Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ( INC-2 ) was supposed to discuss options for legally binding and voluntary measures addressing plastic use as a key step to reaching consensus by the end of 2024. The post Take Five: From Paris to Dubai, via Bonn appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

She encouraged investors to vote against directors’ re-elections and restrict new investments in firms that continue to be misaligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. “Shareholders are the last line of defence and must be supported in changing big oil from within,” said Rosa High, a member of the Fundraising and Legal team at Follow This.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

billion by the end of the decade to remain Paris-aligned. According to the International Energy Agency, annual financing to the renewable energy sector needs to double from US$2.8 billion to US$4.7

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These categories mirror the three product labels proposed by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last year as part of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) which aim to crack down on greenwashing. The SDRs were due to be introduced on 30 June, but following various delays are now expected in H2 2024.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Once approved by the European Commission, banks will have to start making climate disclosures in 2023, with full phase-in by June 2024. The two ratios are expected to create pressure for banks to adopt more sustainable business strategies and help stamp out greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2022

Susanna Arus, EU Public Affairs Manager at Frank Bold , said the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – which updates the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and comes into force on 1 January 2024 – could create a ‘two-speed Europe’. Greenwashing is over.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. Now, it’s being taken up by a multilateral panel that is expected to report in 2024 if all goes well. The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And there are wider issues around the VCMs already in operation, such as credit pricing, third-party verification and reducing the risk of greenwashing. . While the ETA will offer a “fixed price” for corporates, there are concerns that too low a price could reduce the quality of the credits and expose the market to greenwashing risk. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Brussels-based standards setters streamlined the disclosure rules European firms must follow from 2024 onward, while watchdogs stepped up their battle against greenwashing , whilst providing yet further “ clarity ”, around service providers’ taxonomy-alignment requirements.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Covering legislative actions from October to December 2024, this comprehensive quarterly report provides in-depth insights into regulatory developments affecting the consumer goods industry across the EU, U.S., Key Insights In Q4 2024, global efforts to address climate change and sustainability advanced through key regulatory developments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

According to FTSE Russell’s 2024 sustainable investment survey , asset owners are now implementing sustainable investments more often through passive than active investment strategies for the first time. Storebrand makes the distinction between Paris-alignment reporting and financial alignment. trillion total.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

The election of powerful climate skeptics in 2024 including Donald Trump, whose new energy secretary is a former fracking CEO who has talked up the benefits of a warmer planet and who just pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord shows just how fragile the gains made are. It will continue to be business as usual.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 9, 2024

For climate campaigners who believe carbon offsetting is basically greenwashing, this was a disappointing development. 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.

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