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Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice. Today, 90 percent of S&P 500 companies publish sustainability reports, up from 20 percent in 2011.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

McKinsey & Company declared carbon neutrality in 2018 and has set emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement, including a 60 percent reduction in purchased energy by 2030 and by 90 percent by 2050. It has reduced its direct emissions by 70 percent since 2011, with a pledge to reach 90 percent by 2040.

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Investing in Valuing Nature

3BL Media

Since 2011, scientists, engineers and economists from both Dow and The Nature Conservancy have worked together to analyze the various services that nature provides to our operations and community. Now we are sharing our journey through our newly published blueprint for Valuing Nature.

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AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Pathway

3BL Media

degree Celsius pathway by 2050, in support of the Paris Agreement. (“AB”) (NYSE: AB), a leading global investment and research management firm, has announced its commitment to achieve netzero emissions, working to align its business operations and a range of investment strategies with a 1.5-degree

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Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

Eco-Business

million tonnes of emissions reductions that Indonesia achieved from keeping its forests standing between 2011 and 2018 represents just 4 per cent of its reduction target under the Paris Agreement, a new study calculates.

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Selfridges unveils ambitious initiative incorporating new retail models and an attempt to shift shopping mindsets

Envirotec Magazine

Underpinning Project Earth is a broader commitment to Science Based Targets and to achieve Net-zero carbon by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. Since Project Ocean in 2011, Selfridges has been focused on changing mindsets around sustainability both inside our industry and in conversation with our customer.

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Companies Willing to Provide Biodiversity Data Ahead of COP15

Chris Hall

According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development between 1997-2011 biodiversity and associated ecosystem services losses have already cost an estimated US$4–20 trillion per year in ecosystem services owing to land-cover change and US$6-11 trillion per year from land degradation.

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