world. Many are trailblazers who have found new and smarter ways to manage water. People join the conference to share new ideas, learn from each other and collaborate on innovative solutions.
World Water Week is also an important meeting place for policymakers and institutions to accelerate progress in international processes related to water, development, and climate.
The World Water Week programme is co-created with leading international organizations to give access to the latest trends and insights from many different fields. Here you find:

Sessions on a broad range of topics. For the most part, these are curated by SIWI but convened by leading organizations from around the world.
SIWI Scientific Seminars arranged by World Water Week’s Scientific Programme Committee. The topics of the seminars are chosen to delve deeper into different aspects of the year’s thematic scope.
Accelerators, which is a capacity-building programme run together with partner organizations. Currently, the focus is on communication and business, two perspectives of crucial importance to accelerate the shift to more sustainable societies.
Prize ceremonies. The world’s most prestigious water award, the Stockholm Water Prize, is presented in a royal award ceremony during World Water Week. You can also follow the exciting finals of the international competition Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

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S&P Global: Beyond ESG Webinar with Transition Outlooks at Climate Week and COP28
2023-08-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
As we look ahead to Climate Week and COP28, join S&P Global thought leaders to unpack what’s needed for a just transition, how nature and biodiversity risks are impacted by the transition, and what factors are at play in financing this transition. Register now for the conversation on August 16.

Don’t miss the next episode in our Beyond ESG webinar series, where you’ll hear market specialists across the global value chain examine critical topics, including:

What role green bonds, debt financing, and Second Party Opinions (SPOs) play in the transition.
How the Inflation Reduction Act is shaping the energy transition in the United States and beyond, a year after becoming law.
What the changing economics of the transition mean for sustainability progress.

Register now to join the live discussion or receive the on-demand replay.
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ESG Portfolio Management: Optimizing Opportunities & Performance
2023-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
More investment portfolio managers are recognizing that ESG factors can have a material impact on a company’s long-term financial performance. Companies with strong ESG practices may be better positioned to manage risks and capitalize on opportunities, while those with weak ESG practices may face reputational and regulatory risks that could negatively impact financial performance.
Institutional investors are also under increasing pressure from stakeholders to consider ESG factors in investment decisions. As a result, measuring and managing companies’ ESG practices and performance has become an important consideration and essential component of portfolio managers’ fiduciary responsibilities. However, implementing this strategy is a considerable undertaking, with significant challenges including alignment of ESG priorities, tedious manual data collection processes, and insufficient analytics and insights into ESG performance.
We invite you to join Archer and BPM for this webinar to learn about:
• Current developments, roadblocks, and upside potential of ESG portfolio management
• Optimal approach for portfolio management companies to build and sustain an ESG program
• How Archer can enhance ESG performance management and reporting practices for optimized management decision-making

Electrify 2023
2023-08-10 12:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
The decarbonization of transportation is accelerating, driven by economics, regulatory demands and climate goals. It’s critical to stay up-to-date on the confluence of market forces to ensure your operations are efficient and sustainable.
Electrify is an online, collaborative experience that deepens connections between leaders decarbonizing and electrifying fleets. Interact with the transport electrification community through exclusive small-group discussions, live broadcasts from innovative facilities and case study sessions that get you up to speed on emerging trends and best practices.
Topics Will include:

Light-duty vehicle electrification

Medium-and-heavy-duty-vehicle electrification

Charging infrastructure

Fleet and sustainability

S&P Global: Beyond ESG Webinar with Mid-Year Economic Outlooks in Sustainability – 2nd session
2023-08-10 02:00 - 03:00 | Virtual Event
With 2023 more than halfway over and only four months until COP28, we are taking stock of the key trends impacting progress toward both near- and long-term sustainability goals. Join our upcoming webinar on Thursday, August 10 to unpack the mid-year economic and sustainability outlook.

