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Use of Employee Incentives to Hit Climate Goals More than Doubles Over Past Year: Accenture

ESG Today

The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement. over the prior year, after growing from 27% in 2021.

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Could cell-cultured human milk be the way to decarbonize baby formula?

Corporate Knights

One study that focused on the emissions of powdered formula specifically, published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine, found that in 2016, sales of powdered baby formula were responsible for 70,256 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in Canada, 435,820 tons in Mexico and 655,956 tons in the U.S. That equates to more than 1.16

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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. For years, Figueres, who served as executive secretary of the UNFCCC from 2010 to 2016 and played a pivotal role in crafting the 2015 Paris Agreement, argued that fossil fuel companies belonged in climate policy negotiations.

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Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production to Double in 2025, IATA Says

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Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues, SAF is seen as one of the key tools to help decarbonize the aviation industry in the near- to medium-term. trillion should not be the aim or the result of decarbonization policies.

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Could cell-cultured human milk be the way to decarbonize baby formula?

Corporate Knights

One study that focused on the emissions of powdered formula specifically, published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine, found that in 2016, sales of powdered baby formula were responsible for 70,256 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in Canada, 435,820 tons in Mexico and 655,956 tons in the U.S. That equates to more than 1.16

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Could lab-grown breast milk be the way to decarbonize baby formula?

Corporate Knights

One study that focused on the emissions of powdered formula specifically, published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine, found that in 2016, sales of powdered baby formula were responsible for 70,256 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in Canada, 435,820 tons in Mexico and 655,956 tons in the U.S. That equates to more than 1.16

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S&P Global Appoints Lauren Smart as Head of Sustainability Unit Sustainable1

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Smart joined S&P Global through the companys 2016 acquisition of carbon and environmental data and risk analysis company Trucost, which she joined as a startup. She was chosen as part of the start up team for Sustainable1 in 2020, and has been serving at the sustainability-focused unit as Chief Commercial & Market Engagement Officer.

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