ESG Today

MAY 8, 2024

That is why we have set externally validated (SBTi) 2030 climate targets, and a goal to be Net Zero by 2050, and are taking action.” The Stand.earth complaint outlined a series of alleged “false or misleading public representations” made by lululemon in the context of its Be Planet program. “We

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2025

Dr Rory Sullivan, CEO of Chronos Sustainability, considers what a reshaped world means for sustainable finance in 2025. The world will look very different in 2025. The economics support sustainability One of the reasons for optimism in 2025 is because many of the actions we want to encourage are already supported by the economics.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2024

By: Priyanka Bawa , Senior Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice Despite more net zero targets being set than ever before, and more science-based targets being used to back them, 2022 research from South Pole shows that one in four businesses do not intend to talk about their science-aligned climate targets.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. The first-ever mention of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in COP final text was regarded as a major milestone on the path to net zero, even by those who acknowledged its multiple caveats.

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ESG Today

MAY 12, 2024

This week in ESG news: Microsoft signs record-breaking carbon removal deal; EY survey finds over half of CEOs say sustainability a higher priority vs one year ago; BCG sustainable aviation deal to cut 100,000 tons of emissions; ERM launches carbon credit consulting business; KKR & HASI launch $2 billion sustainable infrastructure investment partnership; (..)

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). A total of 40% of survey respondents had committed to net zero emissions, compared with none the previous year. Barriers to investment.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When Coca Cola – the world’s biggest plastic polluter , was announced as one of the sponsors for COP27 this year – the world’s largest climate change conference, it sparked a wave of greenwashing accusations. Net Zero Plastic to Nature addresses both challenges. On the face of it, the backlash was justified.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Million to Improve Home Energy Efficiency Sustainable Investing Invesco Launches New Climate ETF with Record-Breaking $2.4 Million to Improve Home Energy Efficiency Sustainable Investing Invesco Launches New Climate ETF with Record-Breaking $2.4

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers, grant schemes for transition bonds and loans, and ISSB-aligned disclosures included in action plan. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched a net zero transition financing plan as part of the city-state’s climate and sustainability agenda.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As the focus sharpens on how governments and businesses are turning net zero commitments into action, We Mean Business Coalition, CDP, Ceres and Environmental Defense Fund have this week released a new report to help companies accelerate their climate journey – via credible climate transition action plans (CTAPs). of warming.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Published yesterday, the NESO’s Clean Power 2030 report identified two primary clean power pathways to achieve the UK government’s goal of net zero electricity generation by 2030. billion of funding in 2025‑26 for CCUS Track-1 projects to decarbonise industry, as well as contracts with 11 green hydrogen producers worth around £2.3

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Join thousands of companies seizing the opportunities of climate action for a net zero, 1.5°C-aligned To ensure we halve global emissions by 2030, companies need to set science-based targets , following the Net Zero Corporate Standard , including five to ten-year targets for deep, rapid emissions cuts across their value chains.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Reaching net zero by 2050 means deploying future technologies to store and remove the harder-to-abate emissions we can’t address today. Or is it one of the low-carbon technologies that will be required to reach net zero? One of these technologies is carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The government committed to net zero in the Climate Change Act 2008 and is under a legal obligation to deliver on the carbon reduction targets therein. This could bring with it accusations of greenwashing and/or changes to the operation of existing strategies, which could be costly and cause disruption to existing investments.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

billion) in green industries aimed at accelerating manufacturing in key net zero sectors, in addition to a new series of significant reforms designed to rapidly boost the capacity of its electricity grid to address energy transition needs over the coming decades. The UK government announced plans to invest £960 million (USD$1.2

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At 28, Kurtis Layden, senior policy advisor in the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has been a key advisor on the federal ban on some single-use plastics, taking effect in 2025. Once the ban takes effect in 2025, it could eliminate an estimated 1.3 million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 6, 2024

