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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. . billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. .
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All Systems go for Net Zero
Chris Hall
JANUARY 3, 2024
C, and investee companies are not yet facing full scrutiny of their net zero transition strategies, posing challenges for institutional investors committed to decarbonising their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement. Others might set a target for some or all portfolio companies to be net zero aligned by 2030.
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Burberry’s Net Zero Emissions Goals Approved by SBTi
ESG Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Burberry is the first luxury fashion brand to receive approval by the initiative for its net zero emissions target. SBTi is one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting climate change. by 2030, from a 2019 baseline.
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Singapore Central Bank Guides Investors, Banks to Avoid Divestment Approach to Net Zero
ESG Today
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the central bank and financial regulator of Singapore, announced today the issuance of a set of consultation papers with proposed guidelines on net zero transition planning for financial institutions, including banks, insurers and asset managers.
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How To Make Climate Positive An Achievable Company Goal
Impakter
AUGUST 29, 2022
How To Make Climate Positive An Achievable Company Goal. Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. That means more companies must strive to be “climate positive” and go […]. That means more companies must strive to be “climate positive” and go […].
Luxury brand Burberry targets supply chain emissions in bid to become climate positive by 2040
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 22, 2021
Luxury brand Burberry announced a new environmental sustainability initiative today, committing to go exceed its current 2040 net zero target, to become climate positive by that time. Read the full story at ESG Weekly.
From Net Zero to Net Positive
Sustainable Round Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Meanwhile, sustainability professionals are helping thousands of communities and enterprises chart paths to Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions wherein countries, communities and enterprises commit to removing as much carbon from the atmosphere as they place into it. Fortunately, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (SR
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From Net Zero to Net Positive
Sustainable Round Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Meanwhile, sustainability professionals are helping thousands of communities and enterprises chart paths to Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions wherein countries, communities and enterprises commit to removing as much carbon from the atmosphere as they place into it. Fortunately, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (SR
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What it takes for small and growing businesses to transition to Net Zero
We Mean Business Coalition
APRIL 23, 2022
He recently attended a webinar focused on ‘net-zero’, or achieving a balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere. C and avoid the worst effects of climate change without bringing small businesses on the journey to net zero, and providing the necessary support for the transition.
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2020 was the year that…
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 28, 2020
And then there’s the opportunity for companies to offset their emissions, since trees are a natural climate solution that can help draw down greenhouse gases, especially firms adopting net-zero commitments (see below). Net-zero commitments found infinite potential. BP announces net-zero by 2050 ambition.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company - 'Climate Positive' by 2050: PG&E's New Climate Strategy Report Outlines Targets and Milestones on Path to Net Zero Emissions and Beyond
Global Renewable News
JUNE 8, 2022
Today (June 8), Pacific Gas and Electric.
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BCG Signs 15-Year, 80,000 Ton DAC Carbon Removal Deal
ESG Today
DECEMBER 14, 2023
DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage. commitment to achieve net zero climate impact by 2030.
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InfluenceMap: Pro-climate Lobbying Can Overcome Resistance
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Investors are increasingly alert to lobbying by portfolio companies against climate-positive legislation, but their increased scrutiny is helping to highlight best practice in advocacy in favour of laws supporting the net zero transition. Nevertheless, think tank InfluenceMap, which tracks all forms of climate-related lobbying, is encouraging more (..)
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BCG Signs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal to Eliminate 100,000 Tons of CO2 Emissions
ESG Today
MAY 7, 2024
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and low carbon solutions provider World Energy announced today a new 5-year agreement for the purchase by BCG of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) as part of the company’s efforts to achieve its net zero climate goals. by 2025, on a 2018 basis.
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UK-wide Plan Needed to Boost Climate Investments – Phoenix
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
“Investors really need to see a basket of interventions and solutions being implemented to properly unlock finance [into climate solutions]. But a UK-wide transition plan is perhaps the most crucial because it sets the scene and gives [investors and companies] long-term certainty to deliver net zero,” Gardner added.
