ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Canada has set national climate goals including commitments to cut GHG emissions by 40% – 45% by 2030 , and to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The sector is also a major employer in Canada, supporting approximately 400,000 jobs.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 12, 2022

A growing number of Canada’s largest public pension administrators and investment managers have made net-zero-emissions commitments. The responses lacked consistency on climate risk disclosure, pathways to achieve net-zero emissions, and robust near-term action for managing climate risks and meeting long-term targets.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Fragrance and taste company Firmenich announced a commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by 2039. Last year, the organization launched its Net Zero Standard , setting stringent criteria which it uses to assess and certify corporate commitments to achieve net zero emissions.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

The company said that it plans to use the new capital to reach multi tons per day hydrogen production capacity in operation by 2026, and to addressseveral end-use markets such as large scale and decentralized ammonia cracking, natural hydrogen production in the USA and maritime decarbonization applications.

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3BL Media

JULY 11, 2023

As a result, our slate of emissions reduction projects are now prioritized from 2023 through 2026. The pathways shown remain the most current forecast of our route to net zero; carbon offsets and credits are still estimated to represent about one-quarter of our net-zero strategy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

As parcel volumes surge to 8.5bn by 2026, delivery vehicles are the fastest growing sub-segment representing 35% of these emissions. He continued: “Reaching net-zero requires technological ambition and innovative thinking.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

RELATED Canadian investors stand firm on ESG despite greenhushing trend, report finds The anti-DEI movement confronts an unlikely opponent: big banks Meet the four most sustainable funds on the market for 2025 Deadlines to submit reports starting in 2026 will be pushed back to 2028.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

According to the CAAS, the use of SAF is anticipated to contribute nearly two thirds of the emissions reductions required for the sector to reach net zero by 2050. Fuel accounts for the vast majority of the aviation sector’s emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its advice on the recommended level of Scotlands forthcoming four carbon budgets (covering the period 2026 to 2045) on 21 May, presenting what it suggested was a good news story about how Scotland can decarbonise. 1 As of 2022, emissions were 50% below 1990 levels.

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2023

Beauty and wellness products manufacturer and retailer L’Occitane Group announced today the publication of its Climate Strategy, outlining its roadmap of targets and initiatives to achieve its climate goals, including the company’s ambition to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain by 2050.

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ESG Today

MAY 7, 2024

Multinational pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceutical announced a series of new sustainability goals, including targets to achieve net zero emissions across the company’s operations and value chain by 2045 and to reach 100% renewable electricity across all Teva sites by 2035.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Saudi Arabias development megaproject NEOM and Riyadh-based sustainable data center developer DataVolt announced that they have signed a new agreement, aimed at establishing a net-zero AI factory campus in NEOMs Oxagon region. The agreement includes plans for $5 billion of investment in its first phase, establishing a 1.5

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2021 , the PE industry reached more than US$5 trillion in assets under management, with expectations to grow well beyond $11 trillion by 2026. As of May 2022, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (an international group of asset managers committed to net-zero) had grown to 273 investors who collectively manage US$61.3

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The first co-located clean energy project under the new partnership is anticipated to be operational in 2026, and fully complete in 2027. Peterson Corio added that Google hopes to replicate the new model across the U.S and around the world.

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

Such deals, alongside other SAF introductions in the DHL network in San Francisco, East Midlands and Amsterdam, will exceed half of DHL Express’s target of reaching 10 per cent SAF blending for all air transport by 2026. SAF is a cornerstone of the aviation industry’s efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Microplásticos announces goal of being Net-Zero in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030. Collaboration will support Schneider Electric’s Zero Carbon Project to decarbonize supply chain. To learn more about Schneider Electrics Zero Carbon Project, click here. SOURCE: Schneider Electric.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2025

The standard setter emphasises internal decarbonisation, action-based targets as part of revamped net zero standard for corporates. Wyburd said that while carbon credits and removals can support the path to net zero, they must never be a substitute for internal decarbonisation.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The House also voted to pass a new law establishing a new Net Zero Economy Authority, responsible for guiding the country’s economic transformation to net zero emissions, including reskilling workers for the energy transition, and coordinating with industry and investors on transformation opportunities.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 10, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include a major industrial decarbonization project in Germany and carbon-capturing tequila in Mexico. CLG UK has shared a new policy brief setting out seven key areas the country must prioritize in the net zero transition.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As such, agriculture is a focus area for Corporate Knights’s recently launched Earth Index initiative , which tracks progress toward meeting national 2030 targets on the road to a net-zero future. .

