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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. The behemoth task of changing UN policy Figueress predecessor, Yvo de Boer, who helmed the UNFCCC from 2006 through 2010, sees it differently.

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Investors Double Down on Deforestation Engagement

Chris Hall

At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in 2021, 145 countries – representing 90% of the worlds forests – signed a deforestation pledge, committing to halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030. At COP26, the UN also set a deadline for companies and financial institutions to eliminate commodity-driven deforestation by 2025.

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PSEG's Chairman, President and CEO Ralph Izzo Announces Plans to Retire at End of 2022

3BL Media

His contributions have been extensive, but to name a few: Tackling Climate Change as a respected science and business advocate in state, national and global climate discussions, most recently at COP26 in support of preserving existing nuclear generation and advancing the widespread adoption of energy efficiency. .

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Sustainability & Transition

Sustainable Round Table

All of this inspired Newton, Massachusetts’s late great Andy Savitz to publish his own implementation focused “The Triple Bottom-line; How The Best Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success” in 2006 which Andy discussed at SR Inc’s first Summit in DC in 2010.

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4 Sustainable Business Trends to watch in 2021

Carlos Sanchez

Besides, the pandemic has postponed the momentum towards COP26 or climate change movements like Greta Thunberg’s Friday’s for future. WBCSD, From Challenge to Opportunity: The role of business in tomorrow’s society, 2006. On the other hand, sustainability and climate change have never been so much in focus.

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There’s nothing conservative about turning our backs on nature

Corporate Knights

In 2006, David Cameron, then leader of the Conservative Opposition, travelled to the Arctic to be photographed “hugging a husky.” At the COP26 climate summit, hosted by the U.K. Corporate Knights reached out to conservatives in Canada , the U.S. and the U.K. who are hoping to steer their parties toward a more sustainable future.

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

At the COP26 climate conference in November, the United Nations identified hydrogen as the “backbone” of our clean energy future. From this, we pulled out the top 25 private and 25 public companies that earn the majority of their revenue from clean energy themes to form our Future 50. Alberta Innovates is the launch partner for the Future 50.

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