Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2024

Jessye Waxman, Senior Campaign Strategist at the Sierra Club, says investors are failing to adapt to a new era of risk ahead of the 2024 AGM season. The emissions pathways of the majority of companies are still misaligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Failure to do so risks breaching their fiduciary duty.

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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2024

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced plans today for a major electrification-focused investment program, pledging to allocate €41 billion in its network and renewable energy from 2024 through 2026, and to hire 10,000 people. Net of these factors, anticipated investment by region from 2024-2026 include 35% to the U.S.,

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3BL Media

JANUARY 12, 2024

January 12, 2024 /3BL/ - Rayonier Inc. By signing The Climate Pledge, Rayonier joins a growing community of over 460 companies that are committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement's target. Originally published on Rayonier.com WILDLIGHT, Fla.,

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2022

Susanna Arus, EU Public Affairs Manager at Frank Bold , said the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – which updates the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and comes into force on 1 January 2024 – could create a ‘two-speed Europe’. There is no longer a conversation about that,” van de Wijs said.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The new rules will also require companies included in SRI-labelled funds to have a Paris Agreement-aligned transition plan. The new SRI labelling standard will be published later this month, and come into effect in March 2024.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2024

April 22, 2024 /3BL/ - Otis (NYSE: OTIS), the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company, announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its near-term science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. FARMINGTON, Conn.,

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It is a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Babu said that CATS is considered as another registry by the initiative and has the goal of connecting it to its data in the Q1 2024.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Achieving the transformational targets in the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals in this decisive decade requires all companies to truly embed ESG issues into the core of their business,” said Dave Armon, CEO of 3BL. News and World Report’s Best Companies To Work For 2023-2024 list.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2023

Leaders of leading industrial nations at the Japan-hosted G7 summit in Hiroshima made a series of announcements in support of their Paris Agreement commitments to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C,

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 28, 2024

On 25 March 2024, SDSN Kenya joined WRI Africa and other Kenyan partner organizations in co-hosting an interactive workshop and debate format entitled: ‘Carbon Markets: Which Way for Kenya? A Carbon Markets Clinic and Debate’.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Global asset manager AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced today that it has updated its corporate governance & voting policy with more stringent ESG expectations for companies, including a pledge to target high emissions companies lobbying against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

MAY 7, 2024

Their vision is for this to be legally binding, much like the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. During the talks, Rwanda and Peru submitted a motion to reduce the production of primary plastic polymers worldwide by 40% by 2040, from a 2025 baseline.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

As the clock ticks down from the 2015 Paris Agreement, there is growing uncertainty that on our current trajectory the world is going to meet the stated goal to be net zero by 2050. Forecast overshoot A key component of the Paris Agreement, NDCs are submitted every five years. The global 1.5°

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ESG Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

But this time because there is such an urgency – we have the Paris Agreement, we have a lot of pressure from the markets, from NGOs – everybody feels that we must move forward.” If you are a business leader, be ready to report on both in 2024.” “And it’s tremendous speed. And that’s a good point to keep in mind. “If

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Around three quarters of real estate fund mangers globally have introduced net zero policies with around half publishing net zero commitments and implementing net zero targets, suggesting a growing alignment of the sector with the goals of the Paris Agreement. trillion in gross asset value (GAV) across 75 countries.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

trillion towards fossil fuel expansion since the 2015 Paris Agreement. Complementary frameworks To assist banks in aligning their business models and financing activities to the goals of the Paris Agreement, guidance has been offered by a number of sources. Last September banks were found to have provided US$3.2

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We Mean Business Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2023

C goal of the Paris Agreement within reach. Nevertheless, the spotlight now turns to the biodiversity COP16, which Colombia has offered to host in 2024, to further cement joint actions on climate and biodiversity. Thousands of companies around the world are already taking action, and will continue to do so.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The first half of the meeting focused on the 2030 Agenda, including updates and key takeaways from the SDG Summit, and on the ongoing preparations for the Summit of the Future, scheduled for September 2024. In the afternoon portion of the meeting, attendees identified key priorities for the SDSN National, Regional, and Thematic Networks.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

billion by the end of the decade to remain Paris-aligned. According to the International Energy Agency, annual financing to the renewable energy sector needs to double from US$2.8 billion to US$4.7

