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Lauren Burnhill

@laurenopv.bsky.social
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Sustainable finance, impact investment, gender, social inclusion, climate & all kinds of other good things. Environmental & social impacts aren’t externalities, they’re opportunities.

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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Despite the prevailing "we don't need no ESG" climate in the US, climate is, in fact, a significant risk for US equities - at least according to Green Central Banking's @emmathomasson.bsky.social. So are EU ESG regulations a source of alpha? Could well be. greencentralbanking.com/2025/07/15/c...
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Portfolio managers beware: climate risk to stocks to be bigger than expected
Call for better modelling to capture real climate risk for funds
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The Devastation Bill - Brazil's shift from climate leader to terminator. What ESG professionals need to know ⬇️ onestopesg.com/esg-news/bra...
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Brazil's Devastation Bill: What ESG Professionals Need to Know About the 2025 Environmental Rollback
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Performative DEI. It's real & it's a problem. "DEI has become a central part of public, private, and nonprofit discourse, appearing in strategic plans, leadership messaging & institutional values. But ... it’s time to confront an uncomfortable truth" impactentrepreneur.com/the-dei-disc...
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The DEI Disconnect | Impact Entrepreneur
Why performative efforts are eroding trust—and what it takes to build lasting equity.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The ICJ says countries have an obligation to fight climate change. If only they had the power to enforce that ruling! The idea that countries that have contributed the most to climate change should be pay reparations? Probably reasonable but definitely challenging. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Vanuatu Wins Landmark Legal Battle Over Climate Change Impact
One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The courts think it’s okay to deport people, even to countries other than their own? I am beyond appalled, more than horrified. Land of the free, home of the brave? Once upon a time but no longer 😭 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Migrants to Countries Other Than Their Own
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Nearly 400,000 open jobs; not enough skilled blue collar labor. “For every 20 positions, there’s one qualified candidate, says one manufacturing CEO.” Administration plans to onshore manufacturing & eliminate immigrants will likely worsen the situation. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...
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Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In some cultures, women still face immense social pressure to show their “value” by becoming mothers. Is it any wonder then that a cult of pseudo babies would arise? Sure there are other reasons the dolls are popular but this one makes me sad. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Hyper-realistic baby dolls spark moral panic and legislation in Brazil
About 30 bills concerning these figurines, known as ‘reborn’ dolls, have been introduced across the country
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Worried about heat deaths or happy for a “bit of sunshine”? Britain isn’t the only country experiencing a heatwave or in need of a national adaptation plan. How many will die in extreme weather due to the actions of well-funded climate deniers? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down | Editorial
Editorial: Britain faces rising climate threats, yet lacks a country adaptation plan. Urgent, coordinated investment is needed to protect lives and infrastructure
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Ok, so they might not work. Nevertheless, the desire & intent to protect every resident is breathtakingly beautiful. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?
The long read: Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bunkers – enough to shelter every member of the population. But if the worst should happen, would they actually work?
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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New short-term climate scenarios from the Network for Greening the Financial System ignore innate economic and financial volatility and understate transition risks, says economic consultant @markcliffe.bsky.social >> greencb.co/3Zcv5Vt
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Simplistic NGFS climate scenarios are stuck in 'model land'
New short-term climate scenarios ignore innate economic and financial volatility, and understate transition risks, says economic consultant Mark Cliffe.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Not colonialism but "migration with permission". Nevertheless, some retirees assimilate and treat their new countries well, others, not so much. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/m...
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Is It Colonialism When Europeans Retire in Cheaper Countries?
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In 2023, Nguema led a coup that ended 60 years of dynastic dictatorship in Gabon. In April 2025, he won more than 90% of the vote in the first democratic elections since 1967, which have been hailed as transparent & peaceful. 90% popular support. That's mind-blowing! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gabon election: Coup leader Oligui Nguema wins poll by huge margin - BBC News
This was the first presidential vote since the near-six-decade-long Bongo dynasty was overthrown.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 24/04/2025
Blended finance transactions in emerging markets amounted to $24 billion last year – far below what’s needed for global sustainable development goals. @britishintinv.bsky.social and BCG reviewed 65 blended finance funds and identified five models to replicate. impactalpha.com/how-to-simpl...
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How to simplify blended finance in order mobilize private capital
Only a few people in the world can afford to be fitted for a bespoke, tailored suit. It is a very expensive, complex, ...
