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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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Accelerating Climate Action: Project Gigaton™ Marks Key Milestone

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Today, Walmart marks a major milestone: We are now more than halfway toward our goal to reduce or avoid 1 billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from product supply chains by 2030 through our Project Gigaton™ initiative. Driving Action on Supply Chain Emissions.

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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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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.