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On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action

GreenBiz

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. These leaders understood the direct linkage between climate change and financial risk. On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action. Ateli Iyalla.

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One Year Into the Journey to Net-Zero

3BL Media

The process of validating the science-based emissions reduction targets began in 2018 when Lenovo submitted their near-term goals for review by SBTi – a collaboration of experts from CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute, and World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Why the SBTi’s proposal to include carbon credits is on the right side of climate history

We Mean Business Coalition

The recent statement from the board of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) that it will consider recognizing environmental attribute certificates, including carbon credits, for abatement purposes in tackling value chain emissions, marks a significant milestone in the global battle against climate change.

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CDL first in Southeast Asia to apply two-pillar ESG disclosure framework in its 16th Intergrated Sustainability Report – Zeros in on Positive Impact and Value

Corporate Knights

Since CDL secured its first set of SBTi-validated GHG reduction targets in 2018, aligning with a 2°C warmer scenario, managing Scope 3 emissions has increasingly become a priority in its carbon management strategy. In 2021, CDL raised the bar and renewed its SBTi-validated targets aligned with a 1.5°C C emissions reduction target of 58.8%

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T-Mobile Achieves U.S. Telecom Industry First (Again): 100% Renewable Energy

3BL Media

January 31, 2022 /3BL Media/ — In 2018, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) was the first and only U.S. T-Mobile is an example of leadership for sustainability in its industry,” said Louisa Plotnick, Head of Programs, North America, at Climate Group, which co-leads the RE100 in partnership with CDP. “By SOURCE: T-Mobile.

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New G&A Institute Research Shows Sustainability Reporting by Largest U.S. Public Companies Reached All-Time Highs in 2021

3BL Media

The percentage of S&P 500 companies publishing sustainability reports is nearly 100% and reporting by the smaller half of companies in the Russell 1000 doubled between 2018 and 2021. We believe this is being driven by increased stakeholder focus on climate change impacts and the potential mandate of emissions reporting by the U.S.

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Ørsted Appoints the Next Group CFO

3BL Media

Daniel Lerup says: “Ørsted has a strong purpose – to help fight climate change and create a world that runs entirely on green energy – and a very strong market position. He’ll support our global growth, while keeping financial discipline to help fulfil our ambition of becoming the world’s green energy major.” billion (EUR 7.1