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The Equator Principles (EPs) is a risk management framework, adopted by financial institutions, for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in projects and is primarily intended to provide a minimum standard for due diligence and monitoring to support responsible risk decision-making.

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For almost 100 years ABP has been the pension fund for people working in the government and education sectors. As many as 1 in 6 people in the Netherlands now receives or will receive a pension in the future from ABP. Pension is the income you receive when you stop working, when you become unfit for work or that your surviving dependants receive in the event of your death.

NCBA CLUSA works to build a better world and a more inclusive economy that empowers people to contribute to shared prosperity and well being for themselves and future generations. We engage, partner with and empower people everywhere to have a greater say in their futures and more equitable access to sustainable jobs and opportunities. We achieve this vision through collaborative partnerships in development, advocacy, public awareness and thought leadership.

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The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics.

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The Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research organization that has worked with environment and development issues from local to global policy levels for a quarter of a century. SEI works to shift policy and practice towards sustainability.

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Greenpeace est une organisation internationale. Elle est présente sur tous les continents et tous les océans grâce à ses 28 bureaux nationaux et régionaux et ses trois bateaux. Elle compte près de trois millions d'adhérents à travers le monde qui la soutiennent et agissent avec elle.

coalition for urban transition

We aim to drive a shift away from business-as-usual by empowering national governments with the evidence-based rationale and policy tools they need to prioritise more compact, connected, clean urban development. In this way, the initiative helps catalyse and inform implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda, and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Formerly known as the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the mission of the Brundtland Commission is to unite countries to pursue sustainable development together. The Chairperson of the Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland, was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar in December 1983. At the time, the UN General Assembly realized that there was a heavy deterioration of the human environment and natural resources.

Nacido en 1973, el Comité Ecuménico de Proyectos (CEP) surgió en un momento embrionario de la conformación y desarrollo, tanto de los movimientos sociales como de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y de la cooperación internacional de solidaridad. Es una instancia de vinculación, apoyo y consulta para agencias externas de cooperación y para organizaciones sociales ecuatorianas. En su asesoramiento el CEP busca priorizar aquellas iniciativas que prometan tener capacidad de modificar una situación dada.

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Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of information on protected areas, updated monthly with submissions from governments, non-governmental organizations, landowners and communities. It is managed by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) with support from IUCN and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).

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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an American news media organization established in 2006 that sponsors independent reporting on global issues that other media outlets are less willing or able to undertake on their own. The Center's goal is to raise the standard of coverage of international systemic crises, and to do so in a way that engages both the broad public and government policy-makers. The organization is based in Washington, D.C.

 

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IRIN (formerly Integrated Regional Information Networks) is a news agency focusing on humanitarian stories in regions that are often forgotten, under-reported, misunderstood or ignored.

Until 1 January 2015, IRIN was a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). IRIN aims to create greater awareness and understanding of regional issues and events, and to contribute to better-informed and more effective humanitarian action, media coverage and advocacy.

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