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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. A statement provided by Shell welcomed signs that some form of new regulatory regime was on the way.

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Hershey Commits to Cut Agriculture, Value Chain Emissions

ESG Today

The company’s new goals include reducing FLAG emissions by 36%, and non-FLAG Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030, on a 2018 baseline, marking an increase from Hershey’s prior target to reduce Scope 3 by 25% by 2030.

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Gildan Publishes Its 18th Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report

3BL Media

2021 was characterized by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, and geo-political and climate uncertainty. 18% reduction in water intensity compared to 2018. 15% decrease in total waste intensity compared to 2018. 68% reduction in waste clippings compared to 2020.

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Hershey Updates Science-Based Targets As It Advances Efforts To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

3BL Media

Hershey's target to reduce scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2018 baseline was re-validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These newly validated targets are in line with climate science and are consistent with levels necessary to meet the Paris Agreement's goals to limit global warming to 1.5

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Sofidel Commits to Net Zero by 2050

3BL Media

The Net Zero goal, i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain , is at the heart of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Here’s How Amazon’s Sustainability Pledge Is Going, 5 Years After Jeff Bezos Promised To ‘Beat The Paris Agreement’

We Mean Business Coalition

But when Figueres, the renowned Costa Rican diplomat and one of the key orchestrators of the Paris Agreement herself, came on board, via her own organization Global Optimism (“a group of stubborn climate optimists”) — we all sat up to listen. Beating the Paris Agreement’ is a huge statement to make.

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This Supplier Engagement Program Promotes Pollinators and Biodiversity

3BL Media

And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned the goals of the Paris agreement are on “ life support.”. With supply chains that stretch around the world, international companies are positioned to be at the forefront of tackling these challenges within their supply chains.