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

Corporate Knights

A new report published by Reclaim Finance on Thursday calculates that, between 2021 and 2023, 400 banks put $213 billion toward LNG expansion and 400 investors funded the buildout with $252 billion as of May 2024. Many large banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions, yet they are still financing the LNG boom.

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Leading the Way To Net-Zero: Lenovo’s Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets and 2050 Net-Zero Strategy

3BL Media

Originally published in Lenovo's 2023/24 ESG Report Lenovo has responded to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)s urgent call for corporate climate action by committing to align with 1.5C and net-zero through the Business Ambition for 1.5C

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New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn

Corporate Knights

For the first time carbon credits will be recognized under the Paris Agreement, enabling countries and companies to use offsets to meet their carbon reduction targets, potentially giving a huge boost to carbon credit trading. The market in 2023 was only a fraction of this total at US$723 million, according to Ecosystem Marketplace.

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Use of Employee Incentives to Hit Climate Goals More than Doubles Over Past Year: Accenture

ESG Today

While companies are increasingly adopting emissions reduction measures, however, the report found that less than one in five are on track to hit net zero emissions in their operations by 2050. over the prior year, after growing from 27% in 2021. over the prior year, after growing from 27% in 2021.

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

Worldwide, there are more than 95,000 private companies with annual revenues over US$100 million, compared to only 10,000 public companies over that threshold, according to a 2023 report from investment management firm Hamilton Lane. Reaching net-zero as we grow remains vital. Private market assets grew to US$9.7

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place.

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OECD Warns of Climate-alignment “Blind Spot”

Chris Hall

By 2023, 77 countries had adopted climate-related transparency and information policies, like environmental taxonomies. The OECD report analysed how the climate alignment of finance globally is assessed, the current degree of alignment, and how financial sector and real economy policies and actions influence alignment with Article 2.1c