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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

But 40% of the reductions came from divesting, or selling off, dirty assets, which from the atmosphere’s perspective is akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. In terms of sustainable capital expenditures, as a whole the 20 companies projected total sustainable investments of $528 billion (all figures in U.S.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Microsoft launches new multi-framework ESG reporting solution; Goldman Sachs exits Climate Action 100+ as political pressure builds; World Bank issues bond with interest linked to reforestation-based carbon removals; GM signs its largest-yet renewable energy deal; Texas expands its divestment list of financial companies “boycotting” (..)

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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CalSTRS Targets Company Directors on Social, Climate Record

Chris Hall

The fund was previously under pressure to divest from carbon-intensive oil and gas companies but, like other asset owners, CalSTRS is choosing to engage, with divestment serving as a last resort. . If engagement and voting fails to promote positive change amongst investee companies, NBIM has demonstrated its willingness to divest.

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A Principled Stance

Chris Hall

At a time when we should be committing to more climate action, we simply do not have any more time to waste promoting the future production of fossil fuels, which is the ultimate cause of the environmental crisis that we are facing.” “I cannot vote for the [Offshore Petroleum Licensing] bill next week.

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Sustainability is Walking the Runway

Sustainability Update

Outdoor clothing giant Patagonia has been a leader in sustainable fashion, using 100% recycled materials for packaging and catalogues and partnering last year with Eastman, an American chemical company, to create sustainable fibers from unusable pre- and post-consumer textile waste.

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