Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

States and regions have, on average, reduced emissions by 14% as global emissions continue to rise. The Climate Group and CDP call for states and regions to set more ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond to limit global heating to 1.5°C By comparison, only 25% of global electricity is renewable.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 12, 2023

When we discuss scale, we cannot afford to ignore the millions of small and medium sized businesses – or SMEs – that drive global economies and create the fabric of local communities. To halve emissions by 2030, we need small and medium sized businesses on board.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

CDP found that these financed emissions are on average approximately 700 times higher than the organisation's operational emissions. Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

The SBTi is part of the World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Business and a collaboration of WRI, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the UN Global Compact. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that global warming must not exceed 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The 2021 Progress Report, ‘ Scaling Urgent Corporate Climate Action Worldwide ’, found that companies committed to cut emissions in line with climate science now represent US$38 trillion of the global economy, more than one-third of global market capitalisation (up from 20% in 2020).

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Highly respected institutions such as the International Energy Association (IEA) and the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) remain upbeat that the shift to a net zero global economy is possible and well underway. In this context, companies can and should be on track to cut emissions in half by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2023

We need to halve emissions by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C We Mean Business Coalition, in partnership with CDP, Ceres and EDF has reviewed existing resources to produce consolidated guidance for creating robust plans. The risks of failing to take action are clear.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 26, 2023

Non-profit CDP has increased transparency over plastics impact by enabling companies to disclose data on the production, use and disposal of plastic through its global environmental disclosure platform, but some say its focus on water security fails to tackle the issue from all angles.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Leaders from the seven Coalition partners, BSR, CDP, Ceres, Climate Group, CLG Europe, The B-Team and WBCSD came together to ensure the voice of forward-looking businesses were clearly heard at COP21 in Paris and that we raised the bar for corporate climate action.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Finally, we had COP15 on Biological Diversity with the agreement to Protect and Conserve at least 30% of the World’s Land and Ocean by 2030 (30×30). Moreover, companies will use voluntary frameworks and surveys such as GRI, SASB, CDP, UNGC, and Ecovadis to answer requests from customers, investors and other stakeholders.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

Duke Energy also incorporated indirect emissions into its net zero target. GFANZ’s ‘quiet quitting’ of RtZ followed increasing pressure on US members due to the anti-ESG movement, often alleging breaches of anti-trust rules, which has only gathered momentum over the course of 2023.

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Sustainable Round Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since I shared with my guests a deep concern that the world was not making demonstrable progress towards the halving of global emissions the 2018 UN IPCC Special Report on 1.5 Now we are only 85 months from 2030. The year by which the IPCC reports we need to have roughly halved global emissions. Fast forward to today.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Over 750 companies from across the world are urging governments to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2030 for developed countries and by 2040 for other countries. Anything less is incompatible with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.” ” – Maria Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

to preserve at least 30 percent of the ocean and land by 2030. Celine Herweijer, Partner, Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) President Joe Biden announced his support for that philosophy just one week after taking office in January.

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