GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 6, 2024

A new report renders a damning portrait of Canada’s Big Five banks on their path to net-zero emissions by 2050. The Big Five banks have taken little voluntary action to align their business practices with their own net-zero commitments,” states the report by InfluenceMap , a global corporate research think tank based in London.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2022

More than a third of the world's largest companies now have net-zero targets, up from one-fifth in December 2020, according to the latest edition of the Net Zero Tracker

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New data shows Victoria beat its 2020 emissions reduction target by nearly 10%. Separate modelling says that, on this trajectory, it could reach net-zero 16 years early. The post Victoria urged to shoot for net-zero by 2034, after 2020 emissions target “smashed” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

behind net-zero plan. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 02:00. billion over the next five years to meet its net-zero by 2050 aspirations. Nestlé digs deeper into regenerative ag, puts $3.6B Heather Clancy. The world’s largest food company, Nestlé, last week said it plans to spend roughly $3.6

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

In 2020, Shell announced a commitment to achieve net zero in its operations by 2050, and in 2021, the company launched its Powering Progress strategy , detailing how it will achieve its target to be a net-zero energy business by 2050 across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, with initiatives including investing in renewable and clean energy solutions.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Dave Carroll, Chief Renewables Officer at Engie North America, said: “We are delighted to announce this agreement to work with Meta by providing renewable power that supports their growth and aligns with their net zero commitments. GW of renewable energy to local grids in the U.S. through its supported wind and solar projects by 2025.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

With the long-term goal of net zero in mind, it may be tempting for investors to focus on capitalizing ESG trailblazers over ESG laggards. Engaging for Net Zero. By 2040, the company aims to be net zero and expects their carbon management business will overtake their traditional business.

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food? VERGE Net Zero takes place July 27-28 and is free to attend. In 2020, the company reported a $700 million operating profit on earnings of more than $5.5 Bunge, a major soybean trader that employs 25,000 people, reported net income of $1 billion in 2020.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Over the last decade and a half, a standard form has emerged in which governments and corporations have made their promise to do so: the net-zero target. As a strategy, the net-zero target has been criticized by climate advocates; at its worst, it can be a vague, unenforceable greenwashing program. In the U.S.,

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Many of the world’s biggest banks face the enormous challenge of realigning their entire loans and investment operations in the coming years to put themselves on a credible path to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We Ultimately, best practices come down to are we seeing year-over-year changes in their capital flows?”.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Wed, 07/08/2020 - 08:00. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Despite this pressure, there is precious little guidance or best practices to guide a company who is just approaching this work for the first time, or those struggling to convince the C suite that carbon reduction goals are now just table stakes en route to a net zero science based target. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 21:35. taylor flores.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Plan identifies £2bn Net Zero pathway for Calderdale, says tech company IES A low carbon future for the West Yorkshire borough of Calderdale has been set out in an ambitious new plan that identifies the key priorities needed for the borough to reach its net zero by 2038 target and how that transition can benefit local people.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 01:45. NYU Stern Business School’s 2020 Sustainable Share Market Index shows shares of sustainability-marketed products grew significantly during the week of March 15, and continued to maintain that increased share through mid-June. The biggest driver seems to be net-zero ambitions. Diane Osgood.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Companies and countries all over the world are committing to net-zero goals and pledges to the SDGs; diversity, equity and inclusion goals; human rights — the list goes on. We need to put a lot of zeros on the "More than 1,000 businesses" in order to get to a net-zero carbon economy. Helle Bank Jorgensen.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

To keep within the remaining carbon budget for 2 degrees C, we have to cut our emissions drastically, reaching net-zero emissions as soon as possible. It shows how we can limit the cumulative amount of greenhouse gases we emit in the future and quickly reach "net-zero" emissions.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Net Zero goal, i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain , is at the heart of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

Dave Carroll, Chief Renewables Officer and EVP, Engie North America, said: We are excited to expand our relationship with Meta, increasing the provision of renewable power that supports their growth and aligns with their net zero commitments. and accelerate the energy transition. GW of renewable energy to local grids in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00. The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles. Amazon plans eventually to have all of its shipments to customers become net-zero carbon, with 50 percent of all shipments net-zero by 2030.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Nonetheless, the transition accelerated in 2020 as more mammoth automakers pushed electric trucking fleets closer to reality. The company closed out 2020 by investing $3 million and hiring 150 employees for its North American headquarters in Charlotte , North Carolina. in early 2020. in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:00. Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

JPMorganChase has chosen to exit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, ESG Today has confirmed, marking the latest in a rapid-fire series of departures from the UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities. The departure makes JPMorgan the last large-scale U.S.-based

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jeremy Lardeau, vice president Higg Index at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), joined the “Net Zero and Well-Being in Life” virtual workshop jointly organized by the G20 Presidency of India and the G7 Presidency of Japan, and hosted by Boston Consulting Group.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2025

Governments, businesses, and investors are working toward aligning strategies with net-zero targets to mitigate long-term climate risks, although shifting political winds risk derailing progress. While progress varies by region, the momentum behind clean energy policies is undeniable.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 3, 2025

Morgan Stanley has joined several of its peers in exiting the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities,ESG Today has confirmed. Morgan Stanleys commitment to net-zero remains unchanged.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Our growing portfolio of zero-carbon resources plays an integral role in helping us meet these objectives. Our greenhouse gas reduction goals are to achieve 50% reduction from 2007 levels by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050, consistent with the commitments of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

With a steady parade of corporate carbon net-zero pledges released in 2020 and even more coming in 2021, there is an enormous demand for forest carbon credits. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:41. New Technologies, Data and Markets to Accelerate Improvements in Forest Carbon Credits. taylor flores. Food and Carbon Analyst.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Mon, 12/07/2020 - 01:45. The financial services firm recently completed the purchase of the first tranche of reef credits and plans to continue buying them as part of its net-zero commitment. HSBC invests in world’s first ‘reef credit’ system. Jesse Klein.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. Cecilia Keating. was a relatively small player at the IMO.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 19, 2023

That was one of the central conclusions of Corporate Knights’ latest Earth Index * analysis, which found that G20 countries as a whole were not on track to meet their stated reduction targets from 2020 to 2021. Globa lly, emissions will need to decrease by 4% every year if the planet is going to reach net-zero by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

HSBC announced last week that it will continue to support production in existing fields to provide an “orderly transition” to a net-zero world by 2050. HSBC will maintain its financing and investment in existing oil and gas fields at 2020 levels through 2030 and then reduce it by half by 2050.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Amazon also has committed $100 million to support sustainable forest, wildlife and nature projects in its quest to reach net-zero carbon status by 2040. In April 2020, Amazon announced $10 million for projects across the Appalachian Mountains in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. How is that money being spent?

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Mon, 12/14/2020 - 02:11. Although it certainly wasn’t planned, the interviews I conducted during 2020 largely coincided with the aviation sector’s worst downturn in history. Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? Joel Makower. In some respects, this couldn’t have been a worse time for these conversations.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Tue, 11/24/2020 - 00:40. After all, through their product offerings, lending activities and client engagement, financial institutions can play a key role in influencing the transformation necessary for a net-zero emissions economy. What we have given the market is an ambition that our total financing by 2050 will be net zero.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Meta has set targets to reach net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2030, and to continue to match 100% of the electricity used in its data centers and offices with renewable energy.

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2022

growth in companies’ net-zero emissions targets. The study, an annual report on the state of corporate purpose that companies use to benchmark their goal setting and disclosures, found companies are adapting very quickly to setting net-zero and carbon-neutrality goals. in 2020, an 18.9% in 2018 to 31.6%

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