Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

In background briefings, officials said the announcement makes Canada the first of the world’s wealthiest countries to publish a detailed implementation plan for a pledge that was first announced at the G20 leaders’ summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. Given the persistent technical problems still facing CCS, that may not be likely.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

To achieve the Agreement’s goal of net-zero emissions globally by 2050 , we must significantly boost energy efficiency and greatly accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, and toward new fuels such as green hydrogen and renewables such as wind, solar and thermal.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2023

“We might expect some decrease because Chubb announced its new underwriting restrictions for conservation areas and a programme to stop methane leaks and flaring, but that’s not the same as quantifying emissions and contemplating a net zero goal,” she told ESG Investor. And frankly is greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The risk of greenwashing has also been a growing concern. The government hosted 30 side events around the conference to outline its ambitions, while leaders from hard-to-abate sectors spoke of the challenges they faced in transitioning to net zero by 2050 and investments needed to scale up innovations already underway.

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

Then there came this moment in 2009, when in conversation with my former colleague Francesco Guerrero at the Financial Times, he said shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Under Gary Gensler, the SEC is very clearly working to reduce and also police “greenwashing.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

One of the first senior central bankers to flag the financial risks of climate change , he played a leading role in both the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. This at least will have the practical benefit of helping to put the era of greenwashing behind us.

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