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2002 Cabinet Documents: Climate change impacts ackniowledged by Foreign Minister Downer and Environment Minister Kemp as Australia refuses to sign Kyoto Protocol

John Englart

Howard Cabinet in 2002Cabinet documents released by the National Archives from 2002 shine a light on the conservative Liberal-National Party Coalition Government of Prime Minister John Howard in refusing to sign on to the UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol, and also the decision not to proceed with a High Speed East Coast Train network linking Melbourne, Canberra, (..)

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Forest Certification: Committed to Third-Party Certification

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PotlatchDeltic first became third-party certified to standards developed by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) in 2002 and by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) in 2004. However, SFI also requires a much broader involvement in areas such as research, community outreach, education, and climate change.

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Flooding Displaces More Than 200,000 in Kenya, Fueling Hunger

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Climate change is the likeliest contributor to the higher-than-average precipitation. Last fall, research from World Weather Attribution showed that rain and flooding in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia was twice as intense due to climate change.

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Southern Company Continues To Receive High Marks for Environmental Transparency

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For the third consecutive year, Southern Company earned a score of A- for its 2022 CDP Climate Change Disclosure , demonstrating leadership for the North American region and thermal power generation sector. Southern Company Continues To Receive High Marks for Environmental Transparency. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 13:25. Type of Content.

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3M To Attend COP27 With a Focus on Urgency, Collaboration, Progress Through Science and Action

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DESCRIPTION: 3M is joining other global corporations, governments and non-governmental organizations at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to further the dialogue and plans for combating climate change. The company has been focused on reducing its climate impact for decades.

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Should corporations be activists?

Corporate Knights

Hawn and Aharon Mohliver, a strategy and entrepreneurship professor at London Business School, tracked shareholder responses to American company rankings on the annual corporate equality index (a measure of social responsibility) between 2002 and 2018. How do we propel companies beyond “islands of sustainability”?

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Accelerating Our Ambitions: 3M's 2022 Global Impact Report

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Science for climate: Climate change remains one of our greatest challenges, we continue to focus on driving innovations to help provide climate solutions in our operations, products and communities. Since 2002, we have reduced our absolute carbon footprint by 75.0%. By the end of 2021, 45.2%