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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

GreenBiz

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.

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Fossil fuel expansion will be the litmus test for banks’ net-zero promises

Corporate Knights

Many of the world’s biggest banks face the enormous challenge of realigning their entire loans and investment operations in the coming years to put themselves on a credible path to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We Ultimately, best practices come down to are we seeing year-over-year changes in their capital flows?”.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. Is that possible? billion.

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach . Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative .

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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Every company and every industry will be transformed by the transition to a net zero world.”. It is these very companies in 35 countries that make up the Carbon Clean 200. THE CLEAN200™ METHODOLOGY. dollars.

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CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach. Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative.

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Four ways we can prepare tomorrow's workers for green jobs

Corporate Knights

Sustainable fashion is one of the fastest-growing green jobs sectors, averaging a 90% growth rate annually between 2016 and 2020. There is also a growing demand for urban sustainability officers who can help transition cities to be net-zero carbon and more resilient. So, where can you find training?