GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. The banking sector maintains that serious change is afoot. Overall, the world's leading banks have channelled $3.8

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ESG Today

MARCH 13, 2025

Brandon Oyer, Head of Americas Energy and Water for Amazon Web Services said that the company has invested over $1 billion over the past year in nuclear energy projects and technologies, forming part of our broader Climate Pledge commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That is why sustainability is integral to every aspect of our business—from our caring, high-performance growth culture, to manufacturing responsibly, and offering solutions to our customers that eliminate waste and combat climate change. Mitigating Climate Change. We call this SEE Net Positive.

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ESG Today

JULY 22, 2022

Amazon’s 2040 net zero goal forms part of the company’s commitment under the Climate Pledge, an initiative started by the company alongside climate change-focused organization Global Optimism, calling on companies to sign on to achieve net zero carbon across their businesses 10 years ahead of the Paris Accord’s 2050 target.

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ESG Today

JULY 30, 2024

reduction in carbon intensity by 2030, from a 2019 baseline, of the associated with the “well to wake” emissions from the jet fuel it uses, covering the entire life cycle emissions of the jet fuel. The target formed part of the airline’s “Flight NZ0” initiative to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2022

The new strategy aims to reduce emissions from aviation by more than 60% by 2050, and envisions 2019 as the peak year for the sector’s emissions. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “We want 2019 to be remembered as the peak year for aviation emissions.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

announces its plans to accelerate its commitment to combat climate change with a pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its own operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and supply chain (Scope 3) by 2040 in accordance with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. Tiffany & Co.’s

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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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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

Trane Technologies is uniquely positioned to lead the movement to tackle climate change and empower its customers to decarbonize. In 2014, Trane Technologies established its first set of climate commitments, and exceeded them two years early.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2024

The bill prohibits a public “statement, warranty or guarantee of a product’s benefits for protecting or restoring the environment or mitigating the environmental, social and ecological causes or effects of climate change” if the claims are not based on “an adequate and proper test.”

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

Company commits to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. Realizing that climate impacts threaten more than supply chains and physical infrastructure, we made the commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2050, using our 2019 baseline. SOURCE: Northern Trust.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2022

The question now is: “How do we maintain the gains of societal progress while protecting our planet from some of our most pressing challenges like climate change?”. And to help us decarbonize and grow, we plan to build the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Alberta, Canada.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is impossible without urgent changes to national planning policy, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to have found. Yet national planning policy has failed to keep up with climate change legislation, leaving ambitious carbon reduction targets impossible to achieve.

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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. Hydrogen Zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells power heavy transport vehicles sustainably.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Despite these paradigm-shifting results, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned that Britain will have to double its total of clean energy generation by 2025, to stay on course to meet its climate goals.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The financing round was led by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund , and was announced alongside plans to use X-Energy’s reactor design to support a 320 MW project with regional utility Energy Northwest in central Washington, as well as a collaboration between the companies to bring more than 5 GW of projects online across the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Zero Carbon Electricity Goal. In May 2019, MGE announced its goal of net-zero carbon electricity by 2050. MGE’s net-zero goal is consistent with the latest climate science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) October 2018 Special Report on limiting global warming to 1.5

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The company has achieved a Net-Zero carbon footprint and is committed to sticking to that by mitigating the company’s entire carbon legacy and making progress on its verified 1.5-degree degree Net-Zero commitment. Customers increasingly care about climate change, their footprint, their supply chain footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This is a key finding of a new scientific report, “The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: 5 Opportunities for Action” , published on 23 September at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York. Namibia is committing an additional US$5 million towards ocean research and protection over 2019/2020.

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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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One of our critical sustainability goals is to mitigate climate change while improving the efficiency of our operations. Carbon: The race to zero. Eaton is driving actions to reduce global emissions and advance a net-zero future. C, and reaching net-zero global carbon emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It includes £40bn for ‘retrofit’ such as energy saving and efficiency in homes and businesses; £10bn for renewables such as solar, wind and biomass; £30bn for low carbon heating such as district heating networks; £10bn for smart energy systems; and £10bn for low emissions transport such as electric and hydrogen vehicles.[4].

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The most recent figures published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in 2019 show North Lanarkshire residents recycled just over 40% of their household waste. It will also enable better staff and resource planning and identify other potential financial savings within the council’s Waste Solutions department.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

UK industry body sets out plan for government ambition to align with Climate Change Committee recommendations. cut in total UK carbon emissions. The new report titled “Lighting the way” appears to reveal the policy and regulatory changes required to unleash the potential of solar energy in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We are convinced of the real impact of such a long-term partnership for the environment and to fight climate change.”. 4] Vodafone commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040: [link]. Keeping a phone handset for an extra year can reduce its lifetime CO2e impact by up to 29%.[1]

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

They have the knowledge of their areas, the democratic mandate to truly deliver a zero carbon economy, and they can shape the solutions in partnership with central government and their own communities. But local authorities need new funding and new resources to deliver Net Zero by 2050, with many wanting to go further, faster.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2024

billion) of investments on behalf of 11 LGPS funds – released its latest Climate Change Report alongside its annual Responsible Investment (RI) and Stewardship Report. The scheme updated its voting guidelines for the 2024 proxy voting season to strengthen its stance on climate change. billion (US$68.8

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Carlos Sanchez

JULY 15, 2020

Sourcing green electricity is a crucial strategy for achieving net-zero carbon emissions. Despite the growth of renewable generation such as wind and solar PV, only 26% of 2019 electricity came from renewable sources. In 2019, renewable electricity generation rose 6%. What is green electricity?

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

This week the pension fund – which manages the retirement assets of current and former employees of the Church of England – revealed its latest Stewardship Report , in which it stated that it was a decade ahead of its target in achieving net zero carbon emissions across its investments. A shifting engagement focus.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

BP is targeting a 35-40% reduction in its Scope 3 upstream combustion emissions by end of the decade compared to 2019 levels. . A recent report by the Investor Group of Climate Change (IGCC) has highlighted that Australian oil and gas companies are not prioritising the transition to net zero, thus increasing risks to investors. .

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2024

In 2019 Theresa May set the UK’s 2050 net zero target, with business onside , into legislation. But this all changed as successive Conservative prime ministers called into question the legitimacy and cost of climate action. This article was first published in Reuters.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

More than 53 million metric tonnes of e-waste was produced in 2019. This is simply not sustainable – and puts the fact that we need to change the way we dispose of electronic equipment into sharp focus. Concurrent to the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing concerns around climate change.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Since then over 500 companies have signed on, committing to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The period from February 2023 to January 2024 reached 1.52C of warming, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. But how effective is the initiative? Then there is the low-hanging fruit.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Carbon Offsets Markets size. How Do Carbon Credits Work? Climate science is clear. In particular, we need to reduce 23 Gigatonnes by 2030 from the current 41 Gt emitted per year and achieve net-zero by 2050.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 12, 2023

January, 2023 Governments around the world are increasingly committing to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century in order to reduce the worst impacts of climate change. for example, needing to reach three to four times the current build rate to reach net zero by mid-century.

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 11, 2024

It can help reduce carbon emissions in applications and industries that are hard to decarbonise, for instance, by serving as a zero-carbon fuel in the production of energy-intensive materials such as cement, steel and chemicals. Green hydrogen is an important technology in the shift towards cleaner energy.

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