3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2024

International Olympic Committee news This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 19, 2022

And Canada’s performance between 2016 and 2019 was second worst to Russia in terms of making the emission reductions needed to meet its own targets. From 2016 to 2019, Canada saw an average increase of 7.8 billion over several years to fight climate change on top of what the government had provided previously.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Founded in 2016 by Yorkshire-born designer Jon Fenton, FeTu has grown to a team of 15, securing over 12m in sponsorship, investment and grants. The award celebrates FeTus success in translating physics research into a viable commercial enterprise with a product that the IOP judges described as a revolutionary heat engine.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In retrospect, it also turned out that ESG portfolios contained less financial risk because they had more accurately identified risks from climate change and considered other variables — such as resilience — for which no accepted risk methodology exists. A declining investment rationale for fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

In the face of these threats, it is clear that greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation is necessary (to minimize future climate changes), but not sufficient. Indeed, this fact has been acknowledged in the 2016 Paris climate agreement.). Equally important though, is how well we will adapt to the inevitable changes.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 12, 2022

SUMMARY: In the wake of Hurricane Ian’s devastating impact, some people might want to jump to the conclusion that climate change caused the storm. Instead, we can say that climate change is making hurricanes like Ian worse, especially when it comes to the challenges of extreme rainfall and flooding.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2022

million people with a housing need helped since 2016/17. Thierry Garnier, Chief Executive Officer of Kingfisher plc, said: “ We are committed to helping tackle climate change by setting targets both in the short and in the long term. billion (44.1%) of sales came from products that help customers create more sustainable homes.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What if young people concerned about the effects of climate change had the opportunity to perform hands-on service to mitigate its effects on vulnerable communities? Q: What is the Climate Project, and how does a partnership between Service Year Alliance and the Cisco Foundation power the initiative?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Whether they’re savannahs, prairies, or steppes, Earth’s grasslands are heroes in the fight against climate change — no matter what you call them. million acres, their importance when it comes to climate change can’t be overstated. KEYWORDS: carbon projects, Carbon Credits, climate change, Cool Effect.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

Climate change and the intensification of extreme weather is endangering lives, our ecosystems, and food security— all this in a time when global demand for food is rising. And the next great sustainable agricultural innovation for tackling climate change could be Short Stature Corn. F) between 1901 to 2016.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. The banking sector maintains that serious change is afoot.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate. Excerpted from " Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change " by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. Barbara Freese. Sat, 05/16/2020 - 14:20.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

During the session, Cecily Joseph, adviser for the Presidio Graduate School Initiative for Equity and Social Justice, highlighted the three major components of sustainability in business today — racial equity, climate change, and health and wellness. Pull Quote. Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Strategy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). The time is now to flatten the climate change curve.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From a climate change perspective, steelmaking is considered one of the "hard-to-abate" sectors. However, this view has rapidly changed over the course of only a few years, and Swedish industry has played a pivotal role in this shift. The steel industry contributes directly to 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2021

magnitude earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, in 2016, disaster managers were able to able to identify which communities were at greatest risk due to rapid access to data. The Climate Change Directorate expects this will help the country transition to new reporting procedures under the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2023

We must prepare for a long summer," said Steven Guilbeault, Canada's minister of environment and climate change, this week. At this rate, the number of people facing water scarcity could double, from 930 million in 2016 to between 1.7 Hundreds of blazes are active from B.C. billion by 2050. “If Parts of the U.S.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Paris Agreement, signed in 2016, remains the most comprehensive international climate treaty to date, with 196 parties adopting goals to limit global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Athletes have also expressed concerns about the threats posed to competitors by climate change.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

For years, seven of the top 10 companies on the Dow Jones Index were oil companies until 2016 when most fell out of the top 10, leaving only Exxon. Extreme weather events are the biggest contributor to power outages and will increase with climate change, which the Department of Energy estimates costs the U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

