Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

In the statement it referred to metallurgical coal as “carbon steel materials”, drawing accusations of greenwashing. This leaves it heavily exposed to reputational, regulatory and stranded-asset risk, leading many investors to avoid it. For a carbon-intensive business, Glencore has relatively ambitious climate targets.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. . Senator Rosa Galvez is also critical of the regulator ’ s approach.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

So let’s set the record straight: these shareholder resolutions call for banks to adopt responsible guardrails for transition financing, and to insure against both greenwashing and over-exposure to risky lending practices. Proponents of the resolutions acknowledge the near-term need for fossil fuels.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

For investors and companies with assets within those key biodiversity areas, this raises the issue of stranded assets. Meanwhile, many have opted to retain their stakes and influence in other carbon-intensive firms as their net zero transition plans evolve.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

CCUS and blue hydrogen inclusion seen as slowing Canada’s net zero transition, while finance leaders urge stakeholders to “get on with it”. Produced by Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council (SFAC) , the proposed framework outlines two categories for sustainability-focused investments.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

Leading US banks and insurers will face votes at their upcoming AGMs asking for policies aligned with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero roadmap , after challenges to shareholder resolutions were rejected. . Risk of stranded assets . said Kate Monahan, Director of Shareholder Advocacy? “In targets. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Mobilising public and private capital to fund the net zero transition efforts of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) has been a central theme of discussions at COP27 in Egypt. . Will Kerry’s COP27 initiative drive EMDE energy transition and put voluntary carbon markets on the fast track to credibility? .

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The article took a full six years to finalize after the wider agreement was adopted, with international negotiators expressing grave concern about the risk of greenwashing and human rights violations, particularly for Indigenous and other local communities in the world’s poorest countries. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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