Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Last month, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) released its 2022 Report on Sustainable Investing , highlighting its commitment to be net-zero by 2050 and its engagement strategy to pressure companies to manage climate risks. requires an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion and a rapid phase-out of production.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.

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Sphera

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27), which took place Nov. This year, over 100 world leaders attended the conference to discuss the myriad challenges posed by climate change, as well as how to address them. . Climate change is a problem that we all must work to solve. degree Celsius target. .

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

Achieving a net-zero economy is a huge challenge, requiring change on a global scale that impacts the way we live, work and do business. Mahapatra has been leading a global decarbonization of the cooling sector with a particular focus on super pollutant HFCs for more than a decade. But achieving a net-zero economy?

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Investors are warming to opportunities stemming from climate change, and other takeaways from COP28. COP28, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change, delivered mixed results on some key agenda items but provided new insights into climate-related opportunities and the initiatives needed to implement them.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The state's environmental leadership also extends to climate change mitigation policy. SB 253: Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act The common phrase in the GHG accounting world “you can't measure what you can't track" underlines the fact that decarbonization action starts with GHG emissions accounting.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Every business that has made a net-zero commitment is part of an unprecedented global experiment. We know the destination we are trying to reach and science is very clear on the deadline – emissions cut in half by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. However, we are determining the route as we move and learning as we go.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

On the decarbonization front, Moody’s highlights the pressures likely to face sectors that are highly exposed to carbon transition risks that have yet to disclose detailed transition plans, such as oil and gas, mining and agriculture. Click here to access Moody’s 2023 ESG Outlook.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Analysis in the banks’ opposition statements would have investors believe these resolutions call for an immediate cessation of business relations with energy sector clients, and for a stymying of activities that would help high-emitting companies decarbonize. US and Canadian banks need to get on board.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2023

C and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The WEF’s Global Risks Report 2023 highlighted failure to respond to climate change and biodiversity loss among the most severe long-term risks facing the world.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In the climate world, aviation is referred to as a hard-to-abate sector, alongside other heavy industries — shipping, aluminum, cement and concrete, among others — that aren’t easy to decarbonize through redesign or electrification. But offsetting is seen as transitional — and controversial: Some critics view it as greenwash.

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Sphera

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price and information are cited as biggest barriers to sustainable behavior change among consumers. Just 10% completely trust brand promises on climate change and only 10% find it very easy to get reliable sustainability data. The survey finds climate change skepticism is almost equally rife across the U.S.,

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Speaking at COP27 in Egypt last year, UN Secretary General António Guterres was clear: “the criteria and benchmarks for… net zero commitments have varying levels of rigor, and loopholes wide enough to drive a diesel truck through. We must have zero tolerance for net zero greenwashing.” C within reach.

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Sphera

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sphera’s software enables Blackstone’s participating portfolio companies to strategically manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and measure progress against decarbonization goals. If we invest in net zero today, we can create a safer, more sustainable and productive world for us all. –Paul.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A greater focus on phasing down fossil fuels and ensuring transparency around net zero goals emerged in Sharm El Sheikh, writes We Mean Business Coalition CEO María Mendiluce. The deal struck in Sharm El Sheikh provided little towards changing that trend. Business welcomes greater transparency in reporting on net zero goals.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We saw new highs of ambition within one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors, as Cemex, Holcim and Titan become the first cement companies to set 1.5°C-aligned In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S. C-aligned science-based targets. C temperature rise limit. ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A court forced Shell to reduce emissions, an activist investor forced ExxonMobil to replace three board members better suited to fight climate change, and Chevron shareholders voted against their board to achieve faster-cut carbon emissions. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition. Conclusions.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These claims are a result of the increasing pressure on companies from regulators, customers, investors, employees and trade unions to provide a greater degree of environmental accountability — that’s the reason you see “Made in a Net Zero Factory” printed on your cosmetics, for example.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a major study of carbon offsets released July 30, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) found that offsets are ineffective at climate mitigation and represent a risk to climate finance and the net-zero transition. It certified the climate plans of 4,200 companies by the end of 2023, double the number from 2022.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Net zero signals of change this week include billions of euros for industrial decarbonization in Germany. Net Zero Economy / Finance The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a new report that helps to define ‘greenwashing’ from the authority’s point of view.

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Net zero is transforming clean energy procurement. Net zero" is eating all other corporate climate language. . Corporations are all about net-zero goals. . While the name may be different, fundamentally the strategy is similar to earlier climate commitments: reduce emissions as quickly as possible. .

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s impossible not to see and feel the impacts of climate change when you’re in the thick of it in the day-to-day, and we all are now,” says Steele, who was born and raised in British Columbia, where deadly heat domes, atmospheric rivers and record-breaking wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open. Economists are rethinking core assumptions. Economists began as social scientists with an inferiority complex and later rebranded themselves as scientific professionals using quantitative tools with exceptional loopholes.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This week, dozens of corporations re-upped goals, reflecting that the private sector is internalizing what’s at stake — physically, reputationally and economically — if climate change is left unchecked. Some of the most notable (some announced in the run-up to Climate Week) include: . Morgan Stanley became the first major U.S.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Built environment This month, we look at global developments around heat pump technologies: First up, the UK Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero has committed nearly £80 million in funding for four green heating projects across England. Currently, the global agrifood system accounts for 31% of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Something significant is happening in the desert in Egypt as countries meet at COP27 , the United Nations summit on climate change. Climate finance has been one of the thorniest issues in global climate negotiations for decades, but I’m seeing four promising signs of progress at COP27. One year on, something is stirring.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Is 'net-zero' greenwash? This year, there has been much ado about zero. It’s becoming hard to read the green media, or even the mainstream media, without seeing new net-zero commitments from companies, governments, institutions and others. Now, net-zero is the flavor of the month. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments — the buzzword du la semaine was "net-zero" with Walmart declaring a zero-emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.

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Just Capital

MARCH 29, 2022

On the face of it, the SEC’s proposed rule requiring companies to disclose emissions and other climate information, announced Monday, gives the market exactly what it’s been asking for. It helps to address concerns over greenwashing and the haphazard nature of ESG data. Be well, Martin. This Week in Stakeholder Capitalism. ??????

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 14, 2022

The consistent growth of clean energy is attributable to solid positioning , that includes its capacity to decarbonizing energy and deleverage tyrants. Both climate change and Putin’s invasion are directly tied to fossil fuels. Russia’s Dismal Climate Change Policy and Silencing of Environmentalists.

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