Join S&P Global Sustainable1 for the next episode in our Beyond ESG webinar series to hear from market specialists across the global value chain examine critical topics, including:

Stakeholder challenges in aligning initiatives as new sustainability standards come into effect
Climate risks and nature loss factored into risk management by central banks and investors
The impact of continued inflationary pressures on manufacturing and supply chains
Forecasting expectations for COP28 and what’s needed to measure if COP28 is a success

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Indian ESG Network: Orientation Program on ESG
2023-08-04 00:30 - 07:30 | india habitat centre, New Delhi
Participants will gain valuable insights into the impact of business operations on the environment, social factors, and good corporate governance. Renowned industry experts will share their knowledge and experiences, making this event an excellent opportunity for professionals across industries.
Early Bird Registration is available until 20th July, offering a 15% discount. Interested individuals can register effortlessly by scanning the provided QR Code or visiting our website at www.indianesgnetwork.com.
Program Experience
Highlights and Key Outcomes
Key Takeaways for Indian ESG Network Orientation program on ESG:

Environmental & Sustainability : Understanding the impact of business
operations on the environment, climate change, resource conservation,
pollution control and renewable energy.
Social Factors: Examining the social impact of organisations, including
diversity, human rights, employee and community engagement and social
impact assessment.
Governance Factors: Exploring NGRBC principles of good corporate
governance, ethical practices, transparency, accountability and the
board’s role in overseeing ESG performance.
ESG Reporting and BRSR Disclosure: Understanding of Indian ESG
reporting framework, BRSR guidelines and illustrative cases to effectively
communicate ESG performance to stakeholders.

Indian ESG Network Orientation Program on ESG Details:

Event Name: ORIENTATION PROGRAM ON ESG
Date: 4th August 2023
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Venue: Delhi (India)
Key Takeaways: ESG Awareness, ESG Readiness, ESG Networking

Bloomberg Building a Green Economy For All 2023
2023-07-28 11:30 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
The world is watching. We are at a course-correcting, critical moment in history as we challenge the status quo in our path toward decarbonization. Over the last 12 months, soaring energy prices and the war in Ukraine have dramatically reshaped the global energy landscape and once again, highlighted the need to transition towards clean energy. We need to look at a diverse range of sources to power our future and we cannot wait.
At Building a Green Economy for All, we ask: which sources are accessible and affordable and can achieve scale? What emerging technologies will be the most disruptive? Who is investing in and manufacturing these sources and will we be able to balance the need for cleaner resources with energy security concerns?

Taking Action with your ESG and Climate Data – APAC Edition
2023-07-27 22:00 - 23:00 | Virtual Event
As most major financial hubs in Asia are stepping up regulations over ESG and climate disclosure as well as target-setting, companies in the region – whether they are listed or planning to go public – will need to have a better grasp of their ESG performance and emission footprints.

MSCI’s enhanced visualization and analysis solution on MSCI ONE – Corporate Sustainability Insights – not only gives you the option to track, measure and compare your ESG and climate metrics against peers, but also helps identify potential disclosure gaps through intuitive charts, graphs, and maps.

Join the virtual event on July 27 (Thursday) to understand more about the tool, which provides the necessary clarity for stakeholder communication as well as ESG targets and business strategies alignment.

In this session we will walk you through the tool and show you how to:

Deepen your understanding of your material ESG and Climate exposures
View your company’s MSCI Implied Temperature Rise and target scorecard
Provide feedback and enter new climate data for MSCI review
Explore any company’s MSCI ESG & Climate metrics

Managing the Carbon Footprint of Government Facilities
2023-07-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Carbon emissions from buildings and facilities are estimated to be responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions, posing a challenging timeline for these properties to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. How can you better estimate the current carbon emissions and also devise a comprehensive plan to update the buildings and facilities to be more energy efficient towards the net zero goal by 2050? What electrification options are most cost and time effective for the building type and what does that mean for carbon emissions? We will discuss:

Transition risk analysis and cost estimation
Scenario analysis and mitigation options
Case studies

How ISO standards and guidelines can solve your ESG reporting and data challenges
2023-07-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Most companies are coming to terms with the fact that ESG reporting is increasing exponentially, with more and more countries mandating some form of reporting. Mandatory ESG reporting requirements now extend well beyond detailing greenhouse gas emissions, and include disclosure of other key environmental issues, safety, human rights, modern-day slavery, supply chain and overall third-party due diligence, among other topics.
While reporting is a challenge, it is not the solution. The solution is building programmes to address these critical areas in your materiality assessment and using those programmes to develop ready-made data that can be easily turned into ESG reports required by regulators.
In this 30-minute webinar, Speeki’s CEO Scott Lane will take you on a journey of ESG and sustainability. He will explain how already existing management system standards can help you run your programmes as one integrated management system that can meet available reporting requirements from all known jurisdictions.
You will be introduced to:

the steps beyond a materiality assessment and how to turn important areas into a management system
how to identify the available management systems that you can use
how to quickly and easily migrate your existing initiatives into a management system
how an integrated system can save you time and effort in managing separate issues
how an integrated system can help solve the data challenges that come with ESG reporting.

