The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2) will take place from 29 May to 2 June 2023 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France. The meeting will be preceded by regional consultations on 28 May...
Maritime and port activities serve as a key enabler of all dimensions of sustainable development and of deeper regional integration due to their vital role as the gateway for international trade. Despite the diversity of Asia and the Pacific region, which includes coastal countries, small island developing States or archipelago countries, there are several common...
3rd annual Sustainability Week US focuses on helping businesses become sustainable faster, while taking advantage of green subsidies. The event makes a difference through its focus on immediate action by business and governments, with the goal to help create a better, much more sustainable, adaptable and resilient world tomorrow. It brings together the private and...
The World Bank Group will hold its 9th Global Affordable Housing Conference on May 31- June 2, 2023 at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington D.C. Participants have also the possibility to join virtually the conference. The theme of the conference is “Looking ahead: unlocking access to affordable, green and resilient housing through innovation.” Entrepreneurs, financiers, policy makers, researchers...
The maritime sector is responsible for over 3% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. To get on track with the UMAS Transition Strategy Report, the sector must cut its emissions 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2040. The SBTi will host a training webinar on May 31 to explore the Science Based Target Setting Guidance for the Maritime Transport...
To efficiently contribute to the creation of a more prosperous planet, sustainability needs to be embedded in a company’s DNA. This can be a challenging task, especially for departments who do not directly work on sustainability issues. The UN Global Compact Network USA will host The Business Breakdown of the SDGs webinar series to provide...
The Bonn Climate Change Conference is scheduled from 5 to 15 June 2023. The pre-sessional meetings take place 30 May to 4 June. Building on the mandates that emerged from COP 27 in Egypt last year, the conference will host a large number of mandated events and continue discussions on issues of critical importance, such...
The Private Equity Investors Summit is an invitation-only, premium Summit bringing chief investment officers and innovative fund managers and consultants together. The summit’s content is aligned with key investment challenges and interests, relevant market developments, and practical and progressive ideas and strategies adopted by successful pioneers
From Inspiration to Impact: How Women are Leading with Passion and Purpose The inaugural Women of Impact Summit will convene a unique community of leaders determined to bring meaningful ways for business to become a force for good. It will recognize the vital role women play in making sustainable and measurable impact. This gathering of...
Policy debates on "Delivering a Net-Zero World" theme and expert workshops organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, with invited speakers from the world of politics, business, NGOs, and academia. In the first day the sessions will focus on the latest policy developments in the areas of biodiversity, circular economy and zero pollution. Sessions...
The hunt for opportunity remains a daunting challenge amid recession fears and historic volatility. That’s why Bloomberg Invest New York has become the premier destination for all market participants. Every investor in attendance, from institutional and high-net worth to private and retail, will leave with fresh perspective and crucial insight for 2023 and beyond.
Where ESG risk leaders connect, exchange ideas and make vital steps towards the new future of finance ESG is seeing massive money inflows due to the growing importance of climate action. With global ESG assets expected to reach $53 trillion by 2025, many are searching for ways to better analyze and improve how their business and their investments perform when it comes to impact-investment decision making. The event will gather...
Fostering sustainable & inclusive investing while ensuring financial returns The Impact Seminar Series – Canada is tailored to institutional investors and asset owners based in Canada and the United States. Impact Seminar Series focuses on the opportunities to move beyond ESG to invest with impact while ensuring market-competitive financial returns. A half-day programme aims to empower...
JOIN UN WOD 2023 The ocean covers the majority of the earth, but only a small portion of its waters has been explored. Despite humanity’s utter reliance on it, and compared to the breadth and depth of what it gives us, the ocean receives only a fragment of our attention and resources in return. But...
Evolve 2023 Disruption is the new normal for complex manufacturers and their supply chains, and the stakes are impossibly high. Sustainability isn’t an option — it’s an expectation. Now is not the time to fall behind. Regulatory requirements are changing, and risks threaten your market access, reputation, and bottom line. Meeting these challenges requires proactive action, deep understanding,...
As energy policy remains at the top of the political agenda, hydrogen is touted as a critical tool in the net-zero transition. However, while policy ambitions are increasing globally, the practical pathway to scaling up clean hydrogen remains unclear. Existing hydrogen production still needs to be decarbonised, while pertinent questions also remain about the lack...
Join this webinar for an opportunity to Bloomberg’s latest thoughts, offering and ambition in the space of climate risk. While the vastness of the topic cannot be covered in a single virtual event, we will look to give you a feel for our approach and plans going forward, as well as an update on the...
