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Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions Through Project Portfolio Management and Project Selection

Green Project Management

One of our clients recently declared a bold ambition: achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. Amid escalating climate change, achieving net zero carbon emissions has become a crucial goal for many organizations. When we asked for their plan, they replied, “That’s why you guys are here.”

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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success. But any chief sustainability officer will fall short of their responsibility if they simply cite net-zero as a strategic goal. However, at the scale of countries, cities, institutions and companies, defining net-zero emissions is tricky.

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It’s time for investors to demand real net-zero plans from Canada’s energy sector

Corporate Knights

Duncan Kenyon is the director of corporate engagement with Investors for Paris Compliance (I4PC), with over 20 years of environmental, business and climate-change leadership experience. . The good news is that most of Canada’s big oil companies have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Canada’s net-zero opportunities might skip some provinces

Corporate Knights

Canada’s provincial governments need comprehensive net-zero climate strategies to drive growth in the green economy, but some are sending mixed policy signals to the companies that will create tomorrow’s jobs, says a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute. . However, B.C.

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

GreenBiz

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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‘Any delay means risk’: Senator looks to speed up banks’ net-zero journey

Corporate Knights

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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SBTi Releases Initial Draft of New Corporate Net Zero Standard

ESG Today

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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