Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/04/2026New 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. 13623
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026For 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. 1991333
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves. 23977472415
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13/01/2026Trillions 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.bloom.bgCorporate Budgets Hold $1.3 Trillion of Untapped Climate CapitalA Dutch nonprofit analyzed about 1,600 companies worldwide and found the median share of spending currently devoted to low-carbon projects is just 7%. 32915
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampSarah 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...ft.comHow Norway jeopardised its integrity overnightOslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund 39137
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/10/2025Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment 400163452567
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 29/07/2025The 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... 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Important reporting from Gaza:ft.com‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvationIsrael’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine 32458292
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampJigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This 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. 621366
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld 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 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Good 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...cleantechnica.comNepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption - CleanTechnicaNepal has achieved remarkable EV adoption, using indigenous hydroelectric power and smart taxation, offering policy insights for countries worldwide. 68926
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/05/2025NEW: 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. 42597409
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867... 9376113
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/05/2025Opinion 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... 040981917
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampThe Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 02/05/2025The 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 Justicethetimes.comIsrael is using aid as a weapon of war in Gaza, UN court toldThe 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 53728
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampOpen MIC @openmicmedia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The @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 123
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampNadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 17/04/2025World Press Photo of the Year door Samar Abu Elouf. 42383129
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/04/2025Flashback to three months ago: Wall Street was excited because Trump would let say them say the word 'retard' www.ft.com/content/cf87... 791105309
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampBas Heijne @basheijne.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Kijken dit. youtu.be/wmDVrV7QRrU?...youtu.beClaude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the USYouTube video by Gregory Mullins 21251118
Reposted by Gerbrand Haverkampwhet 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...apnews.com$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's overThe U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees. 126107912783
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/02/2025Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin. 20806170618705
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 14/02/2025He'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. 8386
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/02/2025Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d…ft.comLong-term investors split with asset managers over climate riskInsurance groups and pension funds threaten to dump those ‘misaligned’ with retiree objectives 4319
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025now that DeepSeek has completed AI, we hope that Silicon Valley will turn its attention to the next best thing: investing in rural history museums 305208737
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A 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” 6855502053
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Our 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 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampAuke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 17/01/2025We 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 29508158
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampStanley 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...ft.comIs corporate America going Maga?Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms 258949357
Gerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I wrote this op-ed ahead of Davos. Why do companies so powerful become helpless when confronted with their responsibility? www.sustainableviews.com/top-companie...sustainableviews.comTop companies need to decide if they are powerful or helplessGerbrand Haverkamp is executive director of the World Benchmarking Alliance As Davos approaches, more businesses must stand up and demand stronger corporate accountability mechanisms 131
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2025Appropriate mix of headlines. Climate change accelerates, while the business world, under pressure from US conservatives, abandons any attempt to stop it 9630581119
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampCaroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Europeans 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...euractiv.comSwitzerland joins European project to ease the movement of troops and weaponsWith Switzerland joining, the Europeans are closing a large gap in the middle of Europe. 212428
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 20/12/2024lot of strong work by photo editors today on musk/trump stories but this might be the winner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 1373190622
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 20/12/2024VOX POPULI VOX DEI 671775381
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampGerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 14/12/2024OPEC 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...bloomberg.comOPEC Admits Defeat in Battle of Oil ForecastersThe group’s secretariat has slashed demand estimates by 27%, moving closer to the view of the IEA. 38024
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampPaul van Buuren 🍉 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @paulvanbuuren.nl · 13/12/2024Lezen hiero: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/... Super dubbelplusgoed.nrc.nlColumn | Geen racistisch kikkerlandColumn: Carolina Trujillo 02712
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024In 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...worldbenchmarkingalliance.orgThe Methodology for the 2026 Ocean Benchmark | World Benchmarking AllianceThe methodology for the 2026 Ocean Benchmark is a key document to understand how we will research and evaluate the companies selected for this benchmark. 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is an extraordinary document. 212533
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampJayson O'Neill @jdogmt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Corporate 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...politico.comTrump SEC pick wants to ditch landmark climate disclosure rulePaul Atkins, an SEC commissioner during the George W. Bush administration, says the new rule would burden publicly traded businesses. 011
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Syria'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...bbc.comGermany jolted by AfD right-wing poll successPolitics in Germany is suddenly looking a lot less predictable and potentially less stable following state elections, writes Damien McGuinness. 127733
Reposted by Gerbrand Haverkampfreecialis @freecialis.bsky.social · 06/12/2024this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional 334141623511
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampThe London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 14565937011142
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampGiorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Almost 1AM in Georgia. Tens of thousands of Georgians continue to protest against government’s decision to freeze country’s EU integration. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 5886215
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampGerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 14/11/2024By 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.orgworldbenchmarkingalliance.orgHome | World Benchmarking AllianceBenchmarking for a better world. Building a movement to measure and incentivise business impact towards a sustainable future that works for everyone. 132
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024It'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...voguebusiness.comA new tool will help LVMH, Chanel and more track climate progressA new methodology will help companies with climate commitments stay on track to achieve those commitments. It has major luxury brands behind it. 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Next 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... 001
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I 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...bloomberg.comMeet the World’s Most Controversial Climate CapitalistAs 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. 5327
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampWorld Benchmarking Alliance @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Now 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 061
Gerbrand Haverkamp @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024For 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...worldbenchmarkingalliance.org2024 Urban Benchmark | World Benchmarking Alliance 031
Reposted by Gerbrand HaverkampTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Tech 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.techpolicy.pressAn Eight-Year Struggle for Accountability in the US Ends in Defeat | TechPolicy.PressThe present moment may put severe constraints on the imaginations of pro-democracy reformers, writes Dean Jackson. 1279