Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This is about human and planetary needs, but heeding this call for climate action no longer requires corporations to renounce greed – which was always going to be a tough sell at scale. The reason for this is the previous decade’s hyper-growth in clean technology is being driven by historic and in some cases unprecedented cost reductions.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

She was referring to the green transition, and the opportunities and challenges that lay before us as world leaders race to decarbonize their economies. There are risks to climate policy initiatives that rely on the private sector, namely that public–private partnerships tend to be slow or continue to benefit the fossil fuel industry.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A great deal of work lies ahead: to be on track to meet Canada’s national climate goal by 2030, emissions from the agriculture sector must decline at an average annual rate of 2.9 But data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) shows a yawning “say–do” gap, with emissions declining by just 0.4

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The ensuing conversations — and, no doubt, many more to come — are a continuation of the learning journey I’ve been on for the past few years, seeking to understand the role of the financial sector in advancing sustainability solutions and a clean, decarbonized economy. Even still, last week’s conversations were a real eye-opener.

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3BL Media

MAY 28, 2024

The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial. The power, transport, industry and buildings sectors transition at different speeds based on the technologies available for them to decarbonize, but all see emissions start to fall immediately.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2024

This decade will witness a rapid adoption of renewable fuels with low emissions, a crucial step in the decarbonization of the transportation sector. trillion was invested in clean technologies, including heat pumps, electric vehicles, nuclear power, storage, grids, low-emission fuels, and efficiency improvements.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The company also announced that it has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) to use its purchasing power towards clean technologies to help support the shift to near-zero emission aluminum. We’re committed to doing our part and we call on corporate and political leaders around the globe to also do theirs.”

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding Climate Scenario Analysis What is climate scenario analysis? Climate scenario analysis is a strategic tool used by businesses to evaluate the potential impacts of climate change on their operations, assets, and overall business strategy. degrees Celsius by 2100.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

today signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their collective efforts to accelerate the deployment of clean technologies such as heat pumps in new and existing homes. We applaud state action to pragmatically decarbonize buildings, and today are proud to support the collaborative action by eight states and Washington, D.C.

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ESG Today

MAY 11, 2023

Despite the improvements in disclosure and climate pledges, however, the study found that direct emissions from the companies have not declined this year, and are on track to significantly exceed those needed to achieve the global goal to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 20, 2023

As more people become concerned by the heat waves, forest fires and flooding exacerbated by climate change, they're switching their carbon-emitting home appliances for electric, emissions-free alternatives. Critics say fear of climate change will not prompt people to adopt new technology. In the U.S.,

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

In the race to decarbonization and achieving net-zero emissions, there is a clear role to be played by governments, individuals, NGOs and companies. I argued that the private sector is a principal driver of decarbonization, reducing carbon emissions, due to three reasons : First , corporates are flocking to adopt net-zero emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. It is a complicated place.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

The launch of the fund follows the release last year by the government of its Emission Reduction plan to address climate change and the country’s transition to a low emissions economy. According to BlackRock, the fund marks the firm’s largest single country decarbonization-focused project to date. It is already doing that today.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how international development agencies can advance carbon markets. This is the third in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. Key Issue 2—The Corresponding Adjustment.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, concluded in November with 200 nations signing the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), an agreement that could accelerate climate action and drive big carbon cuts. SOURCE: AllianceBernstein. The problem? But labels aren’t enough.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“We understand firsthand how clean energy helps businesses save money, reduce risks, stay competitive, and meet the expectations of our customers, employees, and shareholders,” the companies wrote. “We In January, as the new legislative session began and the Youngkin administration took office, companies Hannon Armstrong, Lutron, Mars, Inc.,

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2023

The guidelines released alongside the framework provide a standardized methodology to ensure that future government support is aligned with the country’s climate and energy priorities, and precludes funding of discretionary programs not aligned with the framework.

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CREA

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The CanREA Electricity Transition Hub (the Hub) is a knowledge-transfer tool helping electricity utilities and system operators accelerate their decarbonization efforts. Toronto, Ontario, October 28, 2022 – The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) is thrilled to launch the CanREA Electricity Transition Hub, supported by nearly $1.6

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the greatest contributors to the changes in the STEPS scenario over the past year was the passage in the U.S. of the Inflation Reduction Act , which allocates nearly $370 billion to areas including renewable energy and industrial decarbonization solutions. C and avoid the worst effects of climate change.

