Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2022

Ottawa is updating its climate plan to align with the target set last year of reducing emissions by 40% to 45% by 2030 from 2005 levels and achieving net-zero by 2050. . As it currently applies, the OBPS is designed to encourage emission reductions at the margin, not the deep cuts that would be required by net-zero plans.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 17, 2022

In a report released March 16, the Public Policy Forum laid out a “leadership blueprint” for Canada’s net-zero transition that urges the federal government to help finance the sector’s efforts to reduce emissions. However, he added, the decarbonization effort must speed up. We’re just not moving with the haste we need to move.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

How the Global 100 has performed against its benchmark since 2005 That said, the worlds top companies are staying the course, knowing that speed bumps wont stop progress toward a more sustainable and inclusive economy. CLIMATE COMMITMENTS 1.5C Business Ambition for 1.5C

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3BL Media

MARCH 18, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Whirlpool Corporation today issued an update on progress towards achieving Net Zero targets the company first announced in May of 2021. KEYWORDS: NYSE:WHR, whirlpool corporation, Net Zero. SOURCE: Whirlpool Corporation. As part of this update, Whirlpool Corp.—building Whirlpool Corp.’s

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 5, 2022

The industry accounted for more than a quarter of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and has been the fastest-growing source since 2005. . Its plan aims to reduce GHGs by 40% to 45% below 2005 levels nationally by 2030, with a 31% cut from the oil and gas industry. . million barrels a day to 5.6

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Corporate Knights

MAY 31, 2023

Last year, it committed to cut emissions by 40 to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 29, 2022

In Canada, “emissions from Canadian airlines increased by 75% between 2005 and 2019 to over 22 million tonnes a year; equivalent to the emissions from five million passenger vehicles,” Adamson and Vipond say. The sector has made innumerable concerted, ongoing, and self-interested efforts to undermine or delay efforts to reduce emissions.

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ESG Today

MAY 5, 2023

The Australian Government announced today plans to legislate the establishment of a Net Zero Authority, responsible for guiding the country’s economic transformation to net zero emissions, including reskilling workers for the energy transition, and coordinating with industry and investors on transformation opportunities.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2021, new and updated sustainability targets were adopted, that included a commitment to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. The most important areas have been identified for the Science Based Targets 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Key action areas.

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Utiliity Dive

AUGUST 24, 2022

economywide greenhouse gas emissions fell 12% from 2005 to 2019, but direct emissions from the building sector were higher, according to the report.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

A communiqué signed by UK mayors and local leaders calls for a ‘power shift’ from Whitehall so that local and regional authorities can deliver Net Zero. Ensuring the new UK Infrastructure Bank has a Net Zero mandate to deliver local investment in Net Zero projects. license ).

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Corporate Knights

MAY 17, 2022

The year was 2005, and Samsø had been chosen by the Danish government as a showcase for its emerging expertise in renewable energy and other emission-cutting efforts. And it would soon achieve net-zero emissions. And here was a thriving net-zero community in prosperous Denmark to lead the way. .

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

Approximately 90% of countries are now covered by some kind of net-zero target, as are hundreds of the largest publicly traded companies. Since its inception on February 1, 2005, the Global 100 Index has generated a total investment return of 331% compared to 279% for ACWI. Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

hour variability of wind and solar PV electricity generation on the grid, especially as their share of generation increases rapidly in the Net Zero Scenario.” . As the International Energy Agency notes, “ The rapid scaling up of energy storage systems will be critical to address the hour?to?hour

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

When we launched the Global 100 in 2005, the green economy was a quaint idea. When we launched this ranking in 2005, the green economy was a quaint idea. Between February 1, 2005, and December 15, 2023, the Global 100 saw a return of 287% on a U.S. Many companies didn’t publish in-house sustainability reports.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The House also voted to pass a new law establishing a new Net Zero Economy Authority, responsible for guiding the country’s economic transformation to net zero emissions, including reskilling workers for the energy transition, and coordinating with industry and investors on transformation opportunities.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Government of Canada announced a new climate goal, setting a target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% to 50% by 2035, on a 2005 basis. C.Canada submitted its last NDC in 2021, with a target to cut emissions by 40% 45% by 2030, on a 2005 base.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Established in 2005, the European Emission Trading System puts a price on carbon emissions for key GHG intensive sectors, including electricity and heat generation, oil refineries, steel, cement, paper, chemicals, and commercial aviation, among others. billion in grants utilizing funds raised through its EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As such, agriculture is a focus area for Corporate Knights’s recently launched Earth Index initiative , which tracks progress toward meeting national 2030 targets on the road to a net-zero future. . million cows in 2005) have partly offset rising nitrogen use, leaving Canadian agriculture emissions largely stalled. .

