Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

Shipping keeps the world moving; but what moves the ships? However, pressure is also mounting to address emissions from various “hard-to-decarbonize” sectors, such as shipping. The remainder of this article discusses how these trends intersect to help shipping companies that are considering riding the “hydrogen wave.”.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Netherlands-based bank ABN AMRO announced the publication of its climate strategy, setting out its plan of action to bring its portfolios in line with a scenario limiting global warming to 1.5°C, Along with the release of the climate strategy, ABN AMRO announced that it is joining the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NBZA).

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

But the carbon footprint of port operations and shipping is substantial, with shipping accounting for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions , according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Paris-based international banking and investment group Crédit Agricole announced today that it will no longer finance new fossil fuel extraction projects, and will end financing of independent producers focused exclusively on exploration or production of oil and gas.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Global banking and financial services company HSBC announced today a new series of targets aimed at reducing the bank’s financed emissions in some of the heaviest-emitting sectors in its financing portfolio, including cement, iron, steel & aluminum, automotive and aviation.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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 target also envisions €400 billion in financing, including advisory, and €100 billion in sustainable bonds.

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ESG Today

MARCH 19, 2024

Logistics giant DHL Express announced today a new strategic partnership with UK-based international bank Standard Chartered to co-invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through DHL’s GoGreen Plus service, enabling Standard Chartered to balance its upstream logistics emissions with carbon credits.

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ESG Today

JUNE 11, 2023

This week in ESG news: Germany’s €50 billion industrial decarbonization plan; U.S.

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ESG Today

JULY 7, 2024

Billion from Pension Insurer Varma Fidelity International Launches New Sustainable Investing Framework to Meet New ESG Regulations Exec Moves ESG Book Appoints Justin Fitzpatrick as CEO SBTi Chief Luiz Amaral Resigns ING Appoints Cindy Jia as Head of Sustainable Finance, Americas

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s an industry you can’t put on the internet; we will need shipping in the years to come, which means we have to ensure it is sustainable in the long term,” says Stephen Fewster, Global Head of Shipping Finance at Amsterdam-headquartered ING Bank. . Hydrogen has very low density, making it difficult to store on large ships.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

International banking and investment group Crédit Agricole announced the launch of Crédit Agricole Transitions & Énergies, a new business line aimed at coordinating and advancing the company’s energy transition actions and offerings.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2022

Climate technology startup Electric Hydrogen (EH2) announced today it has raised $198 million in a financing round aimed at enabling it to scale its electrolyzer technology and demonstration projects to produce green hydrogen, supporting the decarbonization of global industries.

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3BL Media

JUNE 28, 2024

As a corporate professional focused on ESG, nature and decarbonization services, as well as the blue economy, I looked forward to gathering first-hand information that would help drive and contextualize this work. The Northern Sea Route is the shortest shipping route between the western part of Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific region.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

Historically, some 40% of the raw materials entering the site do so by freight ships. In the summer of 2018, these were scraping bottom; cargo traffic was reduced to a trickle, and ships could be only partially laden. You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon.

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ESG Today

MARCH 14, 2023

In its Trade and Commodity Finance business, ING said that it is aiming to reduce the combined volume of oil and gas that it finance using the same 19% by 2030 target under its upstream commitment, and will be reaching out to experts and peer banks to co-develop a methodology for reduction targets based on volumes financed.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

JPMorgan also introduced two new IEA NZE-aligned 2030 sector targets in its report, including a goal to reduce emissions intensity for aluminum production by 25%, and “tank-to-wake” emissions for the Shipping sector by 33%. Last year , the bank introduced NZE-aligned goals for the Aviation, Iron and Steel, and Cement sectors.

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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. By early April, a consensus had emerged around the role of accurate data, even if it could not help contain a first wave of infections. If the European Union agrees on a border price for carbon, what should it be?

