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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Net zero is the near-universal goal of nations, states, provinces, cities, companies, universities and others. The five questions below represent just a sampling of issues surrounding what net zero means — and doesn’t. First, what is net zero? Joel Makower.

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New UN panel looks to hold companies, governments accountable for net-zero pledges

Corporate Knights

Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. In many cases, corporations or local governments don’t yet know how they will achieve net-zero status by 2050.

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Advocates urge regulation of banks’ climate commitments to avoid greenwashing

Corporate Knights

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to regulate climate commitments made by banks and other financial institutions to avoid greenwashing and accelerate change. . The post Advocates urge regulation of banks’ climate commitments to avoid greenwashing appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Is the Competition Bureau's probe into RBC's climate claims a warning to other banks?

Corporate Knights

But Ecojustice lawyer Matt Hulse said Canada’s current regulatory system still requires citizens to play “whack-a-mole” against the behaviour of individual banks, rather than taking a systemic approach to greenwashing and fossil fuel finance. This is disingenuous greenwashing at best, and unlawful at worst.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions.

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Big business puts its industry associations on notice: No more blocking climate policy

Corporate Knights

Today, companies representing 40% of the stock market have committed to science-based targets around reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. . Worse, some have publicly pledged to be net-zero while actively blocking much-needed climate policies on an international scale. .

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OECD Warns of Climate-alignment “Blind Spot”

Chris Hall

The OECD report analysed how the climate alignment of finance globally is assessed, the current degree of alignment, and how financial sector and real economy policies and actions influence alignment with Article 2.1c By 2023, 77 countries had adopted climate-related transparency and information policies, like environmental taxonomies.