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Barclays Ends Direct Financing for New Oil and Gas Projects

ESG Today

UK-based bank Barclays will no longer directly finance new oil and gas projects, and will require its energy sector clients to produce transition plans or decarbonization strategies by the beginning of next year, according to a new “Climate Change Statement” released by the bank.

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DP World Sets New Ambitious Carbon Reduction Target As It Secures SBTi Validation

3BL Media

The SBTi is a world leading authority in advancing private sector progress to reduce GHG emissions, helping prevent the impacts of climate change. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

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GHG Accounting and Science-Based Target Setting for Financial Institutions and Private Equity

Sphera

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. From 2026, this will apply for all sectors.).

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Acting for Nature

3BL Media

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre 1 , so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems 2,3.

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COP29: Crucial Moment For Business To Accelerate Global Climate Action

We Mean Business Coalition

Climate change is no longer an abstract issue confined to future projections – it is hitting home now. From a business perspective, climate change has become a material risk. This new goal (called NCQG) will set the baseline for public climate finance flows to developing countries from 2026 onward.

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Why Investing in Waste Matters

Chris Hall

In 2020, the direct cost of waste management to the global economy was an estimated US$252 billion. However, this rises to US$361 billion when the hidden costs of pollution, poor health and climate change from poor waste disposal practices are factored in, according to the waste management report.

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TPT Framework “Complements and Builds” on ISSB Standards

Chris Hall

The first reporting would begin from 2026. These new requirements are anticipated to come into force for accounting periods from January 2025. In 2023, the UK government committed to consulting on introducing requirements also for the UK’s largest companies to disclose their transition plans if they have them.