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3BL Media

JULY 10, 2024

The event highlighted efforts and opportunities to grow the state’s economy by addressing sustainability challenges like climate change, water scarcity, and energy demand. Sustainability-focused lenders like Siemens Financial Services can help empower Nevada businesses and enable their adoption of cost-efficient green technologies.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The new report, issued by the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP), comes on the heels of the historic climate agreement last week between the United States and China, in which the U.S. And that is not counting the potential economic benefits of a low-carbon energy system for climate change and public health.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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Sustainable Round Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Assessors examine each company’s activities including investment in clean technologies, earnings from products aligned with the Corporate Knights Clean Taxonomy, corporate commitments such as Science-Based Targets (SBTs), pay structures, board diversity, and tax payments.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2025

These examples are increasing, reminding us that climate change is not just an environmental issueit is an economic one. The World Economic Forum estimates that climate impacts have cost the world $3.6 Over 18,200 businesses are taking climate action through initiatives like the Science Based Targets and the SME Climate Hub.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perversely, it is possible that economic crises will be the catalyst we need to address climate change. That’s because the problems have the same solution: the rapid deployment of clean technologies across the economy. . Imagine what would be possible with a New Deal that has a guiding principle: rapid decarbonization. .

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In fact, clean technology products represented 3.3% Clean technology investments often have high upfront capital costs and long payback periods. Governments at all levels should introduce a more comprehensive set of incentives to de-risk business investments in clean technology solutions. In August, U.S.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“All four are moving quickly, but the big unlocks will come from accelerating technology and fuel cost-downs and major global-level changes in the regulatory environment.” . Regulatory anchor .

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 4, 2022

In its latest report released February 28, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its most dire warning yet about the consequences of inaction on billions of people around the world. We know we can’t decarbonize our economy with carbon pricing alone. Houses, farms and roads were ravaged. Lives were lost.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

Last fall, an ambitious survey covering 10 countries found that 84% of young people aged 16 to 25 are at least “moderately worried” about climate change – and 59% are extremely worried. They don’t see the “adults” – in business or government – making any of the hard decisions required to avoid the climate crisis.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Significant electrification — powered by clean generation and enabled by an unparalleled expansion of the electric grid — is necessary to decarbonize the economy feasibly and affordably. Achieving this requires urgent and fundamental changes in how the state’s entire energy infrastructure is planned and built.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Government of Canada on Thursday released its proposed Clean Electricity Regulations, aimed at advancing the decarbonization of the country’s electricity grid, and supporting its net zero emission climate goals. Canada also joined a G7 commitment in May 2022 to reach “predominantly decarbonized” electricity sectors by 2035.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Green hydrogen, flow batteries, and fuel cells are reinventing the energy market, and proton exchange membranes (PEM) are critical for effectively commercializing these technologies. Together, they contribute substantially to a new hydrogen economy and the decarbonization of energy across our planet. UN SDG Target 3.9:

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 17, 2023

The Climate Change Agreement, under which businesses receive a discount on their energy bills if efficiency targets are met, has been renewed until 2025. Of the more than 18,500 companies disclosing to CDP in 2022, roughly 7,000 said that they engaged their suppliers on climate change issues. million homes.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

That means putting money on deploying existing technology in the near term, while continuing to fund innovation to deliver cost-effective approaches in the future. Deploying Clean Technology. Despite COVID-19 and the economic downturn, clean energy investment did surprisingly well in the United States last year.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Energy Innovation analysis “projected that particulate matter pollution in the United States would fall—potentially preventing 3,700 to 3,900 deaths annually by 2030, in addition to 99,000 to 100,000 avoided asthma attacks, and 405,000 to 417,000 avoided lost work days,” Inside Climate writes. The Price of a Deal.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

And when it comes to climate change, this news can seem uniformly grim (its not, and well come back to this). But its worth reminding ourselves of the important progress thats happening on climate and clean energy around the world as an antidote to pessimism that can paralyze us right at the moment when action is needed most.

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