Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In a report released the same day, the three advocacy groups recommend that Ottawa ’ s banking regulator require financial institutions to adopt a “ credible climate plan ” that would include interim targets for 2025 and 2030. . Senator Rosa Galvez is also critical of the regulator ’ s approach.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A laundry list of corporate pledges and climate solutions are on discussion boards here, and one message comes up again and again: there is no meeting Paris Agreement climate targets without halting forest loss. . It’s all part of the drum-beating prelude to the 27th UN climate summit taking place in Egypt this November.

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ESG Today

APRIL 18, 2023

Leading European asset manager Amundi announced today the launch of Net Zero Ambition strategies, a suite of passively and actively mangaged funds across a broad range of asset classes, aimed at helping investors to align their portfolios with a net zero trajectory, and enabling the firm to approach its climate investing goals.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

billion over the next five years as it moves toward a 2050 net-zero target? dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? When experts at CDP, a nonprofit that tracks sustainability commitments, surveyed 479 food and ag companies , only 75 reported having emissions commitments in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 15, 2024

The paper says the annual investments needed to transition food systems will also need to increase 18 times, to US$260 billion, to cut emissions in half by 2030 and keep the world on track to be net-zero by 2050. The World Bank released the paper while countries party to the Paris Agreement are working to update their climate plans.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Despite “incremental progress” investor-led engagement initiative’s benchmark finds firms still have room to improve on net zero commitments. Investors will be looking for ambitious and comprehensive emissions reductions targets to accompany the growing number of net zero commitments being made.” C scenario analysis.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. The new government must rectify this and produce a detailed, complete programme showing how it will reach net zero by 2050,” he advised.

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3BL Media

MAY 31, 2022

In 2021, CBRE announced our commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the goal set by the Paris Agreement. CBRE has committed to achieving 100% renewable electricity by the end of 2025. Advancing Net Zero. We have set ambitious targets for the next two decades. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

NDCs are national climate action plans and targets, ushered in under the 2015 Paris Agreement. All countries must deliver more ambitious plans every five years, and February 2025 is the deadline for the third round. Will NDCs send a clearer investment signal?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

As the curtain falls on COP29, 2025 looks to be another pivotal year for climate and sustainability action, bringing significant regulatory changes, advancing carbon markets, and a heightened focus on nature and biodiversity. The year 2025 marks a turning point in addressing these issues. Novel quality standards for Article 6.4

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

SUMMARY: Aligned With the Paris Agreement and Approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), JetBlue Commits to Reduce Jet Fuel Emissions 50% Per Revenue Tonne Kilometer by 2035 From 2019 Levels. Charting a path to net zero. The aviation industry is at a critical time in our push towards net zero.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 11, 2023

CEC “drives dialogue” to help Canadian companies transition to net-zero. This was the last straw for the Church of England Pensions Board, whose chief executive officer finally realized that the oil and gas sector doesn’t have “sufficient ambition to decarbonize in line with the aims of the Paris Agreement.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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ESG Today

JUNE 30, 2022

A significant and immediate increase in corporate action to address deforestation is needed in order to achieve global climate goals, according to a new report released by the UN-backed Race to Zero. C within reach, tackle food crisis risks and enable the transformation to a global net-zero future, cutting land related emissions is paramount.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Financial institutions have a major role to play in decarbonising the economy toward net zero over the coming three decades.

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3BL Media

MAY 7, 2024

Last week the UN Plastics Treaty reached its final stages of negotiations at INC-4 in Ottawa, Canada, to develop a legally binding, international agreement to tackle plastic pollution across the entire plastics life cycle. Their vision is for this to be legally binding, much like the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 17, 2024

and China are the more appealing destinations for net-zero industries.” That will fall on the incoming Parliament and Commission likely in early 2025. She did promise not to take France out of the Paris Agreement, at least. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the elections came from France.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

