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For the evaluation of enterprise value and investment decision-making, firms must demonstrate their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  For this, several factors are considered, including supply chain management (SCM), human rights, climate change, safety, and environmental risks.  This study analy ...

Failure to transition will generate significant and widespread economic and financial risks. An economic forecast from Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, projects a loss in global gross domestic product (GDP) of between 4.2 and 18.1 percentage points by mid-century, depending on different warming scenario ...

“It would be so easy now, and so tempting, to dismiss #COP29 – or the entire COP process – as a failure”, said a prominent expert on sustainability business practices and advisor to the UNFCCC.  “Not only would that be intellectually lazy, but also irresponsible”, he continued. The developed countries committed to prov ...

ESG ratings measure the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) risk in the performance of companies.  They provide information on the sustainability performance of a company or financial instrument by assessing its exposure to sustainability risks and its impact on the environment, people as well as corpo ...

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 231 unique indicators as a significant initiative towards global socioeconomic sustainability.  Governments commonly use construction as the principal means for the pol ...