Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

The precedent made it easy for corporations to exclude almost any proposal from their proxy circulars until 2001, when this clause was eliminated as part of a broader set of Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) reforms. How does this history relate to our climate change crisis and the debate over fossil fuels?

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Entergy helps fund environmental projects that address climate change and align with one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Environmental Initiatives Fund has awarded more than $40 million in Entergy shareholder contributions to environmentally beneficial projects and programs since 2001.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The threat of climate change to health. Launched in 2001 to combat HIV/AIDS, the organization expanded its focus over the years to include malaria, TB and maternal & newborn health. SOURCE: GBCHealth. DESCRIPTION: The future of our health, worldwide, is daunting. Antimicrobial resistance. Water scarcity. The next pandemic.

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Edouard Stenger

AUGUST 21, 2017

While it is undeniable that we are ramping up our actions against climate change, it is hard to deny that global warming is getting scarier every week. This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Sense and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2021

As the world’s climate continues to change, the inability to reduce warming to below 2 degrees may force us to face irreversible consequences. While the negative effects of climate change affect vulnerable and poor people , they continue to especially push poor women. Only in 28 countries women have right to own land.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Thanks to the pandemic, ICAO changed the baseline of CORSIA to include only 2019’s emissions, as opposed to the original plan to use an average of the sector’s emissions during 2019 and 2020, which would have set the emissions cap much lower due to the 2020 downturn. Fuels rush in. It's quite a big business.”.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Last year, Cisco announced its commitment to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes by 2040, ten years ahead of when climate scientists say the planet must reach net zero to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Impakter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The 2001 Oscars had the unique distinction of being the first to award the Best Animated Feature Film Award, with the inaugural honour being given to the generation-defining “Shrek’. Klimate Kriminal Kardashians and Fake Activism.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. In 2001, armed with a master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of British Columbia, she began working for the newly formed Boston-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

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3BL Media

APRIL 28, 2022

In 2000, Peralta wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) which won both the prestigious Directors Award and the Audience Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. He along with George Powell formed Powell Peralta, then the leading manufacturer of skateboard related products.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A revised GRI Biodiversity Standard, to launch in 2023, will be a key driver for increased reporting on this crucial topic, which goes hand-in-hand with efforts to tackle climate change. Over the past two decades, sustainability reporting by the G250 rose from 45% in 2001 to 96% today.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 24, 2022

Last year, Cisco announced its commitment to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes by 2040, ten years ahead of when climate scientists say the planet must reach net zero to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

He was CEO of climate analytics company Trucost from 2001 until it was acquired by S&P Global in 2016. Mattison has more than 20 years of sustainable finance experience and previously served as President of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 unit.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

ESG in Action Climate change is already materially affecting financial and economic outcomes, and that impact is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. That’s why AllianceBernstein, in partnership with Columbia University’s Climate School, developed the Climate Change and Investment Academy.

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3BL Media

MAY 6, 2022

These efforts are essential to fighting climate change and protecting public health. “We We know it’s going to take all of us working together to tackle the climate crisis, and the 2022 ENERGY STAR award-winning partners are demonstrating what it takes to build a more sustainable future,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. “We

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3BL Media

JANUARY 23, 2024

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% In 2022, we managed $1.48

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Quick background to CSRD To deliver on the 1.5ºC targets of the Paris Agreement, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) was established in 2001 with the support of the European Commission. We explain what this means, why it's important, and how companies can prepare for it.

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3BL Media

JUNE 5, 2024

Even before the term “ESG” came into the limelight, we were actively investing in water conservation projects since 2001, measuring our GHG emissions since 2006, and reporting on our environmental efforts since 2004.

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Gail Tverberg

JULY 5, 2022

It is clear from Figure 4 and Figure 6 that between 2001 and 2007, the quantity of energy consumed per capita was rising rapidly. As a result of this greater demand, oil prices were increasing between 2001 and 2007. They believe that the world’s biggest problem is climate change.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Unless you are oblivious to your surroundings, it’s hard to not be aware of the already catastrophic effects climate change is having on our lives. Whether you were born in 2001 or 1951, we can all act and turn this ship around. Each new year is bringing an increase in catastrophes and extreme weather events. It’s not the case.

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Gail Tverberg

JULY 22, 2024

8] A third narrative is that climate change caused by excess CO 2 is the world’s worst problem, and that the world can voluntarily move away from fossil fuels and fix this problem. China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. They are to some extent not very acceptable to either buyer or seller.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson. Climate change is no longer a theoretical concept: it poses an existential threat to us all. Factory output.

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3BL Media

JULY 6, 2023

The GHG Protocol , introduced in 2001, is a widely used standard for sustainability reporting. With the irreversible effects of climate change looming, tackling the enormous amount of Scope 3 emissions in the food value chain and beyond is a daunting task.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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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3BL Media

JUNE 13, 2022

Providing access and education to students enrolled in HBCUs to help them excel in their careers is vital to successfully expand regenerative practices and ultimately mitigate climate change.”. “We look forward to welcoming this inaugural class of talented students into this important work.”. To learn more about the U.S.

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Gail Tverberg

MARCH 17, 2024

Instead, we are told a “sour grapes” narrative: “We need to move away from fossil fuels to prevent climate change.” The narrative we hear from politicians and others is that Advanced Economies are moving away from fossil fuels to prevent climate change. Home heating often used oil.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The rigid structure he refers to is the ‘whole-business securitisations’ financing model, first carried out by Welsh Water in 2001 and taken up by others since, including Thames Water. “I’m He advocated engagement as an important way to help ensure water companies are getting ahead of climate change issues through building internal capacity.

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Gail Tverberg

DECEMBER 16, 2022

According to this view, humans can prevent climate change by voluntarily moving away from fossil fuels. Figure 9 shows that the supply of nuclear electricity has been dropping since at least 2001. 7] The incorrect narrative provided by mainstream media (MSM) is that climate change is our worst problem.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

People are looking for pension funds and financial institutions that actively support the transition to a sustainable economy (68%) and consider the climate change impacts of the companies they invest in (64%). The way the financial world responds to the climate crisis will be make or break for the health of our planet.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

2] Many countries include in their economic recovery packages boosts to their climate change and energy transition strategies. From 1998 to 2001 she was Austria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO in Vienna.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Targeted investments are required to save our cities from the climate-related risks flagged by the IPCC. The effects of climate change aren’t limited to distant ice caps. It’s therefore vital that cities are built or renovated to be more sustainable and resilient in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather events.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Earlier this year, academic research noted that expenditure on indirect lobbying amounted to 32% of direct anti-climate lobbying spending by US-based companies between 2001-22. The research also found that companies spent on average US$277,000 per year on challenging climate-related policies.

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Gail Tverberg

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its demand for all kinds of fossil fuels. per year in the 2001 to 2005 period, but energy consumption per capita for the period 2017 to 2021 seems to be slightly shrinking at minus 0.4%

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2022

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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Gail Tverberg

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

10] When we analyze electricity consumption in recent years, we discover that OECD and non-OECD countries have had amazingly different patterns of electricity consumption growth since 2001. Thus, in 2001, the production of these fuels was about equal for OECD and non-OECD countries.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The SDGs will continue the fight against extreme poverty, but also add the challenges of ensuring more equitable economic growth and environmental sustainability, especially the key goal of curbing the dangers of human-induced climate change. The starting point of sustainable development is our crowded planet. There are now 7.2

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