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

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The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement. over the prior year, after growing from 27% in 2021.

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Brazil Cuts Amazon Deforestation by 31%, Sets New 2035 Climate Goals

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The new decarbonization goal, to be officially presented at the COP29 climate conference currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, will form Brazil’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.

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KPMG at COP29 Agenda

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13, 2024 /3BL/ - KPMG International invites you to be a part of a diverse range of sessions at COP29, which aim to facilitate meaningful exchanges on climate and sustainability issues. With sustainability and transparency at the forefront of the business landscape, the issue of greenwashing has emerged.

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UK Commits to Cut Emissions More than 80% by 2035

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The new decarbonization goal will form the UK’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. NDCs are national climate action plans presented by each country under the agreement, and are required to be updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition.

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3M Achieves Science Based Targets initiative Validation, Strengthening Commitment to Decarbonization and Customer Innovation

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C trajectory of the Paris Agreement. This milestone reaffirms 3M’s ongoing commitment to climate action, decarbonization of its operations and portfolio of products and continual innovation on behalf of customers around the world   “3M has a long history of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

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DuPont Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity Across Europe

ESG Today

Converting our EU manufacturing sites to 100% renewable electricity is a significant step in our journey to further reduce our emissions, lower the carbon footprint of our products and put us on a clear path toward decarbonization in our operations by 2050. Scope 3 emissions were also down 39% from 2020 levels.

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Urgent Deployment of Existing Technology Can Get World Close to Net Zero, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 Shows

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The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial. The power, transport, industry and buildings sectors transition at different speeds based on the technologies available for them to decarbonize, but all see emissions start to fall immediately.

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