GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some of those memes get traction — “zero waste” and “net zero” are two relatively recent examples that are having their moment. It’s no longer just about “What business is doing to the climate.” It’s also about “What the climate is doing to business.”. It’s also about “What the climate is doing to business.”.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Originally published in the SEE Impact Report 2022 To mitigate the impacts of climate change across the value chain, global packaging provider SEE drives strategic initiatives to manage and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our net-zero road map is a key component to our pledge to leave our world better than we find it.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

Burberry is the first luxury fashion brand to receive approval by the initiative for its net zero emissions target. SBTi is one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting climate change. by 2030, from a 2019 baseline.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 12, 2022

Canada’s pension beneficiaries are increasingly worried about how their pensions are being invested in the face of a rapidly worsening climate crisis. A growing number of Canada’s largest public pension administrators and investment managers have made net-zero-emissions commitments.

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3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Last year marked a global shift in corporations adopting low-carbon and net-zero pledges as experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference , COP26, declared that the climate crisis is at a critical inflection point. C commitment and 7,126 companies have joined the Race to Zero.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

As the costs of renewable energy drop and countries begin their march to the better future of net-zero, we believe this pattern will become even more pronounced,” says Corporate Knights CEO Toby Heaps. Between January 1, 2019, and March 22, 2023, the value of the top quintile of the SEI grew 146%, compared to 47% for the MSCI ACWI.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. The Advertising Association has been at the forefront of an industry-wide initiative in the U.K.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This means changes for how California's entire energy infrastructure is planned and operated. Countdown to 2045: Realizing California's Pathway to Net Zero updates and expands Southern California Edison's 2019 analysis, Pathway 2045.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2019, European policy-makers launched a project under the obscure and uninspiring title of EU Taxonomy to combat real and perceived greenwashing in the sustainable investment industry fuelled by the lack of an industry-wide standard. . But even if changes are made, the taxonomy has been dealt a heavy blow.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

Italians get climate change. That’s the good news; the bad is that Italy is decidedly middle of the pack in making progress toward net-zero goals. PierMario Barzaghi, KMPG Italy, head of sustainability and climate change. Their glaciers are melting and their ski resorts are increasingly snowless.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 22, 2022

As a group, the BRICS Earth Index for 2019 is –95%, indicating that their emissions went up by about the amount they needed go down to be on track for their long-term net-zero commitments. Both countries posted increases in all sectors in 2019 and don’t anticipate their emissions coming down until after 2030.

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ESG Today

JUNE 19, 2023

Voters in Switzerland approved the country’s commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, with 59% backing the Climate and Innovation Act in a national referendum on Sunday. The law also includes a requirement for all companies to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. billion (USD$3.6

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Corporate Knights

MAY 22, 2023

As our climate changes, getting to net zero has never been more important. Wires AND pipes working together can deliver a net zero future, with greater energy reliability, resilience and customer choice than electrification alone. Ontario’s 2019 emission sources.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As our climate changes, getting to net zero has never been more important. The most cost-effective way to achieve net-zero emissions while optimizing energy reliability is an integrated path that leverages both the electricity and natural gas systems. The path to net zero.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 27, 2022

leaders this week introduced to employees a new strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) and air quality impacts of its products, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 in a sustainable way. The global power leader’s Destination Zero strategy unveiled Jan. Destination Zero builds on PLANET 2050. DESCRIPTION: Cummins Inc.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: At American, we know that the challenge of climate change is acute and imminent, and we recognize our industry’s contribution to it. To make that happen, we have set aggressive climate goals that match the seriousness of the challenge, and we’ve laid out a clear plan for how we will achieve them.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2022

The UK government announced the launch of its “Jet Zero” strategy today, outlining its plan to achieve net zero aviation by 2050. Unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow, the plan includes commitments to achieve net zero domestic aviation and for the country’s airports to be zero-emissions by 2040.

