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Shareholders Call on Shell to Explain Consistency of Plans to Grow LNG Production with its Net Zero Goals

ESG Today

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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64% of Institutional Investors Say Financial Returns is Top Driver for Sustainable Investing: Schroders

ESG Today

Among the survey respondents, half reported that they have set net zero GHG emissions goals for their portfolios, including 39% targeting net zero by 2050, with another 30% either having some emissions reduction goal, or in the process of drafting plans to do so.

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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. While the PE industry has been slow to dive into ESG, there are signs that PE investment is starting to align with global ambitions for a sustainable economy. InBC Investment Corp.

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The murky world of private equity takeovers of Canadian oil and gas

Corporate Knights

In a statement supporting the resolution, BCGEU recommends the affiliated companies, Brookfield Business Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, reduce their portfolio emissions by 22% to 32% between 2020 to 2025, a target in keeping with the UN-backed Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. More RBC scrutiny. Canadian oil.

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JetBlue Announces Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target and Strategy To Achieve Net Zero by 2040

3BL Media

JetBlue’s most aggressive near-term emissions reduction target to-date, this science-based target aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the growing airline’s own goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040 – 10 years ahead of broader airline industry targets. Charting a path to net zero. Reducing Fuel Burn.

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Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

Corporate Knights

Our new report, produced in collaboration with the Ottawa-based Smart Prosperity Institute and funded by the Trottier Family Foundation, finds that pension managers’ support for the green transition is growing but still nowhere near the pace required to meet global net-zero-carbon targets. trillion at the end of 2020.

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Net Zero for EU Real Estate Hinges on EPBD

Chris Hall

The International Energy Agency has outlined that 50% of all existing buildings need to be net zero by 2040, increasing to 85% by 2050. In 2020, CO2 emissions from energy use in buildings reached 422 metric tonnes (Mt), more than 18% higher than the required goal value, according BPIE.

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