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Leidos Annual Sustainability Report Highlights Progress in Cultivating Inclusion, Advancing Environmental Sustainability and Promoting Healthier Lives

3BL Media

ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY For the third year in a row, Leidos earned a “B” score from CDP for our commitment to transparency and governance around climate change, ranking above the sector (IT and software development) average and exceeding the North American regional average. We achieved a 7.5% military branches.

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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

General sustainability definitions Climate risk Two types of climate risks exist, transition risks and physical risks. According to the EPA , transition risks are related to the transition to a lower-carbon economy, while physical risks are associated to the physical impacts of climate change.

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Eight Myths Debunked

Chris Hall

Myth 1: Climate change isn’t a financial risk . Climate change is a financial risk. Commitments made by over 200 countries at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement have led to the implementation of 2,570 climate laws and policies. Climate regulation isn’t the only factor influencing financial risk.

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Not as Green as it Seems

Chris Hall

This database was first compiled by the Climate Accountability Institute back in 2013 and is kept up to date through collaboration with disclosure platform CDP today. To this end, the Carbon Majors Database tracks the emissions of the top 100 oil, gas and coal mining groups. Less green over time.

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ESG Explainer: Halting Deforestation

Chris Hall

Globally from 2001 to 2020, a total of 411Mha of tree cover was lost, equivalent to a 10% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 165Gt of CO? The loss of forest cover has stark implications for climate change and biodiversity. To end deforestation, CDP says the scale and speed of action by companies must increase.

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Safeguarding Our Forests

Chris Hall

Research shows that forests absorbed twice the amount of CO2 they emitted between 2001 and 2019, sequestering 7.6 Forests are natural carbon sinks, and therefore a key nature-based solution that can contribute to efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C C by 2050. .

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

What seemed to resonate best in follow-up discussion was the possibility of analogizing our climate crisis to the issues of forced labor and LGBTQ rights, regarding which corporations have been willing to embrace a relatively simple and effective moral framing, language, and demand. .