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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025

GreenBiz

The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025. Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

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Lightsource bp targets 25 GW solar developments by 2025

Renewable Energy World

billion in financing and is targeting 25 gigawatts of solar by 2025 , the company announced. The funding will be used to boost Lightsource bp's current 20 GW pipeline to 25 GW by 2025. If we’re going to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement — business as usual isn’t going to cut it.

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Samsung pledges to remove smartphone plastic packaging by 2025

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As Samsung unveils a new sustainability plan, LG has pledged to set emissions targets that would make it adhere to the Paris Agreement’s stretch goal. Read the full story at ZDNet. Read more →

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IPCC report: global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C – we need deeds not words

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C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s, according to a landmark report by the world’s most senior climate scientists. by Keith Baker (Glasgow Caledonian University) Earth could exceed 1.5°C

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ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

Chris Hall

trillion per year by 2025, according to new research by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. Global issuance of ESG-labelled bonds could reach US$4.5

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Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion of Assets in Pursuit of 1.5°C Climate Goal

Alaistair Marsh

The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance says 44 of its 74 members are setting 2025 targets in line with the Paris Agreement, up from 29 firms last year.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 It committed to delivering up to $1 billion in pro bono consulting work for social impact projects between 2015 and 2025. (So

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