Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 1, 2021

Spotlight blog by members of SDSN USA Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The corporate world has shown tremendous enthusiasm in pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. With a new major company joining the list almost daily, net-zero has become a new benchmark for corporate climate leadership.

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Sphera

APRIL 25, 2022

Companies should not question weather to create a climate target, but rather, determine how quickly they can implement their decarbonization pledge to reduce their direct Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and Scope 3 value chain emissions. Developing a Profound Climate Strategy – How Can Companies Achieve Deep Decarbonization?

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

degrees Celsius, doubling the annual rate of improvements in energy efficiency, and transitioning away from fossil fuels in all energy systems to achieve net-zero by 2050. The great news is that the technology exists today to significantly decarbonize the built environment. How does climate advocacy fit into decarbonization?

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Sphera

JANUARY 13, 2022

When it comes to carbon accounting and decarbonization, here’s why databases based on spending can lead you to a dead-end road. Carbon footprints are the essential prerequisite for setting decarbonization targets and committing to actions to achieve these objectives. Some Background.

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3BL Media

APRIL 14, 2022

Supply chain finance plays a key role in unlocking investments towards decarbonization tech and making climate action more accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Private financial institutions from across the globe used the opportunity of COP26 to form a new coalition called the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

The annual competition searches for game-changing technologies or innovations with the potential to accelerate global decarbonization and halt climate change. Explore more content on the BNEF blog. The winners of BloombergNEF’s Pioneers 2023 award were announced on April 17.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 15, 2024

Read the full story from the Climate Law Blog. The document outlines the Commission’s plans to build an EU-wide carbon management infrastructure as part of its efforts to decarbonize the industrial sector and achieve negative emissions.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

The new requirements form part of Amazon’s initiatives to reach its goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Hurst said: “We know that to decrease our carbon footprint, we must work with our supply chain partners to help them decarbonize their own operations.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Fundamentally, it provides information that the markets need to make well-considered investments, finance the transition to a net-zero economy and track the progress based on validated data. Accountants have a central role in supporting capital markets as the world moves to net-zero emissions.

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Cisco CSR

APRIL 27, 2023

As climate change and the potential to facilitate a transition to a low-carbon economy are becoming a centerstage conundrum across the globe, there is an important focus on decarbonizing the… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

This enabled me to read a thought-provoking article stating and arguing that the world could be net zero much faster than thought, by the 2040s. His viewpoint is based on facts such as the exponential growth of renewable energy sources (something I blogged about recently ) as well as the increase in sales of electric cars.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

For the new study, the ECB quantified the transition risks in the credit portfolios of 95 banks, covering 75% of euro area loans, using an ‘alignment assessment’ methodology, which measures the difference between the production projections and decarbonization pathway targets of companies in the banks’ portfolios.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. The company’s "Commitment to Life" vision for 2030 includes net-zero GHG emissions by 2030, and raising by 7.4 In 2019, Gutierrez issued a new goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, expecting to reach it halfway by 2025.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 12, 2023

The latest net zero signals of change include a solar boost for South Africa’s grid and a successful energy efficiency trial for UK companies. Ahead of next week’s G7 Leaders’ Summit, read a summary blog by We Mean Business Coalition’s Policy Director, Gillian Nelson, on the 5 takeaways for business on climate and energy.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As mentioned in one of my blogs earlier this year , the heating and cooling of buildings accounts for 40% of all energy consumed in the European Union. Heat Pumps are key on the path to net-zero buildings and decarbonization Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings : A standout feature of heat pumps is their exceptional energy efficiency.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

representative to global organization working on energy transformation and decarbonization. Wen has been part of several SCE teams working toward the goal of reducing the company’s carbon emissions to “net-zero.”. Empowering Women Toward a Clean Energy Future. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 09:30. SCE’s Jun Wen selected as a U.S.

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3BL Media

JULY 31, 2023

Demand will rise into the billions of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent within the next decade as companies work toward net-zero goals. It’s more responsive to prices and criticism, and BloombergNEF expects behavioral demand to drop from 181MtCO2e in 2023 to zero in 2050. Explore more content on the BNEF blog.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Home deliveries account for approximately 14% of Ingkas mobility emissions, and the goals form part of the companys targets to reduce its overall mobility emissions by 40% by 2030, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by 50% by 2030, and to reach net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

SUMMARY: This blog was co-authored by Sophia Filipe, Country Digitization Program Manager, with the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration program. A significant portion of countries with Cisco operations have established laws and policies around net zero goals. By Cynthia Temesi. SOURCE: Cisco Systems Inc.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Netherlands-based PFZW, one of the largest pension funds in Europe, announced that it has exited its investment in over 300 fossil fuel companies, including Shell, BP and TotalEnergies, over a lack of convincing decarbonization plans, with only seven remaining in its portfolio. billion of securities.

