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The zero-carbon business leader takes shape

Corporate Knights

At the recent United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, diplomats from nearly 200 countries struck a major agreement to increase the fight against climate change — establishing a consensus that more must be done to protect the planet. Be selective with suppliers.

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No “Credible” Net Zero Path Without Halting Deforestation

Chris Hall

The Church Commissioners’ COP26 commitment to eliminate soft commodity-driven deforestation from its portfolio will be supported by COP28 pledges. Following the commitment at COP26, the Church Commissioners, which has £10.3 Less than less than 10% were deemed to have a robust public commitment to end deforestation by 2025.

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Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

The Glasgow Climate Pact , agreed at COP26, stressed ‘the urgency of enhancing ambition and action in relation to mitigation, adaptation and finance in this critical decade’. Deforestation must be removed from supply chains by 2025. Nicolette Bartlett, Chief Impact Officer, CDP. C goal within reach.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 12, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

G7 host Japan is to be the first country to house a dedicated chapter of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), an investor-led climate action coalition created during COP26 in 2021. Malaysia aims to add over 1,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2025, in support of its target for 31% renewables in its mix by that year.

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More Relief than Regret as Montreal Fails to Make it Mandatory

Chris Hall

With firms only being “required” to disclose, “it will now be up to individual governments to implement policies that ensure this happens and we hope that this will be through enforcing mandatory disclosure on nature,” said Helen Finlay, Global Associate Director for Policy Engagement at environmental disclosure platform CDP. billion by 2025.

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What Net-Zero companies are and How to start the journey

Carlos Sanchez

Moreover, according to CDP, supply chain emissions are on average 11.4 Your stakeholders also will appreciate that you set interim targets 2025, 2030 to review your progress. According to Dexter Galvin, Global Director of CDP Supply Chain, there are six benefits of setting a science-based target. Climate 100+ Net-zero benchmark.

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Bloomberg Publishes 2021 Impact Report Highlighting Its Work to Mobilize the Markets and Company-wide Efforts to Fight Climate Change

3BL Media

The report highlights Bloomberg’s efforts to build significant momentum in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and how the company is leading efforts to mobilize markets to fight climate change and bring transparency to climate risk data. of its electricity from renewable sources, halfway to the RE100 goal of 100% by 2025.