When world leaders gather in Paris in December to negotiate a global agreement on climate change, they will have a powerful ally standing behind them and urging them onward: mayors.
The trend towards supply chain transparency is not only growing and evolving within areas already implementing regulations, but it is also expanding into new regions. While many in the European Union saw the good that the RoHS directive was doing, others around the world quickly began to take notice.
Sustainability performance is critical for 21stCentury businesses. Employees and customers throughout the supply chain demand it. Investors do as well, and with good reason—one recent survey that looks at 200 academic studies found that 88% of sources found that “robust sustainable practices . . . translate into cash flows.” However, full integration of “robust sustainable practices” may require a governance change to endure over time, especially in the context of the public markets.
In a recent presentation on “Social Finance and Investing in Carbon Efficiency” at SOCAP 15, Mellon Capital CEO Gabriela Franco Parcella explored how the firm approaches partner and product innovation to meet competing client needs regarding fiduciary duty and environmental objectives.
If you drive through the City of Detroit, it’s almost a tale of two cities. There’s the city of business growth and revitalization, but there’s also the city of neighborhood blight and decades of decay.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Michael R. Bloomberg, U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, will welcome mayors from major global cities to the State Department at 12:30 p.m. on October 8 for the “Our Cities, Our Climate” working sessions and luncheon.