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Corporate Knights
MAY 7, 2025
Around the world, the courts have emerged as the leading edge to compel more meaningful climate action and call greenwashing to account, with as many as 3,000 legal challenges filed in more than 55 countries. Honolulus lawsuit is one of many currently moving through U.S.
Chris Hall
APRIL 24, 2025
Like most countries, China has yet to submit its nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement for the five years to 2035, but Xi’s comments are seen as an indicator of his appetite for global leadership on climate policy. billion in Q4 2024, and contributing to record global withdrawals of US$ 8.6
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2020
December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. In its latest status report, the TCFD notes that investor support for its recommendations grew by 85 percent from 2018 to 2019. Disclosure also prevents greenwashing.
Chris Hall
JUNE 21, 2024
Greenwashing is a growing risk in the Chinese fund management sector, as marketing of ESG products runs ahead of standards and regulatory oversight, a new report by Greenpeace has found. China falls behind Greenwashing has emerged as a major problem in developed countries over the last decade with the rise of ESG-labelled funds.
Corporate Knights
JULY 25, 2023
The announcement also connects to an international initiative under which Canada and Argentina launched a peer review of each other’s fossil fuel subsidies in 2018. The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects.
Chris Hall
MAY 1, 2024
But SBTi’s status as the gold standard for companies serious about decarbonising in line with the Paris Agreement took a serious hit last month after a highly public spat between staff and executives. Major corporate buyers stepped back from purchasing carbon credits as accusations of greenwashing grew.
Sustainability Matters
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Corporate sustainability goals often align with published, globally endorsed agreements such as those of the Paris Agreement and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, the framework centres on a discussion paper that was developed in partnership with the OECD in 2018. Make them personal.
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