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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. A "Digital Technology and the Planet" report from the Royal Society in London recently suggested citizens soon could be use their mobile devices to capture and share emissions data in real time.

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Forget net-zero, businesses should be striving for true zero. Here’s why.

Renewable Energy World

Google, Microsoft, and, a few weeks ago, IBM have all come out with a commitment to 24/7 traceability of their clean energy purchasing to meet their Net Zero goals. Digitalizing the grid means we can measure electricity source and flow in minute detail. The post Forget net-zero, businesses should be striving for true zero.

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Cloud-enabled Sustainability for SMBs

Cisco CSR

But just as importantly, cloud and SaaS have made enterprise-scale digitization available to every player, enabling them to compete at new levels. Digital transformation is rooted in taking advantage of innovative apps that previously required investment in in-house infrastructure. The cloud lets SMBs use these advances as a service.

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Behind My Title of Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer- And What It Means to Be an Impact Company

3BL Media

In 2021, we launched the Zero Carbon Project to help our top suppliers halve their CO2 emissions in less than five years. We couldn’t have initiated such an impactful project if we hadn’t been able to bring together our various experts on the environment, decarbonization, digital services and more.

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New Climate Rules and Guidance for UK Pensions

Chris Hall

PLSA) digital ESG Conference 2022. These new requirements are part of a bigger push right across the economy for new standards on environmental reporting to weed out greenwashing and support our transition to a net zero financial system – for example, through our new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ,” she said.

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ICYMI, This is no Time to Hit the Brakes

Chris Hall

This week, Mark Carney made the case for a faster transition to renewable energy in the face of inflationary and geopolitical headwinds, calling for “a sustainable revolution on the scale of the Industrial revolution and at the pace of the digital transformation”. Does this mean polluters’ net zero plans are now on the right track?

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Asset Owners Seek Clarity on Coal From Glencore

Chris Hall

At the meeting, the US$64.8 billion mining firm faces a shareholder vote on its climate plan , as well as a shareholder resolution requesting disclosure over how its projected thermal coal production aligns with the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.