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Better Together: The Climate Pledge

GreenBiz

Join us for a conversation about the power of companies (big and small) coming together to tackle the climate crisis, and hear why Global Optimism and Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a bold commitment to become net zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. . Thu, 08/20/2020 - 08:42. Thu, 09/24/2020 - 10:00.

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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.

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Corporations promise to go deforestation-free – again

Corporate Knights

A laundry list of corporate pledges and climate solutions are on discussion boards here, and one message comes up again and again: there is no meeting Paris Agreement climate targets without halting forest loss. . It’s all part of the drum-beating prelude to the 27th UN climate summit taking place in Egypt this November.

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Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting

GreenBiz

Mon, 09/28/2020 - 00:00. Purchasing manager: Minimizing supply chain disruption by identifying suppliers vulnerable to physical risks. A global beverage company wanted to quantify its carbon footprint for its own operations and global supply chain. Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping.

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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. and globally by 2040.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

Thu, 12/17/2020 - 00:20. Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness. A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry. Thomas Koch Blank.