Last Giving Tuesday, for the fifth year in a row, Clean Air Task Force (CATF) was rated by multiple external evaluators as one of the most effective organizations in the world working to address climate change. Last month, in recognition of Giving Tuesday, news outlet Vox issued its annual list of the most effective organizations working on climate change, once again rating Clean Air Task Force number one. Last month, Heatmap News also listed CATF as one of the top six climate organizations to support. This comes on the heels…
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Barbados launches the world’s first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
Barbados has successfully completed an unprecedented debt-for-climate operation to finance water and sewage projects resilient to climate change. Through support from its international funding partners, including the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Barbados replaced outstanding, more expensive debt with more affordable financing, generating USD 125 million in fiscal savings, which will be used to enhance water resource management and increase water and food security. CIBC Caribbean, as lead arranger, successfully closed the Sustainability Linked Loan transaction last week. The loan was backed by USD 300 million in guarantees – USD 150…
Read MoreEurope Off-Track For 2030 Climate Targets, Despite Record Clean Energy Investment, According to BloombergNEF
European governments face an uphill battle if they are to deliver rapidly approaching and legally binding 2030 climate goals, according to New Energy Outlook: Europe, a new report published today by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF’s base-case ‘Economic Transition Scenario’, which describes how the energy sector evolves as a result of cost-based technology changes, assuming no additional policy interventions are made, sees the European Union and UK both widely overshooting their end-of-decade emission goals. Energy-related CO2 emissions breach 2030 targets for all sectors by over 200 metric million tons, or…
Read MoreDeloitte’s first Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024 survey reveals that workplace accessibility is a significant challenge for many
Deloitte Global’s first Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024: A Global Outlook report provides insights into the workplace experiences of 10,000 respondents with disabilities, chronic health conditions or who are neurodivergent across workplaces in 20 countries. The findings paint a picture of varying attitudes toward self-identification and disclosure, hesitancy in asking employers for workplace accommodations, inability to participate in work events due to a lack of accessibility, and experiences with non-inclusive behaviors. However, the data also shows various actions and factors that can help enable and accelerate disability inclusion at work.…
Read MoreM&S Commits To Supporting A Further 2,000 Young People Into Work
Marks & Spencer has committed to train and support a further almost 2,000 hard to reach young people through its Marks & Start programme over the next three years as part of an ambitious multi-year strategy with The King’s Trust. M&S is this year celebrating 20 years of Marks & Start, a programme which helps those who face barriers to employment gain their first crucial step on the career ladder. In that time, the scheme has supported over 30,000 people get into employment, including 12,000 young people facing barriers to…
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