Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2024

That is, by showing up to shareholder meetings and trying to steer portfolio companies toward decarbonization. C It was clear at PRI in Person that investors are tired of waiting for governments to put regulations in place that will require companies to decarbonize.

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ESG Today

MARCH 4, 2025

International banking group Standard Charteredannounced the release of its inaugural Transition Plan, outlining its detailed plan to achieve its climate goals, including its target to reach net zero emissions across its financing activities by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 6, 2022

C does not mean we have breached the iconic threshold of the Paris Agreement, but it does reveal that we are edging ever closer to a situation where 1.5°C Some of Canada’s largest banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank, more than doubled their financing of the oil sands in 2021 to $16.8

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Corporate Knights

JULY 26, 2022

OPG strongly believes nuclear will be a critical part of the energy transformation and of handling the increased load” on the power system from decarbonization efforts, she says. . The green financing demonstrates to investors and ratepayers OPG’s commitment to the environment, Cipolla says.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

She chats about JPMorgan Chase's new financing commitment aligned with the Paris Agreement, how it's helping clients with their carbon mitigation journeys, and its strategy for supporting stronger community resilience. . Subject matter experts from Kwik Lok, Walmart and Second Harvest Food Bank join us at 1 p.m.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 17, 2022

The independent think tank counts among its members Canada’s largest oil companies, as well as provincial and federal governments, banks and industrial corporations. However, he added, the decarbonization effort must speed up. We need to get on an aggressive decarbonization pathway.”.

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ESG Today

JULY 4, 2022

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today a series of moves to further incorporate climate change considerations into its monetary policy framework, including actions to decarbonize its portfolio of corporate bond holdings over time, and to introduce climate-related disclosure requirements for collateral.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

This lesson on the importance of actionable data did not go unnoticed for those of us working on industrial decarbonization. Since then, the asset manager backed two proposals at the annual general meetings of both Chevron and Exxon, related to the manner these companies conduct themselves in relation to Paris Agreement targets.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015), where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into landmark developments and prospects this year. I've been participating since COP 21 when the adoption of the Paris Agreement took place.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

65 of the Global 100 companies have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement, up from 60 in 2021. . 70 86 Nordea Bank Abp Finland NZAM, NZAO, NZBA C+. 71 44 National Australia Bank Ltd Australia C+. C, SBTi A+. C, SBTi A.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 10, 2022

At COP26, in November 2021, states agreed on a series of rules to govern market-based activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Even fewer have implemented the rules and safeguards required by the United Nations and the World Bank for forest carbon trading. Communities at risk.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

As the “decade of action” on decarbonizing the economy kicks off in earnest, the most sustainable companies are more productive in terms of both carbon and energy. In 2021, 60 of the Global 100 companies signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The new targets form part of the company’s commitment, announced in October 2020 , to align its financing activities with the goals of Paris Agreement, and to help clients navigate the challenges and capitalize on the long-term economic and environmental benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon world.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

bank to commit to net-zero emissions generated from its financing activities by 2050. . Signatories agree to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement. Some of the most notable (some announced in the run-up to Climate Week) include: . Morgan Stanley became the first major U.S.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 25, 2024

HSBC announced today the launch of its first Net Zero Transition Plan, outlining the global bank’s strategy to finance and support the transition to net zero, and to meet the climate goals it has set over the past few years. Click here to access the HSBC Net Zero Transition Plan.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

The organization is also involved in a lawsuit launched last year against Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas , targeting the bank’s financing for new oil and gas projects and calling for a strong climate policy, based on a similar “duty of vigilance” law in France.

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ESG Today

JULY 8, 2022

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) and Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK) announced today the launch of the first climate transition index covering companies in the China Hong Kong Greater Bay Area (GBA).

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” “The simple reality is that it’s no longer free to pollute in Canada,” Guilbeault told media Monday morning. “We

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The new targets form part of the company’s commitment, announced in October 2020 , to align its financing activities with the goals of Paris Agreement, and to help clients navigate the challenges and capitalize on the long-term economic and environmental benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon world.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Societe Generale is a founding member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) , a UN-convened coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities. The post Societe Generale Sets €300 Billion Sustainable Finance Target, Offers CSR Training to all Employees appeared first on ESG Today.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Market Platforms Regulators require exchanges, marketplaces, banks, and brokers to monitor an array of risks because the default of one or a group of participants could rapidly result in contagion across the financial markets. In addition, clients can collaborate through Verafin’s Information Sharing platform to fight crime.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon. It has publicly endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the EU’s target of being net-zero by 2050. On the face of it, it is. Investor pushback Investors are paying attention.

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Sphera

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. commercial banks) but is also relevant to public financial institutions (e.g.,

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Recent sobering reports show that the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and highlight the steps needed to keep the goals in reach. Major investors will discuss the actions and policies needed to make further progress against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Motivated to decarbonize, digitize and customize, Gutierrez has been advancing an integrated-power strategy to bring generation and retail together. Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

South America has abundant clean energy resources available and a huge opportunity to decarbonize power grids, transport, and industry across the continent, as well as to bolster natural carbon sinks and biodiversity. Macroeconomics of decarbonization, Day 2. Solutions for decarbonization, and Day 3. Green recovery.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 30, 2019

The dialogue explored the vision and challenges for countries to achieve decarbonization by 2050. In the LAC region, Costa Rica and Chile are committed to this goal, along with other countries such as Colombia, currently exploring different pathways towards deep decarbonization.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

The fund will be hosted in the World Bank and pledges of around $730million has been secured in Dubai. Global Stocktake COP28 witnessed the first-ever “global stocktake” under the Paris Agreement, and for the first time in a COP history there was a decision that explicitly calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

More than 450 firms representing US$130 trillion in assets under management have joined the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero , a coalition of sector-specific initiatives from banks, asset managers, asset owners, insurers and other financial service providers. Paris Agreement alignment is a holistic process.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As many governments and central banks grapple with inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and conflicts, a constant risk persists that immediate attention is placed on that which ‘seems’ most urgent, to the detriment of the important, and that ESG may slip off the radar. Here in Davos, business and political leaders have an opportunity to act.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Efforts to decarbonize the sector played only a small role. With large growth projected in the buildings sector, emissions are set to rise if there is no effort to decarbonize buildings and improve their energy efficiency. In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. “The Some small progress, but not enough.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 13, 2014

The SDSN and the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) participated in two key side-events at COP20 in Lima. On December 12, the DDPP organized a side-event to present the project objective, method and results to country delegations and to further discuss options to include the concept of DDPs in the COP21 Paris agreement.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 16, 2023

Financing gaps of $1-4 trillion per year (1-4% of world output) block the achievement of the SDGs, Paris Agreement, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, and other global goals in the developing world.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. Is it happening? The gas will be fed into the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

This year's event built off the learning from the SDSN's Roadmap to 2050 A Manual for National to Decarbonize by Mid-Century report published in partnership with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). The event’s panels on the first day were focused on the decarbonization of the power, transport, industry, and buildings sectors.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C. Unprecedented cuts needed To meet the Paris Agreement goals, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gases by unprecedented levels over the next eight years. C over the century.

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