ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This week in ESG news: Australia passes mandatory climate reporting law; Google signs carbon removal deal at landmark $100/ton price; Bain survey finds CEOs losing focus on sustainability as it becomes more important to consumers and corporate buyers; SEC fines Keurig over coffee pod recycling claims; Oracle launches sustainability data and reporting (..)

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ESG Today

MAY 12, 2024

This week in ESG news: Microsoft signs record-breaking carbon removal deal; EY survey finds over half of CEOs say sustainability a higher priority vs one year ago; BCG sustainable aviation deal to cut 100,000 tons of emissions; ERM launches carbon credit consulting business; KKR & HASI launch $2 billion sustainable infrastructure investment partnership; (..)

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. Zero or near-zero GHG emission technologies, fuels and/or energy sources must represent at least 5% (striving for 10%) of the energy used by international shipping by 2030, the IMO has pledged.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

Basically, nature positive is biodiversity’s net zero with a critical difference: While net zero is a destination, nature positive is a journey. This year, for the first time, a company was excluded from an investment fund on the basis of biodiversity. No entity can ever claim to be “nature positive.”

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

US reentry to Paris agreement adds momentum to cities’ sustainability efforts (Source: The Hill ). Climate Envoy John Kerry, investors, and banks to highlight growing net-zero momentum in U.S. finance (Source: Ceres ). 310 Businesses and Investors Support U.S.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2020 alone, said the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA). Crucially, the bill includes a planned US$369 billion in investment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fund the upscaling of domestic renewable energy sources. It produced 5.99 To put this into context, the world produced 34.81

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the potential rollback of climate policies, to fears of a hostile environment for sustainable investing, to threats of the US leaving the Paris Agreement once more – speculation has been rife. The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidential office will have sent shivers down many an ESG investor’s spine.

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