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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. Michael Holder. spent almost $1.4

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 Is that possible? When oil and gas companies say that they’re getting out of oil and gas, shouldn’t you? Surely the world runs on oil.

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A Principled Stance

Chris Hall

Chris Skidmore, former MP and author of the net zero review, talks about what the next UK government should do to get the country’s net zero commitments back on track. “I cannot vote for the [Offshore Petroleum Licensing] bill next week. In May, a High Court ruling ordered it publish a revised net zero strategy.

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The Long Game

Chris Hall

Turning point The financial crisis in 2008 brought then brought that same debate front and centre. It concluded that one of the contributing factors in the 2008 financial crisis was lack of shareholder engagement, citing RBS’s disastrous acquisition of ABN Amro as an example.

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Behind My Title of Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer- And What It Means to Be an Impact Company

3BL Media

Take the decision we took to launch our unique Green PremiumTM program in 2008 to provide more sustainable products and be transparent with environmental information with our customers. They have to ensure that sustainability considerations don’t just inform what they do, but that they drive corporate decision-making.

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Big Squeeze for UK Pension Schemes

Chris Hall

The requirements stem from the 2017 recommendations of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a forum set up in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and specifically the board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). There will be a challenge to find the time and resources.”.