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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

But in the coming year, many businesses will have no such luck as they navigate major changes to the global tax and regulatory environment that has been encouraging investment in more sustainable technologies and practices. is in second place this year, while Danish wind manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems S/A is in third. Telus Corp.

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Energy Capital Partners Raises $6.7 Billion for Energy Transition Infrastructure Buyout Fund

ESG Today

Founded in 2005, ECP invests across energy transition, electrification and decarbonization infrastructure assets. and global economy, with forecasts projecting that electricity demand will skyrocket by 1.5-2.0x billion at the final closing of its fifth flagship equity strategy, ECP V, including capital commitments of $4.4

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Applied Materials Receives SBTi Validation of its Science-based Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions Reductions Targets

3BL Media

Semiconductors are the foundation of technology advancements that are transforming the global economy and can improve peoples’ lives in so many ways. Applied Materials has been reporting on social responsibility and environmental matters since 2005. By setting a 1.5°C-aligned

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. In St John River Forest in Maine (US), The Nature Conservancy bought 75,000 hectares from the pulp and paper manufacturer International Paper.

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Canada’s Best 50 corporate citizens of 2022 continue to conquer the markets

Corporate Knights

Financial regulators should make the tax subsidies banks and pension funds receive conditional on alignment with the net-zero economy. This could help unlock $80 to $200 billion of fresh annual investment into global climate solutions from the pension fund sector alone. 6 24 WSP Global Inc Engineering construction $174,951.00

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. million people find jobs since 2005. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

On Earth Day, President Biden pledged to reduce global warming emissions by 50 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. To address these concerns we are beginning to factor the life cycles of the products we manufacture. Nature is the substrate of everything including our economy.