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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. Shes changed her mind.

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Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment

GreenBiz

It's the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or economic growth. What’s on my mind? Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. There are signs that give me optimism.

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IBM Journey to More Sustainable Facilities: IBM As Client Zero

3BL Media

Currently, IBM has a set of environmental commitments, including achieving Net Zero GHG Emissions by 2030 and diverting 90% of nonhazardous waste (by weight) from landfill and incineration by 2025. This eliminates the extra energy consumption, waste and emissions that invisibly failing parts would cause. In 2021, IBM registered a 61.6%

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From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Operational Sustainability

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Operational sustainability, the reduction of Fifth Third’s environmental and carbon footprint, has been key to our environmental sustainability program since its inception in 2010. Although we have not yet achieved our waste reduction goal, we have made great progress in reducing our waste by more than 1 million pounds annually.

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Driving Sustainability: FedEx's Commitment to Carbon Neutral Operations and a Greener Global Supply Chain by 2040

3BL Media

Further, the company continues to address the challenges presented by climate change as it works toward a goal of carbon neutral global operations by 2040, guided by our strategy: decarbonize whats possible, co-create with purpose, and neutralize whats left. The facility is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified.

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NLine Energy Raises $11 Million to Drive Expansion of Industrial Clean Energy Tech

ESG Today

Clean energy technology company NLine Energy announced that it has raised $11 million, with proceeds aimed at expanding its business helping commercial and industrial facilities to decarbonize in North America and internationally. Founded in 2010 with an initial focus on developing small hydropower projects, Oregon, U.S.-based

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

Corporate Knights

C as a “survival target” for average global warming, and the meeting recognized that the most technically achievable decarbonization options are also the most economically feasible. But there’s still time to take action if countries pick the right decarbonization options and scale up fast. And that’s a very good message.”