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3BL Media

JULY 21, 2022

Taking action to achieve Net Zero right now is more important than ever, as we only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep the increase in temperature within 1.5?C. The industry has made a commitment to reach net zero by 2050 at the latest. Now is the time to act and realize a Net Zero ambition.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 19, 2023

gigatonnes in 2019), but these new findings do not instill confidence. Globa lly, emissions will need to decrease by 4% every year if the planet is going to reach net-zero by 2050. If G20 countries meet their pledges , their collective emissions will sh r ink to 25.3 gigatonnes in 2030 (down from 38.1

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Tim Walz presents Minnesota’s final Climate Action Framework designed to help the state achieve its climate pollution reduction goals, nine major businesses released a letter today in support of Minnesota’s transition to a carbon neutral economy. For more information, visit ceres.org and follow @CeresNews.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Computer manufacturer Lenovo announced today a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The commitment, covering the companies’ full value chain, and has been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as aligned with its net zero standard.

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ESG Today

JULY 5, 2022

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced a series of new climate commitments, including goals to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) by 2040 and to achieve emissions reductions of 95% in its operations and 90% in its value chain by that date. Pfizer’s new goals include the achievement of the Net Zero Standard.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Over the past year, I’ve been working with Royal Dutch Shell’s aviation division — a relatively small slice of the $344 billion (2019 revenue) energy behemoth — to develop a series of video interviews focusing on what it will take to make aviation sustainable. (I Passenger volumes took a nosedive, down precipitously from 2019 levels.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Canada’s federal government is preparing to announce climate targets for 2035 as it faces both demands for more ambitious emission-reduction policies and major backlash against the measures it has already announced. I think it is counterproductive and discourages people.” The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the federal carbon levy in 2021.

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3BL Media

JULY 24, 2023

Originally published in Paramount's 2021-2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report The impacts of climate change continue to accelerate around the world and are projected to worsen each year unless we take serious collective action on a global scale.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2022

The UK government’s failed to provide sufficient detail regarding its strategy to reach net zero emissions, according to a ruling Monday by the High Court, which also ordered the publication of a more detailed plan early next year. Our infrastructure and homes were designed for a climate that no longer exists. This cannot wait.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2022

The window to take action on climate change is closing. The global scientific community now has the official backing of hundreds of government and business leaders who agree that we must transition to a net-zero-carbon economy, and yet getting strong climate regulations in place has proven a challenge. C campaign.

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3BL Media

JULY 9, 2024

Decarbonizing buildings is possible The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change clearly highlighted however that solutions are readily available (IPCC, 2022). Net-zero buildings are emerging as a solution to tackle climate change and reduce energy demand.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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B the Change

JUNE 22, 2022

(Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash ) Scaling Impact and Strengthening Accountability Toward Net Zero Through the B Corp Climate Collective Brigitta Nemes, Senior Manager Environmental Standards at B Lab Global, shares her reflections on a new direction for the B Corp Climate Collective’s work on net zero.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 1, 2022

As businesses struggle to meet the United Nations’ net-zero goals, more companies are realizing that their success will hinge on tying executives’ compensation packages to achieving sustainability targets. In response to heavy lobbying by institutional shareholders who see climate change as an existential risk, some 25% of U.S.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Canada has set national climate goals including commitments to cut GHG emissions by 40% – 45% by 2030 , and to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The oil and gas sector is the largest source of GHG pollution in Canada, accounting for more than 30% of national emissions.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

president will be taking aim at legislation that resulted in nearly US$300 billion in private-sector investments in clean energy, battery manufacturing and clean power generation, most business leaders recognize that concerns about a worsening climate crisis will grow regardless of shifting political winds. CLIMATE COMMITMENTS 1.5C

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ESG Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Nordea announced a commitment in 2021 to become a net zero bank by 2050 , along with a series of interim 2030 targets including reductions in carbon emissions from lending and investment portfolios by 40-50%, reductions in internal carbon emissions by at least 50% and the achievement of net positive carbon contribution.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2023

As of 2019, Stockholm had cut its annual GHG emissions almost in half from 1990 levels. Since 2019, all trams, subway trains and many buses have been running on electricity, and more than 75% of the commercial canal boats are electric. Abidjan Lowest consumption-based emissions The Ivory Coast aims to be net-zero by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 8, 2024

So they’re a really great way to bring people in to start that conversation about climate change,” says Jennifer Carman, one of the study’s authors and a deputy research manager with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. “Games create engaging and immersive worlds. Other companies have less ambitious targets.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

As the costs of renewable energy drop and countries begin their march to the better future of net-zero, we believe this pattern will become even more pronounced,” says Corporate Knights CEO Toby Heaps. Between January 1, 2019, and March 22, 2023, the value of the top quintile of the SEI grew 146%, compared to 47% for the MSCI ACWI.

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