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Sustainable Round Table

MARCH 20, 2023

Member-Clients in attendance were engaged on two major topics, “Sustainability Strategy Leadership” and “Corporate Global Decarbonization.” Cisco’s SBTs include both near-term targets and long-term Net Zero targets, and Andy shared context in regard to the submission process, including timeline and recommendations for third-party assurance.

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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. Foundations for a Financial Institutions SBTi Net-Zero Target Standard.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

It will cost too much money to decarbonize our economy,” they protest. The consensus appears to be that it will cost too much money NOT to decarbonize our economy. Ecocentricity Blog - Revisiting Our Climate Solution Set: The Latest from Project Drawdown. Ecocentricity Blog: Reflecting on Ten Years of our Philanthropic Voyage.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Climate neutrality is the concept of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by balancing the emissions human sources release into the Earth’s atmosphere with the amount the planet naturally absorbs in emission “sinks,” like forests and oceans, via a process called sequestration. Your business can help. It matters to stakeholders.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

While investor initiatives to shift finance toward net-zero emissions have been gathering steam for years, deforestation gained new prominence in these efforts in 2021. Investor expectations to decarbonize the food and beverage sector are already well-defined and provide the basis for investor action on deforestation.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But, as our Director of Net Zero Finance outlines in a new blog , quick fixes such as replacing existing digital reporting with AI, which has been proposed in the EU Omnibus package, cant replace the structure, assurance and standardization that benefits business and investors alike.

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3BL Media

MAY 12, 2022

Pressure on businesses to accelerate climate action and limit global warming has never been more prevalent and the corporate world is making commitments for delivering its ambition to become Net Zero across its value chain. Here at Ericsson, we take the need to decarbonize seriously.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 9, 2022

After all, this is the decade of action; it’s more important than ever to work side-by-side with governments to scale up public-private efforts in the drive to Net Zero emissions globally. Blog post: ICT is a solutions sector. Blog post: Are you ready to change the way you think about climate action? Learn more.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

This blog is co-signed by Morten Petersen, Member of European Parliament. Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. However, renewables and electrification alone can’t realize the EU’s net-zero ambition. SOURCE: Schneider Electric. DESCRIPTION: Major cities under water.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 9, 2022

This blog is part of our series that focuses on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog highlights a different Cisco employee whose work makes a positive impact on people, communities, or the planet. businesses.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 26, 2022

This blog was co-authored by Sophia Filipe, Country Digitization Program Manager, with the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration program. A significant portion of countries with Cisco operations have established laws and policies around net zero goals. Strategic energy convergence.

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CREA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Green hydrogen is a massive enabler of wind and solar in Canada One of the most exciting things about working in the renewable energy sector is witnessing the dawn of innovative, non-emitting new technologies that promise to power Canada’s net-zero future.

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Cisco CSR

JUNE 6, 2022

Last year, Cisco set its “moonshot” goal: To reach net zero emissions by 2040. Increasing the energy efficiency of our products and solutions and decarbonizing the grid are our top priorities – for Cisco and for our customers. This is why we formed a new office within the engineering organization a few months back.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Paris Agreement had a lot of impact on businesses, which we are seeing these days Many businesses are starting to set voluntary targets to achieve net zero by 2050. Watch for more News & Blog updates here and follow us on LinkedIn. So, they have to go for offsets or carbon credits purchasing.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2023

Decarbonizing Digital Infrastructure Along the Path to Net Zero VMware’s sustainability strategy is grounded in visibility, efficiency, and renewable energy. When executed together, VMware operationalizes its smart impact strategy while also empowering customers and partners to achieve their own environmental goals. VMware U.S.

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3BL Media

JULY 17, 2023

Sourcing power from renewable energy sources is the most impactful decarbonization strategy for mobile networks, doing so in an intelligent and cost-effective way has been a challenge, which this energy-smart site addresses.

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Sphera

JUNE 6, 2022

So, how can companies account for the environmental impact of internet services to quantify their corporate emissions baseline holistically and inform their decarbonization and net-zero strategies? The post The Carbon Footprint of the Internet appeared first on Sphera.

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