Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

A lack of engagement with key stakeholders and timing of greenwashing investigation among criticisms levelled at European Supervisory Authorities. Enforcement needed to tackle greenwashing Fixler said on LinkedIn that these actions “did more to tackle greenwashing than the entirety of SFDR [EU Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation].”

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ESG Today

JUNE 21, 2023

By: Rob Fisher, Maura Hodge, and Bridget Beals, KPMG From top companies committing to net-zero emissions targets to national and international bodies crafting standards and regulations, reporting on ESG topics is quickly becoming a norm of doing business in 2023. Greenhushing refers to a company’s refusal to publicize ESG information.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Several of these funds also tackle broader social and environmental themes alongside the energy transition, which has led to inconsistent definitions and approaches across strategies. There are now over 100 transition-labelled funds, but investors can’t yet be sure they will keep their promises.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

Definition. Bill MacDonald , Energy Transition Leader for Antea Group USA, offers a concise definition of energy transition: “A period of energy transition is defined by the adoption of a new primary energy system. Definition. Definition. Definition. Energy Transition. Low-Carbon. Decarbonization. Why it Matters.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. The first-ever mention of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in COP final text was regarded as a major milestone on the path to net zero, even by those who acknowledged its multiple caveats.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). A total of 40% of survey respondents had committed to net zero emissions, compared with none the previous year.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Net Zero Insurance Alliance plan leaves door open to greenwashing, claim campaigners. A three-pronged framework to guide insurance firms to net zero by 2050 was unveiled at Davos yesterday as proof the industry could “walk the talk” on net zero transition. Left to own discretion.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers, grant schemes for transition bonds and loans, and ISSB-aligned disclosures included in action plan. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched a net zero transition financing plan as part of the city-state’s climate and sustainability agenda.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities today (November 8, 2022) released a new report. A response from María Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition: “ Businesses want clear standards and rules that define what net zero means.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transition” refers to activities that do not meet the green thresholds now but are on a pathway to net zero or contributing to net zero outcomes. The measures in sum: The package of measures is intended to improve trust and transparency in the market for sustainable investment products and minimize greenwashing.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The new guidelines detail the process and definitions behind the oil and gas subsidy phaseout. The definition covers initiatives that support fossil fuel consumption or activities, and funding that disproportionately benefits the fossil fuel sector. Given the persistent technical problems still facing CCS, that may not be likely.

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Sphera

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Members of the SCC must commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, as well as meeting the 1.5-degree Semiconductors will be key to enabling the clean energy technology that will be instrumental to transitioning to a net-zero future. To achieve net zero emissions by 2050, we’ll need guidelines on how to get there.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

To achieve this goal, participants agreed that GHG emissions must be halved by 2030 and fall to “net-zero”—meaning that emissions still being generated are offset by reduction of the same amount elsewhere—by 2050. 2°C reduction target, on the way to achieving science-based net zero targets by 2050. Net-zero targets.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Market participants flag importance of double materiality to enhance Article 8/9 definition alignment, stress need to recognise transition strategies. Risk of uncertainty French asset manager Mirova’s response said the current definition of Article 8 products is “too broad”, while the definition of Article 9 is “too narrow”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 10, 2023

ShareAction launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across the financial sector and help prevent greenwashing and misleading claims. The first guidance paper has been published this week, on setting interim net zero targets.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

David Byrns, Portfolio Manager at American Century, explains why transition investing is fundamental to achieving net zero. But the range of transition planning frameworks being developed to support organisations on their path to net zero is inevitably driving demand for assets turning from brown to green.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. o C remains highly uncertain. Navigating without a road map.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Speaking at COP27 in Egypt last year, UN Secretary General António Guterres was clear: “the criteria and benchmarks for… net zero commitments have varying levels of rigor, and loopholes wide enough to drive a diesel truck through. We must have zero tolerance for net zero greenwashing.” C within reach.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

They opened the conversation by saying they already had a strategy in mind: to pursue a certification called “ Climate Neutral ,” and as part of that, buy offsets so that they could claim “net-zero” emissions status. I spent the next hour explaining why I thought that was a terrible idea.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4

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Sphera

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Amid record-breaking inflation, only one in five consumers would definitely pay extra for green products and only 13% see sustainability as deciding factor in product choice. Only 18% of consumer respondents described themselves as very knowledgeable about sustainability, climate change and net zero. . About Sphera .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) will be delivering half of the financial commitments made to Indonesia and Vietnam. South Africa’s electricity system currently depends on coal for more than 80% of its power; the partnership is estimated to prevent between one to 1.5

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Net zero investors do not start with a blank piece of paper. A purist definition of investing only in green assets doesn’t go anywhere near far enough to decarbonise the planet – brown, or transition assets, have to be tackled,” says Brian Hensley, Partner at specialist climate policy consultancy Kaya Advisory. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

The government is putting together a comprehensive investment plan (CIP) to fund its net-zero aim. For the power sector alone, state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara has repeatedly stated a need for at least US$500 billion to reach its net-zero goal by 2060, far surpassing the state budget’s funding capacity.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Taxonomies define economic activities aligned with sustainability goals across multiple sectors and provide guidance to corporates and investors with an aim to mitigate greenwashing. The EU Taxonomy was among the first such tools, with its governing Regulation entering into force on 12 July 2020.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk of greenwashing. This information is crucial in light of the estimated US$130 trillion of private sector funding pledged to achieve 2050 net zero GHG emissions targets. Importantly, definitions of ESG-related factors should be clear and aligned with what any rating or score intends to measure.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

First, there was something of a stock-take on the whole subject in November, in a report from the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance, the 80-strong UN-sponsored group with US$11 trillion under management. Elsewhere, it added, index providers should supply net-zero aligned benchmarks and asset owners should use them.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Clarity and interoperability GTAG has recommended that the UK government confirms the purpose of its approach and definition of DNSH within its H2 2023 consultation for the UK taxonomy to provide market clarity and promote international interoperability.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No country in the region has made reporting against the frameworks mandatory, further increasing greenwashing risk and due diligence costs. A comprehensive taxonomy can mitigate the risk of greenwashing by enforcing stringent requirements and maintaining transparency.” It should also mandate compliance and reporting.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No country in the region has made reporting against the frameworks mandatory, further increasing greenwashing risk and due diligence costs. A comprehensive taxonomy can mitigate the risk of greenwashing by enforcing stringent requirements and maintaining transparency.” It should also mandate compliance and reporting.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2023

“We might expect some decrease because Chubb announced its new underwriting restrictions for conservation areas and a programme to stop methane leaks and flaring, but that’s not the same as quantifying emissions and contemplating a net zero goal,” she told ESG Investor. And frankly is greenwashing.

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Just Capital

MARCH 10, 2022

Cyrus Taraporevala: When it comes to our proxy guidelines and ESG issues, by definition these are long-term issues that go over many, many, many years. We are pushing our portfolio companies to tell us not whether they want to get to net zero, but also as importantly tell us how are they going to get there.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Green bonds – which fund projects that foster a net-zero emissions economy, protect the environment or improve resilience and adaptation to climate change – have become more prominent as issuers meet investor demand for strategies linked to sustainability objectives. “We Moving the goalposts.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Concise Oxford Dictionary offers two definitions of “windfall”. Then there is the over-arching question of how such taxes fit in to the universally accepted need for the world economy to move to a net-zero position. One is “an apple or other fruit blown from a tree by the wind”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. Impact investment is the next step along, because by definition it involves measuring rigorously the impact that you create.

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