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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

As NYU’s Hayek points out, the Scope 3 emissions that Maple Leaf doesn’t include are “the largest slice of their supply chain.” Over 90% of most major meat and dairy companies’ emissions – representing Scope 3 third party supply chain emissions – are mostly omitted from their climate goals.”

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A look at the secret world where our waste ends up

Corporate Knights

Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future. The supply chain that takes apart our stuff is sometimes just as complicated as the ones making them in the first place,” he said.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Apple to Track Suppliers’ Emissions, Targeting a Decarbonized Supply Chain by 2030. UK Regulator Targets Greenwashing with New Sustainable Investment Labels and Disclosure Rules. RBC Sets Goals to Reduce Emissions in Loan Book. Triodos Commits to Reduce Emissions in Loan Book and Investments 32% by 2030.

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The Globalization of ESG Data

3BL Media

We’ve globalized culture (films, books, TV series) and supply chains. Professor Yilin Shi (a CSRHub subscriber) reported evidence that many companies may be “greenwashing” their supply chains. They disclose good supply chain ESG behavior and suppress bad information. SOURCE: CSRHub.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

From an emissions standpoint, Climate Week 2020 may go in the books as the greenest of all time. . Because yahoos such as me write critical columns about how they’re greenwashing or failing to do enough. Sessions and panels were virtual. There were no breakfast buffets. People presumably drank alone instead of mingling at happy hours.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

Complex Supply Chains designed to run efficiently failed under the pandemic. Restrictions, Brexit regulations, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, extreme weather events and energy shortages impacted supply chains and prevented firms to meet their demand. ESG trends in 2022: Sustainable Supply Chains.