Climate change is making extreme weather in the UK more likely and more extreme. This looks like heatwaves, heavy rainfall and conditions that enable wildfires. The UK is not appropriately prepared for this.
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LME looks into premium prices for sustainable metals
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is exploring the potential for premium prices for sustainable metals. It says that by making a sustainability price differential public, the value attached to sustainable metals will be transparent and could support the development of the market for sustainable metals.
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Time to think like Mad Men
If there is one thing the advertising and communications industry is expert in it’s behaviour. From decades of consumer data, the advertising industry knows what makes people do something, what moves them and increasingly they know what consumers are likely to do next.
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UN urges full-speed climate action ahead of COP30
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries to accelerate global climate ambition. The purpose was to build momentum for stronger national climate plans to be announced in 2025.
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PMI shines a light on sustainability and AI
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has published a report called ‘Sustainability in the Age of AI: The Integration Imperative’. It demonstrates that AI can be a critical enabler in helping organisations more effectively pursue their sustainability goals. The report says AI can be used to generate short-term cost savings while illuminating the long-term benefits of a comprehensive sustainability strategy.
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IFRS Foundation and TNFD team up on nature
The IFRS Foundation and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing to build upon the TNFD recommendations in the ongoing work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), to enable nature-related financial disclosures for use by capital markets. The ISSB will consider the relevance of the TNFD recommendations in meeting the needs of global capital markets.
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How to halt and reverse nature loss – invest
It is estimated that the private sector requires $1.2tr worth of annual investment in direct and nature-adjacent projects to halt and reverse nature loss, says the World Economic Forum. However, the majority of financial institutions still find that data availability and quality are barriers to allocating capital to nature.
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UK Gov strengthens carbon markets; helps leverage capital
The UK Government has launched plans to strengthen voluntary carbon and nature markets which can help leverage the finance needed to address climate action while diversifying revenue streams.
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Apple: goes beyond 60% GHG emissions reduction
Earth Day has real meaning for Apple. It is the point at which it surpassed a 60% reduction in its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (compared with 2025 levels) – this is part of its Apple 2030 goal to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint.
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Electricity demand set to soar
The increase in electricity consumption through 2027 is expected to average around 4% annually, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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House of Hackney: people, planet and profit
House of Hackney has launched a debt crowdfunding campaign with B-Corp bank, Triodos, and is issuing a bond with the aim of buying out its private equity partners to accelerate its mission “to leave our planet better than we found it”.
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People in the supply chain matter
People keep getting packaged up by business. Be it in gender pay gap reporting, racial equity programmes, menopause initiatives or the muddle of staff surveys. But shouldn’t the conversation about people be about the sweet spot where business looks after its people and people serve their employers?
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A call for transformation, growth and adaptability
This is why we are called The Dragonfly Files. If the dragonfly is a symbol of all three – transformation, growth and adaptability – then let’s be informed by its joyful lifecycle transformation, the lightness of spirit with which it matures and the freedom with which it adapts. Global business and all its institutions would do well to take note.
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Celebrities Who Should Consider a Writing Career
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