The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Over the past 12 months, what has been the most significant positive action or development related to the sustainability agenda? This action or development may have come from the public sector, civil society, business, finance and investment, or any other part of society"
The survey was responded by 484 qualified sustainability experts worldwide.
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Significant developments in the sustainability agenda worldwide 2024, by region
As of May 2024, survey respondents gave their insights on significant contributions to the sustainability agenda. Legislation was the **** positively viewed development related to the sustainability agenda in Europe, Latin America and North America and the * most positively viewed in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Middle East.
Other action were less distributed among regions. In Latin America, climate/nature solutions ranked *, whereas in Europe, it ranked . Green financing was the *most positively viewed development in Latin America, similar to North America. Sustainability disclosure was not among the most positively viewed developments by Latin American experts, which contrasts with the Asia-Pacific region, where it ranked first, and with Europe and North America, where it ranked *.
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