GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. They care as citizens, consumers and business owners. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 2, 2025

Originally published in Lenovo's 2023/24 ESG Report Lenovo has responded to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)s urgent call for corporate climate action by committing to align with 1.5C campaign, an official partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Race to Zero campaign.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Government of India announced the approval by cabinet of a new series of 2030 climate commitments, including a pledge to reduce emissions intensity by 45% and to transition to approximately 50% electric power from non-fossil-based sources. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2024

International Olympic Committee news This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The initial case by Friends of the Earth Netherlands argued that Shell was in breach of its legal duty of care due to its impact on climate change, and that the company was undermining the ambitions of the Paris Agreement to limit average temperature rise to well below 2˚C, and to pursue efforts to limit to 1.5˚C.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Experts with the World Economic Forum (WEF) have come away from the annual meeting in Davos foretelling a rise in global financing for nature, which could clear the way to meet 2030 biodiversity targets. At this years WEF, climate change and other sustainability issues remained high on the agenda.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The new decarbonization goal will form the UK’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. NDCs are national climate action plans presented by each country under the agreement, and are required to be updated every five years with increasingly higher ambition.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Behind climate change, the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef is poor water quality. Behind climate change, the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef is poor water quality. HSBC’s climate commitments include investing at least $750 billion in sustainable financing over the next 10 years. HSBC paid $36.40

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Corporate Knights

MAY 15, 2024

The paper says the annual investments needed to transition food systems will also need to increase 18 times, to US$260 billion, to cut emissions in half by 2030 and keep the world on track to be net-zero by 2050. trillion in 2030. In 2021, the Canadian government allocated $1.7 billion in subsidies for animal agriculture.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

The new decarbonization goal will form the basis of Switzerlands second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, which the Swiss Federal Council said will be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by February 10.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In a report released the same day, the three advocacy groups recommend that Ottawa ’ s banking regulator require financial institutions to adopt a “ credible climate plan ” that would include interim targets for 2025 and 2030. .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 2, 2023

Poland hasn’t exactly been a paragon of virtue in the fight against climate change. The proposed treaty would align fossil fuel production with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C gigawatts of wind capacity in the Baltic Sea by 2030, rising to 11 by 2040. Nonetheless, progress is being made.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

London-based HSBC Holdings says it will cease financing for the development of new oil and gas fields in order to tackle climate change while carving out its Canadian unit from the policy change.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Net Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) – a group appointed by Guilbeault to help the government find a credible path to net-zero – is proposing that Ottawa set a 2035 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 50% and 55% below 2005 levels, a 10% increase from the current federal target for 2030.

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ESG Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Nordea announced a commitment in 2021 to become a net zero bank by 2050 , along with a series of interim 2030 targets including reductions in carbon emissions from lending and investment portfolios by 40-50%, reductions in internal carbon emissions by at least 50% and the achievement of net positive carbon contribution.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

3 keys for scaling nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. And mature mangroves can store nearly 1,000 tons of carbon per hectare, thus mitigating climate change while also helping communities adapt. Jonathan Cook. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 00:30.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Renewables 2024 report, the IEA’s flagship annual publication on the sector, seems to find that the world is set to add more than 5,500 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity between 2024 and 2030 – almost three times the increase seen between 2017 and 2023. times its 2022 level by 2030.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With climate change posing more and more of a risk to the world, Gildan understands its responsibility to lower its environmental impact. Attaining a 20% reduction in water intensity by 2030 (compared to a 2018 baseline) to improve water efficiency, and implementing water reducing, reusing, and recycling initiatives.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Moller-Maersk, has withdrawn its board member from an industry organisation after a decade, for reasons understood to be related to climate change. According to sources, the reason is believed to surround the trade association's stance on climate change. KEYWORDS: ACRE, Maersk, World Shipping Council, climate change, A.P.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The GSIA’s report contains recommendations for three groups – policymakers, investors, and COP29 negotiators – to overcome barriers preventing action on climate change and mobilising net zero-aligned public and private finance. C temperature pathway.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 16, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As the world’s population grows and more people are lifted out of poverty, society faces a dual challenge—meeting the increasing global need for affordable, reliable energy, while reducing GHG emissions to address the pressing threat of climate change. KEYWORDS: NYSE:ENB, Enbridge, climate change, Net Zero Emissions.

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3BL Media

APRIL 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Society must move more forcefully to combat global warming, the world’s top climate scientists warned Monday in a new report that says existing solutions and innovation offer hope—but not without action. degrees Celsius will require global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025—at the latest—and be reduced to 43% by 2030.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2022

Human-induced climate change threatens to disrupt nature and impact the lives of billions of people—and may disproportionately impact women, according to the United Nations. When decision-making measures intended to mitigate the effects of climate change don’t equally call on women leaders, inequalities are further widened.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

According to a 2022 IPCC report , global greenhouse gas emissions need to stabilize before 2025 and be reduced by 43 percent by 2030, which is why urgent climate action from both the public and private sector is vital. Without immediate action and emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to 1.5

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From a climate change perspective, steelmaking is considered one of the "hard-to-abate" sectors. Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness.

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ESG Today

JULY 2, 2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “As European citizens increasingly feel the impact of climate change, they expect Europe to act. The new proposal would amend the EU Climate Law, initially adopted in 2021 , setting into legislation the EU goal to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. trillion to coal, oil and gas companies in the five years since the Paris Agreement was signed, it calculates.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The third edition of the Sport Positive Summit, supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other global sports organisations, was held in London last week. And while it is already a carbon-neutral organisation, it is committed to becoming climate positive by 2024.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2022

The legislation would establish a duty for directors and officers of financial corporations to align their business with climate commitments, including the target adopted under the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 40 and 45% by 2030, and the net-zero 2050 target. “We

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Current climate plans from the 193 signatory nations to the Paris Agreement are insufficient to achieve the goal to limit warming to 1.5°C, C, according to a new report from United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 19, 2024

The 120 million tonnes of emissions from fossil fuels, plus another 10 megatonnes from traditional uses of biomass, leave countries with a lot of work to do in very little time if they aim to drastically reduce their methane pollution by 2030.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Theme: Navigating the energy transition Register today Saturday 16 November 2024 9:00am – 10:00am (GMT+4) | Pull finance: Pulling innovations into emerging markets at scale How can pull finance be leveraged to accelerate climate technology in emerging markets?

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3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2024

Renewable energy output needs to increase three-fold by 2030 to help prevent global warming exceeding 1.5°C, The report has been released ahead of the COP28 climate summit , to be held at the end of November, which strives for global transformative climate action. Why is the Paris Agreement important?

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3BL Media

APRIL 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Climate change is one of the most urgent global challenges. Ericsson will continue to address rising requirements and stakeholder expectations on the Company, particularly regarding transparency around climate-related business impacts. C ambition set by the Paris Agreement. SOURCE: Ericsson.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

DESCRIPTION: Talk of progression and urgent solutions reverberated throughout the COP27 crowd, during the long-drawn-out summit, as leaders made a desperate bid to clinch climate deals. degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial levels) as outlined in the landmark Paris Agreement, through a collection of decisions.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

food sector have disclosed their climate transition strategies nor concrete actions to achieve them, despite increasing investor pressures and the growing threats of climate change. The Investor Guide to Climate Transition Plans in the U.S. None have published a climate transition plan. by the end of the decade.

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