Remove 2020 Remove COP26 Remove Supply Chains
article thumbnail

Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

3BL Media

SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. An estimated $100 billion per year in investment is required for financing climate related issues, a target that developed countries were aiming to achieve by 2020.

COP26 130
article thumbnail

Corporations promise to go deforestation-free – again

Corporate Knights

Back in 2010, more than 400 companies promised that all their soy, palm oil, beef, and pulp and paper would be “zero net deforestation” by 2020. Transitioning to be “forest positive businesses” (with market value of more than US$2 trillion) would involve a more collaborative approach to their shared supply chains moving forward. .

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain

ESG Today

Global food and beverage company Danone announced a new sustainability commitment to tackle a major source of its greenhouse gas footprint, with an action plan to achieve a 30% absolute reduction in methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 2030.

article thumbnail

HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 00:46. The bank, currently Europe's second largest financier of fossil fuels, has committed to reaching net-zero across its supply chain and operations by 2030, before reaching net-zero across its customer portfolio 20 years later. HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century.

Net Zero 402
article thumbnail

Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking?

GreenBiz

Eleven years ago, in 2010, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s COP15, developed countries committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020, to address the needs of developing countries. A long list of developed countries pledged but, according to the OECD 2020, not all have delivered.

article thumbnail

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. A spokesperson from IKEA stressed that ocean shipping made up 40 percent of the carbon footprint of its supply chain operations and therefore the company's pledge to reduce the carbon footprint of all transport by an average of 70 percent by 2030 compared to 2017 was a "huge ambition." Cecilia Keating.

Shipping 436
article thumbnail

With or without subsidies, wind and solar are still cost-competitive, report says

Renewable Energy World

More than half of the global utility solar projects planned for 2022, meanwhile, could be delayed or canceled due to a worsening supply chain, according to a new analysis. Rystad Energy estimates that 56% of projects -- or 90 gigawatts of solar capacity -- are threatened by commodity price inflation and supply chain bottlenecks.