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To accelerate the efforts toward decarbonization and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, SFDR enforces institutional investors and asset managers to report on their influence on the environment with set standards through PAI indicators. Total emission is an important facet of an entity's environmental impact, however, it tells an incomplete story, the emission intensity which reflects the efficiency of using the resources is a more appropriate measure.  GHG intensity of the investee companies will help the investors choose wisely amongst the sustainable companies that efficiently utilize inputs.

The real estate sector is one of the highest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emitting sectors, contributing to almost 40% of the annual global GHG emissions and consuming approximately one-third of global energy. 😱 What makes this sector so energy intensive? How much of this consumption comes from fossil fuel? Why is it necessary to promote energy efficiency in commercial and residential buildings?

One-third of global energy consumption is used by the real estate sector, one of the highest 📈 

Greenhouse Gas emitters. Because fossil fuels are still a large part of the energy mix of real estate, it is still considered energy inefficient. 👎 

But why is it necessary to regulate these companies in real estate that are involved in the extraction, storage, transport or manufacture of fossil fuels? 🤔

Human rights are one of the crucial aspects of development. 

But still, we come across news of human rights or social violations-in both developed and developing countries. 

Are there international laws to prevent these social violations by countries? 

And if yes, why are they not being followed? 🤨 

Let’s understand why some social factors are more important in ranking a country. 👇

Can focusing on reducing emissions lead to sustainable countries? 🌱 

Or we need to focus on GHG intensity too. What is the emissions intensity and why is it crucial to measure GHG intensity of investee countries your portfolio is exposed to? 

Let’s understand the concept of GHG intensity for the investee countries. 💪

The controversial weapons or arms are the weapons other than mass destruction or nuclear weapons. In the background of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the damages caused by these weapons have again become a matter of public debate 📣. 

So what are these conventional weapons? 

How are they a threat to a sustainable society? 

And why were controversial weapons used as one of the disclosure requirements for the financial services sector in the recently introduced SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)?

Let’s find out 💁‍♀️👇

Does it make a difference whether a woman is working as a Secretary 👩🏽‍💻 or as CEO 👩🏼‍💼 of a company? 👀

Well, it does.

Business houses as a part of society could play a significant role in increasing gender equality. Companies or corporations are working in many spheres to show that they believe in the principle of equal rights for both men and women. ✅ 

One way to do this is ensuring gender equality at the top or board level. Corporate governance (meaning the way a company is governed or managed) and board gender diversity could help in measuring the actual level of women's participation in the workplace at the decision-making level.

Let’s understand what board gender diversity is, and why it is important. 

What are some of the efforts taken by companies and the government to ensure its implementation?🚀

Let's take it one by one.

‘Equal pay for equal work’ is the basic principle which regulates the wage structure. This means that both men and women should get equal pay for equal work in a work situation in the absence of any other justifiable reason.👏 

However in reality, differences exist at ground level in almost all spheres be it a family, a business entity or in society in general.😐 

When this difference in pay occurs just because a person is a male or a female, it leads to gender pay-gap.

The United Nations Global Compact or for short UNGC is a voluntary effort at the global level to support MNCs or multi-national companies (the companies that have business in many countries) that are committed to sustainable practices in areas such as the environment, labor rights, or corruption. 🙌 

Let’s find out why this is so important, how UNGC monitors MNCs and why it is in news in the EU. 💪

The United Nations Global Compact or for short UNGC is a voluntary effort at the global level to support MNCs or multi-national companies (the companies that have business in many countries) that are committed to sustainable practices in areas such as the environment, labor rights, or corruption. 🙌

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is another global organization that is working in partnership with UNGC in the above direction. Let’s understand why this is so important, what are the violations of UNGC by MNCs and why it is happening in the EU. 💪