GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. Working under group CEO Roberto Marquez, João Paulo Ferreira’s Latin America CEO position has overseen the heart of the original business since 2016. million acres the 4.4 million acres it protects in the Amazon.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

BNP Paribas is Europe’s leading funder of the development of fossil fuels, and the fifth largest in the world, according to the NGOs, providing $55 billion of financing between 2016 and 2022. The financial sector has a huge responsibility in our collective ability to comply with the Paris Agreement.”

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3BL Media

MARCH 3, 2022

Burberry plans to become net zero by 2040 and will invest in nature-based projects with carbon benefits to restore and protect natural ecosystems and boost the livelihoods of global communities. pathway laid out in the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

degrees Celsius by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. Many agri-food companies and retailers, whose bulk of Scope 3 emissions occur on farms, are making public commitments to reach net zero by 2050. There is increasing recognition that we must keep global warming within 1.5

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ESG Today

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2020, Shell announced a commitment to achieve net zero in its operations by 2050, and in 2021, the company launched its “Powering Progress” strategy , detailing how it will achieve its target to be a net-zero energy business by 2050 across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, with initiatives including investing in renewable and clean energy solutions.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Climate neutrality is the concept of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by balancing the emissions human sources release into the Earth’s atmosphere with the amount the planet naturally absorbs in emission “sinks,” like forests and oceans, via a process called sequestration. Your business can help. It matters to stakeholders.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Currently, more than 40% of the world’s largest publicly traded companies have made net-zero commitments as of the end of 2022, up from 20% in December 2020 5. However, only 50% of companies with net-zero targets were found to have a GHG emissions reduction plan that includes intermediate targets 6.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

billion of the total – three times the 2016 level. But measures to support the goals of the Paris Agreement must now sit alongside those needed to realise the objectives of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Importantly, adaptation finance accounted for US$32.4 In that respect, the picture is still somewhat mixed.

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Stanford Social Innovation

APRIL 6, 2022

From 2016 to 2020, known foundation funding to climate mitigation nearly doubled, from 1 billion dollars to 1.9 As crisis after crisis sends government off course, philanthropy can hold a stable heading, guided by the North Star of the most advanced net-zero modeling. billion, an important and praiseworthy increase.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2016 the earth’s average temperature was the warmest since recordkeeping began in 1880. Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Net-zero targets.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

The United Nations has intensified scrutiny of financial institutions, with its Race to Zero (RTZ) campaign issuing tougher criteria and Secretary General Antonio Guterres saying fossil fuel companies and those that finance them “have humanity by the throat.” . The picture is mixed across the industry and within sectors.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This proved true in 2016 when both Brazil and the United States elected Presidents opposed to climate action. INETTT members in Indonesia, South Africa, and Vietnam met to share lessons from their country’s Just Energy Transition Partnerships—multilateral funding agreements for the net-zero energy transition.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Banks could face a stormy AGM season, driven by investor concern over their ongoing financial support for oil and gas firms, which are already braced for a slew of shareholder proposals demanding greater transparency over their net zero transition plans. Among the banks targeted are JP Morgan, Bank of America and Citi.

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Chris Hall

MAY 2, 2024

billion in 2016-18 to US$14 billion in 2019-21. Blended finance is seen as a vital tool to contribute the capital flows needed to fulfil both these and the Paris Agreement goals. Cards on the table Despite the significant growth observed in the blended finance market, there remain areas for improvement.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Research will span the introduction of the Paris Agreement in 2016 to the conclusion of the 2023 proxy season, with the aim of comparing the voting patterns of asset owners and managers.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 13, 2022

But with the world still off-track to achieve the Paris Agreement, should governments intervene? However, with more than 90% of global GDP now covered by net-zero targets set nationally or regionally, this change may well come in the not-too-distant future. Exceeding 1.5C But it’s clearly not enough. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Soletair Power is currently working on several projects to create carbon net zero buildings.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 13, 2024

Instead, finance ministers and central bank governors agreed only a menu of policy options for a just transition to net zero emissions. And as early as 2016, the G7 set itself a deadline to eliminate inefficient fossil fuel subsides “by 2025 or sooner” But those deadlines are swiftly approaching.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), US$4 trillion needs to be invested in renewable energy globally every year by 2030 to achieve net zero by 2050. However, progress in some areas was limited by compromise in others, resulting in a disappointing final text issued in the early hours of Sunday morning. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

What are Australia’s stated net zero goals? Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. Climate Action Tracker (CAT) argues that Australia does not have a net zero target, arguing the federal government’s mid-century goal is not backed up by concrete commitments.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are widely seen as playing a central role in the transition to a low-carbon aviation industry, itself regarded as a key element of the global economy’s net zero trajectory. The aviation sector’s overall global environmental contribution is 2.5% of carbon emissions and 3.5%

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Buffeted by critics on both sides, finance sector alliances may need to refresh their tactics to progress toward net zero goals in 2023. This time last year BP was in receipt of numerous plaudits for accelerating its net zero transition plans.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New sheriffs have set up shop and are drawing up rules on both the supply and demand side of voluntary markets, which may eventually be reinforced by regulation introduced by policymakers in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. . “At

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Chris Hall

JULY 20, 2022

report acknowledged that the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can only be achieved via collaboration between developed and emerging market stakeholders, across governments, investors, multilateral organisations and local communities. . In April, a Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) ?

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

of the Paris Agreement, key for advancing the establishment and growth of a global carbon market. The consensus agreed to in Baku will also be a key element in final approval of Article 6 of the 2016 Paris Agreement , which will establish an international carbon credit market. But there is much more to deliver.”

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In 2016, things seemed somewhat dire for the clean energy transition. The election of Donald Trump meant the United States would soon pull out of the Paris Agreement. While we’ve made great progress since 2016, we need to go further faster. dollars.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Furthermore, the war in Ukraine, with its consequential interruption of energy supplies, could be used by some lobbyists to suggest that net zero was now a luxury that could no longer be afforded. Organisers say: “Where there is misalignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement, corrective action should be taken.”

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The United States of America was [then] prominent among leading economies of the world at the Paris gathering, signaling the intention to play a significant role in addressing climate change matters. In fact, the final agreement was signed in New York City on Earth Day in April 2016. The Paris climate pact is 5 years old.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The letter also seeks a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a 50 percent target for electric vehicle sales by 2030, and a renewed commitment to international climate finance. The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Words including decarbonization, net-zero, anthropogenic or carbon footprint dont work. Most people dont know about the Paris Agreement, let alone the significance of 1.5C. Instead, lean into pollution, overheating and extreme weather. And that is code for We will stay invested in oil and gas companies.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Net zero target for the U.S.: Returning to the Paris Agreement will happen Jan. should commit to a net-zero target the way that the European Union, China, Japan, South Korea and others — including many U.S. businesses and which has been seriously damaged since 2016. Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the potential rollback of climate policies, to fears of a hostile environment for sustainable investing, to threats of the US leaving the Paris Agreement once more – speculation has been rife. The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidential office will have sent shivers down many an ESG investor’s spine.

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