The FINANCIAL -- As 2020 comes to a close, British Airways has reflected on its commitment to having a positive impact in the communities it serves across the world. The airline has published a summary of its community investment activity in 2020, highlighting everything from the huge generosity of its customers and colleagues through Flying Start, the airline’s global charity
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The FINANCIAL -- General Motors has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. GM pledges to support and promote the compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.
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The FINANCIAL -- Event, co-organised by the EBRD, showcases Bank-financed solar and wind projects in Kazakhstan, EBRD pilot credit line for climate resilience in Tajikistan.
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The FINANCIAL -- Six heads of state and government and the leaders of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund on November 30 called on companies and countries to follow up on their ambitions for Paris by putting a price
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The FINANCIAL -- The heads of the world’s largest development banks pledged on November 30 to work together to substantially increase climate investments and ensure that development programmes going forward consider climate risks and opportunities.
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The FINANCIAL -- As world leaders gather in Paris this week to fashion a global climate change accord, their citizens are sending them two different, but not necessarily contradictory messages.
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The FINANCIAL -- Nearly three-quarters of Americans see global climate change as a “very serious” (45%) or “somewhat serious” (29%) threat, and two-thirds (66%) say people will have to make major changes in the way they live to reduce the effects of
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The FINANCIAL -- Global warming advocates are calling for the prosecution of groups who disagree with them, and New York State has taken it a step further by investigating Exxon Mobil for refusing to play ball with the popular scientific theory.
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The FINANCIAL -- A majority of business leaders say that a long term agreement at the UN climate summit (COP21) in Paris is critical to supporting private sector investment in low carbon solutions, according to a global study by the United Nations
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The FINANCIAL -- The Children’s Rights and Business Principles have been an important instrument for guiding business implementation of children’s rights into corporate citizenship strategies. Following on the success of last year’s global event in Nairobi, the UN Global Compact, UNICEF and
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The FINANCIAL -- On September 1, Lise Kingo officially assumes the role of Executive Director of the UN Global Compact.
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