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is a part of RIL’s 15-year vision to become a leading new-energy and -materials company, with plans to be net-zero by 2035. Decarbonizing both sectors, Adani and Ambani’s bread and butter, will have to be a priority if India is to reach its goal of being net-zero by 2070.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

If passed, the bill would also adopt new GHG targets for the state that would slash emissions by 65% (of 2005 levels) by 2035 and 100% by 2050.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. The updated NDC represents the framework for India’s cleaner energy transition for the 2021-2030 period and marks a step towards the country’s goal to reach net zero by 2070.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 23, 2024

Where once there were claims about the companies working together to reduce their absolute emissions by 22 million tons (Mt) annually by 2030, and to net-zero by 2050, there is now a statement that Pathways is “focused on advancing environmental innovation and pursuing emissions efficiencies from our oil sands operations”.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

It’s only the second recycling company and the first steelmaking company to earn the top spot in the Global 100 since its inception in 2005, highlighting the growing importance of both the circular economy and low-carbon metals in creating a more sustainable future. The company’s rise to the top of the ranking has been rapid.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This has included legislating a 2050 net zero target and setting a legally-binding target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 below 2005 levels. Alongside its net zero plan, Labor has set what it called “ambitious and achievable” emissions reduction targets for 2035.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

While b oth the Global 100 and ACWI fell somewhat in 2022, since its inception on February 1, 2005, the Global 100 Index has generated a total investment return of 270.7% But the narrative of the G100 remains the same as it has been since the index was started in 2005: more sustainable companies are not just better for people and the planet.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 23, 2025

The PRF forms part of Powering Australia , supporting Australias ambition to become a renewable energy superpower and meet emission reduction targets of 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 14, 2024

Canadian provinces must rein in their expanding gas systems or risk incurring staggering costs from stranded assets and failure to meet net-zero targets, the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) warns in a new report. between 2005 and 2022.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Net Zero Goal Cisco has been reporting on its environmental impact since 2005. In 2021, Cisco set a goal to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions across our value chain by 2040. This combines with a portfolio of more than 6 GW of operational assets already managed by IGNIS.

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John Englart

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The new 2035 emissions reduction target is set at 75-80% reductions on 2005 levels, and net zero by 2045. It places Victoria as globally.

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

Carbon emissions from electric generation are down 48% from 2005 levels Since 2022, helped customers access nearly $377 million in financial support CHARLOTTE, N.C., The company’s carbon emissions from electric generation are down 48% since 2005 and it is on track to meet its interim 50% carbon emission reduction target by 2030.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

History of the EU Green Deal The first commitments made by the international community to reduce GHG emissions were in the Kyoto Protocol in force since 2005.

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ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2023

In November 2020, industry body the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) released its Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap outlining a series of recommendations and actions to align the financial system with the net zero transition. The post Australia to Issue Inaugural Green Bond appeared first on ESG Today.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 31, 2022

Torrie estimates we will need to spend between $14 and $48 billion per year to achieve net-zero buildings by 2035, roughly on par with the $20 to $40 billion spent in Canada each year on routine maintenance and repairs. . The clock is ticking on the federal government’s pledge to axe emissions by 40% to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

Financial regulators should make the tax subsidies banks and pension funds receive conditional on alignment with the net-zero economy. In the recent federal budget, the government included a chart showing the annual investment required to hit our net-zero-emissions targets. The barrier is an incrementalist mindset.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A long-time leader on sustainability, Walmart has worked with suppliers, NGOs, and climate action leaders to inspire positive change across global value chains since 2005. We are proud of our collaboration with Ørsted, Schneider Electric, and this initial cohort of valued suppliers.”.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For Scope 1 emissions, the company is on track to exceed its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation by at least 50% and achieve its goals of an 80% reduction by 2040 against a 2005 baseline on its way to achieving net-zero carbon by 2050. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6

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