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Burberry Steps Out With New £300m Sustainability Loan
3BL Media
MARCH 3, 2022
Burberry has strengthened its resolve to be climate positive by 2040 by refinancing a credit facility to a £300m Sustainability Linked Loan. Burberry plans to become net zero by 2040 and will invest in nature-based projects with carbon benefits to restore and protect natural ecosystems and boost the livelihoods of global communities.
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BCG Signs One of Largest Ever DAC Carbon Removal Deals
ESG Today
JUNE 21, 2023
DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage. According to last year’s IPCC climate change mitigation study, scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C
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Logitech Products to be carbon neutral this year, company aims to remove more carbon than it creates
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Consumer electronics company Logitech announced today a series of new climate goals, including having all products and operations achieve neutrality this year, achieving net zero emissions by 2030, and ultimately becoming “climate positive,” by removing more carbon than creating. Read more →
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Stewardship a “Critical Component” of Border to Coast’s Climate Strategy
Chris Hall
AUGUST 22, 2024
Following its first year of climate direct engagement, UK scheme also emphasises partnership as helping asset owners act at scale. billion) of investments on behalf of 11 LGPS funds – released its latest Climate Change Report alongside its annual Responsible Investment (RI) and Stewardship Report. billion (US$68.8
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BCG Buys Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from CO2 from Twelve
ESG Today
MAY 17, 2024
We are excited to partner with BCG via the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance and leverage the SAFc Registry to accelerate the roadmap toward net zero emissions.”
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Oregon Leads Way on US Climate Plans
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Oregon State Treasurer disclosed plans earlier this month to transition the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s portfolio (OPERF) to net zero, as more US states prepare to launch transition plans for their public pension funds.
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Phoenix Group: Governments Key to 2030 Climate Goals
Chris Hall
MAY 25, 2023
The large UK asset owner releases its first net zero transition plan, warning longer-term goals will be difficult without robust policy support. trillion investment portfolio through tilting its portfolio toward climate-positive investments and increasing its stewardship efforts with carbon-intensive investee companies.
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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022
Just Capital
APRIL 22, 2022
The company’s climate commitment is a verified 1.5 degree Science Based Target , and is informed by its goal to reach net zero emissions by 2030 across its operations and supply chains and its analysis on the carbon impact of remote work. C Science Based Target Net zero by 2030 target. Verified 1.5°C Mastercard.
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Corporations must change climate obstructionist industry associations from within
Corporate Knights
JUNE 28, 2022
The window to take action on climate change is closing. The global scientific community now has the official backing of hundreds of government and business leaders who agree that we must transition to a net-zero-carbon economy, and yet getting strong climate regulations in place has proven a challenge. C campaign.
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Turn Commitments into “Hard Numbers”, says GFANZ’s Carney
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Financial institutions need to segment their portfolios into transition, net zero-aligned and stranded assets and develop clear emissions reduction plans in line with recognised 2030 and 2050 targets, said Mark Carney, Founder and Co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Heading for the exit?
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UK Pensions Set to Support Emerging Markets’ Climate Transition
Chris Hall
MAY 12, 2022
“We hold government debt, shares and bonds, and invest in many companies [in emerging markets] that have committed to net zero – so what’s holding pension funds back?” Fundamentally, it’s often misconceptions and a lack of knowledge about what it means to support the climate transition in emerging economies.
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Take Five: Shock and Gore at Davos
Chris Hall
JANUARY 20, 2023
A framework published by the GFANZ-aligned Net Zero Insurance Alliance, aimed at guiding the insurance sector to net zero, was coolly received by some, citing loopholes and a general lack of urgency. Science-based net zero transition pathways only recommend residual emissions be offset through carbon credits.
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Demystifying the ?Absolute Zero? concept
GreenBiz
MAY 29, 2020
The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts.
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New Climate Rules and Guidance for UK Pensions
Chris Hall
MARCH 10, 2022
UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. “We
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Here’s How You Remain Competitive: Optimization and Digitalization
3BL Media
MARCH 14, 2024
By mobilizing our ecosystem for a more climate positive world, we estimate our solutions will have saved and avoided 100 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year by 2025. Many of these significant advances towards a climate positive world will be on display. In the future, sustainability is what will keep you in the loop.
