ESG Trends in 2023🌎+More

GOOD ALL YEAR AROUND written by Alexis McCarthy

ESG trends in 2023

1. Renewables on the rise

2. Investors keeping an eye on company climate plans

3. The SEC and ESG

4. Deforestation taken seriously

5. Efficiently extracting metals from e-waste

6. The impact of cotton and the future of fiber

msci GAPS

• 78% of investors want companies to focus on environmental, social and governance activity even if it hits short term profits; but only 55% of businesses are willing to do so

• 76% of investors say businesses "cherry-pick" disclosure on sustainability activity

ey Impact Investing* in 2022

• The worldwide impact markets estimated at $1.164 trillion in 2022, topping $1 trillion mark for the first time

*(impact investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return) The Good News Be present Practice budgeting Consume thoughtfully Make a grateful list Budget, live and invest sustainably-it doesn't cost much Be at peace with your budget, your life and your investments You do not need to budget, live and invest like other generations Focus on what is most important to you and keep that focus year round Make time to be with and give to others- this is where the joy is Remember the best things in life are free

Learn Innovations, Innovators, Thought Leaders, Changemakers, New Ideas, New Frontiers

AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SDG 7

• Clean energy wins in 2022

• Gas stoves, who knew?

• Norways's government pension climate action plan

• Sustainability linked bonds

• Methane emissions

• Worst US polluters in 2021

INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE SDG 8, 9 & 11

• The US Chamber of Commerce downplays climate risk- Apple says no

• Big tech's emissions

• Administration- plan to protect federal supply chain from climate risk

• Plastic as an asset?

• Man made earthquakes, is that a thing?

• All about cardboard

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION SDG 12

• Food emissions solutions proposed by those least interested in change

• Germans have seen the future, it is a heat pump

EQUITYSDG 5&10

• Bison proliferate under indigenous stewardship

• Historic 2 signatures

• It's public land but the public cant reach it

• Indigenous knowledge guidance at the federal level

• Mandatory female board presence- european parliament

• First people's supply chains

• Hawaiian land return promise

CLIMATE ACTION SDG 13, 14 &15

• Peace pact with nature

• Renewables will overtake coal by 2025

• Beware of talk of the great reset

• Insurance for coral reefs

INNOVATORS

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshan Zuboff

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