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Report: Many global companies’ net-zero pledges fail the smell test

Corporate Knights

In all, the researchers found that only one company (Danish shipping company Maersk) out of 25 had a net-zero pledge of “reasonable integrity.” Three companies were credited with “moderate integrity”: Apple, Sony and Vodafone. oil] states.”

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

Humans produce about 2 billion tons of solid waste each year, according to the World Bank, and only about one-fifth of all that waste is recycled or composted. The solid waste industry accounts for 5% of global greenhouse emissions, which, as Franklin-Wallis notes is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

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

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The music industry changes its tune on climate change

Corporate Knights

Aiming to create a carbon-negative album release, they calculated the “cradle-to-grave” carbon impact of both a CD and vinyl LP from manufacturing to shipping, from its life in a fan’s stereo to its likely afterlife in a landfill 100 years from now. As an example, he points to Big Time, the 2022 album by singer/songwriter Angel Olsen.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

MSC Cruises, Fincantieri to Launch World’s First Cruise Ships Utilizing Hydrogen Power. ECB Climate Stress Test: Banks are Overexposed, Underprepared for Climate Risk. K2 Launches ESG Certification for Fund Managers to Tackle Greenwashing Risk. SLC Management Commits $139 Billion Portfolio to Net Zero by 2050.

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From paralyzing eco-anxiety to hope in six steps

Edouard Stenger

Whether you were born in 2001 or 1951, we can all act and turn this ship around. Change your banking as Big Oil loves Big Bank and it’s reciprocal (and disgusting). There are more and more solutions available around the world, but beware, some might be some greenwashing. Turn this negative energy to action.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

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