Private finance is essential for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  To mobilize the finance and harness capital flows for sustainable development and investing, the investment community must make sense of the SDGs.  For this, a global benchmarking tool, SDG rating harmonization, a globally adopted taxon ...

This paper analyzes the extent to which the EU real estate companies meet sustainable development goals (SDGs) while meeting stakeholders’ information needs.  Sustainability reports and annual reports were studied to highlight their prioritization of SDGs and the extent to which they are integrated in their business mo ...

Concepts that assess the sustainability of cities are only now emerging.  Assessments vary considerably depending upon the indicators, targets and methods.  Science can help in defining indicator frameworks, quantifying indicators, and developing the metrics and methods for evaluating progress.  The UN 2030 Agenda and ...

There is significant potential for the reduction of GHG emissions from accommodations while reducing the operating costs to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.   This report focuses on abating direct and controllable emissions and presents a transition pathway with opportunities for accommodations to directly reduc ...

Standardization is needed to evaluate and validate net-zero commitments in the financial sector.  This is needed for financial institutions to drive the decarbonization of the real economy and stabilize temperatures at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.  The objective of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is t ...

The top 10 destinations are #1 Gothenburg, Sweden; #2 Copenhagen, Denmark; #3 Aarhus, Denmark; #4 Glasgow, UK; #5 Reykjavik, Iceland; #6 Tirol, Austria; #7 Lyon, France; #8 Zurich, Switzerland; #9 Bordeaux, France; and #10 Aalborg, Denmark.  The GDS-Index is a performance improvement program to make the leisure tourism ...

This thematic collection aims at creating a forum for encouraging and debating the design for sustainable development.  High-quality scientific contributions are needed to provide a coherent and widely accepted approach for designs that maximize the positive and minimize the negative environmental impacts while bringin ...

The private sector holds a pivotal position in achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, which requires funding and co-operation on an unprecedented scale.  This chapter addresses how international cooperation can help to put sustainable development at the core of business models and provides ...

Private equity-backed firms increase pollution in locations and periods where environmental liability risk is relatively low while decreasing GHG emissions and pollution where regulatory risks increase.  This study shows that private equity (PE) ownership leads to a 70% reduction in the baseline rate of toxic pollution ...

This report supports stakeholders on the transition towards net-zero emissions by providing knowledge for the climate commitments of the private sector.  It considers the most common roadblocks and areas for support as well as decarbonization levers for the achievement of net-zero targets.  The report offers a decarbon ...

Nature-based solutions for adaptation (NbSA) encompasses different types of activities, investments and approaches that seek to protect and restore nature and ecosystems.  NbSA investments are fundamentally important in helping many countries address climate change to bring about economic development and other benefits ...

Albrecht Voss is the winner of Hasselblad Masters 2021 photo competition in the architecture category.  The competition consists of 12 categories.  Each entry must consist of three (3) photos in each category and each entry is judged on the three submitted images in that category.  60,000 photos were submitted.  The Ha ...

A 40% drop in natural capital per person has been reported over the past two decades while being systematically depleted.  However, nature and its ecosystem services are at the center of the hospitality business proposition at the destination, where nature is a source of solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate chang ...

This paper provides tools that solve procurement problems in construction, where sustainability indicators were divided into social (governance), economic, and environmental groups.  It identifies sustainability indicators for examining the supply chains of construction companies, allowing construction project managers ...

The GDS-Index is a destination level program that measures, benchmarks and improves the sustainability strategy and performance of tourism and events destinations.  Its purpose is to inspire, engage and enable destinations to become more regenerative, flourishing and resilient places to visit, where to meet, and thrive ...