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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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ESG Today

JUNE 19, 2023

For companies in sectors in which there is a clear link between biodiversity and net zero strategies, companies are expected to assess impacts and dependencies, and for companies in sectors in which the transition could have direct social implications, LGIM will expect the incorporation of just transition factors in decarbonization strategies.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Our partnership with Catalyst – and our new commitment with Infinium – exemplifies the novel collaboration necessary to bring to market the new technologies that will allow us to decarbonize.” About Infinium Infinium is an electrofuels provider on a mission to decarbonize the world.

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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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Corporate Knights

JUNE 1, 2023

Global Food and Ingredients Growth rate: 102% Toronto-based, with a network of 500 farmers and four processing plants in Western Canada, Global Food and Ingredients is building a “farm to fork” producer of what it says are traceable, sustainable and plant-based food and dog-food products shipped to 37 countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Multiple initiatives have been launched: the UK Infrastructure Bank has been set up to prioritise investment in projects that tackle climate change, there are efforts to accelerate green finance, and green energy continues to receive subsidies to encourage construction and production of more renewable power.

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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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Just Capital

APRIL 21, 2023

Bank of America Industry: Banks Overall Rank: 1 As one of eight companies in its industry to make a Net-Zero commitment, Bank of America leads its industry on Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction. FedEx is also engaging with consumers and suppliers to offer carbon-neutral shipping and sustainable packaging options.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Our decarbonization targets imply a transition from an “expenditure” economy based on fossil fuels to an “investment” economy in clean energies. Overall, clean energy manufacturing competition is not zero-sum, it presents a global opportunity for growth. Materials and component supplies will be increasingly important.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Thomae sees some evidence of transition costs becoming more tangible to investors, such as the investment required to finally address methane flaring, as promised by the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), part of the GDA. The cost profile [of transition] is going to become centre stage,” he notes.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Decarbonized buildings. Today, he makes his living nudging others — namely corporate executives — toward a decarbonized sustainable future. As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Planet-healing fast food.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This week in ESG news: Microsoft announces one of the largest-ever carbon removal deals; Amazon signs deal for low-carbon shipping; Bloomberg survey finds nearly all execs plan significant increase in ESG data investment; Nearly $2 billion raised for green steel buildout; Allianz to invest over $20 billion in cleantech, climate solutions; GRI aligns (..)

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Million Exec Moves Caterpillar Appoints George Moubayed as Chief Sustainability Officer Reports, Surveys & Studies Climate Tech Investment Falls in Tough Market, But Hits Record Share of VC and PE Funding: PwC 80 Million Kilometers of Grid Investment Needed by 2040 to Meet Global Climate Goals: IEA

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Moody’s commits to reaching Net Zero by 2040, disclosing a comprehensive decarbonization plan that highlights emissions reductions across all three scopes, in addition to continuing to offset the company’s lifetime carbon footprint. degree Science-Based Net Zero commitment. Insider has the details.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

JPMorganChase has chosen to exit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, ESG Today has confirmed, marking the latest in a rapid-fire series of departures from the UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities. The departure makes JPMorgan the last large-scale U.S.-based

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

And over additional 40 businesses have signed the World Green Building Council’s commitment to decarbonize the built environment across their portfolios and business activities. At COP26, focus turned to industrial decarbonization, with several key developments across the harder-to-abate sectors. . Business Ambition for 1.5°C

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 25, 2025

Across numerous global supply chains, in logistics for fulfillment and optimizing shipping routes, use of robotic AI systems has increased in popularity. In banking, AI powers automatic recognition systems to help prevent and mitigate fraud.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Signs One of the Largest-Ever Nature-Based Deals to Remove 1.5

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Morgan Stanley, along with Bank of America and Citigroup, has agreed to deeper disclosure.) Amazon also created its own externally validated certification, Compact by Design , which will recognize products designed to require less packaging, which makes them more efficient to ship. . Accounting bigwigs suggest ‘universal’ ESG metrics.

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