GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2022

In the pursuit of its net-zero 2050 goal, Canada needs a rigorous strategy to require banks and other key financial system players, including Crown corporations, to fully align their operations with the country’s international climate commitments.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2022

degree Celsius pathway, joining Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. Our net zero strategy addresses both the corporate and investment levels. It reemphasizes our commitment to ensuring that our people and portfolios all work together to achieve critical climate goals.”. SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: How does a global technology leader make progress toward that “Mars shot” of net-zero emissions? Lenovo is proud to be working with Science Based Targets initiative to establish goals that support our vision to reach net-zero by 2050. KEYWORDS: ADR:LNVGY, Lenovo, Lenovo net zero.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 6, 2023

All told, 24 would-be LNG developers have received natural-gas export permits from the federal energy regulator, though many of those will not proceed. Still, producers want the federal government to include exported LNG as part of its climate change strategy, including policies for preferential financing.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

DESCRIPTION: On the heels of COP26, investors are not only thinking about the climate-related risks of companies within their portfolios, but they are also considering whether to make new investments or maintain existing investments in high-emitting companies or countries going forward. Engaging for Net Zero.

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ESG Today

MARCH 19, 2025

The organizations key functions include defining and promoting best practice in emissions reductions and net-zero targets in line with climate science, providing technical assistance to companies who set science-based targets, and providing companies with independent assessment and validation of their emissions reduction targets.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. In May, the court found the government’s inadequate climate strategy to be unlawful for the second time. Lord Deben was a principal witness for the prosecution.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2022

Reset Connect is the UK’s largest sustainability ecosystem and green investment event which aims to help businesses understand how to strive to meet net zero targets and improve ESG results, as well as unearth any potential green investment opportunities. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2022

DESCRIPTION: FORT WORTH, Texas, April 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Last summer, American Airlines made a public commitment to develop a science-based, intermediate target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — the first airline in North America to do so. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:AAL, American Airlines, Net Zero.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The world is watching as tens of thousands of leaders gather for the 28 th UN Climate Change Conference ( COP28 ) at Expo City in Dubai, UAE, from November 30 to December 12. SAP can help 87% of total global commerce organize its supply chain, transportation, and financial data in a way that enables a circular and net zero economy.”

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Whoever invented the notion of herding cats never imagined the frustrations of guiding 190 nations along the complex path to net-zero. If no action is taken to slow climate change, a German government-backed report released in April says the costs will total US$38 trillion a year through 2050.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

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. What role should the insurance industry play in addressing climate change? billion to $5 billion per year.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As a global leader in sustainable energy, waste and water operations with decades of experience, we work directly with our customers to achieve these triple net zero goals. Theyre taking measures such as cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions, keeping their waste streams out of landfills or adopting water recycling technologies.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Companies and countries all over the world are committing to net-zero goals and pledges to the SDGs; diversity, equity and inclusion goals; human rights — the list goes on. We need to put a lot of zeros on the "More than 1,000 businesses" in order to get to a net-zero carbon economy. Helle Bank Jorgensen.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

A just energy transition in action: Developing 1G of wind power with tribes. The role of time horizons and relationship banking in financing a net-zero economy. The coming net-zero backlash. Hacking the climate crisis (21:10). Fri, 03/05/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (5:05).

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Australian-based environmental project developer GreenCollar decided to tackle one problem by creating a new type of credit to address an environmental issue very close to its country’s heart: the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef. Behind climate change, the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef is poor water quality.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

London-based HSBC Holdings says it will cease financing for the development of new oil and gas fields in order to tackle climate change while carving out its Canadian unit from the policy change. The IEA’s definition is relatively narrow: new fields where development has not been approved.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Originally published on Essity Newsroom Hygiene and health company Essity’s targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 have been validated by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The roadmap has been developed as part of the U.N. The validation applies to all near- and long-term targets in Scope 1, 2, and 3.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

When operational, this world-first commercial-scale carbon capture plant at a cement facility will enable production of net zero cement, without compromising on the product strength or quality. Due to the inherent emissions of cement production, the sector is dependent on carbon capture and storage to reach net zero.

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3BL Media

MAY 10, 2022

The report, The Changing Climate for Credit Unions , finds that more than 60% of all credit unions—and at least $1.2 trillion in credit union assets—are at physical risk from climate change. The report argues that it is incredibly risky for credit unions to ignore the climate threats with 60% of U.S.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Williams, a globally recognized leader at the nexus of energy technology and policy, brings over 40 years of expertise to support Climate Vault’s mission of verifiably reducing and removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Throughout my career, I’ve worked to advance pioneering solutions that can make a real impact on climate change.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T hree years ago, Canada enshrined its 2050 net-zero target into law. Bringing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions to a level anywhere in the vicinity of zero, net or otherwise, in the next 30 years will require a radical departure from what we’ve seen the last three decades. Such an alignment is possible.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The climate crisis needs climate leadership from businesses now. As the world grapples with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequality and more, the impacts of climate change cannot be ignored. They’re a reminder that climate action cannot wait for calmer times. . Climate Change.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. The Advertising Association has been at the forefront of an industry-wide initiative in the U.K.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 12, 2022

Canada’s pension beneficiaries are increasingly worried about how their pensions are being invested in the face of a rapidly worsening climate crisis. A growing number of Canada’s largest public pension administrators and investment managers have made net-zero-emissions commitments.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 13, 2022

Chris Ballard is a former Ontario minister of housing and environment and climate change and the CEO of Passive House Canada, a national non-profit professional association that advocates for the Passive House high-performance building standard. The latest changes were meant to be based on the model national code released last month.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“These small grants pack a big punch,” says Jennifer Adkins of the Delaware Nature Society, “Each one provides critical resources for a project that provides cleaner water, air, habitat, or energy locally; together they make Delaware and the region healthier today, and more resilient to the negative impacts of climate change in the future.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

And climate change remains a big one. . Infinium, spun out of another company called Greyrock Energy , says because the biofuel (dubbed an "electrofuel") is made with clean energy and CO2, it's a "net-zero carbon" fuel. Amazon aims to clean up aviation. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 01/27/2021 - 02:00.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 26, 2024

In order to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, scientists agree that the world needs to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury. The idea is that if everyone aims for net-zero by 2050 and comes reasonably close to achieving it, the world will be spared a climate nightmare.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As such, attention is likely to quickly turn to alternative avenues for accelerating the development and adoption of the lower-carbon shipping technologies and practices that remain in the pipeline. It is also working to introduce net-zero emissions ships in U.K. was a relatively small player at the IMO.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

As the costs of renewable energy drop and countries begin their march to the better future of net-zero, we believe this pattern will become even more pronounced,” says Corporate Knights CEO Toby Heaps. Heaps predicts the outperformance of sustainable companies is likely to last, even as the pace of change picks up.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The claim accuses RBC of touting its commitments to climate action while continuing to finance fossil fuel development, Ecojustice said in an October 11 release. Climate change disproportionately impacts Indigenous peoples around the world as well as here in Canada.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 , the Government of Canada has invested billions of dollars in practical efforts to lessen the effects of climate change and encourage clean economic growth. Together, a combined green and transition taxonomy can support a holistic approach to achieve a low-carbon transition.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is “unavoidable.” Decarbonisation alone will not be enough to reach net zero, given the volume of historic emissions still in the atmosphere. This shift has changed the conversation entirely. This shift is timely.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

The company has committed to reduce its operational Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, and to achieve net zero by 2050. Hydro, meanwhile, is one of the biggest producers of aluminum in the world, operating in 40 countries, and has committed to making net-zero aluminum by 2050 or earlier.

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