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Why would gig workers lean right? Internalizing the message that they are entrepreneurs - not workers or exploited or poor – is instrumental to navigating a world in which the individual bears all risks, & must sustain self-esteem despite hardship & overwork. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In Brazil, the right creates precarious workers, and precarious workers prefer the right – but the cycle can be broken | Rodrigo Nunes
Rodrigo Nunes, a senior lecturer in political theory, explains how delivery drivers are taking to the street to demand better pay and conditions, while worker-owned delivery app services are thriving
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Sheltering in a tube station is so yesterday. The next wartime safety hub is 7-11. US - Russian aggressive posturing & acts on the world stage potentially open the door for China to move against Taiwan. The Taiwanese are taking proactive security measures. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘Don’t panic, but don’t relax’: Taiwan’s plan ‘to use 7-Eleven chains’ as wartime hubs
From energy security to boosting internet connections, Taiwan is working on ways to protect its population if China attacks
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"Taking a sledgehammer to a growing sector of the nation’s auto industry is a terrible idea...It will cost jobs immediately and severely hamper the nation’s ability to remain competitive as demand for clean vehicles grows worldwide.” Winning? 🤔 www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025...
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Princeton analysis: Killing IRA’s EV tax credits would decimate US EV, battery manufacturing
“Taking a sledgehammer to a growing sector of the nation’s auto industry is a terrible idea,” Jason Walsh, executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance, said.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Data centers use huge amounts of energy. That's an environmental problem. Data City proposes a solution - the “world’s largest” green energy behind-the-meter hub for data centers which will help the US “win the AI race.' Can it change Trump's stance on REN? www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025...
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Data City, Texas, aims to power acres of data centers via renewable energy
The energy hub will be built outside Laredo on 50,000 acres of land and aims to help the US “win the AI race.”
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Amid discussions of sovereign rights, this point is worth noting: "The dilemma is compounded by the fact that these companies have implemented DEI initiatives often in response to requests from other international partners, not just the U.S." portugaldecoded.substack.com/p/business-l...
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Business leaders reject U.S. push against diversity
The U.S. government has sent letters to companies in Portugal that provide goods and services under federal contracts, urging them to dismantle their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
For the most part, sprawl means those of us who are nondrivers (youth, disabled people, people aging out of driving) are stuck at home or reliant on favors from family and friends to meet our basic needs. This shouldn’t be our future.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
One can only hope that SCOTUS responds by requiring the return of Mr. Garcia who was wrongly & unlawfully deported. It shouldn't have required a court decision in the first place, but if outside of the purview of a district court, surely SCOTUS can set things right. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant
The government said Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered that the administration return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, had engaged in “district-court diplomacy.”
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
MLP's embezzlement conviction automatically prevents her from running for President for 5 years. Sound concept, but what's with 5 years? After that, criminals are absolved of wrongdoing? If this concept had been true in the US, what would the world look like today? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
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Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling
The court decision barred the far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years, jeopardizing her plans for the 2027 election. She can appeal.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Some problems are so big, we only managed to look small pieces. Plastic waste gets much attention, but it's the tip of the trash iceberg. Maybe we used to be able to ship our trash to other countries with impunity. Even if that remains true, is that a real solution? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Opinion | The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie
The world’s poorer nations have never stopped being receptacles for the West’s rubbish.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Framing homelessness as a personal failing didn’t just make it easier to dismiss; it was also less politically threatening. It obscured the socioeconomic roots of the crisis & shifted blame onto its victims." I don't want Greenland. I want more affordable housing! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 26/03/2025
In an era of constrained budgets, development finance institutions won't replace aid— but they can step up and finance development where it's needed most.🌏 @charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains: www.cgdev.org/blog/how-dev...
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How Development Finance Institutions Can Help in a Time of Aid Austerity
Aid agencies across Europe and North America are seeing their budgets slashed. Replenishments to multilateral agencies from the International Development Association (IDA) through Gavi to the Global F...
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
More gender positive news - the International Olympic Committee has elected its first ever female president. 🥳 www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...
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Kirsty Coventry elected first female IOC president as Lord Coe beaten in vote
Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Live long and prosper, Madame President! www.namibian.com.na/nandi-ndaitw....
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I’m well prepared to be president – Nandi-Ndaitwah
President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is set to make history as the first female head of state of Namibia when she is inaugurated as the country’s fifth president […]
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
No 51st state here!
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Scooters and bicycles on the train. Portugal makes eco-friendly travel easy. No car? No problem!