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Take Five: Onwards and Upwards
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 20, 2023
First, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance told us of a steepening uphill struggle, but an effective one driven by target-setting across activities and sectors. The end of the beginning – The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance also urged further efforts to “reform the current multilateral financial architecture”.
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Larry Fink says accelerate. He needs to say it much louder
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
As Greta Thunberg so pithily observed at #DigitalDavos, instead of corporate blather about " hypothetical targets and net-zero loopholes ," we need every cent going in a new direction as we crawl out of the pandemic economic crisis. He wants us to embrace the opportunity of climate change and investing; climate risk is investment risk.
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Sport Positive Summit Brings Together Sports Organisations To Discuss Action and Ambition on Climate Change, and Calls for Cooperation
3BL Media
OCTOBER 13, 2022
As global sport is being increasingly affected by climate change, the Sport Positive Summit brought together international sports stakeholders that have signed the UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action Framework to discuss possibilities, good practices and solutions, and inspire more people to join them in the mission towards a lower-carbon future.
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GenZero, BCG Launch Climate Impact Measurement Framework for Investors
ESG Today
JUNE 7, 2023
Frederick Teo, Chief Executive Officer, GenZero, said: “To properly assess the impact of our climate action and investments, we need a shared understanding and consensus on how we measure, track and report decarbonisation.
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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The SLBs link attractive financing to the realization of previously announced goals to achieve a 50% reduction of absolute GHG emissions by 2025 from our current 2014 baseline and reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Zero Emissions Transportation Association . ENGAGING ON POLICY. Clean Energy Buyers Association.
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Investors Warned of Six Shades of Greenwashing
Chris Hall
JANUARY 18, 2023
The challenge for investors and regulators of identifying exaggerated claims by firms about their transition to sustainable and climate-positive practices has grown rapidly.
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Singapore Finalises Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 4, 2023
As such, the introduction of amber thresholds caters to vessels that are aligned with industry targets under the 2023 International Maritime Organisation Greenhouse Gas Strategy to reach net zero emissions by or around 2050, which sets intermediate targets of reducing emissions by at least 20% and striving for 30% by 2030 compared to 2008 levels.
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Take Five: Copernicus Calling
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The hosts underlined the need to match climate ambition with the development objectives of the Global South, while Saudi Arabia and Russia chiselled in the background to secure a role for fossil fuels in the net zero future, as they had in July , with support from the now leaderless Chinese.
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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
On top of this, dozens of nations committed to supporting electric vehicle (EV) adoption and funding programs for climate-positive projects. There now are more than 215 global companies that have joined industry leaders such as Amazon, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft and Unilever in signing the Climate Pledge.
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Delays Stoke Doubt Over UK Green Finance Policies
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
A separate letter was submitted by the CEOs of more than 100 global corporates with a UK presence, calling on Truss to tie her growth plans to a net zero and nature positive investment agenda. Greater dependence on fossil fuels makes no sense from an economic or climate perspective. Structural reforms to energy market.
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Cultural Changemakers Have a Powerful Role in Promoting Climate Action
3BL Media
DECEMBER 1, 2022
On the live entertainment front, The Lumineers — a Grammy-nominated band co-founded by vocalist Wesley Schultz — are among those leading the way in this space, headlining one of the world’s first “climate-positive” tours in 2020. We were on a journey to become zero-waste, but now it’s a forever journey,” Armenakian said.
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When it comes to water, are we stewards or security guards?
Sustainability Matters
MARCH 31, 2023
Net Zero by 2032 Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet today, and it’s putting unprecedented pressure on our water supplies. The aim is not only to use water responsibly but also to manage it in a way that benefits both the environment and the community.
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Investing to reduce construction and demolition waste and boost Australia's circular economy
Sustainability Matters
JUNE 19, 2023
Brisbane aims to implement a comprehensive sustainability strategy to achieve a climate-positive Olympic Games 1 , with developers looking for ways to handle the waste that is being generated from expansion.
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