Planet under Pressure
The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.
The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.
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HOW RESILIENT ARE YOUR<br />
SUPPLY CHAINS?<br />
The ESG Stress Test helps regions to <strong>under</strong>stand the full spectrum of environmental-, social-,<br />
and governance-related risks and to manage and disclose them effectively.<br />
By Dr. Elmer Lenzen, macondo foundation<br />
What?<br />
The ESG Stress Test is a public–private<br />
partnership (PPP) initiative to promote<br />
both technological innovation and<br />
sustainable development. We support<br />
regional governments and their local<br />
industries in testing their highly complex<br />
supply chains against ESG criteria,<br />
thereby making them more resilient. In<br />
addition to digital data collection and<br />
evaluation (including AI technologies),<br />
capacity-building and trainings improve<br />
the quality of cooperation between social<br />
and business partners. The direct usability<br />
of the results is an essential goal:<br />
The ESG Stress Test is a practical answer<br />
to the needs of the Paris Climate Accord<br />
and the UN Sustainable Development<br />
Goals (SDGs).<br />
The technological architecture is<br />
based on the award-winning software<br />
CSRmanager – a comprehensive webbased<br />
solution for sustainability, climate,<br />
and risk management. Automated data<br />
collection, consolidation, reporting, and<br />
management capabilities make disclosure<br />
and controlling efficient, accurate,<br />
and intuitive.<br />
Why?<br />
Extreme weather events, intolerable<br />
working conditions, risks of human<br />
rights violations, the use of hazardous<br />
substances, etc. – sustainability is no<br />
longer a niche issue but an important<br />
reality in everyday business (see the WEF<br />
Global Risks Report 2019). It names central<br />
risks, but also opportunities in the<br />
value- creation process. No wonder that<br />
legislators, investors, consumers, and<br />
procurers of larger companies are paying<br />
more attention to compliance with<br />
environmental, human, and labor rights<br />
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Global Goals Yearbook 2020
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