Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

Divesting from fossil fuels isn’t just good for the planet. billion in returns over the last 10 years by not divesting from fossil fuels. And in 2018, Ireland became the first country to divest its national investment fund completely from fossil fuel companies. It can be good for financial returns, too.

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Divestment Net Zero Sustainable Investment Climate Change 286

Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As a group, over the course of the past decade (2012 to 2021) these 20 companies slashed their net GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 43%, from 862 million tonnes to 489 million tonnes. Divestments (8%). 0.124 Retirements and divestments (100%). 0.124 Retirements and divestments (100%). Divestments (25%).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2022

More than half of divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) last year were the result of unacceptable social and governance-related risks. This can escalate action to voting, and, when necessary, resort to risk-based divestment. Since 2012, this strategy has increased the cumulative return on equity management by 0.44

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Divestment Supply Chains Supply Chain Value Creation 52

Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

EE: The debate about divestment versus engagement in fossil fuels is probably more heated now than ever. MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated. The “clean hands” approach of divestment best expressed the moral outrage of activists over apartheid.

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Divestment Ethical Investment Greenwashing Negative Screening 261

3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

We will fund this in part by expanding our internal carbon fee, in place since 2012 and increased last year, to start charging not only our direct emissions but those from our supply and value chains.”. Maersk Industry: Shipping Headquarters: Denmark. Swire Properties Industry: Real Estate Headquarters: Hong Kong.

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Net Zero Zero Carbon Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Protocol 130

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org I first visited Jacobson at Stanford University in 2012, when my college-touring son sat in on his popular Atmospheric Science class. Jacobson’s Greenhouse-Gas-Free (GHGFREE) Teslas run on solar power, as does his home, built by BoneStructure.

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Climate Change Divestment Academics Development 101

Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

In the US, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (TSCA) came into effect at the beginning of 2012 and applies to retail sellers and manufacturers that do business in the state of California and whose annual gross revenue exceeds US$100 million.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Manufacturing Corporate Social Responsibility 98