UN: "Quiet revolution" underway in integrating sustainability into financial systems

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UNEP report details how green economic concepts are increasingly being embraced by mainstream economics

A new report has concluded that a "quiet revolution" is currently underway as growing numbers of businesses integrate sustainability metrics into their financial reporting and management systems. The...

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