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Guest Post: Traceability Data Holds the Key to Decarbonization and Green Investment

ESG Today

As COP29 nations gather to discuss climate finance targets, they should know instinctively: You can’t invest in what you can’t measure. And the race to decarbonize that supply chain is intensifying, as reports indicate the earth may already have warmed more than the target 1.5 and the urgency has been ratcheted up again.

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How insurance companies can move the needle on climate change

Corporate Knights

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. Government and consumer responses to climate change also affect the insurance industry. The transition to a low-carbon future, while necessary, introduces considerable investment risk.

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The incredible shrinking climate ambitions of the world's largest asset managers

Corporate Knights

Climate change is here. It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels] and avoid the very worst of climate change. But only with dramatic, immediate climate action.” times higher exposure to green investments than the average asset manager.

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High Cost of Decarbonization, ‘Green on Green’ Conflicts Holding Back Progress on Global Net Zero Goals: KPMG Report

ESG Today

The study, KPMG’s Net Zero Readiness Report 2023, was based on conversations with national climate change experts in 24 markets and across 6 economic sectors, examining the steps taken by each to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and their preparedness to achieve net zero by 2050.

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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

president will be taking aim at legislation that resulted in nearly US$300 billion in private-sector investments in clean energy, battery manufacturing and clean power generation, most business leaders recognize that concerns about a worsening climate crisis will grow regardless of shifting political winds. While the new U.S.

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Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley's recent climate commitments

GreenBiz

Recent months have seen major moves on climate action by some of the world’s largest private banks, including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. What sets this latest wave of climate pledges by financial institutions apart from past announcements? Barclays’ accounting additionally covers the capital markets activity it supports.

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More than a Third of Public Companies Now Reporting Scope 3 Emissions: MSCI

ESG Today

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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