3BL Media

JANUARY 12, 2024

January 12, 2024 /3BL/ - Rayonier Inc. By signing The Climate Pledge, Rayonier joins a growing community of over 460 companies that are committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement's target. Originally published on Rayonier.com WILDLIGHT, Fla.,

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

It marked the first time the international community assessed its collective progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement in 2015. The post Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024 appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As many governments and central banks grapple with inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and conflicts, a constant risk persists that immediate attention is placed on that which ‘seems’ most urgent, to the detriment of the important, and that ESG may slip off the radar. My view is 2024 will be a critical year.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

September 10, 2024 /3BL/ - Colin Browne, new CEO of the global nonprofit alliance Cascale, today unveiled critical insights to help the industry take a more targeted approach to decarbonization. Cascale has already set a 45 percent reduction target for the textile, apparel, and footwear industry by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

But when Figueres, the renowned Costa Rican diplomat and one of the key orchestrators of the Paris Agreement herself, came on board, via her own organization Global Optimism (“a group of stubborn climate optimists”) — we all sat up to listen. Beating the Paris Agreement’ is a huge statement to make.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

B&Q is urging the UK government to ban sales of bagged peat-based compost by 2024 to enable peatlands to optimise carbon sequestering. Maya Israel, Consultant - Contract & Interim Recruitment at Acre, said: “It’s great to see companies setting achievable targets and expanding them to cover the whole of their supply chain.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

The post ESG Takes Centre-stage in 2024 Proxy Season appeared first on ESG Investor. We can see how such questions have translated into resolutions this proxy season.” Likewise, ahead of the next proxy season, asset owners have the opportunity now to engage with their managers and underscore their expectations.”

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In September, the Labour government announced plans to set the UK’s nationally determined contributions for 2035 between November 2024 and February 2025. Back then, I wouldn’t have believed that we would come so far in international collaboration on climate change, such as the Paris Agreement,” he said.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

The CSRD, now in its first year of active reporting, requires large public-interest entities to submit inaugural disclosures for 2024. Yet many organisations continue to struggle with data granularity and complexity – particularly in the context of Scope 3 emissions, which encompass indirect emissions across supply chains.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The appointment is effective from April 2023 and the term will run until December 2024. The vital role that sustainable battery value chains play in meeting the Paris Agreement targets linked to the electrification of transport and power sectors was highlighted during multiple high-level conversations at COP27.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Around three quarters of real estate fund mangers globally have introduced net zero policies with around half publishing net zero commitments and implementing net zero targets, suggesting a growing alignment of the sector with the goals of the Paris Agreement. trillion in gross asset value (GAV) across 75 countries.

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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’. What has come out of the negotiations is stronger legislation that we had before.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

If we are to have any chance at reaching our Paris Agreement objectives and remaining on a 1.5°C This would mean that we would see 71 GW of wind energy added each year to the end of 2024, with offshore wind expanding its share of total wind energy installations to 20 per cent by that time.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) The SBTi initiative was created to promote climate action within the private sector by assisting organizations in setting a science-based emissions reduction target in line with the Paris Agreement. The framework covers four areas: governance, strategy, risk management and metrics.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2025

2024 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures exceeding 1.5C While this spike isnt a breach of the Paris Agreement limit, which is set against a 10-year average, it represents a red flag that the consequences of inaction are no longer theoretical and that every fraction of a degree matters.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 16, 2023

Financing gaps of $1-4 trillion per year (1-4% of world output) block the achievement of the SDGs, Paris Agreement, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, and other global goals in the developing world. The EU should lead SDG/Green Deal Diplomacy at the 2023 SDG Summit, COP28 and 2024 Summit of the Future.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2024

The RI and stewardship report covers the first full year of Border to Coast’s direct engagement with companies on climate, showcasing its votes on 13,406 resolutions at 1,052 meetings in the year to March 2024, as well as detailing its strengthened voting policy.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The PRI is inviting signatories to endorse its investor statement, which emphasises the need for “urgent action” by investors and outlines high-level expectations of companies for their business operations, supply chain management, and their responsible political engagement practices.  

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Although this was in line with monetary policy in the US, the decisions in Frankfurt and London did not mirror the increased expectations given by the Federal Reserve that 2024 could see a relaxation, allowing borrowing costs to fall from recent highs.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

European lawmakers hail 2024 as the year of sustainable and resilient food systems, but financial markets hold the key to unlocking this future, says Peter Elwin, Director of Fixed Income and Head of Food and Land Use at Planet Tracker. This will change.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Co-founder of Abatable, explains how the VCMI’s new Scope 3 Claim could support firms struggling to reduce their supply chain emissions.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2023

Second iteration of net zero framework slated for mid-2024 launch; investor network puts nature on its long-term agenda. Roy said the IIGCC is targeting a mid-2024 launch for NZIF 2.0 but will have “a clearer picture on timings” in January. The post IIGCC’s NZIF 2.0

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Food systems are sustained by carbonintensive activities including agriculture, land use, and supply chain activities such as industrial processes and packaging, and account for one-third of total GHG emissions 7. Following the successful pilot, the goal is to implement the initiative across all sites by 2024. Nature Food 2.3.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 23, 2024

This week marked Earth Day 2024 , and as we navigate an increasingly data-driven landscape and harness the burgeoning power of artificial intelligence, there are few justifications for organisations to not manage and report their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data with enhanced efficiency and transparency.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 15, 2024

Governments signed up to the Paris Agreement are currently preparing the next set of plans to reduce their carbon emissions, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which are due by 2025. At this year’s COP29 in Azerbaijan, the governments of developed countries will be required to establish a new climate finance goal.

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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.

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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

JULY 6, 2022

A brief statement committed the world’s leading democratic economies to forming a ‘climate club’, to “support the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement by accelerating climate action and increasing ambition”. The new ETS2 will cover buildings and road transport sectors from 2024.

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Chris Hall

JULY 11, 2023

All companies within the scope of CSDDD will have to implement due diligence measures to identify, end, prevent, mitigate and account for negative human rights and environmental impacts of their actions, including in their value chains inside and outside Europe. C in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Impact assessments for the fuel standard and emissions pricing will be carried out over the course of 2024. The EU’s FuelEU Maritime initiative is also set to apply from 1 January 2025. It will impose constraints on the average annual GHG intensity of onboard energy used by ships.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 5, 2024

2024 could be a significant year for climate adaptation in Asia, with Bangladesh set to host the next iteration of NAP Expo , the annual event aimed at sharing experience and best practice in formulating and implementing NAPs. We need to see more collaboration,” says Viswamohanan.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

According to analysts Circle Economy, adding circular economy solutions to countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement will enable global temperature rises to be kept “well below” 2?C. Portfolio companies include Adidas, which has committed to 100% recycled polyester in its trainers by 2024.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

As an example, heavy GHG emitters countries as China pledged for net-zero emissions by 2060, and the Paris Agreement became one of the issues driving voters to vote in the US presidential election. Adidas to use 100% recycled polyester by 2024. Sustainable business trend 1 – Eco-designed Products.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything. He hit the nail on the head with Arbor, a successful global platform that calculates the carbon impact of products, assets and supply chains. Companies often set reduction targets with no clear direction on how to hit them,” Grande says.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community. C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . billion climate finance already promised by Biden each year, by 2024. The Pact and recent pledges keep 1.5°C C alive, just.

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