Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When you look at the oil industry’s efforts to decarbonize, the results are lacklustre. By our count in 2022 – seven years after the Paris Agreement – the vast majority of oil companies still earn less than 1% of their revenue from renewable sources. Other underperformers on our list are U.K.

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3BL Media

MAY 28, 2024

The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial. The power, transport, industry and buildings sectors transition at different speeds based on the technologies available for them to decarbonize, but all see emissions start to fall immediately.

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ESG Today

MARCH 4, 2025

We also engaged EY to confirm that our targets for Aluminium, Automotive Manufacturers, Cement, Commercial Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Power, Shipping, Steel and Coal, meet the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, and are mathematically accurate in reference to third-party scientific scenarios.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

This lesson on the importance of actionable data did not go unnoticed for those of us working on industrial decarbonization. Since then, the asset manager backed two proposals at the annual general meetings of both Chevron and Exxon, related to the manner these companies conduct themselves in relation to Paris Agreement targets.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is the second in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. This type of agreement also helps distribute the project risks, facilitating access to finance. Designing and implementing decarbonization pathways for utilities and private corporations.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

or less in line with the Paris Agreement, it is essential to decarbonize our economy by 2050. And there is no decarbonizing our economy without decarbonizing buildings. According to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in order to limit global warming to 1.5C

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The new targets form part of the company’s commitment, announced in October 2020 , to align its financing activities with the goals of Paris Agreement, and to help clients navigate the challenges and capitalize on the long-term economic and environmental benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon world.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Accelerating decarbonization requires not only innovation, but also advocating for policies that remove barriers and support adoption at scale,” said Scott Tew, vice president of Sustainability, Trane Technologies. As the window for limiting global warming to 1.5°C

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

C as a “survival target” for average global warming, and the meeting recognized that the most technically achievable decarbonization options are also the most economically feasible. But there’s still time to take action if countries pick the right decarbonization options and scale up fast. The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C

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ESG Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

According to Equinor CEO Anders Opedal, the agreement marks a “major milestone for the development of carbon capture, transport and storage,” viewed as a key tool for the decarbonization of heavy industries. From early 2025 we will be shipping the first tonnes of CO2 from the Netherlands to Norway.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

JUNE 2, 2021

From the super-heated factories needed to make steel and cement to the dirty fuel powering container ships and airplanes, these industries are known as Hard-to-Abate sectors. Many countries’ national strategies to meet the Paris Agreement on emissions reduction do not address hard-to-abate sectors. of global GDP by mid-century.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 13, 2025

The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. Shes changed her mind. Is it perfect?

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Corporate Climate Stocktake (CCST), led by the We Mean Business Coalition and supported by the Climate Champions Team and Bain & Company, looks in detail at eight sectors that account for two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions: power, road transport, concrete and   cement, steel, shipping, hydrogen, aviation and agriculture.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In order to secure the rights of current and future generations, societies must transition toward total decarbonization by 2050. C, as specified by the Paris Agreement, and to ensure access to affordable, clean, and reliable energy to all, as specified by SDG 7.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

This year's event built off the learning from the SDSN's Roadmap to 2050 A Manual for National to Decarbonize by Mid-Century report published in partnership with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). The event’s panels on the first day were focused on the decarbonization of the power, transport, industry, and buildings sectors.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The world is not currently on track to achieve the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Targeted action by sector and region This year’s COP28 in Dubai sees the culmination of the first-ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake, which assesses progress made since the Paris Agreement. This political momentum is welcome.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. At 10 percent, industrial heat ranks on par with the combined emissions of cars (about 6 percent), planes (about 2 percent) and ships (about 2 percent). . In time, decarbonizing industrial heat is likely to require an all-of-the above mix of solutions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 27, 2022

Business houses such as the Mahindra Group have been working for several years to decarbonize their own operations and supply chains. Science-based emission reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement gave us, and thousands of other companies, a useful framework to understand how and where we need to reduce emissions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Leading companies are showing what can be done to shift to sustainable aviation fuels or working together in initiatives like the Getting to Zero Coalition to decarbonize shipping and other sectors. . Progress is being made in other hard-to-abate sectors too, thanks to Mission Possible Partnership , First Movers Coalition and others.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The five day online event brought together 74 global technical experts and world-leading scientists, engineers, and innovators from business, academia, and civil society to share knowledge and showcase solutions to maximize climate commitments in the wake of the Paris Agreement.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Restrictions, Brexit regulations, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, extreme weather events and energy shortages impacted supply chains and prevented firms to meet their demand. Among several requirements, companies will need to reach deep decarbonization of 90-95% before 2050. 2 – Carbon Offset Markets price Hike.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

Historically, some 40% of the raw materials entering the site do so by freight ships. In the summer of 2018, these were scraping bottom; cargo traffic was reduced to a trickle, and ships could be only partially laden. You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050. There are clear consequences for business , as well, from supply chain and shipping disruptions to higher costs, changing markets, and regulatory shifts. But progress has to start now.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. those are the pieces that we still need to find.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

We will also continue to support the banking and investment needs of our clients who are engaged in energy transition and in decarbonizing different sectors of the economy. JPMorgan joined the NZBA in October 2021 , shortly after the launch of the alliance. The targets remain in place on the companys website.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

But when Figueres, the renowned Costa Rican diplomat and one of the key orchestrators of the Paris Agreement herself, came on board, via her own organization Global Optimism (“a group of stubborn climate optimists”) — we all sat up to listen. Beating the Paris Agreement’ is a huge statement to make.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In addition to net-zero companies, there are also net-zero buildings , communities , products , farming , factories , supply-chains , even ships. Global net-zero commitments doubled in less than a year and commitments by companies more than tripled, rising from 500 at the end of 2019 to more than 1,500 by September. degrees C pathway.".

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The intention is to align its portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Newsom also was named to a two-year term as co-chair of the Under2 Coalition, a network of states and regions looking to integrate the Paris Agreement goals with a mind to social justice. . On the other side of the U.S., New York Gov.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community. C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . At COP26, focus turned to industrial decarbonization, with several key developments across the harder-to-abate sectors. . C alive, just.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Signs One of the Largest-Ever Nature-Based Deals to Remove 1.5

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Sustainability Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Upon settling in the Oval Office President Joseph Biden quickly returned to the historic Paris Agreement that was abandoned by his predecessor. In focus: clean energy, aviation, shipping, the oceans, the Arctic, sustainable development, and migration (a 2023 critical issue for sure). How are we doing?

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