Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

While some recognise carbon offsets markets as key for us to achieve net-zero emissions world by 2050 by funnelling cash into cost-effective projects, others believe credits are a dangerous distraction that allows polluters to pay their way out of the problem. Introduction. 1 – 1.5ºC emission pathway (Source McKinsey & Co).

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 00:30. Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

Lenovo set a vision to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, with targets currently under review for validation from the Science Based Targets initiative. . Lenovo is committed to our vision to provide smarter technology for all and helping to decarbonize the global economy – one of humanity’s greatest challenges.”?.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since late 2021, OMERS has announced it would sell its 25% stake in Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), the second-largest gas distribution network in the United Kingdom, as well as its 80% joint stake in GNL Quintero, Chile’s largest fossil gas import terminal. And OMERS might finally be listening. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has called on governments to swiftly implement and intensify climate-related policy that facilitates capital flow towards the net zero transition. C no/low overshoot scenarios to set the ambition level for sub-portfolio and sector targets. At the global level, IPCC 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Investor network seeks to enhance net zero alignment in hard-to-abate industry. A new report from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) – ‘I nvestor expectations of chemical companies’ transition to net zero ’ – targets increased disclosures and transparency from the highly polluting sector.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. It is also working to introduce net-zero emissions ships in U.K.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:05. investment banks — Bank of America, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — have adopted net-zero financing pledges, both for their own operations and their investment portfolios. Heather Clancy.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has launched the Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining to provide its signatories and investors with a “transparent, systematic, and evidence-backed” engagement tool. Gardiner said that current volumes of mined coal are “well above ” what is needed in a net zero world.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company’s sustainability-focused platform McKinsey Sustainability and Moody’s financial intelligence and analytical tools unit Moody’s Analytics announced today the launch of a suite of solutions aimed at helping banks identify, measure, and act on climate change-related risks and opportunities.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A Strategy Rooted in Decarbonization Emphasizing DP World's broader sustainability strategy, these cranes are fully powered by electricity, aligning with the company's global objective of achieving 100% carbon neutrality by 2040 and net-zero carbon status by 2050.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The company is aiming to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2040. billion in net sales were influenced by its Sustainable Impact efforts in 2021 — a threefold increase from a year earlier. In 2021, HP set its aggressive and comprehensive 2030 agenda, taking that complexity into account.”

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This will create positively reinforcing ambition loops that can drive the scale required: the right government policies and incentives allow companies to decisively invest in net-zero solutions, which in turn gives governments confidence to step up ambition. . Mitigation: Business and governments must go all in to cut emissions. .

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Electrification gets down to the wire. Joel Makower. Subscribe here.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

To achieve this goal, participants agreed that GHG emissions must be halved by 2030 and fall to “net-zero”—meaning that emissions still being generated are offset by reduction of the same amount elsewhere—by 2050. 2°C reduction target, on the way to achieving science-based net zero targets by 2050. Net-zero targets.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As the world continued to experience the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, resource shortages, employment challenges and inflation – these have not been easy times. In 2021, 50 billion cartons, equivalent to 1.2

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Tourism is projected to make up nearly 12% of the global economy by 2033, but it is also poised to consume a troubling 40% of the world’s remaining 1.5°C trillion to global GDP in 2022, and the WTTC forecasts [pdf] that figure doubling to represent 11.6% Travel and tourism added US$7.7

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

UK asset owner now 10 years ahead of net zero target; switches climate engagement focus to auto sector. The CEPB has significantly cut back on exposures to “companies that are not aligning to the transition” to a low-carbon global energy system. On the road to net zero.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The number of firms taking a science-based approach to CO2 emission reductions doubled in 2021, according to a new report by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In Q4 2021, the organisation launched the Net-Zero Standard to provide guidance, criteria, and recommendations in order to drive a shift towards 1.5°C-aligned

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Mon, 05/10/2021 - 01:30. With ESG gaining more attention and more companies committing to reaching net-zero emissions in the coming decades or otherwise pledging to do better by people and the planet, it’s inevitable that the next generation of professionals in the field will define the future of sustainable finance.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Fri, 03/26/2021 - 00:05. The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. Cecilia Keating.

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2023

According to a government statement announcing the launch of the new framework, the initiative forms part of Canada’s commitment under the Glasgow Statement, a 34-nation agreement signed at the 2021 COP 26 summit , to shift public finance away from fossil fuels and in support of the energy transition.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

Financial regulators should make the tax subsidies banks and pension funds receive conditional on alignment with the net-zero economy. This could help unlock $80 to $200 billion of fresh annual investment into global climate solutions from the pension fund sector alone. The barrier is an incrementalist mindset.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Government responses could accelerate or delay the global transition to net zero emissions, according to Joe Noss, Senior Director at the WTW Climate and Resilience Hub. The conflict has also had severe implications for the global economy and energy markets. Inflation has soared in many economies.

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We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That’s over one third of the global economy. Similarly, in 2021, the We Mean Business Coalition mobilized 400 American businesses to sign a letter in support of President Biden’s 50% emission reduction target by 2030. It is safe to say that climate ambition has become mainstream. C pathway .

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

It is through good stewardship that corporate engagement can drive high carbon emitting companies to develop and implement a net zero transition plan, which will ultimately help to decarbonise the global economy,” says Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Despite the precariousness of the pathway to net zero, COP26 generated a renewed sense of urgency and optimism as to how to support emerging markets and deal with heavy greenhouse gas emitters. Subsidies for the production and consumption of coal, oil and natural gas was already increasing in 2021 before the invasion of Ukraine.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

According to An, the coming together of the finance sector in support of the global transition to net zero has been responsible for propelling sustainability into the mainstream. In 2019 and 2020, health and safety emerged as the top priority due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 17, 2022

percent of the global economy is circular. To reach our Net Zero carbon ambition across our value chain by 2040, we need to reduce carbon emissions also in the supply chain and enable circularity through reuse and recycling. This is where the concept of circular economy enters the stage. SOURCE: Ericsson.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

2021 was an uncommon and tough year due to COVID19 guiding our lives. In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022. 2021 Sustainability Summary. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

The energy industry and many corporations believe the hydrogen economy needs to build scale at speed to become a key part of the net-zero global economy. We are very pleased to receive such interest from these highly respected firms.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The group behind the FiveT Hydrogen Fund suggest it will play a major role in the decarbonisation of the global economy. Accelerating the build-out of hydrogen infrastructure will radically improve national and corporate abilities to meet net zero and decarbonisation targets.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As of November 2021, more than 1,000 companies spanning 53 sectors in 60 countries have set 1.5 At COP26, the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) launched the Net-Zero Standard , the first credible and independent assessment of corporate net-zero target setting. Go All-In for 1.5C. Collaboration is key.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. NDCs submitted this year take only 0.5 C increase, so there is hope.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

The cost of climate change is rising at an alarming pace, with ripple effects being felt across communities and the global economy. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook in 2021, air pollution contributes to more than 5 million premature deaths each year.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

The UK government has set a target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The UK’s commitment to achieving net zero in general is enshrined in the Climate Change Act of 2008 (as amended). To help achieve this, it has introduced mandatory climate-related disclosure requirements for large UK companies.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Highlights from the climate summit There was plenty of good news worth highlighting: Global methane pledge: The U.S. and EU announced that more than 100 countries representing 70% of the global economy have signed on to participate in the Global Methane Pledge , working together to cut human-caused global methane emissions 30% by 2030.

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