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Banks flout net-zero targets to cash in on the next LNG boom

Corporate Knights

Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors are enabling them to the tune of nearly $500 billion. Instead of winding down financing, these banks are winding it up, as LNG funding increased by 25% from 2021 to 2023.

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CBRE 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report: Environment

3BL Media

In 2021, CBRE announced our commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the goal set by the Paris Agreement. In 2021, we ordered 300 EV vans and 10 EV trucks, representing replacement of over 10% of CBRE vans in the U.S. . By the end of 2021, we opened 100 Workplace360 o?ces

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Henkel and Synthomer Partner To Cut Carbon Emissions in Adhesives

3BL Media

Henkel and Synthomer have jointly developed a framework that links renewable energy use directly to specific adhesive products, enabling measurable reductions in carbon emissions. Henkel aims to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30 percent by 2030 (base year 2021), with the goal of becoming net-zero by 2045. “We

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Forecast: 8 million energy jobs created by meeting Paris agreement

Renewable Energy World

Globally, jobs in the energy sector are projected to increase from 18 million today to 26 million in 2050 if the world cuts carbon to meet the well-below 2°C target set by the Paris Agreement , according to a model created by researchers in Canada and Europe. The new study was published earlier this summer in One Earth.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

Wed, 01/27/2021 - 02:00. Amazon aims to clean up aviation. Katie Fehrenbacher. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. . The industry aims to build back better, aware that it's one of the few sectors that hasn't yet embraced electrification.

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GRI, CDP to Strengthen Alignment of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks

ESG Today

GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are one of the most commonly accepted global standards for sustainability reporting by companies, developed to enable consistent reporting across companies and industries, providing clearer communication regarding sustainability matters to a broad range of stakeholders, including investors.

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UK Commits to Cut Emissions More than 80% by 2035

ESG Today

The new target, announced at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, raises the UK’s climate ambition from the 78% target set under Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2021. The new decarbonization goal will form the UK’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.