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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. . Heather Clancy. So far, it has delivered about $335 million.). Corporate Strategy. Carbon Removal.

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Larry Fink says accelerate. He needs to say it much louder

GreenBiz

BlackRock added net inflows of $391 billion in 2020 and compensation increased by $571 million, or 13 percent. . He wants us to embrace the opportunity of climate change and investing; climate risk is investment risk. The past year of Zoom isolation and real economy unemployment was a good one for the financial sector.

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Corporations must change climate obstructionist industry associations from within

Corporate Knights

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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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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Demystifying the ?Absolute Zero? concept

GreenBiz

Demystifying the ‘Absolute Zero’ concept. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 02:15. In a world in which we know some companies will not be able to reach net zero, it’s absolutely imperative that others who can reach it go beyond," said Charlotte Bande, climate strategy lead for sustainability consulting firm Quantis.

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

ESG Today

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and low carbon solutions provider World Energy announced today a new 5-year agreement for the purchase by BCG of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) as part of the company’s efforts to achieve its net zero climate goals. by 2025, on a 2018 basis.

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