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The private sector - especially financial institutions (FIs) - wields enormous global influence. Yet just 6% of FIs express financing support for low-income countries. At #FfD4 this week, we are calling to treat companies as accountable actors in delivering global goals. #2000reasons
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Benchmarking for a better world. Building a movement to measure and incentivise business impact towards a sustainable future that works for everyone.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world, from healthcare and agriculture to hiring and finance. But as adoption accelerates, so do concerns about bias, discrimination and the lack of accountability.

Read more: worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/filling...
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Benchmarking for a better world. Building a movement to measure and incentivise business impact towards a sustainable future that works for everyone.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As the revision of the SFDR comes to an end, we are joining +120 experts in calling on the European Commission to make the exclusion of companies developing new #fossilfuel projects a minimum criterion across all #SFDR product categories.

Full statement: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
There is no room for fossil fuel developers in any sustainable finance categories - Reclaim Finance
The review of the SFDR is coming to an end with the publication of the proposal for a revised regulation by the European Commission announced for Q4 2025.
reclaimfinance.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As we mark the International Day of World Indigenous Peoples, we urge companies to recognise the vital role Indigenous Peoples play in protecting biodiversity and ensure their knowledge is included in AI development. ⬇️
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #techforgood #WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousDay
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The cost-of-living crisis could leave 3 billion people without housing and services by 2050. Yet, 75% of urban companies aren't addressing affordability. We need action now for equitable access to basic needs.
Read more: bit.ly/4okXiED #affordablehouseing #affordability #urbansustainability
August 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The biggest names in tech are failing to address systemic harms against women and LGBTQI+ people, new research from BHRRC and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social reveals: www.bhrrc.org/en/from-us/b...
July 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The private sector - especially financial institutions (FIs) - wields enormous global influence. Yet just 6% of FIs express financing support for low-income countries. At #FfD4 this week, we are calling to treat companies as accountable actors in delivering global goals. #2000reasons
July 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join us at the World Summit on the Information Society (@wsis20sec.bsky.social) High-Level Event in Geneva on 8th July for an official side-event. Learn more and register: www.itu.int/net4/wsis/fo...
June 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🗣️“Trump is not the US and the US is not the world, and the world is moving towards a transition of our energy system.”

Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0".
Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AI is moving fast — but regulation? Not so much. #CorporateAccountability in AI is more urgent than ever. But how can we all help drive responsible #AI forward?

Our Digital Engagement Lead, Nicholas Sewe, unpacks the key issues: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/filling...
Filling the Governance Void: Corporate Responsibility in the Age of Unregulated AI | World Benchmarking Alliance
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June 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Read the full essay here as part of @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social‬'s 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index: rankingdigitalrights.org/bte25/privat...
The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition
A comprehensive ranking of top big tech disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
rankingdigitalrights.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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📣New Report | Petrobras accounts for more than half of planned oil & gas expansion in Brazil, including some of the riskiest frontier projects.

Up to 85% of oil from its new projects isn’t economically viable in a 1.5°C world.
📗 www.iisd.org/publications/report/brazil-petrobras-oil-gas-expansion
June 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 Up to 85% of Petrobras' new oil projects are not economically viable under a 1.5°C pathway, our new report finds.

📉 A major warning sign for Brazil’s energy future.

Learn more in our joint research with @energy.iisd.org & @wwfbrasil.bsky.social rasil.bsky.social.

🔗 bit.ly/3SPdRtT
June 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Today at @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social we're launching the fourth edition of our Greening Digital Companies report, monitoring emissions disclosures and climate commitments of the 200 most powerful global tech companies.

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www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Env...
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🌊 This #WorldOceanDay, we’re calling for greater corporate accountability to protect our ocean. Our new Ocean Benchmark will track companies’ impacts on marine pollution, illegal fishing & more. Find out more: impact.economist.com/ocean/ocean-...
Accelerating corporate action towards a healthier ocean
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June 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📢 New joint submission: WBA and ADEME respond to @sciencebasedtargets.org’s draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard (CNZS) v2.0, supporting stronger, science-based climate targets and calling for greater clarity and accountability.➡️ www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/joint-r...
Joint Response: WBA and ADEME on SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard v2.0 | World Benchmarking Alliance
Representing the Assessing Low-Carbon Transition (ACT) Initiative, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and ADEME have submitted a joint response to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) consul...
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June 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This #WorldHungerDay, we highlight the link between climate & food security. Climate-driven shocks are increasingly pushing more people into acute food insecurity. Credible climate transition plans by the top 2,000 companies, could give us #2000Reasons to believe a world without hunger is possible.
May 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Out now: GLAAD’s 2025 Social Media Safety Index illuminates how tech companies have intentionally rolled back safety policies for LGBTQ people.
Platforms have received critically low scores, and this year’s findings are especially concerning.
2025 Social Media Safety Index | GLAAD
In addition to the annual Platform Scorecard ratings and recommendations, this year’s Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) report provides an overview of the current state of LGBTQ social media safety, pr...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Next month, we’re bringing together leaders from across East Africa for an in-person event focused on how business can be a force for good in an increasingly complex & uncertain global environment. Explore the full programme and register to join us: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/2025-al...
May 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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On May 13 at 10AM ET, the Investor Alliance and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social will host an investor briefing on the 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index to discuss the limited progress and decline in user privacy and freedom of expression made by #BigTech companies over the past 2 years: bit.ly/4iGSvt0
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In our latest Ranking Digital Rights Index: Big Tech Edition, a major shift occurred with Chinese tech giants—Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu scored the largest improvements in governance transparency out of all the companies evaluated. Find out why: rankingdigitalrights.org/bte25/chines... #RDR2025
May 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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At the @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social event for the new Ranking Digital Rights Index: most obvious story maybe is the huge drop for twitter/x, from near or at the top in previous years to real real bad now
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Big Tech is building powerful algorithms on your data — and you don’t get a say! Our data shows: Most companies fail on algorithmic transparency, give users little control & rarely assess human rights impacts. Dive into our key finding from the new RDR Index: rankingdigitalrights.org/bte25/big-te...
May 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The ranking is out! The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index assessed 14 Big Tech giants on governance, privacy & freedom of expression. Microsoft takes the top spot, while ByteDance’s TikTok shines in freedom of expression. See how they all scored! rankingdigitalrights.org/bte25/explore #RDR2025
April 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights.

It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM