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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative . CDL will also reduce its Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services by 41% per sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA) by 2030 from 2016.

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CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

3BL Media

Raised Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions intensity reduction target to 63% from new baseline year 2016, validated by Science Based Targets initiative. CDL will also reduce its Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services by 41% per sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA) by 2030 from 2016.

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US$80 Billion at Risk as Firms’ Deforestation Efforts Fall Short

Chris Hall

“Major gaps” in traceability, supplier engagement and monitoring highlighted in analysis of disclosures to CDP. An analysis of voluntary submissions by 675 companies to environmental disclosure platform CDP found that 211 businesses had reported forest-related risks of US$79.2 billion across their operations and supply chains.

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Companies Must Show Accountability for Biodiversity Impacts

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: As 22 May marked the International Day of Biological Diversity , we are less than eight years away from the 2030 deadline to reverse biodiversity loss, which was internationally reaffirmed at November’s COP26 climate conference. A revised standard for biodiversity impacts.

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Dawn of a Renewable Era

Chris Hall

At COP26, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to reduce the country’s emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030 and promised to raise the percentage of renewables in its energy mix to 50%, growing India’s non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade, achieving 175 GW by the end of 2022. .

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. At COP26 in Glasgow, Australia refused to commit to phasing out coal. This explainer looks at the state of play in Australia and the role of investors in accelerating its transition to a low-carbon economy.

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A Dignity First Corporate Demand for Climate Action

Sustainable Round Table

CDP, “New report shows just 100 companies are source of over 70% of emissions,” July 10, 2017. To answer that question, in the final days of COP27, I published Dignity First Climate Leadership. link] Oxford Language : Dignity: the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.