PENGUIN PERSPECTIVES BLOG
Penguin Perspectives Blog
This is where we cherry pick the latest news and views on climate change and how its effects are already making waves in our economies, societies and daily lives. Tune into the fresh perspectives and opinions from both our own experts and other great movers and shakers on the climate scene and read uplifting stories from our climate protection projects across the world. Have an idea or topic you'd like to learn more about? Get in touch - our experts will have it covered!
The Green Deal Series - Part 2: What the financial industry needs to know about the EU Taxonomy
This post focuses on the effects of the new EU Taxonomy, a central tool for the actual implementation of the EU Green Deal, specifically in financing Europe’s sustainable growth.
Climate Chatter: Was bedeutet Net Zero?
In der zweiten Episode des Climate Chatter Podcast sprechen wir über das Thema Net Zero. Es wird diskutiert, was die Unterschiede zwischen Net Zero und Klimaneutralität sind und welche Rolle die globale Wirtschaftskrise aufgrund der Coronapandemie in Sachen Klimaschutz spielt
Clean cookstoves saving the Giant Panda with WWF
Together with WWF and Coop, South Pole has clean cookstoves projects that address indoor air pollution while cutting emissions and protecting panda habitat
The TCFD framework has pushed climate-related financial reporting into the mainstream - companies must move fast
Four years on, the framework put forth by the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has pushed climate risk reporting to the top of the investor agenda. Governments are joining in too – a prelude to what may be a step towards mandatory global rules around climate-related disclosure.
联合世界自然基金会,清洁炉灶,拯救大熊猫
South Pole支持和开发“三赢”项目——使人类、野生动物和地球受益的项目。早在2013年,我们研究了改变当地习惯如何拯救大熊猫、改善农村社区生活、减少碳排放,以实现更绿色、更清洁的未来。
5 Rules for taking a strategic approach to CDP
Some 10,000 companies globally are set to embark on this year’s climate change, water and forests questionnaires from CDP. Each year, as stakeholder demands grow and the climate crisis deepens, organisations are required to develop evermore comprehensive disclosures on how this critical business risk is being managed. But is your company getting the most out of the time and resources it invests in its annual submissions?
UK and Ireland – are you ready for the year of climate action?
To help inspire change in your organisation, and stay ahead of the competition, we’ve helpfully rounded-up some of 2020’s leading climate pledges from across the UK, Ireland and further afield.
Betting on biodiversity: how financial institutions can invest in the irreplaceable power of nature
A year ago, at the launch of COP26's Private Finance Agenda, David Attenborough called on the finance sector to take the lead on climate action and nature protection. He has since laid out the shocking reduction in wilderness between the 1930s to today in his 2020 Netflix documentary. In parallel, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the link between biodiversity and financial risk ever more clear.
Meet two environmental pioneers taking responsibility amid the COVID e-commerce boom
The pandemic has triggered a dramatic e-commerce boom as consumers avoid physical retail locations in favor of online shopping. The World Economic Forum estimates that COVID-19 may have accelerated the shift to e-commerce by five years.
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