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Achieving Net-Zero Is More Than Setting Targets

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: When the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) was launched in 2015, the goal was to recruit 100 companies. Now, almost 2,900 are on track to reach the targets set by SBTi for how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

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Biogas trade bodies and companies call for an urgent rethink on GHG Protocol guidance for corporate biomethane use reporting

Envirotec Magazine

Over 50 biogas and biomethane trade associations and companies from around the world have written to the World Resources Institute (WRI), administrator of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol , 1 calling for a rethink of its position on the use of biomethane certificates for greenhouse gas reporting by corporate gas users.

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Eight Myths Debunked

Chris Hall

It follows an extensive request for information during which 70% of investors called for TCFD-based disclosure , including its recommendation to use Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards for disclosing corporate GHG emissions. Myth 1: Climate change isn’t a financial risk . Myth 1: Climate change isn’t a financial risk .

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Not as Green as it Seems

Chris Hall

The software market is also faring poorly for ‘Scope 2 emissions Intensity’ which captures GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam by the company, as categorised by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, divided by the company’s revenue. in 2014 rising to 6.66 Scope 3 reporting.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

Net zero is achieved when “the emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere are balanced by removals over a specified period ,” according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050.

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Creating a Business Climate Action Plan Centered in Justice

B the Change

Developing Tools and Practices for Business Climate Action Heather Schrock, Director of Environmental Partnerships at the Bonneville Environmental Foundation , provided a look at the greenhouse gas protocols framework. And we understand that since sustainability costs money, we need to put money toward these efforts.”

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Sustainable Agriculture Comes Full Circle With Data Science

3BL Media

Indigo Ag’s Market+ Source program in particular links up farmers, agribusinesses, and food and apparel companies to source sustainable crops and quantify impact throughout the entire supply chain. Scope 3 programs cannot succeed without the partnership of many supply chain partners.