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Macquarie Invests in Carbon Offset Consultancy EP Carbon

ESG Today

Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets division announced today an investment in carbon offset project-focused consultancy Ecological Carbon Offset Partners (EP Carbon), in a move aimed at supporting EP Carbon’s expansion and advancing Macquarie’s voluntary carbon offsets business.

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Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

Corporate Knights

Indeed, the climate dilemma in Africa is amplified by contradiction: the continent is responsible for just 4% of global carbon emissions, yet it experiences a significantly higher degree of climate change’s negative effects.

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Procter & Gamble Is Well On Its Way to Using 100% Green Electricity

Environment + Energy Leader

Procter & Gamble has cut emissions at all of its global operations by 52% from 2010 to 2020. It has done so using energy efficiency and renewable energy. The post Procter & Gamble Is Well On Its Way to Using 100% Green Electricity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Between 2010 and 2019, the cost of wind turbines, solar panels, and lithium ion batteries fell 55%, 85%, and 85%, respectively, while solar deployment grew more than tenfold and electric vehicle use increased more than 100-fold. And that’s a very good message.” The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C

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Philadelphia Union Joins Forces With Green Mountain Energy

3BL Media

By offering only products with an environmental benefit and operating with a zero-carbon footprint, the energy provider remains committed to sustainability every step of the way. Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid nearly 100 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, the equivalent of planting more than 11 million trees.

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Algae-to-Biofuel Company Viridos Raises $25 Million from Bill Gates, United Airlines & Chevron After Exxon Exits

ESG Today

Viridos had formed an R&D partnership with Exxon in 2010, collaborating on the development of next-generation biofuels from algae.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

For example, a 2010 heatwave in Russia killed 55,000 people , and the UN estimates that, already, 20 million people per year are forced to leave their homes because of climate change. Technological solutions to carbon removal — like carbon capture —  are still not cost-competitive but are receiving increased investment.