Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The European Union, China, the United Kingdom and about 20 other countries are developing such taxonomies as a way of discouraging greenwashing and channelling investment to the climate transition. The EU’s taxonomy has been particularly controversial because of its inclusion of natural gas and nuclear as “green investments.”

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ESG Today

MAY 11, 2023

The report indicated significant increases by listed companies in both emissions disclosure and climate commitments, with 35% of listed companies now reporting on at least some Scope 3 emissions, up from around 30% only seven months ago, and 44% setting decarbonization targets, an increase of 8 percentage points over the same timeframe.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This article was first published in Forbes Today 100 CEOs announced a push for governments to boost the business case for green investment, in the run-up to COP29 in Azerbaijan. Another assessment is that companies may rely on carbon offsets to achieve net zero rather than making significant reductions in their actual emissions.

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