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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

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Reaching net-zero as we grow remains vital. The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement, largely by helping its customers switch to electric vehicles. Go-Ahead Group Ltd Net-zero-aligned transporter Go-Ahead is a U.K.-based

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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

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and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. As of May 2022, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (an international group of asset managers committed to net-zero) had grown to 273 investors who collectively manage US$61.3 But where to find those signs?

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These 50 Canadian corporations are betting big on green

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New figures showed that carbon emissions in 2022 fell to “significantly lower” than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, giving hope that Canada can meet its net-zero commitments. In early May, the federal government announced that Canada had “bent the curve” on climate pollution. of its revenues from delivering greener public transit.

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This is New York's first all-electric skyscraper

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In 2002, he invited three other architects to cooperate on a project to transform five vacant lots in East Brooklyn into 10 attractive low-cost homes – demonstrating his profession’s power to lead social change. New York City architect Jared Della Valle began his career buying and redesigning existing buildings.

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Meet the woman leading Canada’s sustainable finance reform

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There’s a fundamental, bone-deep understanding of quality of life, of integrity and engagement.” When Bardswick was named president and CEO of The Co-operators in 2002, she also became chair of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, a British-based association of “values-led” insurers to which The Co-operators belongs.

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

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Since 2002, Corporate Knights’ ranking of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens has been tracing public and private companies as well as Crown corporations with more than $1 billion in revenues. Companies have also discovered that happy, healthy employees, customers and communities create healthier markets – and happier shareholders.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

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We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector. Slater helped to formulate the second version of the GRI’s sustainability reporting guidelines, published in 2002.

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