Corporate Knights

JULY 4, 2022

Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. Often, they plan to rely on technology that has yet to be scaled or on offset systems whose credibility is hotly debated.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. These leaders understood the direct linkage between climate change and financial risk. Ateli Iyalla. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 00:05.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

“CA100+ has changed the conversation about the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in relation to their action on climate change and the role of investors in corporate engagement,” Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and member of the CA100+ Steering Committee, told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As widely expected, on his first day back in the White House, he signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and moved to scrap oil and gas exploration restrictions. All of these endanger corporates bottom lines and translate into systemic risks for financial institutions.

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