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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025

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Date/Time: April 29, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:12. taylor flores.

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CBRE 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report: Environment

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DESCRIPTION: With buildings responsible for 40% of carbon emissions globally and our 7.1 In 2021, CBRE announced our commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the goal set by the Paris Agreement. By the end of 2021, we opened 100 Workplace360 o?ces Workplace Strategy.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

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Wed, 01/27/2021 - 02:00. Infinium makes biofuel by taking hydrogen made with clean power and electrolysis, combining it with carbon dioxide and running it through two thermochemical processes — turning it into a replacement fuel for airplanes, ships and large trucks. Amazon aims to clean up aviation. Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. According to one telling , a group of female climate leaders met at a Scottish estate in 2013 to discuss bold climate goals that could be enacted two years later in Paris. After a heated debate, they agreed that the goal should be to pursue net zero by midcentury.

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Fri, 03/26/2021 - 00:05. trillion to coal, oil and gas companies in the five years since the Paris Agreement was signed, it calculates. Cecilia Keating. Overall, the world's leading banks have channelled $3.8

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Ontario Power Generation includes nuclear energy in green bonds

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However, nuclear is a key technology in the corporation’s plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, says chief financial officer Aida Cipolla. OPG’s electricity generation was 94% free of carbon emissions in 2021. . OPG had previously limited its green bond financing to hydroelectric and renewable projects.