We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The approach creates a cascade of climate action through the supply chain, with each organization asking their own Tier 1 suppliers to make a credible net zero commitment that is aligned with science, publicly report their progress against targets, and cascade the approach to their own Tier 1 suppliers [2].

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

SB 253 requires companies with revenues greater than $1 billion that do business in California to report annually on their direct Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and Scope 3 value chain emissions, including those associated with supply chains, business travel, employee commuting, procurement, waste, and water usage.

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

This week in ESG news: Texas pulls $8.5 Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

Chris Skidmore, former MP and author of the net zero review, talks about what the next UK government should do to get the country’s net zero commitments back on track. “I cannot vote for the [Offshore Petroleum Licensing] bill next week. In May, a High Court ruling ordered it publish a revised net zero strategy.

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ESG Today

JUNE 7, 2024

As manufacturers globally aim to decarbonize their supply chains, demand for steel produced using fossil-free energy is expected to increase significantly. Rio Tinto has set climate goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2025 and 50% by 2030, and to achieve net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

CSRD – Timelines and Structure Based on the status of deployment of the Green deal in January 2024, multinationals will begin reporting in 2025 based on FY2024; large enterprises in 2026 based on FY2025; and publicly listed SMEs in 2027 based on FY2026 (with an opt out option to 2028).

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ESG Today

APRIL 4, 2024

Founded in 2016, Texas-based CarbonFree develops technologies aimed at decarbonizing of hard-to-abate industries and global supply chains. Steel Gary Works facility is expected to being as early as this summer, with entry into operations anticipated in 2026. According to U.S.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

GSK will fulfill approximately 50% of its total electricity demand in mainland Europe from the VPPA for 12 years, starting from mid-2026. Healthcare systems globally account for roughly 5% of all emissions, with more than half of these emissions being created in manufacturing supply chains 2.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Matthew Germain, Co-lead of Net Zero Policy and Regulation at Osborne Clarke, highlights incoming measures under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) already places demanding obligations on companies – and these are set to increase from 2026.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Singapore plans to submit a more ambitious emissions reduction goal at the upcoming COP27 climate conference in November, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, as part of a strengthened commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. Wong said: “As you can see, our net zero path is not an easy one.

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The company has achieved a Net-Zero carbon footprint and is committed to sticking to that by mitigating the company’s entire carbon legacy and making progress on its verified 1.5-degree degree Net-Zero commitment. Customers increasingly care about climate change, their footprint, their supply chain footprint.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

Under the new agreement, Gevo will deliver 37 million gallons of SAF per year for five years, starting in 2026. When Alaska Airlines receives fuel from one of our Net-Zero facilities, they will do so having been a part of some of our very important initial testing and delivery of sustainable aviation fuel.”.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Companies must begin reporting Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2026 for fiscal year 2025 and Scope 3 emissions in 2027 for fiscal year 2026. exchange and private companies will need to disclose their full value chain GHG emissions, including emissions from their supply chain.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

First delivery of the new electric aircraft are expected as early as 2026. According to Michael Leskinen, President of United Airlines Ventures, the agreement also forms part of the airline company’s efforts to reach its net zero goals.

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ESG Today

JULY 4, 2023

Deliveries of the steel are expected to begin in 2026. ZF has set goals to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 corporate carbon footprint by 80% and Scope 3 emissions intensity by 40% by 2030, and to achieve net zero across all scopes by 2040. million tonnes compared to traditional steelmaking processes. The post ZF Signs €1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

The document assesses demand for hydrogen across the aviation supply chain, with a particular regional focus. Hydrogen in Aviation’ takes a closer look at the future demand for hydrogen across South Wales and South West England. Hydrogen-powered flight and hydrogen’s role in SAF will be key to achieving this.

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3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2024

Boston – The Renewable Thermal Collaborative recently released a case study on the first-of-its-kind partnership between AstraZeneca and Vanguard Renewables to enable the delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG) to all of AstraZeneca's sites in the United States by 2026. homes a year by 2026. AstraZeneca’s use of RNG in the U.S.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Large scale afforestation needs deeper roots in net zero investment strategies, according to Julian Poulter, Head of Investor Relations at the Inevitable Policy Response. The whole pesky Scope 3 emissions issue grew and now companies are being asked to take responsibility for issues in throughout supply chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026. Yet, despite these intentions, UK businesses continue to create their own barriers to environmental progress, say the report’s authors.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The tool was developed by a team of biodiversity and modelling experts in partnership with Quantis, and leverages bottom-up assessments of companies’ business activities and supply chains to demonstrate the impact of operations on biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala.

