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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Corporate procurement requirements are decarbonizing supply chains. José Miguel Salazar. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 01:00. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Photo courtesy of José Miguel Salazar.

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Getting to Grips With Sustainability in the Supply Chain

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DESCRIPTION: Covid-19 has instigated significant changes in global procurement and supply chain operations. The global lockdowns exposed supply chain weaknesses, which were pervasive even before the pandemic, especially sub-par labor practices. Understanding supply chain complexity.

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Walmart, Ørsted, and Schneider Electric Announce First Cohort for Renewable Energy Supply Chain Program: Gigaton PPA

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More than 4,500 suppliers globally are engaged in Project Gigaton™ and as of 2021, those suppliers report having reduced or avoided a cumulative 574 million metric tons of carbon emissions since 2017 by adopting various sustainability strategies. .

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

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The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s. Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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Accelerating Climate Action: Project Gigaton™ Marks Key Milestone

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DESCRIPTION: Today, Walmart marks a major milestone: We are now more than halfway toward our goal to reduce or avoid 1 billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from product supply chains by 2030 through our Project Gigaton™ initiative. Driving Action on Supply Chain Emissions.

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Henkel Makes Further Progress Across All Areas of Its Sustainability Strategy

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New targets for climate protection By the end of last year, Henkel had reduced CO 2 emissions in its production per ton of product by 64 percent compared to the base year 2017 and increased the energy purchased from renewable sources to 47 percent. It collects emissions data and defines specific measures to reduce emissions.

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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

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The bank, currently Europe's second largest financier of fossil fuels, has committed to reaching net-zero across its supply chain and operations by 2030, before reaching net-zero across its customer portfolio 20 years later.

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