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COVID-19: Crisis, Creativity and Collaboration

25/4/2020

The COVID-19 crisis is accelerating the impact of the Robot Revolution, creating permanent economic shifts. Individuals, businesses and governments should seize this opportunity to renew their thinking, refocus their effort and retrain to help create a better, more resilient economy and society

What should you be doing now to prepare for what lies ahead? How can you support your colleagues, teams and community?

This episode of ESGX Live will explore:

Which sectors and what roles will be most impact by the COVID Crisis when we return to a “new normal”?
What should we each be doing now to reskill ourselves for the new world?
How can we help our teams, colleagues and communities unlock opportunity?

Our special guests will be Veronica Munro and Nigel Cumberland. Visit this link to register to join the live audience via Zoom, where you can meet other attendees, ask questions and contribute to the discussion.

Green Jobs, Green New Deals and a jobs guarantee

25/4/2020

To mark Earth Day in Europe and the Americas, this ESGX profiles The Green Jobs report launch, the Green New Deal possibilities, and how to design a Job Guarantee.

We will discuss the following questions:

Where are the green jobs today? How much do they pay?
What could comprise a Green New Deal of new jobs, higher pay, and climate action?
How can policy makers and governments implement a Job Guarantee and Green New Deal?

Our special guests:

Dr. Scott Fullwiler, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Dr. Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of economics at Denison University, and President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
Dr. Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Associate Professor and Director of the Economics program at Bard College. New book, "The Case for a Job Guarantee"

Science-based Targets and Triple-bottom-line Impact

25/4/2020

To mark Earth Day in the Asia Pacific region, four special guests from Australia discussed how science-based targets are driving positive results in business, nature and society.

We explored the following questions:

What are science-based targets, who is targeting 100% GHG emissions by 2030?
How are these targets helping to drive business performance? What are the benefits for business efficiency, stakeholder engagement and growth, as well as overall resilience and risk?
How can science-based targets be implemented for climate action? How does it impact portfolios and profit?
How should you set your own science-based target?
What can we do to persuade more organisations to adopt a similar approach?

Our special guests were:

Rebecca McGrath, a non-executive director of Investa and Goodman Group, and Chairman of OzMinerals and Scania Australia
Monica Richter, Senior Manager, Low Carbon Futures and Australian spokesperson on science-based targets for WWF
Cathy Robinson, Director, Northern Australia Research Alliance, CSIRO (Australia’s scientific research agency)
Jon Dee, social entrepreneur and founder of Planet Ark, Do Something and One Tree Per Child. Host of "Smart Money" and "Good News With Jon Dee"

COVID-19: Risk + Resilience: How Prepared Is Your Local Health System?

25/4/2020

COVID-19 resources

COVID-19: Crisis, Creativity and Collaboration

Green Jobs, Green New Deals and a jobs guarantee

Science-based Targets and Triple-bottom-line Impact

COVID-19: Risk + Resilience: How Prepared Is Your Local Health System?

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