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Gerbrand Haverkamp

@gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social
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Co-founder and Executive Director of the World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social & www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New research combined real-world ocean observations on the AMOC circulation with a range of climate models to determine the most reliable, and this hugely reduced the spread of uncertainty. They found an estimated slowdown of 42% to 58% in 2100, a level almost certain to end in collapse of AMOC.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
For almost a century generations of scholars and thinkers have tried to understand why the Germans sleepwalked into disaster. Future generations will focus on a different case.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13/01/2026
Trillions of dollars are needed to meet the world’s climate targets, and a sizable share of that money may already be sitting inside corporate balance sheets.
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Corporate Budgets Hold $1.3 Trillion of Untapped Climate Capital
A Dutch nonprofit analyzed about 1,600 companies worldwide and found the median share of spending currently devoted to low-carbon projects is just 7%.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 13/11/2025
"If a country as rich as Norway can’t afford to stick to principles, who can?" Great edition of the Free Lunch newsletter today by @martinsandbu.ft.com on Norway suspending its $2.1 trillion oil fund's ethics rules. www.ft.com/content/f6b3...
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How Norway jeopardised its integrity overnight
Oslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/10/2025
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The biggest names in tech are failing to address systemic harms against women and LGBTQI+ people, new research from BHRRC and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social reveals: www.bhrrc.org/en/from-us/b...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Important reporting from Gaza:
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‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This is what people don’t understand. All countries can produce electricity, many countries have to important refined oil products like gasoline and diesel using hard currency which is in limited supply. One in four vehicles sold this year will be EVs.
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🗣️“Trump is not the US and the US is not the world, and the world is moving towards a transition of our energy system.” Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0". Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Good morning with good news: EV sales in Nepal reach 70% in recent months! Nepal's EV sales goal is 90% by 2030! Nepal pushes EV to slash oil import costs & to clean air. Hydro mostly powers Nepal & 94% of its 29.6 million people have grid supply. #energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/n...
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Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption - CleanTechnica
Nepal has achieved remarkable EV adoption, using indigenous hydroelectric power and smart taxation, offering policy insights for countries worldwide.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
NEW: After an 86-day blockade of food into Gaza, starving residents are pictured being herded like livestock & surrounded by fencing and barbed wire as they await food parcels. This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
An overhead photo showing 100s of people corralled by fencing and barbed wire into a tiny area. Three security people in high vis on the other side of the gates.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/05/2025
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 02/05/2025
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
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Israel is using aid as a weapon of war in Gaza, UN court told
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
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Open MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights. It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
World Press Photo of the Year door Samar Abu Elouf.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/04/2025
Flashback to three months ago: Wall Street was excited because Trump would let say them say the word 'retard' www.ft.com/content/cf87...
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Bas Heijne @basheijne.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Kijken dit. youtu.be/wmDVrV7QRrU?...
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Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US
YouTube video by Gregory Mullins
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 02/03/2025
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
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$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/02/2025
Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
He's not wrong. Many in Europe are retreating from some of Europe's most fundamental values: the rule of law, religious tolerance, the Enlightenment commitment to reason and science, human rights and social solidarity.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/02/2025
Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d…
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Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
Insurance groups and pension funds threaten to dump those ‘misaligned’ with retiree objectives
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
now that DeepSeek has completed AI, we hope that Silicon Valley will turn its attention to the next best thing: investing in rural history museums
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it. Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was. Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
A screenshot of the Die Zeit website. It is a photo of Musk in black and white doing the Hitler “seig heil” salute - but the actual salute is blocked out by blue material on the left hand side of the photo. The headline is underneath.
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Our collective future depends on 2000 companies – the SDG2000. In the hands of 2000 CEOs lies the power to shape a sustainable, equitable future. Let’s ensure they become 2000 reasons to be hopeful! See which companies are on the list: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/sdg2000/ #2000Reasons
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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100. Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago. This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology. However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse. At the same time we can bend the curve down further
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating. www.ft.com/content/cf87...
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Is corporate America going Maga?
Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
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Gerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I wrote this op-ed ahead of Davos. Why do companies so powerful become helpless when confronted with their responsibility? www.sustainableviews.com/top-companie...
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Top companies need to decide if they are powerful or helpless
Gerbrand Haverkamp is executive director of the World Benchmarking Alliance As Davos approaches, more businesses must stand up and demand stronger corporate accountability mechanisms
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2025
Appropriate mix of headlines. Climate change accelerates, while the business world, under pressure from US conservatives, abandons any attempt to stop it
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Europeans may quarrel a lot, but they also manage to agree on many things. Here's another example: Switzerland has decided to join a EU-funded project to ease the movement of troops and weapons (non-EU members Norway and the UK are already on board) www.euractiv.com/section/defe...
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Switzerland joins European project to ease the movement of troops and weapons
With Switzerland joining, the Europeans are closing a large gap in the middle of Europe.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 20/12/2024
lot of strong work by photo editors today on musk/trump stories but this might be the winner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
screenshot of washington post homepage with headline, "‘Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight." deck reads, "The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and watchdog groups." 