Guiding Principles in 2016, included multiple data points at the macro level, perhaps to make up for sparse company-specific data. After all, real progress — whether it is on inclusion or climate change — requires us all to do a better job at connecting the dots between people and planet.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

An undergraduate course on “sustainability as a strategic lever for companies” explores corporate practices (good and bad) that play out in global circumstances of poverty, social inequality, resource scarcity and climate change. Elsewhere, schools look beyond the ivory tower for impact.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Silencing Science Tracker is a joint initiative of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and theClimate Science Legal Defense Fund.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

The announcement marks a major coup for the PCAF and is a landmark green move for Morgan Stanley, one of the world's largest and most recognizable private banking groups, which from 2016 to 2019 invested more than $91 billion n fossil fuels, according to the Rainforest Action Network.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 15, 2024

Organizational milestones outlined in the 2023 report include: Strong continued interest in GRI’s core product, with 846,165 downloads of the GRI Standards during the year; The launch of new Topic Standards and Sector Standards projects (for biodiversity , labor , climate change and economic impacts ; and mining , financial services and textiles and (..)

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Cisco CSR

APRIL 14, 2022

The second one is climate justice. The people who are suffering the most from climate change live in rural, low-resource areas where they already feel the effects of climate change. Climate justice means supporting people at the front lines of climate change.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

They also beat the global benchmark MSCI ACWI by 30% from July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025. on a sustainable-revenue-weighted basis, outperforming the MSCI ACWI index (162.0%) and the MSCI ACWI/Energy Index of fossil fuel companies (76.7%) on Total Return Gross USD Basis from the Clean200 inception of July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025.

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James Militzer

MAY 31, 2024

You sigh with relief knowing that the world had accomplished something no one thought was possible: We’d turned back the clock on climate change. Much of the current conversation around climate change focuses on the obstacles that make the problem so difficult to solve.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the early 2000s, Sylvie Trottier found herself trying to convince her father that climate change was real and dangerous. As an environmental studies student at McGill University at a time when the climate crisis was far from a household name, she knew much more about it than her father, Lorne Trottier.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 6, 2023

Sustainable fashion is one of the fastest-growing green jobs sectors, averaging a 90% growth rate annually between 2016 and 2020. The number of companies with chief sustainability officers in executive positions also tripled from 9% to 28% between 2016 and 2021. So, where can you find training?

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 22, 2022

In 2016, Michelle Moore set out to help bring solar panels to her hometown of LaGrange, Georgia. The book was released against the backdrop of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act – a bill that included $369 billion in funding for climate and energy initiatives.

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3BL Media

APRIL 10, 2024

While gains have been made over several decades, the effects of climate change have become a large and looming factor, halting progress made. Yet today, a global water crisis still persists. billion people—or 1 in 4—still lack access to safe water and 3.5 billion people—or 2 in 5—lack access to safely managed sanitation.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Globally, there is an urgent need to take climate action and address related risks and opportunities as we transition to a lower carbon economy. The physical and transition effects of climate change can influence a business’ bottom line and its ability to compete in the future.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2016, Corporate Knights analysis showed that the New York State Common Retirement Fund lost at least US$5.3 billion from its investments in coal, oil and gas. billion by not divesting from fossil fuels appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. Research has found that robust implementation of CORSIA could significantly reduce aviation’s climate impact, and that aviation’s contribution to future warming could be cut by roughly 90 percent if the sector aggressively pursued decarbonization. "As

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Between July 1, 2016, and January 15, 2024, Clean200 companies generated a total return of 103.5%. In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.’” through those years. through those years. Steel (177) – which recently committed to being zero-carbon by 2050.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 21, 2025

In Chile, the Pre-University Program in San Antonio has supported over 300 students since 2016, helping them prepare for the Higher Education Admissions Test (PAES). Empowering Students with Scholarships and Career Guidance Scholarships are a cornerstone of DP Worlds education strategy, breaking down barriers for low-income families.

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