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Eight Myths Debunked

Chris Hall

By the start of 2022, over 80 countries representing nearly 75% of global emissions had made public commitments to achieve net-zero emissions. The GHG Protocol provides a family of greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards that began with the ground-breaking Corporate Standard, launched in 2001.

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Not as Green as it Seems

Chris Hall

We’ve already heard from the likes of Bosch, Dell, Google and Meta/Facebook about their ‘net zero by 2030’ targets and plans for getting there. This database was first compiled by the Climate Accountability Institute back in 2013 and is kept up to date through collaboration with disclosure platform CDP today.

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Safeguarding Our Forests

Chris Hall

Research shows that forests absorbed twice the amount of CO2 they emitted between 2001 and 2019, sequestering 7.6 As a growing number of asset owners commit to transitioning their investments to net zero, they are becoming increasingly aware of how deforestation threatens the realisation of their decarbonisation targets. . “We

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ESG Explainer: Halting Deforestation

Chris Hall

Globally from 2001 to 2020, a total of 411Mha of tree cover was lost, equivalent to a 10% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 165Gt of CO? Analysis of more than 550 companies by sustainability disclosure platform CDP suggests the business world is “too slow” to act on deforestation.

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

Meadows died too young in 2001, but her work has grown increasingly more important, as it was focused on systems change to avert environmental collapse. The White House, “By The Numbers: The Inflation Reduction Act,” August 15, 2022.