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degrees Celsius goal of the ParisAgreement; to develop and implement a plan to reduce “the carbon footprint and the environmental impact” of any products or services provided to Salesforce; and to publicly disclose their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. He welcomed the nudge from Salesforce.
C, as set out in the Paris Climate Agreement – and we are already too close to this threshold,” said Carsten Knobel, CEO of Henkel. This document includes supplemental financial indicators that are not clearly defined in the applicable financial reporting framework and that are or may be alternative performance measures.
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C trajectory of the ParisAgreement. 3M has been documenting and reporting scope 1 and 2 inventory since 2002 and has been developing its scope 3 emissions inventory since 2011 in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.
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of the ParisAgreement will realise the potential of carbon markets globally, but progress remains slow. Finalisation of Article 6.2, Supervisory Body has been discussing the operationalisation of the promised international carbon crediting mechanism, including underpinning methodologies and greenhouse gas (GHG) removals guidance.
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