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CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE by Alexis McCarthy. June 27, 2023. ESG, SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, VALUES ALIGNMENT: INTENTIONS, ACTIONS AND MATERIALITY* MATTER Large companies have a responsibility and ability to have the greatest impact by measuring and managing their Scope 3 emissions Small and medium sized companies can do a lot through these job functions; finance, government relations & public policy, HR, ops, legal, marketing, procurement and sales/client facing roles Individuals have a say too. You own small and medium sized businesses, work for large companies or own stock in them. You can exercise your power as consumers, employees, business owners or stockholders (especially in your 401ks) * materiality according to IFRS

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AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SDG 7

• Church of England says no to oil and gas

• Energy grid resilience is critical for a successful energy transition

• Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in EU-first time ever

• Smart tech, storage, overbuilding and distributed resources to help until transmission permitting improved

INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE SDG 8, 9 & 11

• Net zero is bigger than any one building but every building can help

• The sustainable real estate investment trust marketplace

• Canada on fire and big oil to blame

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION SDG 12

• Consumers are shifting their purchases to products with ESG claims

• H&M, Kering, Nestle and Tesco to submit data on impacts to nature by year end

• UPF- ultra processed food on the rise and not so good, including meat substitutes

EQUITYSDG 5&10

• 2023 gender gap-68.6%-at this rate 131 years to reach parity

• Vanguard: mixed gender investment teams outperform single gender teams

• Women-not promoted because managers underestimate their potential

• Grad student discovers largest (600 person) slave auction in U.S. history in Charleston, S.C.

CLIMATE ACTION SDG 13, 14 & 15

• Blackrock, Vanguard & + voted against biodiversity proposals 80-100%of the time

• The World Bank helped miners and hurt chimpanzees

• First ever climate trial in the US- Held v. Montana

INNOVATORS, CHANGEMAKERS

• Shola Mos-Shogbamimu-author+This Is Why I Resist

• Delores S. Williams

• New Orleans Climate Heros

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June -Celebrating pride. What better symbol for the biodiversity of nature than the rainbow. Let's stand up for the millions of plants and animals that can't do it for themselves, and stand up for each other in all our glorious diversity. “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde

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