GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

The program brings together the top steel buyers across the globe — including construction companies, real estate groups and property developers — and challenges them to commit to procuring 100 percent net-zero emissions steel by 2050. Members include Lendlease, Mace Group, Multiplex Construction Europe and WSP UK.

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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. Last year, the organization launched its Net Zero Standard , setting stringent criteria which it uses to assess and certify corporate commitments to achieve net zero emissions.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2022

In order to be on track to deliver on their most recent climate pledges, G7 and BRICS countries needed to reduce their carbon emissions by 822 million tonnes in 2019, the most recent year for which countries have reported. Most targets laid out by governments and corporations involve reaching net-zero by a date decades in the future.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

In the context of sourcing and supply chains, we’ve seen this movie before. In a circular supply chain, sourcing no longer focuses exclusively on virgin materials. Yet, these efforts traditionally have acknowledged only one phase of a material’s life.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Aveda , Ben & Jerry’s , Clif Bar , Ecolab , Eileen Fisher , General Mills , IKEA , LHB , and Trane Technologies signed the letter , noting that “climate change poses a significant risk to our businesses, threatens the competitiveness and livelihoods of our supply chains, and impacts the communities in which we operate.”.

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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. SOURCE: Antea Group.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

B2B travel platform American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced a series of interim and long-term climate goals, including a commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2050. Paul Abbott, CEO of Amex GBT, said: “Travel drives economic and social progress around the world.

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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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Chris Hall

APRIL 4, 2025

The insurer wants to fully decarbonise its supply chain by 2040, says Chief Sustainability Officer Claudine Blamey. Three years on and the insurers second transition plan , approved by the board on 26 February, has pushed the target for fully decarbonising its supply chain (Scope 3 emissions) back to 2040.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, announced the launch of a new sustainability-linked supply chain finance program, rewarding suppliers for improving their ESG performance, in collaboration with Netherlands-based Rabobank.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. The practice of branding meat as climate-friendly isn’t new. It’s possible.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

CRM software provider Zendesk revealed a series of climate-related milestones, including reaching carbon neutrality across its product supply chain, and on employee travel and commuting-related emissions, as of the end of 2022. The post Zendesk Achieves Carbon Neutrality Across Product Supply Chain appeared first on ESG Today.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Under the 2021 Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, Ottawa must publish targets for 2035 by December 1, and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has confirmed the government will release the proposed targets on schedule. I think it is counterproductive and discourages people.”

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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2024

Global food and beverage company Nestlé has launched two new projects aimed at reducing and removing carbon emissions from the company’s cocoa supply chain. Darrell High, Global Cocoa Manager at Nestlé said: “These projects are important milestones on our journey to net zero.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 14, 2023

UK-based multinational grocery retailer Tesco announced a series of new climate-focused commitments, including interim goals to reduce Scope 3 emissions originating in its supply chain at the forest and agricultural level, and a target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its own operations by 85% by 2030.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

AWS has worked with various companies in its supply chain to ensure that 70% of the structural steel used in several of its data centers in Sweden are derived from scrap-EAF sources, resulting in 10,000 fewer tons of embodied carbon emissions, the company said. This process emits water vapor instead of carbon dioxide.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson.

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ESG Today

APRIL 25, 2023

Founded in 2019, UK-based CarbonChain’s carbon accounting platform automates emissions tracking with granular, asset-level data, providing companies and financial institutions with visibility into their Scope 3 and supply chain emissions.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

One goal of Closed Loop Partners (CLP), entering its ninth year, is to bring together institutional investors with strategic corporate investors who seek to build a circular economy for their supply chains while helping their sustainability goals. The economics are very efficient today.".

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2022

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has a gas problem, and its net-zero plan doesn’t pass the smell test. . PSE derived two-thirds of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2019. the production of fossil gas must rapidly decrease and the entire gas supply chain must be transformed.

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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.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The company was the eighth biggest plastic polluter in 2019, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. The company is aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in its global operations by 2040. It has more than 50 manufacturing and research facilities globally and in 2019, it made $15.7 Most of the time, plastic.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2019, the company set about bolstering its framework by adopting specific goals and metrics to track progress. Schnitzer has not set specific Scope 3 emissions targets yet because it’s working through how best to account for and verify the emissions inventory data of the various external operations in its supply chain, Lundgren explains.

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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. Then, over time, they become used, and overused, to the point where they lose much of their meaning. Or, at least, they can mean whatever you want them to mean. There’s no single precipitating event.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action. How then to make the shift to a net-zero, nature-positive economy within the decade? We are now able to start reaping the early rewards of this harvest.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

McDonald’s Canada committed to McDonald’s global goal to source 100 per cent of its primary guest packaging from renewable, recycled or certified sources by the end of 2025* and to help the organization achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions globally by 2050. RESPONSIBILITY AT SCALE. LOVE WHAT’S NEXT.

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ESG Today

JULY 3, 2023

In the statement, the Nestlé spokesperson said: “We are moving away from investing in carbon offsets for our brands to invest in programs and practices that help reduce GHG emissions in our own supply-chain and operations, where it makes the most difference to reach our net zero ambition.”

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Soubeiran has experience disrupting what he dubs "linearalized" food chains and moulding them to be more sustainable. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. reduction in CO2 emissions versus 2019, setting a course for 2.1-2.8°C After the sound , fury and compromises, what will investors remember COP28 for? The official verdict was clear.

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3BL Media

MAY 19, 2022

The Gold Medal Jury selected AB InBev this year in recognition of the company’s strong sustainability track record, ambitious commitments, and its focused ESG strategy aimed at creating shared prosperity across its value chain.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

Journey to net zero: We reduced HP’s carbon footprint by 9 percent compared to 2019, and we need to accelerate efforts to reduce 50 percent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and to achieve net zero GHG by 2040. Additional findings include: Addressing Climate Crisis.

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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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Just Capital

APRIL 22, 2022

degree Science Based Target , and is informed by its goal to reach net zero emissions by 2030 across its operations and supply chains and its analysis on the carbon impact of remote work. C Science Based Target Net zero by 2030 target. The company’s climate commitment is a verified 1.5 Verified 1.5°C

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Global professional services firm Capgemini announced today a series of emissions reduction targets, including goals to reduce emissions across its full value chain by 90% by 2040. The company also aims to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80% by 2030. Capgemini consulted on the design of the new standard.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

The 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, has been under construction since 2019 and it was developed by Scottish firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital). The O2 turbine started construction in the second half of 2019 and is roughly 80% UK-made.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

If airlines are to meet their net-zero commitments by 2050 – a goal set in 2021 by the industry’s trade association, the International Air Transport Association – they will have to find a substitute for fossil fuels fairly quickly. The company did not specifically deny that deforestation had occurred in its supply chain.

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