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Energy Giants Come Under Shareholder Pressure on Emissions

Chris Hall

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. Pressure on Amazon.

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

It has publicly endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the EU’s target of being net-zero by 2050. But companies won’t meet the challenge by dodging it, or lobbying themselves into a corner, surrounded by their own stranded assets.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Back then, I wouldn’t have believed that we would come so far in international collaboration on climate change, such as the Paris Agreement,” he said. For example, agricultural assets may be at risk of stranding because of physical climate impacts such as drought and desertification. It’ll be a mess.”

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Carbon Metrics Key to Investors’ Net Zero Path

Chris Hall

Choosing the right method to measure portfolio emissions is crucial to investors’ alignment with the Paris Agreement, and should reflect their strategy. Reasons are manifold but include better risk management, earlier identification of stranded assets, and the realisation that Paris Agreement goals are in jeopardy.

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Beware the Green Swan

Chris Hall

Almost seven years since the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21, any number of initiatives have been launched with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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ICYMI, Governments and Regulators are Making the Running

Chris Hall

Resolutions calling for Chevron and ExxonMobil to align with the Paris Agreement also failed , albeit gaining more support, while investors did back votes calling for US oil and gas giants to report on their methane emissions and transition risks respectively.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact for business: ambition, action and collaboration.

We Mean Business Coalition

After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. These include a commitment by nations to increase their emissions targets to pursue the 1.5ºC objective of the Paris Agreement and rules for a robust and transparent global carbon market. C alive, just.

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