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The US SEC Proposes Landmark Climate-Related Disclosures

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The UK’s disclosures requirements have been based on the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), founded in 2015 by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to improve and increase climate-related financial information reporting.

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New Report Highlights MetLife's Integrated Strategy To Build a More Sustainable Future

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In the report, MetLife also provides information on its commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the company’s global operations and general account investment portfolio by 2050 or sooner.[1] Emissions are tracked and reported in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

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Can Remanufacturing Build the Industrial-Sized Circular Economy?

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Remanufacturing can help companies reduce the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1, 2, and especially 3 emissions that make up a significant percentage of carbon debt in their products. At the same time, given increasing regulations, manufacturers have to calculate whether the energy consumption for one-time-use goods is profitable.

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Putting Sustainability at the Heart of ERP

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At SAP, we integrate sustainability data into cloud ERP business processes, which helps companies connect financial and non-financial information and thus treat carbon like money. By reducing the manual effort involved in mapping emission factors, businesses can achieve more precise measurements and make informed decisions faster.

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ESG Practitioners Detail Top Reporting Challenges and Opportunities

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63% state that formal stakeholder engagement informs ESG materiality to a significant extent. For more information, view an infographic with key findings or download the full survey results here. Three: Apprehension around the ‘E’ in ESG. Stakeholders are calling for more detailed and uniform data related to ESG.

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FedEx Launches Tool Enabling Customers to Track Shipping Emissions

ESG Today

Created by the company’s data-focused unit FedEx Dataworks, the new solution calculates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, using a methodology that follows the WRI’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and includes industry standard emission factors, utilities and transportation specific operational metrics.

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Enabling a Sustainable Chip Industry Requires a Long-Term Vision and Near-Term Actions

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In terms of Scope 3 emissions—those generated across our entire value chain—Applied has focused on establishing benchmarks and priorities that can inform future action. Using 2019 as a baseline, we found that Use of Sold Products (Category 11) represents the lion’s share—nearly 80 percent—of our Scope 3 emissions.