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Our goal is sustainable growth, through our cafe practice, farmer equity and environmental awareness, economic accountability and better bean count.
WSJ: Managing in Asia: Good Brew: Happy Employees, Local Flair; Starbucks Jinlong Wang
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The moderated discussion session advanced global sustainability by building synergies among knowledge systems so as to enhance equity and effectiveness of environmental governance.
UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses
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It has been heartening to see many private equity firms significantly strengthen their focus on environmental, social, and governance considerations in recent years.
FORBES: Is the Focus on Private Equity Giving Public Markets a Free Pass?
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Sure, you can pretty easily find equity portfolios with ratings assessing their social and environmental impact.
FORBES: Now Available: An Impact Investment-Rated Bond Portfolio
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The ideals and principles behind sustainability include broad concepts such as intergenerational equity, gender equity, social tolerance, poverty alleviation, environmental preservation and restoration, natural resource conservation, and building just and peaceful societies.
UNESCO: Education
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TXU, Texas's main power-generator, led the company to abandon eight out of 11 planned coal-fired power stations because the private equity firm concerned, Texas Pacific, wanted to square the environmental movement.
ECONOMIST: Cleaning up
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Why lock ourselves in to processes that will only get dirtier, riskier and more expensive over time rather than ones that will build sustainable equity and reduce long-term energy costs and environmental impacts.
FORBES: Frack That! The Innovators in Maine Have Plans to Power the Entire State with Offshore Wind
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Kleiner calls its environmental investments "greentech" and says that among the green firms receiving Kleiner equity investments, three have been acquired or merged into other companies.
WSJ: Review & Outlook: Silicon Valley's Green Energy Mistake
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Recall how the private equity buyers of Texas utility txu agreed last year to cancel eight power plants to defuse environmental opposition.
FORBES: Brownout
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The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) draws on this knowledge to promote environmental science, help build scientific capacity in developing countries, improve access to scientific information globally and encourage gender equity in science.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Science