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Sustainability Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CEO and Co-founder David Green identified the following five energy trends are set to sweep Australia in 2025 and 2026. “At As we head into 2025, renewable energy provider Green.com.au has shared research and analysis of consumer and industry trends to forecast what is likely to take off in Australia in the next two years. Green.com.au

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

A central plank was the policy paper “Powering Up Britain” , which presented plans for tackling energy security and net zero. There is a very long way to go before the UK building stock is in alignment with achieving Net Zero by 2050.” Not for our net zero target, nor for protecting jobs and industry.” “The

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

Last year, Volkswagen similarly announced delays to its EV ambitions, with its flagship EV project Trinity being pushed back from 2026 to 2030 and putting plans for a new European battery plant on hold. The war between Russia and Ukraine didn’t just have ramifications for food and energy supplies.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2023

We then worked closely with the responsible functional groups – Plant Operations, Environmental, Real Estate, and Supply Chain – to address the Internal Audit findings. NRG’s climate goals are to reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2025 from the current 2014 base year and to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

The utility estimates the costs of the project as between £100m and £150m, and it has applied to the UK government’s Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, which has set aside up to £240m to fund hydrogen production. It will provide enough fuel to power 1300 hydrogen trucks from 2026, in current plans.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2024

Events this week reflected the complex nature of the net zero journeys facing companies, industries and governments. The firm claims it is on track to using more than 50% certified renewable resin by 2026, on the path to being fossil fuel-free by 2032.

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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. Regardless of the tier achieved, any company making a Carbon Integrity Claim must satisfy the VCMI’s Foundational Criteria.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Recently, AstraZeneca and Vanguard Renewables entered a transformative partnership to enable the pharmaceutical giant to fuel all of its US operations with RNG by 2026; Waste Dive called the partnership as the “largest open-market RNG deal yet.”

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 1, 2024

It is developing a plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which will begin producing 30 kilotons (Kt) of cement per year in 2026 and plans on constructing a megaton scale plant in a yet to be determined location by 2028. If all goes to plan, the Lebec plant will be producing cement with net zero emissions by 2031.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 6, 2023

In March 2023, Iberdrola responded to the UN Secretary General’s call, becoming the first company globally to share with the UN its Climate Transition Plan for achieving net zero emissions before 2040, which includes a special focus on just transition.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2022

Listed SMEs, small and non-complex credit institutions and captive insurance undertakings must report in line with CSRD from 2026. “It Yet Arus insisted staged implementation has the potential to hamper the investment decisions of asset owners, placing the transition to a net zero economy under threat.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 5, 2023

Net Zero Economy At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this week – considered preparation for the COP Climate Summit later in the year – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for a global target for the expansion of renewable power , building on the recent G7 ministers’ agreement on wind and solar goals.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 10, 2023

Companies restoring Texan forests and government plans for decarbonizing shipping are among this week’s net zero Signals of Change. Net Zero Economy & Finance At the recent New Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, governments including the UK, France and Canada committed $2.7 Two thirds of Brookfield’s 6.5

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Increasingly, attention is turning to the carbon footprint of an automaker’s supply chain and all the materials that go into building a vehicle. BMW announced its procurement of “carbon-reduced” steel supplied by H2 Green Steel, based in Sweden, and has partnered with Salzgitter AG to receive “low-carbon steel” in 2026.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

The Commission has estimated that, while CBAM is not expected to raise revenue during the transition and information-gathering phase from 2023-25, it will ultimately generate at least €1 billion a year between 2026-30. . “A

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The strategy attempts to present the first pathway to net zero emissions heating, and incentivization certainly features prominently, headlined by a £3.9 Strategic decisions on the role of hydrogen in heating buildings won’t be made until 2026, said the document. billion commitment to support decarbonizing heat and buildings.

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