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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

Rob Jenkinson is Net Zero Program Manager at Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing firm SKF. Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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Net Zero Leaders Thrive on Climate Risk – Robeco

Chris Hall

The asset manager’s analysis of ‘polluting-minus-clean’ portfolio tracks annualised average returns of climate leaders and laggards. . In periods of rising, stable and subsiding climate concerns and policy uncertainty, the PMC portfolio generated average returns of -4%, 1.3% and 1.4%, respectively.

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Qualcomm’s 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: Driving Innovation, Societal Advancement, and Sustainability

3BL Media

The Company is also continuing efforts that are helping advance us towards our 2040 net-zero target. During this past year, Wireless Reach reached its 2025 goal to positively impacted the lives of over 27 million people since 2006. million students and teachers across the globe through strategic STEM initiatives.

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Qualcomm Incorporated Releases Its Annual Corporate Responsibility Report, Focused on ESG Performance and Progress on Its Goals in 2023

3BL Media

In line with the Company’s conviction to address the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change, the Company continued its efforts to advance toward progressing on its other ambitious climate goals, including reaching net-zero global GHG emissions for Scope 1, 2 and 3 by 2040.

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Fitch Incorporates Low-Carbon Transition Risks Into Credit Scores

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Fitch Ratings, one of the “big three” credit risk rating agencies, is busy identifying “sector exposures to low-carbon transition risks,” with recently-assigned scores reflecting the rating agency’s view of the potential impact of climate change risk on creditworthiness on key sectors.

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Meet the man calling out Big Tech’s climate hypocrisy

Corporate Knights

He spent the first decade of his career as a professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before shifting into the tech sector to land the position of “green energy czar” at Google in 2006 and later acting as director of sustainability for Facebook. Congress has ever taken to tackle climate change.

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