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Going for the E-S-Gold: Home of the Paris Agreement Hosts the Olympics

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While there have been some setbacks, particularly regarding pollution in the Seine River and a reversal on using air conditioners in the Olympic Village, the Paris Olympics have won overall high marks for being environmentally friendly.

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Over 75% of Companies Have Cut Emissions Intensity Since Paris Agreement: Accenture

ESG Today

Results were less encouraging when not adjusting for business growth, however, with only around half of companies having cut absolute operational emissions since 2016. 67% of European companies have reduced emissions since 2016, compared with 53% in North America, and 40% in the rest of the world.

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Banks spending trillions to finance causes of climate crisis in Global South: report

Corporate Knights

trillion (all figures in US dollars) in financing for the worst climate offender, the fossil fuel industry, in the Global South since the Paris Agreement on climate change was enacted in 2016. It found that banks have provided an estimated $3.2

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Use of Employee Incentives to Hit Climate Goals More than Doubles Over Past Year: Accenture

ESG Today

The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement.

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Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments

GreenBiz

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. Ben Cushing, senior campaign representative at U.S.

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France Bans Fossil Fuel Companies from Responsible Investment Labelled Funds

ESG Today

The SRI label was launched by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 2016, aimed at allowing the general public to invest in savings vehicles that integrate ESG principles. The new rules will also require companies included in SRI-labelled funds to have a Paris Agreement-aligned transition plan.

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How open data can help countries address climate emergency impacts

GreenBiz

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. magnitude earthquake in 2016 in the Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh Province of Indonedia. . Delfina Grinspan. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 01:30. In the aftermath of the 6.5 Shutterstock.