EcoAct CEO Stuart Lemmon sets out the five key themes that will shape the 2025 corporate sustainability agenda. As 2025 unfolds, corporate sustainability continues to evolve in response to growing regulatory demands, heightened scrutiny of climate goals, and the urgent need to embed nature-positive strategies into business operations.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Global emissions will only be reduced if there is concerted collaboration to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and we are committed to playing our part. The new policy also aligns with HSBC AM’s commitments as part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

As the clock ticks down from the 2015 Paris Agreement, there is growing uncertainty that on our current trajectory the world is going to meet the stated goal to be net zero by 2050. Forecast overshoot A key component of the Paris Agreement, NDCs are submitted every five years.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’re building on our progress in reducing our end-to-end carbon footprint and working toward our long-term goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Joining the Race to Net Zero. C, aligning our long-term emissions mitigation targets with the aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

According to a 2022 IPCC report , global greenhouse gas emissions need to stabilize before 2025 and be reduced by 43 percent by 2030, which is why urgent climate action from both the public and private sector is vital. The race to net zero is on. degrees Celsius will be well beyond reach.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Paris Aligned Asset Owners commit to maintain “high ambition” and drive innovative solutions needed for global low-carbon transition. Big strides towards net zero have been made by pension funds and other heavyweight institutional investors managing more than US$3.3 trillion – but there remains a long way to go.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2023

NEW YORK, October 24, 2023 /3BL/ - At NY Climate Week, the CGF Net Zero Taskforce, Accenture and the Climate Champions Team (CCT) have jointly launched a brief report arguing that “consumer industries scale-up of regenerative agriculture is the quickest path to a nature-positive, net zero and resilient world.”

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The COP28 decision text, released Wednesday morning, included language about “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems” and “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner so as to achieve net zero by, or before, or around 2050 in keeping with the science”.The

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2023

The CEC is also considering publishing other alignment assessments on individual sectors to inform engagements where companies might be “falling short” on net zero ambitions, he added. Strong foundations CEC founder members borrowed elements from Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) when developing the CEC Net Zero Benchmark.

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3BL Media

JUNE 6, 2024

“We are well positioned to lead in the climate space, and that requires dedication to setting validated short- and long-term corporate targets toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. While climate change remains a significant issue globally, Bloomberg’s commitment to sustainability is not restricted to just one topic.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

The company put a particular focus on energy performance and strengthening its ambition to reach Net Zero across its value chain by 2040. Net Zero: In 2021 Ericsson set a long-term ambition to be Net Zero by 2040 across its value chain. C aligned climate targets set by the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 8, 2023

Action Toward Net Zero We are taking concerted, coordinated action to play our part in combating climate change – working toward our long-term ambition of net zero carbon and resilient landscapes. We've also joined the United Nations Race to Zero Campaign to help build momentum towards a decarbonized economy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This emphasizes that people-centered climate action is essential to ensure social cohesion and increase the societal buy-in required for an accelerated and sustainable transition to a net-zero economy — within planetary boundaries and at a pace aligned with science.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Leaders and laggards Despite overall progress, NZAM hasn’t set a minimum requirement for the percentage of AUM that asset managers should align with net zero over time, leading some to demonstrate more ambition than others. For example, French asset manager Mirova has committed 100% of its US$30 billion AUM to being managed in line with NZAM.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2023

Leaders of leading industrial nations at the Japan-hosted G7 summit in Hiroshima made a series of announcements in support of their Paris Agreement commitments to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C,

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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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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 24, 2021

Oracle pledged to power its global operations, both its facilities and its cloud, with 100% renewable energy by 2025. Oracle set a goal to be powered by 100% renewables in four years, by 2025. Responsible sourcing: By 2025, Oracle’s expects 100% of its key suppliers to have an environmental program in place.

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3BL Media

APRIL 7, 2022

degrees Celsius will require global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025—at the latest—and be reduced to 43% by 2030. Global temperatures will stabilize when carbon dioxide emissions reach net zero, the report says. . The IPCC said limiting global warming to around 1.5

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

European financial services group Societe Generale unveiled a series of ESG and sustainable finance commitments today, including a new target to facilitate €300 billion of sustainable finance by 2025, and goals to reduce portfolio emissions.

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