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How Big Oil's spin doctors are influencing influencers

Corporate Knights

Cancelling oil industry greenwash There’s a growing consensus that the PR companies involved in greenwashed campaigns need to be held to account. There is still no regulatory consensus, for instance, on what conditions have to be met to label something “climate-neutral” or “net-zero.”

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Matter of opinion: What the 2021 Earth Day polls reveal

GreenBiz

I started doing this in 2007 and, with a few exceptions, continued it annually through last year. There’s good news for companies and policy makers here: 66 percent of economists agreed "the benefits of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 would likely outweigh the costs," compared with just 12 percent who disagreed.

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Oil industry pioneer wants to lead sustainable aviation revolution. Will it take off?

Corporate Knights

If airlines are to meet their net-zero commitments by 2050 – a goal set in 2021 by the industry’s trade association, the International Air Transport Association – they will have to find a substitute for fossil fuels fairly quickly. The liquid that gave the company its name is oil.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

As well, her work at the University of Saskatchewan reduced the school’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2007 levels, and she has helped 12 Canadian mosques implement sustainability initiatives via the Greening Canadian Mosques program. The Starfish board member is also big on empowering youth. “It

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ESG alphabet soup: making sense of the regulations

Sustainability Matters

But it took the financial crisis of 2007 to turn the spotlight on excessive risk and expose whole industries to accusations of corruption and greed. It aims to eliminate the “greenwashing” of financial products and advice and steer investments towards a sustainable economy by enabling informed financial decisions.