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Sustainable Development Goals

Novozymes Uses Sustainable Development Goals as a Catalyst for Growth

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 05.30.2018

 

Biotech innovator Novozymes’ president and CEO Peder Holk Nielsen is optimistic that the world has the willingness and the technology to tackle climate change.   Read the entire article at GreenBiz.   “You can get into the mood where this is such an overwhelming task that you can’t make a difference and therefore you go on doing […]

 

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The Green Bond Pledge – Building Sustainable Infrastructure for Everyone

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 03.30.2018

 

Now that renewable energy technology is maturing, the low carbon economy of the future is in sight. The main challenge is how to focus global financial firepower on the kind of civic infrastructure needed for a sustainable future. That’s a formidable task, but a new “Green Bond Pledge” could provide corporations, as well as government […]

 

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Four Things that Matter More than the Paris Agreement

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 03.15.2018

 

Much attention has been paid in recent years to achieving a global agreement on climate change — a feat that eluded governments for over two decades until the 2015 Paris Agreement. Once achieved, many hailed the agreement as a significant success for multilateral diplomacy. Still others pointed to its shortcomings — notably, that countries’ emissions […]

 

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Stockholm Pursues Climate Holy Grail: a Fossil Fuel-Free Future

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 01.03.2018

 

Stockholm’s clean energy and sustainability measures have been deployed to create two of the city’s most remarkable eco-districts.   Read the entire article at The Huffington Post.   Stockholm Royal Seaport is known in the city as a “second-generation sustainable city district.” The 650-acre area was the focus of a comprehensive 20-year sustainability program for the area […]

 

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Sustainable Development Goals – Everything is Connected

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 05.22.2017

 

Read the entire article at GreenBiz.   “It’s all connected.” We know that already, those of us who work on making the world a more sustainable, resilient, fair and prosperous place for all. And we know that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all nations in 2015, are “indivisible” — a highly integrated web of challenges. […]

 

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