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More pieces of IKEA's sustainability puzzle come together

GreenBiz

In IKEA’s 2019 fiscal year, its e-commerce sales grew by 46 percent, according to website for Ingka Group, its parent company. trillion in 2019, according to Statista — IKEA's growth is likely to increase. . trillion in 2019, according to Statista — IKEA's growth is likely to increase. . trillion in 2022 from $3.53 Pull Quote.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance

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BN of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) on the back of its landmark 2019 and 2020 sustainability-linked issuances. In 2019, NRG became the second U.S.-based This year, we evaluated the climate positions of certain membership organizations to which we belong. DESCRIPTION: SUSTAINABLE FINANCE.

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BCG Signs Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal to Eliminate 100,000 Tons of CO2 Emissions

ESG Today

” BCG set a 2030 net zero target in 2020, alongside a goal to become climate positive beyond 2030, and outlined plans to significantly reduce its carbon footprint, as well as to remove emissions by purchasing high-quality removal credits. by 2025, on a 2018 basis. by 2025, on a 2018 basis.

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Burberry’s Net Zero Emissions Goals Approved by SBTi

ESG Today

Burberry first set science-based targets in 2019, and last year the company pledged to go beyond net zero, to become “climate positive” by 2040. by 2030, from a 2019 baseline. Scope 3 includes emissions in Burberry’s extended supply chain such as energy usage by manufacturing and material sourcing partners.

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

GreenBiz

Reducing that activity is something that neither the consulting sector nor its clients would have imagined was possible at the end of 2019, BCG CEO Rich Lesser told GreenBiz. "We The consulting industry traditionally has relied heavily on travel to deliver services — it represents 80 percent of BCG’s total footprint, for example.

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Corporations must change climate obstructionist industry associations from within

Corporate Knights

The findings were damning: taking the G20 countries together, emissions actually went up in 2019, where they continue to sit now after a short-lived dip in 2020. A central reason for this state of affairs is that industry associations have long played a detrimental role in blocking climate policy.

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Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility

GreenBiz

The furniture giant’s commitments have the potential to move markets: IKEA has 433 stores in 53 countries, and it hit 2019 global retail sales of about $45.5

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