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@Om* @atomjack604.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
per week... #usa #classwar #americannightmare
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
“Global weirding” - perfect term to describe what many in climate finance are seeing. “Climate whiplash” patterns - eg 1st too wet, then too dry make it harder to solve for & finance adaptation. We must though! Weird, unfortunately, isn’t always wonderful. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The majority of the world isn’t white or male. #DEI matters for all of us; for our quality of life & for our economic & financial wellbeing. My thanks to DevelopmentAid for including my voice alongside the thoughtful & well-informed views of my colleagues. www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/...
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Celebrate International Women’s Day #AccelerateAction
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
What's next? Taking down the Statue of Liberty because she is a symbol of DEI?
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
You're already worried about access to eggs, but there are other things to worry about given climate change. Coffee & 🍫 will be increasingly expensive and scarce. Lots of other crops too. While you're sipping your ☕ this morning, think about the planetary wake up call Mother Nature is making!
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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 18/02/2025
Ahead of @consilium.europa.eu #ECOFIN, President @NadiaCalvino underlined that: 1️⃣Our unity is our strength 2️⃣Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security 3️⃣Each of us must play our part in stepping up Europe's security & defence capabilities 📺 Full interview: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
DOGE= the Salem Witch Trials on AI & steroids... Or so it seems 😬
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
They built the store with a parking lot. Next came the bike racks. Now? Scooter parking. While you & I can't necessarily stop #climaterisk, we can at least avoid contributing to it. Sometimes #sustainability is about small changes 👍
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Will South Africa break its own rules to suck up to the “white nationalist Tony Stark”? www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
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South Africa might bypass Black ownership rules for Musk
Government officials have discussed enabling Elon Musk’s companies to sidestep a policy aimed at redressing apartheid-era inequalities.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Cry me a river 😢 No way is this a natural phenomenon. Industrial pollution isn’t an externality it is (yet one more) crime against humanity. www.theguardian.com/weather/2025...
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River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak
Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Aren't you thrilled when there's (working) wifi on public transportation? Imagine if you could charge your phone too 💡 In Luxembourg you can. How awesome is that?
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"The water equivalent of load-shedding" is hitting Johannesburg hard. Electricity & water are regular problems for South Africa. And yet, banks & corporates stubbornly treat #climatechange as a non-issue. Frustrating for those working on national sustainability. african.business/2025/01/reso...
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Water crisis looms over South Africa’s business landscape
Severe water shortages, prompted by droughts and under-investment, are posing a growing headache in Johannesburg and elsewhere.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Overhead today in Luxembourg “Tiny margins matter in rugby & fund management. The human factor can make all the difference.”
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We know the names of the companies who are bending the knee on #DEI. 😡 How about a cheer for those holding fast? Costco, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Apple, Pinterest… Thank You🙏 #Sustainability requires respect for #diversity. One planet - many different people. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/b...
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As D.E.I. Programs Come Under Attack, Companies Like Costco and Microsoft Forge Ahead
As racial and gender equity programs come under attack, many companies have scaled back. But Costco, Microsoft and others have forged ahead.
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The resurgence of previously eradicated diseases that cause lifelong damage is terrifying. If you have friends or family who had polio before there was a vaccine, you know what I mean! "Alternative facts" aren't facts, they're propaganda 😐
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
There are many foolish reasons put forth for not managing (or even acknowledging) climate risk. The increasing scope of potential economic loss should be sufficient incentive to focus on sustainability. The major cost & time involved in recovering from extreme weather events is the wake-up call.
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 21/01/2025
About 90% of global assets under management are deployed into liquid strategies. The Octobre Liquidity Guarantee Facility aims to add liquidity to more impact funds by offering a commitment to buy out the stakes of impatient investors in less than 10 days. #LP/GP impactalpha.com/adding-a-das...
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Adding a dash of guaranteed liquidity to impact funds to attract more institutional LPs (video)
Among the curses of impact investing is that the patient capital needed for many high-impact solutions is inherently more expensive – precisely because ...
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Lauren Burnhill @laurenopv.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I’m tired of hearing about asset managers & corporations ditching #ESG, #DEI and #climateaction plans. Backtracking may seem convenient to some, but problems won’t go away because we turn a blind eye. Keep your hope (and your integrity) alive! #sustainability www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-01...
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Portuguese President asks the world “not to resign itself to Trump”
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has given a speech calling for peace, climate action, dialogue and multilateralism, asking the world not to resign itself, to Trump.
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