Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, these emissions are not effectively included in current Science Based Targets because they fall outside the boundaries of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Scope 3 emissions. In fact, the UN Environment Programme reported that the buildings and construction sector account for 37% of emissions globally.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2022

The company has previously come under pressure from shareholders to improve its performance on Paris Agreement alignment. US shareholder action. Reducing Scope 3 emissions, which account for the vast majority of those produced by energy firms, is essential to limiting global heating, the resolution states.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

At the same time, carbon offsetting has come in for criticism for being a substitute for real climate action, distracting from the challenge of cutting emissions from business and industrial processes in line with the targets set out in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. .

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, world governments committed to curbing global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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3BL Media

JULY 14, 2022

The threat posed by climate change is motivating efforts around the world to improve corporate sustainability, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C C under the Paris Agreement. According to The Conference Board, 71% of S&P 500 companies publicly report GHG emissions.[1]

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 13, 2022

But with the world still off-track to achieve the Paris Agreement, should governments intervene? Corporate support for science-based emissions targets has grown exponentially in recent years, with more than 1,200 businesses now having verified their targets voluntarily. From disclosure to transformation.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Greenhouse gases can be removed through natural processes, like growing trees, or potentially through new technologies, like “direct air capture” or underground carbon sequestration. The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050.

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