WOAH and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will host a joint webinar, “Nature and wildlife health: making the case for investment in Asia and the Pacific” Human, animal and ecosystem health, as well as the environment, are fundamentally interconnected. Wildlife and environmental health are often neglected by policy makers, with insufficient human and financial...
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is taking place in a hybrid format from 20-22 June 2023. Take part online or onsite in Europe's biggest annual conference dedicated to renewables and energy efficiency.
The latest IPCC publication, the AR6 synthesis report, published in March 2023 is another reminder that global warming is advancing and 1.5degree Celsius warming is ‘likely’ in the near term. It raises the urgency of understanding, measuring, and mitigating not only financial risks arising from climate change, but also the impact of investments on climate...
As the fallout from the energy shock continues to reverberate in the region, social discontent is running high. Policy support for the energy transition has stepped up but the need for significant private investment remains. Growing focus on natural capital and biodiversity poses new challenges and opportunities.
During the first quarter of 2023, the MSCI ACWI Climate Change, MSCI ACWI Climate Action and MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Indexes outperformed their parent, the MSCI ACWI Index, whereas the MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Leaders and Low Carbon Target Indexes experienced small but negative cumulative active performance. On the other hand, four out of...
The speed and scale of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation is the highest in history. Biodiversity loss is the fourth most severe global risk over the next ten years. Join S&P Global in our 'Beyond ESG' series as we discuss the rising urgency of measuring nature-related risks & dependencies across assets, companies, supply chains, and investment portfolios....
The UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI), is hosting an event that will amplify sustainability action and ambition for the life & health insurance industry in this UN Decade of Action. The event will be hosted by Vitality, a PSI signatory company, and will run from 10:00 to 13:00 BST on Wednesday, 21 June...
Our food system is on the frontline in the fight to curb climate change and conserve nature. Food generates one-third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the United Nations identifies farming as the primary driver of biodiversity loss globally. But a suite of agricultural solutions already exists that can accelerate action towards GHG neutrality while...
FTAdviser's Diversity in Finance Awards, now in their fifth year, aim to showcase the best initiatives, campaigns and success stories over the past 12 months when it comes to diversity and inclusion in the financial services sector. Diversity and inclusion is not a corporate catchphrase but an organisational imperative in today’s workplace. It is clear that...
Despite ESG frameworks and rankings’ imperfections, they are impacting billions of investments. And, hundreds of trillions more are needed to realize a just transition to a decarbonized global economy. GreenFin 23 will convene an influential audience of finance, investment and sustainability professionals to share insights, address key challenges and showcase leading sustainable financial products and...
As the world seeks ways to confront our planet’s biggest challenge, climate change, Bermuda is uniquely positioned to be a global leader in providing climate risk strategies and solutions. The second annual Bermuda Climate Summit, presented by the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA), in partnership with KBRA, will showcase not just the seriousness of the threat, but...
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 London for a day of solutions-driven...
Freshwater is not only indispensable for wildlife, people and planet, it is also the habit of a wide variety of fish, plant and crustacean species. The freshwater ecosystem comprises of lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, springs, bogs and wetlands, and provides transport routes, hydropower, irrigation and drinking water, as well as a wide range of other...
Join us for a 30-minute webinar in our series on the latest Bloomberg data offerings and trends in sustainable fixed income. From record sovereign green bond issuance to the fledgling sustainability-linked bond market to vanishing greeniums, our analysts will help you make sense of the most up-to-date ESG debt market statistics and answer your questions...
Join MSCI ESG Research for a discussion on the latest corporate issuer-related developments on our newly launched MSCI ONE platform, as well as updates on our Implied Temperature Rise (ITR) model. Agenda: An overview of how to provide feedback via MSCI ONE Data Provisioning A deep-dive into new developments to the MSCI Implied Temperature Rise (ITR)...
The Climate Innovation Forum returns for the fifth year as a flagship event of London Climate Action Week. Taking place on Wednesday 28 June in Guildhall – at the heart of London’s finance district – the event will bring together 700 senior public and private sector decision makers to help turbocharge our transition to net...
Leverage your improved access to broker content to navigate Bloomberg's AI-powered research platform, which leverages natural language processing (NLP) to let you search across broker research with precision. In this session we will explore how you can extend your search with AI-topic trends and ""intelligent synonyms"" to efficiently provide the most comprehensive results. Annotate and...
Nearly all types of natural capital—the world’s stock of resources provided by nature—are in decline. The ecosystem services that flow from those natural capital assets – such as fertile soils for crops, rich ocean life supporting tourism and productive fisheries, and dense forests for carbon capture – are necessary for life on Earth. Recognizing the essential...