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. Any attention in this area is fraught with risk; even where there has been no greenwashing, the reputational damage is done when the accusation is made and it is hard to fix.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

Modi feels the heat – Conducted in record temperatures , the world’s biggest exercise in democracy dealt a blow to the ego of incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but it’s less clear how the outcome of India’s general election will impact its net zero transition. billion) in green sovereign debt.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

The reality is that nearly 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies still have no net zero strategy in place. report clarified that, by 2025, at least 1 billion metric tons of the annual emissions reductions needed must come specifically from protecting tropical forests. We simply must invest in keeping forests standing.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 6, 2024

Regulatory pressure on airlines over greenwashing increases as deadlines for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel approaches. Any attention in this area is fraught with risk; even where there has been no greenwashing, the reputational damage is done when the accusation is made and it is hard to fix.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Discussions on a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance for the post-2025 period, which made little progress at COP28, should progress at next week’s Bonn Climate Conference, where the agenda will also include carbon credits , adaptation finance and the Global Stocktake, ahead of COP29.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the voice of progressive business, We Mean Business Coalition is calling on governments to urgently deliver on the $100 billion commitment and make progress on post-2025 climate finance plans. Will a company’s investment take it a step closer towards a net zero world, or will it be a stranded asset tomorrow?

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 16, 2023

The transition to a net zero economy is underway but – as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns – far greater efforts are needed from governments and business to limit global warming to 1.5°C C and avoid the most disastrous impacts of climate change. CTAPs aren’t just for the largest corporations though.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2024

However, carbon markets participants have recently had to develop more rigorous practices following widespread accusations of greenwashing and limited positive environmental impact. It’s consultation on changes to the standard is due to complete by the end of 2025. “It’s

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

We outline below some of the more common initiatives being driven by landlords and tenants alike and raise some of the issues arising from them, namely electric vehicle (EV) charging point installations; photovoltaic (PV) cell installations; and net zero obligations as part of green leases. Green leases and the move to net zero.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

To achieve the Agreement’s goal of net-zero emissions globally by 2050 , we must significantly boost energy efficiency and greatly accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, and toward new fuels such as green hydrogen and renewables such as wind, solar and thermal.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

At least part of the plan is to learn from the mistakes made with voluntary carbon markets – still viewed with suspicion as the most public and unacceptable face of greenwashing , only now retrieving their reputation and potentially on track to achieving their potential.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This requires regulators, as well as the public and private sectors, to outline pathways for key sectors , so that investors and lenders know how to finance the transition without being accused of greenwashing. Van der Wekken anticipates this will happen in the second quarter of 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A Target-Measure-Act approach, developed by WRAP, ensures rigorous evaluation of progress, giving transparent and publicly reported updates against targets to avoid greenwashing.” In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025. in just three years.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A 2022 PwC report noted that investors globally are expected to increase their ESG-related assets under management across mandates, mutual funds and private markets to US$33.9 trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) was established in 2021 in response to concerns that companies making carbon neutrality claims based on their use of carbon credits to offset their emissions were greenwashing. The final Scope 3 Claim is expected to be released in Q1 2025.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2025 the EU Taxonomy will reach a milestone, marking the first full year of Taxonomy-alignment reporting for non-financial companies against its environmental objectives, alongside the first reports under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) for the largest EU companies.

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Sustainability Matters

JULY 17, 2022

By 2025, 1300 registered companies in the UK must disclose climate-related financial information. It aims to eliminate the “greenwashing” of financial products and advice and steer investments towards a sustainable economy by enabling informed financial decisions. GFANZ — Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

The political phase will see its first output in the decisions taken at COP28, but it will also inform the next set of nationally determined contributions, the climate pledges to be made by parties in 2024 and 2025. The post Take Five: From Paris to Dubai, via Bonn appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

If there is to be any hope of achieving the UK government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050, the carrot of the promised ‘Green Industrial Revolution’, creating jobs and business growth opportunities, will not be enough. In part, this shift has been driven by the regulators.

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