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USAID & Climate Change: a Conversation with USAID's Climate Leadership
2023-07-25 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual Event
Join for a conversation with USAID’s climate leadership team. We are excited to welcome Gillian Caldwell, USAID Chief Climate Officer, and Colleen Allen, USAID Chief Sustainability Officer, to discuss USAID’s Climate Strategy. We will cover a wide range of topics, including both climate funding for USAID projects, as well as USAID’s internal climate objectives and progress.

2023 APAC Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit
2023-07-25 06:30 - 2023-07-26 09:00 | Shangri-La Singapore, 22 Orange Grove Road, 258350, Singapore
The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summits bring together business leaders and investors globally to drive innovation and scale best practices in sustainable business and finance.
Amid economic uncertainty, geopolitical challenges and ever-changing regulations, companies are under pressure to drive business value and meet their ambitious ESG goals. Join us in Singapore for a day of solutions-driven discussions and community building as the Summit returns to APAC.

Financing Industry Decarbonization For Just Transition
2023-07-22 05:30 - 07:00 | Virtual Event
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is delighted to co-host with LeadIT and the Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI) this official side event of the 14th Clean Industry Ministerial and the 8th Mission Innovation (MI-8), in Goa, India. Narrowing the financing gap for deep decarbonization efforts in hard-to-abate sectors (For example, iron and steel, cement and aluminum, pulp and paper, chemicals, shipping) is essential to helping developing countries make a just transition to zero-carbon growth paths. Equally, it is critical to channel concessional resources where they can be most effective and provide a transformational effect that can lead to replication and scaled up investments across the developing world.
This event will explore enhanced coordination and targeted finance amongst partners and initiatives to maximize development impact. In addition, it will convene government, industry, and multilateral development banks to discuss where concessional resources can be channeled in support of industry decarbonization globally.

World Bank Tokyo Online Morning Seminar #172 “The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change: Supply Chain Emissions, Green Technology Transfers, and Corporate Commitments”
2023-07-20 19:00 | Virtual Event
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) provide both a fundamental risk to and an opportunity for climate change mitigation. The climate ambitions of MNEs will affect the environmental performance of countries around the world. As a leading actor, proactive MNEs can impose sustainability standards or encourage green technology transfers that, in some cases, could affect millions of producers and accelerate the climate transition. However, obstructive MNEs may equally hold back any progress to reduce a country’s emissions via inaction or by actively resisting, obstructing, or lobbying against change. It is critical for policymakers around the world to consider the role that MNEs play in climate change mitigation strategies, monitor their current commitment to transition their supply chains to net-zero emissions by 2050, and adopt the necessary measures to accelerate this transition. To guide this endeavor, the World Bank, in partnership with CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) have developed a new report “The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change: Supply Chain Emissions, Green Technology Transfers, and Corporate Commitments” that provides insights into MNEs’ impact on climate change.

Sustainability Focus Series - Water Stress and Climate Variability Credit Impact Across Sectors
2023-07-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Event
The challenges of climate variability and water stress may have short and long term influence on credit quality absent adaptation efforts. Please join S&P Global Ratings’ credit rating analysts for a live webinar presenting our views on how water stress could affect our credit ratings across corporate and government sectors.
Read the research:

Agriculture Industry Is Still Sweating This Year’s Drought
Western U.S. Drought: Declining Supply, Rising Challenges
Sustainability Insights: Research: More Mexican States Could Face Water Stress By 2050

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Key challenges associated with extreme hydrological volatility on economic sectors, population trends, and financial performance
How can regulation, infrastructure investment, and an entity’s risk management efforts offset these challenges and what is the potential impact on the cost of water
How certain industries will adapt to an environment where water stress may become a more influential risk

Speakers:
Chris Johnson, Director, Corporate Ratings
Jenny Poree, Sector Leader, Public Finance, Americas (U.S. Public Finance)
Sarah Sullivant, Sector Leader, Public Finance, Americas (International Public Finance)
Moderator:
Nora Wittstruck, Sector Leader, Public Finance, Americas (U.S. Public Finance)

This webinar is part of the S&P Global “Sustainability Focus ” webinar series. In this session, the company will discuss key findings from the abovementioned research. S&P Global defines the agenda and speakers for each episode based on market events, notable credit rating actions, sustainable finance opinions, recent research publications, or questions received from market participants

