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It's time for banks to take the next step on climate risk

GreenBiz

If banks don't integrate climate risk into oversight, expect a banking crisis that could overshadow what happened in 2008.m m crisis reminiscent of the 2008-09 mortgage crisis or worse.

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State of the Profession 2022 Report

GreenBiz

What wasn’t clear was whether the pandemic would negatively affect corporate sustainability efforts in the same way as during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis. In early 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread globally, it became clear that this pandemic would not be short-lived.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

OGCI claims mobile carbon capture technologies aboard ships could help the global shipping sector reach its current climate target to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2050, from a 2008 baseline — a goal that has faced criticism from green groups for lacking ambition.

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Edge Environment

GreenBiz

We were founded in 2008 and our teams are based in Australia, Chile, and the United States. Edge Environment. taylor flores. Wed, 07/14/2021 - 09:37. Edge is an international sustainability consultancy focused on serving clients based in Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

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Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery

GreenBiz

Countries around the globe are set to launch the biggest round of infrastructure investment since the post-2008 financial crisis stimulus measures. Before the shovels hit the dirt, it's worth understanding how the world of 2020 is different from the world of 2008. For example, since 2008, the percentage of U.S.

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This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm 

GreenBiz

When Corbett started Ecologic in 2008, scaling its sustainable packaging was challenging because at that time, only the “diehard” in the green movement were pushing for such solutions, she said. .

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How will the economic downturn affect PRN prices?

Envirotec Magazine

Whilst not immediately obvious, with the looming recession, the data gives an indication of the likely impact of an economic downturn by looking back to the time of the 2008 financial crisis and the years that followed. For next year, whilst targets are flat, a shortfall this year could see a lack of carry forward PRNs into 2023.

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