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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

Within its own operations — it has 21,000 employees and offices in 50 countries — BCG is aiming to reduce direct energy and electricity emissions by 90 percent per full-time employee against a baseline measurement of 2018, according to the new set of commitments the company announced Tuesday.

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All Systems go for Net Zero

Chris Hall

COP28 reminded investors of the difficulties involved in reaching inter-governmental consensus on intensifying climate action. Remco Fischer, Head of Climate Change at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, sees less risk for investors taking bets on a 1.5°C C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022

Just Capital

The IPCC, the UN’s climate research body, recently found that the world is currently on track for temperature increases more than double the 1.5°C C goal set in the Paris Agreement. Intuit ranks first among Software companies for its work to address climate change. The company set a verified 1.5°C

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Ecolab says it helped its customers save enough water in 2018 equivalent to the needs of 600 million people. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. This could happen to my son any day of the week," she said. "I

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

In accordance with the IPCC 2015 Paris Agreement, the 193 countries that have agreed on the report should provide their Nationally Determined Contribution to global emission reductions. Companies operating under business-as-usual conditions continue to ignore the IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on 1.5

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

In accordance with the IPCC 2015 Paris Agreement, the 193 countries that have agreed on the report should provide their Nationally Determined Contribution to global emission reductions. Companies operating under business-as-usual conditions continue to ignore the IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on 1.5