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Consumers Are Willing To Pay for Sustainability – Are Businesses Doing Their Part?

3BL Media

In another of our Top Stories, PwC’s 2024 Voice of the Consumer Survey found that “85% of consumers are experiencing first-hand the disruptive effects of climate change in their daily lives and are prioritizing consumption that integrates sustainability-focused practices.”

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Southern Company Accelerates Clean Energy Transition With Expansion of Zero-Carbon Resources and Bold Net-Zero Goals

3BL Media

Our greenhouse gas reduction goals are to achieve 50% reduction from 2007 levels by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050, consistent with the commitments of the Paris Agreement. We completed the expansion of Plant Vogtle in 2024 – Units 3 and 4 are the first new nuclear units to be constructed in the U.S.

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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

According to the EPA , transition risks are related to the transition to a lower-carbon economy, while physical risks are associated to the physical impacts of climate change. Beginning in 2024, the TCFD will be consolidated into the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Let’s get into it.

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

Impact assessments for the fuel standard and emissions pricing will be carried out over the course of 2024. The Clean Shipping Act would direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set increasingly stringent carbon intensity standards for shipping fuel by 2040, in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Under the Paris Agreement, countries were only obliged to update their goals by 2025. California banned new fracking beyond 2024 and called for an end to oil production by 2045.

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Take Five: Falling Flat

Chris Hall

The revision of the SBTi standards … may offer an encouraging pathway for the evolution of corporate climate accountability in 2024,” the group said – though it remained sceptical about any use of carbon credits at all. billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent over its lifetime. Climate, though, is not the concern.

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Trump and the Business of Climate Change

Chris Hall

Physical and transition risk Climate-related risks to the global economy cannot be ignored, no matter the plans and impacts of the new US administration. Science points to the facts.