ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In a circular describing the background and details of the suit, the organizations explain that the legal basis of the case rests on the “duty of vigilance” law, adopted in France in 2017, that requires large companies to have a vigilance plan to assess and prevent their operational impacts on the environment and human rights.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. The company’s "Commitment to Life" vision for 2030 includes net-zero GHG emissions by 2030, and raising by 7.4 In 2019, Gutierrez issued a new goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, expecting to reach it halfway by 2025.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2022

Most of the co-filers of the TotalEnergies proposal are members of investor coalition Climate Action 100+, which has been engaging with the firm since early 2017 to ensure alignment of emission reduction targets with a 1.5?C US shareholder action. Scope 3 emissions are indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

We are aligning our business strategies with the international consensus – outlined in the Paris Agreement – that we must limit global warming to below 1.5°C, In 2019, Tapestry set goals to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 emissions 20% below 2017 levels and reduce Scope 3 emissions from freight shipping 20% below 2017 levels, both by 2025.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2024

Norwegian tech company Zerolytics is preparing to launch a platform offering forward-looking indicators to assess the credibility of Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) focus companies ’ net zero transition plans. They can also offer an evaluation of the financial effects of various scenarios and decisions.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The report aims to increase transparency and inform priorities ahead of the COP28 climate summit, where countries will conclude the first ‘stocktake’ of global progress toward the Paris Agreement and deliver policy recommendations to encourage governments to ratchet up their climate plans.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Paris Agreement of 2015 highlighted the urgent need for a global transition towards more sustainable business practices, specifically use of carbon-free sources of energy. But while there is no doubt that the clean energy transition is accelerating, it’s not happening fast enough.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The vital role that sustainable battery value chains play in meeting the Paris Agreement targets linked to the electrification of transport and power sectors was highlighted during multiple high-level conversations at COP27. Batteries are a hugely important technology in the net-zero transition.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Planned guidance for wider engagement themes and tweaks to the Net Zero Company Benchmark, but inconsistent voting records limiting intended impact. When the initiative launched at the end of 2017, just five of the focus companies had set net zero commitments.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Net Zero Company Benchmark 2.0 The new iteration of Climate Action 100+’s (CA100+) Net Zero Company Benchmark has a “stronger focus” on emissions reductions, alignment with 1.5°C The next round of company assessments against the Net Zero Company Benchmark 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. In September, the Washington-based Energy Futures Initiative , founded by former U.S.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

CA100+ focuses on 171 firms that are key to driving the global net zero transition, with a total market capitalisation of US$10.3 trillion across industries including oil and gas, aviation, mining, and consumer goods, among others. oil In June , CA100+ unveiled its second phase.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The number of countries and companies that have made commitments to transition their activities to net-zero emissions has increased dramatically. Yet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement is to limit long-term temperature increases to well below 2 degrees—preferably 1.5 But it isn’t enough.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

Stemming from the release in 2017 of the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure recommendations, the government has introduced wide-ranging requirements for UK pension schemes. any scheme with assets in excess of £1 billion), will need to consider and report on a further climate change metric. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The Commission formally proposed the inclusion of the Complementary Climate Delegated Act in the taxonomy this week, noting that gas and nuclear are “bridge technologies” to help the EU meet its net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 target. Ripple effect. “The

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Sense and Sustainability

DECEMBER 8, 2021

and 1 degrees to spare if we are to meet the global targets outlined in the Paris Agreement. Although carbon emissions plateaued for a few years, reports on 2017 and 2018 global greenhouse gases show that emissions are “ accelerating ahead like a speeding freight train.” This reality means that we only have between 0.5

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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 from the SBTi. aligned science based targets.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

Much of its £14 billion debt pile was built up under the ownership of Australian bank Macquarie, but its current investors – including Canada’s OMERS and the UK’s USS – have not seen a dividend since buying into the company in 2017. They’ve also agreed to fund an eight-year transformation programme to the tune of £1.5

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

The requirements stem from the 2017 recommendations of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a forum set up in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and specifically the board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). There will be a challenge to find the time and resources.”. Cabove pre-industrial levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. It is only then the industry will shift its approach, and we can move towards net zero carbon emissions.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 19, 2024

C, as agreed upon in the Paris Agreement , countries must reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions 45 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. per cent of Canadian municipalities have legislated or adopted policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

Originally launched in 2017, CA100+ now has 700 investor signatories representing US$68 trillion in assets. . As of March 2022, 69% of focus companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner and 89% have aligned with recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The firm has been engaging with Pemex since 2017, both independently and as part of the broader investor coalition under Climate Action 100+ (CA100). . A number of asset owners and managers have explicitly adopted active engagement strategies which outline how they will be stewarding their holdings on the path to net zero. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. .

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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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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“It is never about the individual, but the collective,” says Jodi-Ann Jue Xuan Wang, 26, the daughter of first-generation immigrants who advises investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero. She specializes in climate policy and finance, advising investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Published last October, CA100+’s latest net zero company benchmark results showed 82% of focus companies have set long-term GHG reduction targets and 87% have set medium-term targets, while 29% disclosed how much they invested in climate solutions in the past year during the first year of the metric’s introduction.

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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 24, 2024

The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme found that “current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C Meanwhile, scientists have been immeasurably clear that we don’t have time for backtracking. and the U.K. voters chose the former. voters chose the former.

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