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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

November’s COP26 conference saw several countries make national commitments to fight climate change: More than 130 countries pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and the destruction of land by 2030, and more than 100 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge to collectively cut emissions by 30 percent before this decade comes to a close.

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Least Paris-aligned Firms are Most Engaged on US Climate Policy

Chris Hall

It additionally provides a summary of its scoring, including a climate lobbying overview of individual firms. . InfluenceMap’s data also shows that companies with worse grades and greatest misalignment with the objectives of the Paris Agreement have higher levels of engagement intensity.

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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022

Just Capital

The IPCC, the UN’s climate research body, recently found that the world is currently on track for temperature increases more than double the 1.5°C C goal set in the Paris Agreement. Intuit ranks first among Software companies for its work to address climate change. The company set a verified 1.5°C

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New Climate Rules and Guidance for UK Pensions

Chris Hall

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. “We degrees Celsius.

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ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

Chris Hall

ESG bond issuance reached US$1 trillion in 2021 for the first time according to Refinitiv. A key factor in meeting demand for climate-positive investment could be the growth of climate-aligned bonds. Q4 2021 was the fourth consecutive quarter to surpass US$200 billion and over 400 issues. An expanding universe.

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UK Pensions Set to Support Emerging Markets’ Climate Transition

Chris Hall

Further, a recent report published by the NGO Climate Bonds Initiative highlighted that increased investment in green, social and sustainability debt could serve as a key channel for investors looking to support climate adaptation in emerging markets. .

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. 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. Elsa Wenzel. It is already at 96 percent renewable energy toward the 2030 goal of 100 percent.