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CBRE 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report: Environment

3BL Media

billion square feet of managed property, CBRE has an outsized opportunity to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through our own operations, services for our investor and occupier clients, and our entire value chain. . Advancing Net Zero. DESCRIPTION: With buildings responsible for 40% of carbon emissions globally and our 7.1

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UN Plastics Treaty: Good for Business and the Planet

3BL Media

Some envisaged applications in the production process include reducing virgin polymers and boosting material and supply chain efficiency. Downstream uses such as waste sorting, material recovery, quality control, identifying waste flow trends, and predictive analytics would also be made possible.

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Time to Take Stock

Chris Hall

C target set by the Paris Agreement before 2040, according to UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) AR6 Synthesis report. Many perceive COP conferences as merely talk sessions without tangible outcomes.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. And even if the leading countries that currently have net zero commitments do manage to achieve their goals, a 1.7°C The world has a daunting task in front of us if we hope to limit global warming to the 1.5°C

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

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. We choose mathematically and analytically and concentrate on those communities on the wrong side of the poverty line.".

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Investors want to see credible [net zero] transition plans.

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Now or Never

Chris Hall

According to research by MSCI, nearly half (44%) of listed companies have now set decarbonisation targets, representing an eight-percentage-point increase than was reported in the October 2022 MSCI Net-Zero Tracker , but only 17% of those targets would align with the 1.5°C