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

GreenBiz

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Beyond 2030, BCG aspires to be "climate positive" — by removing more carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere on an ongoing basis than it actually emits through its own activities. Heather Clancy.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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Demystifying the ?Absolute Zero? concept

GreenBiz

Fri, 05/29/2020 - 02:15. The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Elsa Wenzel.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Our Sustainability Strategy

3BL Media

Supplemented our annual public policy and political contributions disclosure with an inaugural report on the climate positions of our disclosed membership organizations . Released several years of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)-1 reports . Business: renewable and virtual renewable power purchase agreements .

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The ESG Interview: Profits that Don’t Cost the Earth

Chris Hall

McMahon says the overarching objective is to develop a “climate positive” portfolio of assets that will deliver on net zero targets, while having measurable impacts on biodiversity and soil health. When it comes to agricultural and forestry carbon management, it’s private sector actors driving change by buying carbon credits.”.