2015 COP26 Greenwashing Net Zero 
Chris Hall
APRIL 12, 2022
The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has set out four guiding principles for financial institutions (FIs) to follow to ensure their net zero strategies are consistent with action required to meet “planetary level” emissions targets, in keeping with wider sustainability and societal climate goals. Addressing greenwashing.
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 23, 2024
Cancelling oil industry greenwash There’s a growing consensus that the PR companies involved in greenwashed campaigns need to be held to account. It dismissed a petition that circulated at COP26, asking it to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. They claim, ‘We’re good corporate actors.
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Carlos Sanchez
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.
We Mean Business Coalition
JUNE 2, 2022
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, thousands of companies have voluntarily set ambitious, science-based emissions reduction targets. Since COP26, some of those jurisdictions (the SEC, EFRAG and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation) have delivered pioneering legislative and standard-setting efforts.
Chris Hall
JUNE 22, 2022
Countries signed up to the Paris Agreement of 2015 set out to limit global warming to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Managers have been under close scrutiny during the current AGM season as their past voting records have not always aligned with their net zero commitments. Phasing down and out .
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), US$4 trillion needs to be invested in renewable energy globally every year by 2030 to achieve net zero by 2050. South Africa signed a JETP at COP26 in Glasgow, which committed France, Germany, the UK, the EU and the US to supporting its clean energy transition through US$8.5
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Suga’s pledge was followed up at COP26 last November when current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised US$10 billion over the next five years to support Asia’s migration from fossil-fuel-fired to zero-emission thermal power, such as ammonia and hydrogen. The post An Increasing Sense of Urgency appeared first on ESG Investor.
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