2023 SDG Global Business Forum
2023-07-18 08:30 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Turbocharging the 2030 Agenda with business impact
As we approach the halfway mark to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the world has been confronted with a complex web of interconnected crises that have put the achievement of the 2030 Agenda at serious risk. What needs to change to get back on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda? Who needs to play a more prominent role? How do we ensure a just and fair transition to net zero? What immediate action can companies, governments, business organizations and civil society take to move the needle on the 2030 Agenda?
This year’s 2023 SDG Global Business Forum, taking place alongside important policy debates at the ministerial segment of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), will welcome a global community of movers and shakers, problem solvers and innovators to debate these questions, discuss priorities, build alliances and co-create high-impact business solutions to turbocharge the SDGs in the remaining seven years before 2030.
In-person registration is now closed. Those with a valid UN grounds pass or stakeholders already registered to attend the 2023 HLPF can attend in person.
An engaging virtual hour–long session is open and the remaining sessions will be available to view
on UN Web TV.

2023 Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Forum
2023-07-17 10:00 - 13:00 | United Nations New York Headquarters, 405 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, United States
The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is an open partnership between several United Nations entities and the higher education community launched in the lead-up to the Rio+20 Conference in 2012. It is currently chaired by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the Sulitest Association – a non-profit organization and online platform aimed at improving sustainability literacy for all. Other UN partners include UNESCO, UN Environment Programme, UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education initiative, UN University, UN-HABITAT, UNCTAD, UNITAR, UN Office for Partnerships and UN Academic Impact.
Each year, HESI organizes a global forum as a special event to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) – UN’s main platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level – to highlight the critical role of higher education in achieving sustainable development.
This year’s HLPF is focused on “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”. The HLPF will provide an in-depth review of SDGs 6 on clean water and sanitation, 7 on affordable and clean energy, 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure, 11 on sustainable cities and communities and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. The HESI Global Forum will examine the role of higher education in achieving these goals.

Fourth Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
2023-07-16 10:00 - 16:30 | United Nations New York Headquarters, 405 E 42nd St, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Background

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement are intrinsically linked, and one cannot be achieved without the other. In the same spirit, the Secretary-General in a recent address on his 2023 priorities stressed that “Climate action is the 21st century’s greatest opportunity to drive forward all the Sustainable Development Goals.” As such, maximizing on the interlinkages between the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement by leveraging climate action and SDG synergies has the potential of achieving both agendas faster, while ensuring a just and equitable future.
Integrated planning, coherent policies, and economic stimulus investments designed to meet both the SDGs and climate challenges can generate significant co-benefits and speed up progress. Research has shown that aligning actions on climate and SDGs globally can yield up to US$26 trillion before 2030 in economic gains, produce over 65 million new green jobs, and save approximately 7 million premature deaths per year. With concerted and coordinated global public and private collaborative efforts, achievement of all SDGs can be advanced, trade-offs avoided, and social disparities reduced.

FOURTH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE AND SDG SYNERGIES

The Fourth Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference is convened by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Conference is conducted in association with the 2023 HLPF. It thus also provides delegations the opportunity to reflect their on-going review of progress on achieving the SDGs, notably SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17, in a wider context of the multiple interlinkages between these goals and global climate action. The Conference will take stock of progress on synergistic action at all levels. It will also shed light on some of key findings and messages from the work of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies. More specifically, the Fourth Global Conference on Climate and SDD Synergies will deliver:

A forward-looking summary, with a set of key recommendations for enhancing synergistic implementation of the SDGs and climate action at the political level as well as practical levels.
A set of empirical evidence on climate action and the SDGs co-benefits, including how various stakeholders are progressing in delivering jointly on these two agendas and transitioning towards just, equitable, and climate compatible pathways.

Harvard Climate Forum 2023
2023-07-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Science and Engineering Complex, 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, 02134, United States
Sponsored by The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard and the Harvard Professional and Lifelong Learning Committee, the Harvard Climate Forum will bring together faculty and participants across all disciplines – business, policy, health, education, law and beyond – in a one-day, on-campus event. Led by a multi-disciplinary team of faculty, you’ll work with inspired contemporaries from across the professional spectrum and around the world. In addition to gaining new approaches to climate change issues, this University-wide event will also provide an unprecedented opportunity to broaden your own network.
