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The Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index 2020 - Workbook

International trade has helped to lift hundreds of millions of people around the world out of poverty, but the benefits do not come without risk. Right or wrong, labour disruption, environmental degradation, and worsening inequality are frequently associated with trade. However, proactive and responsible policy can harness the good elements of trade while mitigating the bad, making for a more robust global trading community. 

The Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index 2020

Sustainability was gaining more traction in the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic. Firms stepped up commitments to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Investors started incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into their asset allocation decisions. And consumers voted with their wallets to support sustainable production, purchasing goods with certified claims regarding their environmental impact and use of labour.

Seizing the moment: why now is the right time to ramp up action on climate change

The covid-19 crisis has aligned public interest concerns across Europe with the climate agenda like never before argues Nick Molho, executive director of the Aldersgate Group.

The Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index 2018

Yet the enthusiasm in Asia for trade does not appear to have waned. This broad societal consensus behind international trade has enabled Asian countries to continue broadening and deepening existing trading relationships, for example, by quickly hammering out a deal for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in early 2018 following the US’s withdrawal from its predecessor in 2017.

The climate opportunity: Getting ahead of Latin America’s net-zero transition

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The energy crisis and corporate decarbonization: Progress and perseverance

Years of declining investment in oil and natural gas, along with a post-pandemic economic rebound, meant that even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, energy prices had been on the rise. Those trends were exacerbated by a conflict-initiated supply shock, triggering a global energy crisis. [1]

中国企业的ESG实践

本报告阐述了中国企业发展和实施ESG的现状。报告基于对262名中国上市公司高管的调查,旨在了解他们如何看待ESG优先事项,以及针对这些优先事项而采取的行动。

调查发现,中国企业正处于转型期,从中国独有的高速工业化时期产生的主要由国内驱动的优先事项,转向更符合国际ESG实践的一系列目标。过去,公司更倾向于遵守政府的规定,而目前,这种变化的驱动因素主要来自于投资者和客户的要求。

调查的主要结果如下:

ESG priorities in China: How companies in China are approaching ESG

The survey finds that Chinese companies are in a state of transition from largely domestically driven priorities emanating from China’s unique period of  breakneck industrialisation to a set of goals more aligned with international ESG practice. Whereas companies were more likely to follow government regulation in the past, the current drivers of this change are primarily demands from investors and customers.

The main findings of the survey as follows: 

Ending hunger: the role of agri-food financing

Hunger is on the rise, with 150m more people affected by hunger in 2021 than in 2019 [1]. Manifold threats—including the covid-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and escalating climate crisis—underpin this trend, which risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against world hunger. In fact, current projections estimate that nearly 670m people will face hunger in 2030 [2].

Sustainable reboot - supply-chain strategies in the technology sector

Supply chains worldwide have been under intense pressure since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. In 2020 Economist Impact explored the vital importance of building resilience and flexibility within global supply chains, with a focus on retail, lifestyle and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries. Fast-forward to 2022, the war in Ukraine, rising commodities prices and the after-effects of the pandemic have created more uncertainty and added further pressure to global supply chains.

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