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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance

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BN of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) on the back of its landmark 2019 and 2020 sustainability-linked issuances. In December 2020, NRG issued $900 million of senior secured first lien bonds in a landmark issuance, pioneering the first SLBs in North America, and the first issued by any energy company outside Europe. INNOVATION.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Elsa Wenzel.

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BCG Signs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal to Eliminate 100,000 Tons of CO2 Emissions

ESG Today

Founded in 1998, Boston-based World Energy specializes in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), clean hydrogen, advanced biofuels, and decarbonization services. The agreement marks BCG’s largest SAFc purchase to date, and is expected to deliver an emissions reduction of 100,000 metric tons of CO2 over the next five years.

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BCG Buys Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from CO2 from Twelve

ESG Today

BCG set a 2030 net zero target in 2020, alongside a goal to become climate positive beyond 2030, and outlined plans to significantly reduce its carbon footprint, as well as to remove emissions by purchasing high-quality removal credits.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Our Sustainability Strategy

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Supplemented our annual public policy and political contributions disclosure with an inaugural report on the climate positions of our disclosed membership organizations . We recognize the critical role that energy plays not only in the lives of our customers, but also in decarbonizing the economy more broadly.

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Shipping sets Sail for Greener Horizons

Chris Hall

As regulatory expectations force shipping companies to chart greener paths across the ocean, there are emerging opportunities for investors to invest in the upscaling of climate-positive solutions. . Buoyed by solutions . Regulatory anchor . The following month, the European Parliament voted to adopt the FuelEU Maritime law.

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What you should know about new Interior Secretary Deb Haaland

GreenBiz

Climate advocates believe this is a significant turning point for the Interior, creating a pathway for private sector collaboration in the agency’s efforts to decarbonize and bolster federal production of renewable energy. . Leases managed by the Interior hit a record 1 billion barrels in 2020 — a 23 percent increase from 2016 levels.