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Global 100 companies prove sustainability is good for business

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Members of the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), a global equity index, derive just 30% of their earnings from products or services aligned with the Corporate Knights Clean Taxonomy, while 47% of the Global 100 do so (up from 41% last year). This is reflected in their performance. This year, that figure inched ahead to 65.

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Nine million green jobs could be on the way as U.S. Senate passes $369B climate bill

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emissions 37 to 41% from 2005 levels by 2030, short of the country’s Paris agreement target of 50 to 52% but close enough to “make up the difference with executive actions and changes to state law,” Inside Climate says. Energy Innovation’s assessment shows the legislation reducing U.S. Analysis by other U.S.

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Are green conservatives the key to solving the climate crisis?

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The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme found that “current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C Rebates to lower-income families could help families afford to trade up to these clean alternatives. president George H.W.

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Biden Bans New Offshore Drilling Across 625 Million Acres of U.S. Oceans

ESG Today

to the Paris Agreement on his first day in office after President Trump formally withdrew from the agreement in 2020. greenhouse gas emissions by 61% 66% by 2035, on a 2005 basis, expressing confidence the U.S.

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Trump Presidency Could Hike US Emissions by 4bn Tonnes

Chris Hall

The US’s current target under the Paris Agreement is to achieve a 50-52% emissions reduction by 2030.

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Outgoing Biden Administration Sets New 2035 U.S. Climate Goal

ESG Today

greenhouse gas emissions by 61% – 66% by 2035, on a 2005 basis. Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. NDCs are national climate action plans presented by each country under the agreement, and are required to be updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition.