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    Business
    Insights
    January 6, 2021

    Make the Market Work for People and Planet

    • carbon pricing
    • science based targets
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    Skyrise office buildings in Montréal, Canada
    • carbon pricing
    • science based targets
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    Business
    North America
    Insights
    April 15, 2019

    5 Ways to Unlock the Value of the Circular Economy

    • circular economy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Recycling's good. Reducing's better. Flickr/mbeo
    • circular economy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2019

    3 Ways Business Must Use Political Influence to Champion Climate Ambition

    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate leaders lobby for climate action. Flickr/Phil Roeder
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Cities
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    New Urban Agenda Adopted by 167 Countries Incorporates Safe Mobility and Affordability

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Quito, Ecuador, hosted the UN Habitat III Conference that endorsed the New Urban Agenda. Photo by Santiago Ron/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Brazil and Indonesia Enact Landscape Restoration Policies

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Shade-grown coffee in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Climate
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Countries Commit to Improve Transparency and Public Engagement on Climate and Natural Resources

    • Equity & Governance
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Community meeting in Tanzania. Photo by uusc4all/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Chinese Cities and Indian State Adopt Innovative Approaches to Waste and Wastewater

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Sewage treatment plant in Jaipur, India. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Food
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Producers and Retailers Take Landmark Steps to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Shopper inspects a product date label. Photo by Tyler Olson/Shutterstock
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Business
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    More Than 300 Companies Commit to Set Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Installing solar panels in England. Photo by Kristian Buus/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Brazilian Law Sets Standards for Compact, Connected, Coordinated Social Housing

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    A child shows the key to her family’s new Minha Casa, Minha Vida house in São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Assis Cavalcante/Prefeitura de Sorocaba
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 15, 2017

    Dozens of Pilot Cities in China Advance Innovations in Sustainable Mobility

    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit in Zhuzhou, China. Photo by Daizong Liu/WRI
    • Top Outcome: 2017
    Climate
    Insights
    December 12, 2016

    INFOGRAPHIC: 4 Ways to Make Money in Land Restoration

    • Forests
    • restoration
    father with daughter in flower field
    • Forests
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    Business Helped Make the Paris Agreement Possible

    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • renewable energy
    Paris at night during COP21. Photo credit: Deborah Zabarenko
    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • renewable energy
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    Palm Oil Mill Data: A Step Towards Transparency

    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Palm oil plantation
    • Climate
    • Food
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    News
    November 27, 2015

    STATEMENT: Unilever’s Carbon Positive Goal is “Audacious and Inspiring”

    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • renewable energy

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