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At the recent United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, diplomats from nearly 200 countries struck a major agreement to increase the fight against climate change — establishing a consensus that more must be done to protect the planet. It’s a connected chain. Be selective with suppliers. According to the?
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COP26 kept sustainability at the top of every executive’s agenda, while social movements and supplychain challenges forced a dramatic rethink. In particular, three key trends will shape the finance sector’s approach to ESG reporting in 2022. In 2021, the focus on ESG accelerated. More confidence in ESG credentials.
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COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key targe t: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C And as we head into 2022, climate change must be a top priority for companies around the world. Therefore 2022 must be the year when corporate climate action becomes mainstream. Go All-In for 1.5C.
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C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. The sense of optimism at COP26 turned out to be short lived. “We Beast from the east.
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This progress is largely due to cost savings that have happened in parallel with the increased market share of Chinese solar energy companies, which is now above 80% in most areas of the supplychain [1]. 1] Solar PV Global SupplyChains, an IEA special report, July 2022. [2] Making exceptions. 4] [link]. [5]
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