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In line with the Paris Agreement , the IOC has committed to reducing its direct and indirect emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. And while it is already a carbon-neutral organisation, it is committed to becoming climate positive by 2024. From 2030, all Olympic Games are required to be climate positive.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

The limits of fiduciary duty and corporate engagement could see institutional investors embrace systemic stewardship in 2024 to meet 1.5°C-aligned All this suggests 2024 will prove a difficult and perhaps pivotal year for asset owners looking to make headway on their net zero commitments. C-aligned objectives.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Established under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement , the Global Stocktake is designed “to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of [the Paris] Agreement and its long-term goals. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 23, 2024

trillion) in AUM co-filed a climate resolution at Shell, calling for the European oil and gas major to align its medium-term Scope 1 to 3 decarbonisation targets with the Paris Agreement. Earlier this month, 27 institutional investors with €4 trillion (US$4.6 Hold or fold?

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Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

In 2024, the number of listed companies with a climate commitment validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) jumped to 20% from just 12% in 2023. A new scientific paper has challenged the claim that corporate emissions reduction targets, including those of the SBTi, are aligned with the Paris Agreement.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

While airlines in the EU are currently provided with free allowances to avoid paying for carbon emissions, the new deal, applying to intra-European flights, as well as flights departing flights to the UK and Switzerland, will phase out these allowances between 2024 and 2026, with allowances becoming fully auctioned in 2026.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

The Sector Standard for Coal enables comprehensive and comparable disclosure on: How companies respond to climate change mitigation demands , as reflected in the Paris Agreement, including plans to transition away from coal mining. GRI 12 comes into effect for reporting from January 2024, with early adoption encouraged.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Global Stocktake COP28 witnessed the first-ever “global stocktake” under the Paris Agreement, and for the first time in a COP history there was a decision that explicitly calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels”. However, it also highlighted that Parties are falling short of their Paris Agreement commitments.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. Now, it’s being taken up by a multilateral panel that is expected to report in 2024 if all goes well. The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects.

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ESG Today

JULY 13, 2023

C goal of the Paris Agreement. This launch demonstrates our strong commitment to our “Fit For 1.5°” and Growth for Impact 2024 strategy.” The new indices, the Euronext Europe SBT 1.5° and the Euronext Eurozone SBT 1.5°, follow on from the launch of CAC SBT 1.5° said: “The launch of the Euronext Europe SBT 1.5°

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ESG Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

Longship was unveiled in September 2020, with the government describing carbon capture and storage as a prerequisite for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement climate targets. million tonnes of CO2 per year.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

C goal of the Paris Agreement. commitment in our Growth for Impact 2024 strategy, Euronext is playing a crucial role in empowering sustainable finance across all its markets and in supporting the allocation of capital to sustainable initiatives through the launch and publication of ESG indices.”. As part of the ‘Fit for 1.5’

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) has announced it will stop investing in companies in the fossil fuel sector that do not commit to the Paris Agreement and ambitions outlined at COP26. Setting a 1.5°C

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The appointment is effective from April 2023 and the term will run until December 2024. The vital role that sustainable battery value chains play in meeting the Paris Agreement targets linked to the electrification of transport and power sectors was highlighted during multiple high-level conversations at COP27.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Under its ongoing “acceleration to Paris” theme, initially launched in late 2021, Robeco said that it will place a greater emphasis on speeding up the transition of business models to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals, targeting high-carbon companies lagging behind in the net-zero transition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The statement calls on investee firms to “ align direct and indirect political engagement activities” with the goals of the GBF and Paris Agreement. Suite of options for investors PRI signatories must sign up to the statement by 19 January 2024 to be included in the first set of publicly announced endorsers in early 2024.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Once approved by the European Commission, banks will have to start making climate disclosures in 2023, with full phase-in by June 2024. All institutions must be able to disclose this information by June 2024,” the EBA said. This includes the disclosure of information on the GAR and the BTAR.

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Sustainability Matters

APRIL 23, 2024

This week marked Earth Day 2024 , and as we navigate an increasingly data-driven landscape and harness the burgeoning power of artificial intelligence, there are few justifications for organisations to not manage and report their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data with enhanced efficiency and transparency.

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