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Mars Targets Segregated Responsibly Sourced Cocoa Supply Chain by 2030

ESG Today

Cocoa sourcing has been associated with several sustainability-related risks, including environmental issues such as deforestation, ecosystem degradation and climate change, and human rights risks such as child labor, forced labor, and poverty. Mars is a major user of cocoa, with more than 350,000 farmers in its global supply chain.

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Canada's new green buildings strategy funds low-income retrofits but 'falls short' on role of 'natural' gas

Corporate Knights

But it contains no mandatory regulations or new public investments to bring emissions from the country’s more than 16 million homes , 564,000 commercial and institutional buildings, and 34,000 federal properties to net-zero. The program is targeted to older, primarily residential buildings with at least five units or beds.

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IKEA Parent Company Releases Net Zero Transition Plan

ESG Today

IKEA parent INGKA Group announced the release of its Net Zero Transition Plan, outlining the companys key actions and strategies for achieving its goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by 50% by 2030, and to reach net zero by 2050. But we cant do it alone.

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Net Zero for EU Real Estate Hinges on EPBD

Chris Hall

Parliament took a more ambitious stance overall, determining that all new buildings should be zero-emission from 2028 and existing buildings would need to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The International Energy Agency has outlined that 50% of all existing buildings need to be net zero by 2040, increasing to 85% by 2050.

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Lighting a fire under Europe’s green buildings policies 

Corporate Knights

An even more ambitious set of net-zero standards was proposed in March 2023, all in the service of slashing emissions by 55% by 2030.

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Seeding a low-carbon farming wave

Corporate Knights

A great deal of work lies ahead: to be on track to meet Canada’s national climate goal by 2030, emissions from the agriculture sector must decline at an average annual rate of 2.9 But data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) shows a yawning “say–do” gap, with emissions declining by just 0.4

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Ottawa vows to bring in methane emissions regs. Alberta promises to never implement them.

Corporate Knights

billion in “avoided global damages”, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said in a release. We’re seeing here the beginning of a global movement toward almost eliminating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters in Dubai. “As