Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

While publicly traded companies often dominate the headlines, private companies are a much larger part of the global economy. Last year, it attracted $575 million in investments to help it roll out its decarbonization plan and announced that all new customers will be powered by 100% renewable energy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The analysis, " Banking on Climate Chaos 2021 ," underscores that while overall fossil fuel financing did tumble significantly in 2020, the total amount of financing provided to fossil fuel firms in 2020 was still more than $40 billion higher in 2020 than in 2016, at $750 billion. Decarbonization. Finance & Investing. Business Green.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The steel industry contributes directly to 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2016, the HYBRIT project was launched as a joint venture between utility Vattenfall , iron ore producer LKAB and steelmaker SSAB. Both Vattenfall and LKAB are owned by the Swedish state, while SSAB was privatized in 1994.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. Electricity Supply Board Ireland aims to decarbonize its electricity system by 2040.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 27, 2021

GW in 2019 – the first year-on-year drop since 2016. Kyle Harrison, BNEF senior associate and the lead author of the report, commented: “Corporations faced a wave of adversity in 2020 – internal corporate functions were disrupted on the outset of the pandemic, and many companies saw revenues plummet as global economies buckled.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In addition, new regulations around decarbonization, deforestation and forced labor require major multinationals to implement technology for transparency and traceability in many aspects of global supply chain operations. In January 2021, the United States seized over $1 billion worth of goods with suspected ties to forced labor.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) successfully brought together climate experts, NGOs, and high-level government delegates to operationalize the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

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