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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

It’s also planning an investment push that will see it fund carbon removal projects at an expected cost of $35 per metric ton in 2025, increasing to $80 per metric ton in 2030 — far higher than the amount companies traditionally pay to purchase carbon offsets on voluntary markets. .

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Strategic moves and sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

These services include: Net-Zero Strategies and Action Plans; Carbon Offsetting; Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR); Energy Audits; Transport Audits; TCFD & Non-Financial Disclosures; and Environment Social Governance (ESG).

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

She co-chairs the firm’s working groups on net zero and biodiversity and has managed firmwide initiatives on climate scenario analysis, carbon offsets, and ESG education and training. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, O'Connell was a desk analyst at UBS Investment Bank, where he helped to allocate capital on the trading desk.

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Listen to the Science

Chris Hall

As an example of good practice, Turner cited the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). “It Media reports suggested that SBTi donors pushed the organisation to reverse its stance on offsets. It moves relatively slowly – and when it does, it does so quite thoughtfully.”

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Keeping it sustainable at CLEANPOWER

American Clean Power

megawatt ( MW ) array has provided ab out 18% of the building’s power since 2012. The Sustainability Tour highlight was viewing the 600,000 square foot solar panel array on the Salt Palace Roof. With 6,006 solar panels spanning the length of five football fields, the installation is one of the largest rooftop arrays in the U nited States. .

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ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

IPBES was established in 2012 by 94 governments to strengthen the “science-policy interface” on biodiversity and ecosystem services to support the conservation and sustainable use of nature. Pointing indirectly to the second IPBES report, she added: “That use is vastly under-estimated and under-appreciated, but that is about to change.”.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Natural carbon sinks, carbon mineralization and direct-air capture are early focus areas for Stripe’s 2019 Negative Emissions Commitment , which aims to spend at least double in these areas compared with what it pays for carbon offsets. Raised in Iowa, Ford became the only openly gay Fortune 500 CEO in 2018.