«WBCSD and ERM set out a sustainability transformation framework to help companies seize historic commercial opportunities»

 

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«(...) a vision of how the Nordic built environment could be truly sustainable (...)»

 

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The Nordic countries are known for successful societal transformations that have improved the quality of life. Our built environment has always reflected these transformations and as we have entered the current multi-crisis era, the perception and the physical reality of the built environment must once again be transformed. In this report, we present a narrative for the Nordic Baukultur, a vision of how the Nordic built environment could be truly sustainable and work for the best of the planet and people. The vision and its five principles stem from Nordic culture and heritage, and lean towards the future. Leia aqui.

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Mais: Portugal presenteia ONU com obra de tapeçaria inspirada nos oceanos. De lá:

«Arte e sustentabilidade 

A tapeçaria intitulada “Coral Vivo” é uma criação da jovem artista Vanessa Barragão, que tem sua arte marcada pela inspiração nos oceanos e a ecologia. Ela explica que desenvolve seu trabalho de forma sustentável. 

“O meu trabalho é muito inspirado pelo mar, das coisas que mais me inspiram. A natureza no geral, mas o mar em específico é uma das coisas que mais me inspiram. Ver a degradação dele foi um dos motivos pelo qual eu decidi focar mais nessa mensagem. Enquanto artista, eu acho que é bastante importante passar uma mensagem e é essa a mensagem que eu procuro passar para consciencializar e ajudar de fato o planeta de alguma forma. Portanto, o meu trabalho também é todo feito a partir de desperdícios da indústria têxtil, e é muito focado na sustentabilidade e ecologia. Portanto, esta parte dos materiais é uma parte muito importante do meu trabalho, é o pilar, e a mensagem que é passada.” (...)».

EU | «Monitoring Capital Flows to Sustainable Investments»

 

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«Description

The Platform on Sustainable Finance, an advisory body to the European Commission, has been tasked with developing a methodology for monitoring financial flows into sustainable investments, examining trends, particularly between financial and non-financial entities, and conducting and publishing first analysis based on this methodology and available data.

The purpose of the intermediate report on “monitoring capital flows to sustainable investments” published today is to propose an architecture to measure the effective contribution of finance towards the objectives of the European Green Deal. The comprehensive monitoring framework relies on a rigorous methodology, a data structure, and the mapping of data sources and gaps. The proposed framework integrates a bottom-up representation of the real economy based on entity- and activity-level data, along with financial sector instruments available from primary and secondary markets. As part of this, it considers transition finance for both financial and non-financial undertakings.

The methodology is primarily based on EU sustainable finance regulatory data and definitions, with market standards and definitions complementing the analysis where appropriate. Financing flows to, and investments by, EU economic actors make up the scope for the real economy. This systematic stocktake builds on the early practices that market participants are employing to transition their business models and investments to a net zero and more resilient model, and as documented in the Platform’s compendium of market practices.

The first chapter outlines the conceptual framework underpinning the methodology. The report then focuses on two types of capital flows. The second chapter’s focus is on capital expenditures by real economy entities, which shed light on progress towards filling the investment gaps. In the third chapter, focus is on capital flows into and from financial markets, as this represents an important source of capital in support of real economy investments.

The report is accompanied by a document with annexes, which contains an analysis of the green deal investment gap. This analysis will serve as a reference for the implementation of the proposed framework. The Platform will release a final report at the end of its mandate, which will include any refinements to the methodological approach based on the continued work, an analysis of preliminary data, and a proposal for operationalising periodical monitoring.(...)». Saiba mais.

UMA FORMA DE CELEBRAR «ABRIL» | divulgar politicas ambientais em Portugal ...

SINOPSE

«Em Portugal o arranque das políticas ambientais está ligado à criação da Comissão Nacional do Ambiente quando o país, até então arredado das organizações internacionais, foi convidado pela ONUPARA participar na conferência de Estocolmo em 1972. Vivia-se uma época de cautelosa abertura política que ficou conhecida como Primavera Marcelista e nas vésperas da mudança histórica do 25 de Abril de 1974.

Para além de uma introdução que situa as raízes da problemática ambiental em Portugal, este livro abre com um conjunto de testemunhos de personalidades que, direta ou indiretamente, se destacaram nesse arranque pré-abril de 1974 - uma fase de modernização do país e da sua questão ambiental e ecológica.

Um segundo conjunto de textos integra reflexões de protagonistas que assumiram funções importantes já em plena democracia e sobretudo pós-adesão à ce na área do ambiente, fosse nos movimentos cívicos, na educação ambiental, na ciência, na cultura, no ordenamento do território ou na economia.

A terceira parte do livro dedica-se às principais dimensões que constituem hoje as políticas ambientais em Portugal - sua evolução, marcos fundamentais, estado actual e desafios futuros e inclui úteis cronogramas destacando os momentos-chave do lançamento e implementação destas políticas».

«After protracted battles, a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence is finally ready for endorsement»

 

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Começa assim:«Europe’s supply chains are scattered all over the globe: our chocolate comes from Ivory coast and our coffee from Brazil; our clothes have been fabricated in Asia and the spare parts of our mobile phones come from all around the world. Control over such large supply chains is easily lost—possibly even on purpose, as companies tend to take advantage of the humanitarian situation of countries with poor living and working conditions to produce more cheaply.

Chocolate? It is estimated that around 1.6 million children between the ages of five and 17 work in cocoa production in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Coffee? Together with palm oil, it is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation. Clothes? The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013 claimed the lives of 1,134 people, many of whom were women. This disaster stands as a tragic testament to working conditions in the global garment industry, shedding light on its precarity, long working hours, low wages and inadequate safety measures. (...)»

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«The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our generation. The cost of climate action may seem high, but the cost of inaction is much higher. As this report shows, we need to leverage science to provide solutions for the good of society»

 

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