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Commitment to Customers, Transparency, and Decarbonization

3BL Media

Ultimately, I believe that our technology-agnostic approach to decarbonization will ensure that we have access to the lowest-cost solutions when they are economic at scale. NRG’s climate goals are to reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2025 from the current 2014 base year and to achieve net zero by 2050.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

As a complement to the sustainability-linked pricing metric included in the SLL in 2019, the issuance of the SLBs aligns our business and financing with our commitments and values by creating a direct link between climate and funding strategies. Clean Energy Buyers Association. Zero Emissions Transportation Association . INNOVATION.

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Shipping sets Sail for Greener Horizons

Chris Hall

As regulatory expectations force shipping companies to chart greener paths across the ocean, there are emerging opportunities for investors to invest in the upscaling of climate-positive solutions. . Buoyed by solutions . Regulatory anchor . The following month, the European Parliament voted to adopt the FuelEU Maritime law.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Our Sustainability Strategy

3BL Media

Supplemented our annual public policy and political contributions disclosure with an inaugural report on the climate positions of our disclosed membership organizations . We recognize the critical role that energy plays not only in the lives of our customers, but also in decarbonizing the economy more broadly. degrees Celsius.

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The JUST Report: My Top Takeaways from a Frenetic Climate Week

Just Capital

Apple commits to eliminating all plastics in its packaging by 2025 and has pledged to create products with net zero carbon impact. Autodesk also supports impactful climate policies that move its industry toward decarbonization, as part of its effort to meet its verified 1.5-degree degree Science-Based Net Zero commitment.

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Is 'net-zero' greenwash?

GreenBiz

For example, companies may refer to becoming "carbon negative" or "climate positive"; or that they seek to achieve "net-zero" or "net-negative" emissions or "deep decarbonization"; or that they plan to become "emissions-free" or achieve "zero emissions"; or that they are committed to a "1.5 degrees C pathway.".

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