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Southern Company Accelerates Clean Energy Transition With Expansion of Zero-Carbon Resources and Bold Net-Zero Goals

3BL Media

Our greenhouse gas reduction goals are to achieve 50% reduction from 2007 levels by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050, consistent with the commitments of the Paris Agreement. Since 2007, we have reduced the number of units in our coal generating fleet from 66 to 15 and expect to further reduce our coal fleet by the mid-2030s.

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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

In addition, decarbonisation is not just an objective imposed by policies such as the Paris Agreement: with the right approach, it also creates tangible business opportunities that go beyond long-term financial savings. Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012.

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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. Climate-related risk arises from increased operational costs due to a range of threats, including scarcity of resources and disrupted supply chains.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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How China's energy transition engine is driving change in the Global South

Corporate Knights

pulling out of the Paris Agreement, there is a fracturing of trust that is happening, says Fikayo Akeredolu, a Nigerian climate and energy-transition scholar completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford. But South American countries continue to push for greater participation in the supply chain. With the U.S.