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Aflac 2021 Business & Sustainability Report: Environment and Climate Risk Management

3BL Media

In addition, Aflac set the following climate goals: Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions 75% by 2030 from a 2007 baseline. Aflac Incorporated reduced combined Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% from 2007 to 2020. Carbon neutrality in all Scopes by 2040 and net zero emissions by 2050. In 2020, Aflac U.S.

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Ørsted Appoints Ingrid Reumert As Senior Vice President of Group Stakeholder Relations

3BL Media

Ørsted ranks as the world’s most sustainable energy company in Corporate Knights' 2022 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world and is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs 6,672 people. In 2020, the group's revenue was DKK 52.6

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UN Global Compact Network USA Appoints New Executive Director

3BL Media

Network USA was founded in 2007 as the local chapter of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative that calls on companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with the UN Global Compact Ten Principles and the ambition of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

Achieved 42% reduction in carbon emissions intensity from 2007 levels in 2021. Other notable accolades include maintaining double ‘A’s in the 2021 CDP Global A List for corporate climate action and water security. Secured over S$3 billion of sustainable financing since 2017.

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CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

3BL Media

Achieved 42% reduction in carbon emissions intensity from 2007 levels in 2021. Other notable accolades include maintaining double ‘A’s in the 2021 CDP Global A List for corporate climate action and water security. Secured over S$3 billion of sustainable financing since 2017.

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5 Ways Carbon Reporting Benefits Companies?—?and the Environment

B the Change

Report carbon performance data to an outside organization, such as CDP or Sustainalytics. CDP, for example, uses a standard questionnaire for all companies. Research on CDP Shows Flaws?—?but In 2021, more than 13,000 companies completed CDP’s annual questionnaire. For example, in March 2022, the U.S.

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ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave?

GreenBiz

Since the rebound from the 2007-08 financial crisis, it would have taken a singularly motivated unwise investor to lose money in U.S. Prior to the 2007-08 financial crash, ExxonMobil enjoyed a market capitalization in excess of $500 billion. ESG’s arrival at the Big Dance. equity markets. ESG investors were not unwise.