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Moller – Maersk announced today a major fuel purchase agreement with China-based clean energy company Goldwind, for the offtake of 500,000 tonnes per year of green methanol, beginning in 2026. Moller – Maersk aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 across its business.

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3BL Media

JUNE 15, 2022

DESCRIPTION: June 15, 2022 /3BL Media/ - McKinsey & Company today released its 2021 ESG Report and shared progress the firm is making on its path to achieve net-zero climate impact by 2030. SOURCE: McKinsey & Company. C-degree pathway.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 13, 2022

In late June, the environment ministers of the 27 European states agreed to reduce the allowable CO2 emissions of new vehicles in 2035 to zero – putting an end to engines running on gasoline, diesel or natural gas. Meanwhile, California regulators are also working toward a 2035 ban on new fossil-fuel vehicles.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 31, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include the passing of key climate legislation in Australia and the EU. Net Zero Economy EU legislators reached an agreement on new climate legislation this week to double the share of renewables in the bloc’s electricity mix by 2030.

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CREA

DECEMBER 9, 2024

CanREA looks forward to continued collaboration with BC Hydro and the Government of BC to ensure successful outcomes in planned future procurements the next in this series of power calls is expected in 2026. This announcement also opened the door to the future use of utility-scale batteries, with BC Hydro committing to exploring their use.

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ESG Today

MARCH 12, 2025

The companys goals include making its products from more sustainable materials, or those produced using renewable or recycled resources and generating little or no waste, by 2032, as well as its targets to reach net zero emissions across the value chain by 2050 and to reduce carbon emissions by 37% by 2032, on a 2019 basis.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 30, 2024

1, 2026, for a total of $148.62 Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. Accounting for that, beginning Jan. to $140.33 increase on Jan.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LGPS Central has stressed that its new Net Zero Strategy for long-term emissions reductions will not be derailed by the UK government’s recent watering down of climate policy. C. “There would be peaks and troughs both in the emissions charts but also in terms of policy support and political will,” he added.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As part of our transition to net zero, we have announced a series of innovative partnerships which are decarbonising our operations, expanding access to renewable energy and contributing to the circular economy. We are on track to reduce GHG emissions from our global operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 98% by 2026.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2025

These can boost investment not only in defence, but also other critical objectives including the net zero transition. The former central banker has also promised to move forward with mandatory climate risk disclosures and Canadas long-awaited taxonomy with guidance for priority sectors from the fall of 2026.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a target for the aviation industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Then in June, Airbus, Uniper, Siemens Energy and Sasol also announced that they were partnering to open an e-kerosene production facility in Hamburg that would be operational in 2026.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This year, the Manchester Prize is rewarding UK-led breakthroughs in artificial intelligence that will accelerate action towards the UK’s world-leading target to decarbonise the electricity grid to deliver green power by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. 

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

Company commits to achieving net zero in its own operations by 2040, lays out plans to eliminate food waste going to landfill, increase workforce diversity, and help lead the fight against food insecurity. Engage top suppliers to set science-based carbon reduction targets by 2026. SOURCE: Albertsons Companies.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

CSRD – Timelines and Structure Based on the status of deployment of the Green deal in January 2024, multinationals will begin reporting in 2025 based on FY2024; large enterprises in 2026 based on FY2025; and publicly listed SMEs in 2027 based on FY2026 (with an opt out option to 2028).

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ESG Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Mining giant Glencore announced today the release of its second Climate Action Transition Plan for 2024 to 2026, including the introduction of a new climate goal for the company to reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial CO2e emissions 25% by 2030, compared to 2019. And 15% by 2026.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Singapore plans to submit a more ambitious emissions reduction goal at the upcoming COP27 climate conference in November, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, as part of a strengthened commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. Wong said: “As you can see, our net zero path is not an easy one.

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