Image shows Trump and Vance looking at each other with serious faces with Musk popping up from behind right in between them with his weird frown-smile
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 20/12/2024
VOX POPULI VOX DEI
Telegraph article showing headline “Tesla sales crash as drivers snub Trump supporter Elon Musk”
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
OPEC admits its oil forecasts have wildly overestimated demand. They’re also shocked to learn there’s gambling in this establishment. OPEC Admits Defeat in Battle of Oil Forecasters www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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OPEC Admits Defeat in Battle of Oil Forecasters
The group’s secretariat has slashed demand estimates by 27%, moving closer to the view of the IEA.
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Paul van Buuren 🍉‬ 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @paulvanbuuren.nl · 13/12/2024
Lezen hiero: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... Super dubbelplusgoed.
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Column | Geen racistisch kikkerland
Column: Carolina Trujillo
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In 2026 we will publish our first Ocean Benchmark! We will assess 125 companies in key ocean-related sectors for their contributions towards halting and reversing nature loss in marine ecosystems. Read more in our methodology⤵️ www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/research/the...
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The Methodology for the 2026 Ocean Benchmark | World Benchmarking Alliance
The methodology for the 2026 Ocean Benchmark is a key document to understand how we will research and evaluate the companies selected for this benchmark.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is an extraordinary document.
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Jayson O'Neill @jdogmt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Corporate oversight, accountability, and transparency will go on the Paul Atkins diet if he's confirmed as SEC chair. Ignoring growing climate risks is a disaster for Americans' pocketbooks. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Trump SEC pick wants to ditch landmark climate disclosure rule
Paul Atkins, an SEC commissioner during the George W. Bush administration, says the new rule would burden publicly traded businesses.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Syria's civil war was the biggest destabilizer of European politics in this decade. The hard right was rising anyway, but 2 million refugees in 2015-16 were gold for Orban and PiS. It's why the Italian, Swedish and Dutch hard right are in power. It jump-started the AfD. www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Germany jolted by AfD right-wing poll success
Politics in Germany is suddenly looking a lot less predictable and potentially less stable following state elections, writes Damien McGuinness.
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freecialis @freecialis.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
One former Cigna executive recalled how the US health insurer used to frequently face threats when claims were denied. “We’d have times when you’d deny proton laser therapy for a kid with seizures and the parent would freak out,” said the former executive.

Another industry executive said: “What’s most disturbing is the ability of people to hide behind their keyboards and lose their humanity.”
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Giorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Almost 1AM in Georgia. Tens of thousands of Georgians continue to protest against government’s decision to freeze country’s EU integration. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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Gerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
By means of introduction to this community, the mission of the World Benchmarking Alliance is to measure how businesses impact people and planet, so that together we can hold companies accountable for contributing to sustainable development www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org
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Home | World Benchmarking Alliance
Benchmarking for a better world. Building a movement to measure and incentivise business impact towards a sustainable future that works for everyone.
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It's not every day that we see our name featured in @vogue.com.web.brid.gy Business! As the host of the ACT initiative, we are thrilled that the ACT methodology for fashion has gained traction in the industry as a tool to coordinate companies' climate efforts. www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustai...
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A new tool will help LVMH, Chanel and more track climate progress
A new methodology will help companies with climate commitments stay on track to achieve those commitments. It has major luxury brands behind it.
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Next week we will publish the methodology for our first Ocean Benchmark, a key document that outlines how we will assess 125 selected companies. Join us on 11th December for a live webinar to learn more details about our ocean work: worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/webinar...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I got to interview the CEO of ExxonMobil for a climate podcast. The prep was intense. Then with the Bloomberg Green crew, we just published an epic annotated transcript. Give it a read and share your feedback! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Meet the World’s Most Controversial Climate Capitalist
As negotiators at COP29 struggle to define or finance the energy transition, Exxon CEO Darren Woods turned up with a pitch of his own. An annotated interview.
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World Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Now live: A comprehensive analysis of five CHRB iterations, revealing key insights into corporate human rights performance. Beyond tracking individual companies, it uncovers broader trends, gaps, and areas for progress. Read more: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/research/sta... #bizhumanrights
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Gerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
For the urban and corporate sustainability enthusiast out there - I have seen you - we recently launched our first Urban Benchmark, ranking the sustainability performance of the 300 most influential companies shaping urban environments worldwide. www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/research/202...
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2024 Urban Benchmark | World Benchmarking Alliance
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Tech Policy Press fellow @dwj88.bsky.social grapples with the apparent failure of an eight-year cycle of effort on tech and media accountability, and what it means for pro-democracy reformers.
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An Eight-Year Struggle for Accountability in the US Ends in Defeat | TechPolicy.Press
The present moment may put severe constraints on the imaginations of pro-democracy reformers, writes Dean Jackson.
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