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Carbon & Climate
How to read sustainability reports
Beyond investors, consumers should also be empowered to critically use sustainability reports to assess a company's sustainability credentials. Here are five steps they can take to start reading reports using GRI standards.
Carbon & Climate
It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly
Humanity has exceeded the safe and just limits for vital Earth systems, from climate change to the biosphere and the use of fertilisers and freshwater, found new research from the Earth Commission. Urgent action is now needed.
Policy & Finance
Environmentalism after Ukraine
The modern environmental movement has taken the rules-based system for granted, trusting in national commitments even when they came from authoritarian states. But Russia has exposed the fragility of the global order, what now?
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As key stakeholders in higher education, students should have greater say in decision-making
In Asian universities, students often have little say about what happens on campus. As student divestment groups in the region gain momentum, it’s time for universities to listen to what their students have to say about issues that will affect their future.
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