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COP26 Achieves Methane Milestone - Corporates Must Act, Across Value Chains

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The COP26 summit in Glasgow received mixed reactions from activists and onlookers, with many arguing that national leaders remain too lax on a time-bound strategy for halting global warming to 1.5°C Tweet me: At #COP26, more than 100 countries promised to cut their methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. SOURCE: EcoVadis.

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Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

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SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Governmental Pledges. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Private Sector Initiatives.

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Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain

ESG Today

Global food and beverage company Danone announced a new sustainability commitment to tackle a major source of its greenhouse gas footprint, with an action plan to achieve a 30% absolute reduction in methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 2030.

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UK Government appoints Arup as sustainability consultant for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

COP26 is to be held at the SEC, Glasgow, in November 2021. The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it achieve its ambition of delivering a sustainable summit.

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Climate change: Mars and PepsiCo offer lessons in decarbonization, call for a ‘redesign’ of supply chains

Environmental News Bits

With world leaders vowing increased scrutiny over businesses’ climate policies at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and regulators crafting disclosure rules to increase transparency around firms’ climate risk profiles, executives are scrambling to accurately map their carbon footprint. Read the full story from Yahoo Finance.

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Corporations promise to go deforestation-free – again

Corporate Knights

“Reflecting on the past 10 years, we learned that solely focusing on individual supply chains and relying on certification will not drive the full-sector transformation needed to end deforestation,” FPC’s 2021 report noted. A lack of meaningful progress hasn’t created a great deal of trust amongst our valued stakeholders. There are 1.6

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Ericsson's Responsible Management of Suppliers

3BL Media

The enhanced program is designed to secure effective identification and management of potential bribery and corruption risks in the supply chain and in sales. The most significant environmental aspects identified in the supply chain are associated with suppliers’ carbon footprint and the generation of waste.