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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. The paths from here to electrification and decarbonization are costly and complex.

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HSBC Chief Sustainability Officer Celine Herweijer Steps Down

ESG Today

Herweijer joined HSBC in 2021 as Group Chief Sustainability Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee, and has overseen the development of the bank’s net zero strategy, including its portfolio decarbonization targets.

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JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies

GreenBiz

JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:05. Their mission is to work with JPMorgan Chase’s existing commercial relationship specialists to accelerate the flow of capital available to organizations that can play a role in decarbonizing other companies and industries.

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CalSTRS Awards $150 Million Mandate to Ninety One’s Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Strategy

ESG Today

UK- and South Africa-based global active asset manager Ninety One announced that its decarbonization-focused Global Environmental strategy has been awarded a $150 million mandate by California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S.

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Is one of Canada’s largest pension funds quietly divesting from fossil fuels?

Corporate Knights

Since late 2021, OMERS has announced it would sell its 25% stake in Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), the second-largest gas distribution network in the United Kingdom, as well as its 80% joint stake in GNL Quintero, Chile’s largest fossil gas import terminal. And OMERS might finally be listening. .

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Inside Hewlett Foundation’s plan to electrify all road transportation by 2050

GreenBiz

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 02:00. What caught my eye about the Hewlett Foundation’s recently announced zero-emissions strategy is the specific focus on road transportation decarbonization. . Therefore, primary funding from HF in the power sector goes to help these international governments meet their own goals of decarbonizing the power sector.