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Can Quebec turn its green battery dreams into a reality?

Corporate Knights

And increasingly, the provincial and federal governments have been pouring money into the rest of the supply chain, with investments like the one slated for the green fields in Saint-Basile-le-Grand and McMasterville, a short drive from Montreal. Since 2012, Quebec has offered a healthy rebate for the purchase or lease of an EV.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

However, subsequent Conservative prime ministers – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – “didn’t understand the urgency”, according to the Rt Hon John Selwyn Gummer, Lord Deben, Conservative Party peer and former chair of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) from 2012 to 2023.

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Mondelēz International Scales Up Due Diligence and Sector Collaboration To Promote Human Rights; Releases Annual 2024 Progress Report

3BL Media

Continued to scale human rights due diligence across global operations and supply chains, with ~96% of owned plants and ~98% of prioritized supplier sites audited in the last three years. 1 Trained more than 50,000 colleagues since launching Human Rights Policy in 2021.

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Cisco: Cultivating Skills and Talent for Clean Energy Opportunities

3BL Media

Kara Solar Kara Solar began in 2012 as a dream to build a solar-powered boat. They now support a thriving network of solar transport and energy hubs in Achuar territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon and are beginning to replicate the model with more communities across the Amazon region.

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Sustainability Reporting Adapts to Changing Political Environment

3BL Media

G&A has been publishing annual research on trends in corporate sustainability reporting since 2012 and we are currently analyzing 2024 trends for our next report (to be issued later this year). We expect this research to show continued high levels of sustainability reporting for the largest U.S.

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Boralex tops Canada's Best 50 Corporate Citizens in 2025

Corporate Knights

The Kingsey Falls natural gas plant was sold in 2012, followed by the facility in France. We need to continue to work with the supply chain to incentivize our suppliers to have their own Scope 1 and Scope 2 targets and have innovation and develop technology and things which are better for the environment,” he says.

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Sustainability Reporting Adapts to Changing Political Environment

Sustainability Update

G&A has been publishing annual research on trends in corporate sustainability reporting since 2012 and we are currently analyzing 2024 trends for our next report (to be issued later this year). We expect this research to show continued high levels of sustainability reporting for the largest U.S.