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Eco-investing or green investing is a form of socially responsible investing where investments are made in companies that support or provide environmentally friendly products and practices. These companies encourage (and often profit from) new technologies that support the transition from carbon dependence to more sustainable alternatives. [ 1 ]
To mitigate these impacts and meet the 'socially responsible' component of sustainable sourcing, a company may take steps such as mandating labor standards among suppliers, [10] and evaluating multiple social metrics when selecting suppliers. [2]
The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility initiative, with more than 20,000 corporate participants and other stakeholders in over 167 countries. [4] The organization consists of a global agency, and local "networks" or agencies for each participating country.
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a term used by the European Union's Framework Programmes to describe scientific research and technological development processes that take into account effects and potential impacts on the environment and society.
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between the CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), with a global team composed of people from these organisations. [1]
Target 12.4: Responsible management of chemicals and waste [ edit ] The full title of Target 12.4 is: "By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to ...
Target 9.c is: "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020". [14] It has one indicator: "Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology"
Socially responsible investing (SRI) [a] is any investment strategy which seeks to consider financial return alongside ethical, social or environmental goals. [1] The areas of concern recognized by SRI practitioners are often linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics.