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Advances in sustainable finance, but more needed

Accenture

Sustainable opportunities Clear progress has been made on the UN Global Compact’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), however, companies must do more. Only 21 percent of the CEOs in our 2019 UNGC Study said they felt business was making a critical contribution to the global goals.

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Supporting the Financial Services Industry Sustainability Journey

Cisco

As climate change and the impacts of the carbon-based economy are becoming a centerstage conundrum across the globe, driving shareholder value is no longer the only goal for financial institutions (FIs). FIs are in a position to help build and accelerate sustainable development.

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Software Firm Coupa Sets Up Public Portal Of Diverse Suppliers

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Businesses recognize the need for policy changes when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, such as supplier diversity programs,” said Rod Robinson , vice president of supplier inclusion and sustainability at Coupa, in a press release.

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JP Morgan Creates $100B Funding Arm To Help UN

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JPMorgan has created a $100 billion funding arm — the JPMorgan Development Finance Institution (DFI) — to expand investments in emerging markets and help the United Nations (U.N.) meets its Sustainable Development Goals , JPMorgan announced on Tuesday (Jan.

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Mastercard Expands Global Commitment To Connect 1B People 

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He said that this moves beyond philanthropy and offers a chance to “develop commercially-sustainable and scalable social impact with government and private sector partners — and to do it in a way that helps society-at-large thrive.”. Some 60 percent of the global population calls the Asia Pacific home, according to UNFPA.

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Report: 5G Will Provide $2.2T Economic Boost Within 14 Years

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The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) released a report that said 5G telecommunications technology will contribute $2.2 The study found that although the adoption of the new technology has been slow, it will provide broad advantages to almost every segment of the global population.

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How Are Leading Financial Institutions Navigating the Cryptocurrency Market? 4 Highlights From 2021

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In October 2021, however, Bank of America’s Global Crypto and Digital Asset Strategist Alkesh Shah released a 140-page research report regarding digital assets, “Digital Assets Primer: Only the first inning.” The report states that it [digital assets] is “a blossoming asset class that has become too large to ignore.” Northern Trust.