Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

New strategic investors participating in the financing included Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Jim DeMare, President of Global Markets at Bank of America, said: “Sustainability is part of discussions in boardrooms and with investors. Bank of America supports innovation in these evolving markets.”.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size. Introduction.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Engaging with state-owned firms is challenging and potentially less effective, Carbon Tracker warns. Investors that have set net zero targets for their portfolios have been cautioned to carefully evaluate their positions in majority state-owned oil and gas laggards.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 24, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week show businesses advocating for strong climate policy in the finance, transport and land sectors. And UK pension provider Scottish Widows has called on the government to start regulating carbon offsets.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

C, and investee companies are not yet facing full scrutiny of their net zero transition strategies, posing challenges for institutional investors committed to decarbonising their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement. Others might set a target for some or all portfolio companies to be net zero aligned by 2030.

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ESG Today

JULY 5, 2022

The announcement comes as the need for established, mature carbon trading venues grows. We believe that, over time, more participants sharing the same goal and ambition will join us on this net-zero transition journey, securing the future for the next generation.”.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

TD Asset Management (TDAM) announced today the launch of TD Global Carbon Credit Index ETF, a new exchange-traded fund aimed at offering investors exposure to the global carbon credit market.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Paris Aligned Asset Owners commit to maintain “high ambition” and drive innovative solutions needed for global low-carbon transition. Big strides towards net zero have been made by pension funds and other heavyweight institutional investors managing more than US$3.3 trillion – but there remains a long way to go.

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3BL Media

JUNE 11, 2025

These can then be a tool for carbon offsetting and more nature positive outcomes. The blue economy remains an untapped opportunity for organizations to progress climate and nature-positive plans. They can take the lead through targeted investments which integrate ocean-related projects into their business and climate plans.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

The proposed solution for net zero targets and progress aims to improve transparency and accountability, but will need to consider existing guidance. But there is still room for hope that net zero commitments – and subsequent progress on decarbonisation – can be transparent, aligned and ambitious.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s US$1.2 Our long-term return will depend on how the companies in our portfolio manage the transition to a zero emissions society.” . The fund will be engaging with all portfolio companies and asking for science-based short-term, medium-term and 2050 net zero targets.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The company stated that it is targeting total capital commitments of $1 billion, with participation in its initial equity financing expected from investors including Bank of America, JetBlue Ventures, and NGP ETP. Montag said: “To deliver on net zero and keep as close as possible to a 1.5-degree

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Investment data and research provider MSCI announced today an agreement to acquire Trove Research, a specialist data, analysis and advisory firm focused on corporate climate action, carbon markets and the energy transition. Trove Research offers unique data and insights on how the market works and what can be done to improve it.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2023

CCS technologies allow for the safe storage of carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources, such as power plants, in natural geologic formations deep underground with minimal impact to our timber operations, non-timber income, and other land-based solutions businesses. carbon offsets) to meet these commitments.

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3BL Media

MAY 27, 2022

Fifth Third has been carbon neutral for these emissions since 2020 with the purchase of 100% renewable power and verified carbon offsets for the remaining emissions. Fifth Third is the only bank among peers to achieve a Leadership Score for three consecutive years. Achieved an A- CDP Leadership Score in 2021.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 29, 2022

That includes plans to purchase up to 10 million gallons of carbon-neutral SAF produced by Prometheus Fuels, which uses a novel process to make net zero carbon transportation fuels. This agreement was one of the first collaborations between an organization seeking to reduce net emissions from business travel and a U.S.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Voluntary carbon market network Carbonplace announced today that it has raised $45 million from its consortium of founding banks, as it prepares to launch and scale its global carbon credit transaction platform. The platform connects buyers and sellers of carbon credits through their banks.

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3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

Fifth Third has been carbon neutral for these emissions since 2020 with the purchase of 100% renewable power and verified carbon offsets for the remaining emissions. Fifth Third is the only bank among peers to achieve a Leadership Score for three consecutive years. Achieved an A- CDP Leadership Score in 2021.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.”

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

According to research from retail bank Aldermore, SMEs invested an average of £61,250 into their own sustainability operations during the last 12 months, with the average SME planning to spend a further £78,392 (an increase of 27 per cent) in the coming year, despite the increased cost of living.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Governments are being called on to put some regulatory muscle behind corporate net-zero pledges to ensure they don’t amount to mere greenwashing. . We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing. -UN We need to focus on “zero,” not the “net.” . UN Secretary-General Ant ó nio Guterres.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Avon Pension Fund, a UK-based local government pension scheme (LGPS), has started greening its cash investments, and is working with the financial institutions on developing low-carbon derivative-based strategies, to ensure all its investment management strategies align with its net zero commitments.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. Besides, companies like Easyjet ditched its offsetting carbon program to focus on reducing direct emissions and avoid the critics that the program raised.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Already under pressure to reform , the World Bank also felt Gore’s fury for “completely failing to do its job” in enabling climate finance flows, including de-risking for private investors. An investigation of Verra, a major validation and accreditation service, cast doubt on the effectiveness of 95% of the carbon credits it has approved.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The World Bank accepts that carbon prices need to grow over the long-term to drive investments at the necessary scale and pace. They may be unable to afford the upfront investment in lower carbon alternatives, such as insulation or electric vehicles. Carbon offsetting gets discussed a lot in conjunction with carbon pricing.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

VCMs allow companies to buy carbon credits that reduce, avoid or remove CO2 emissions, compensating for the CO2 they can’t cut from their business operations. To minimise those risks and justify the use of carbon credits, companies should demonstrate to investors that they have a 1.5°C-aligned

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B the Change

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“When you’re thinking of centering justice in your climate action plan, it’s important to understand there are many tools and many actions you can take as a business, and carbon offsets are just (some of the tools) in the toolbox to fight climate change,” Schrock said.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

From the explosion of net-zero commitments to the US SEC’s release of its proposed climate disclosure rules, greenhouse gas emissions have been the central focus when it comes to climate. However, carbon reduction is only one part of the equation. By: Sonya Bengali, Marketing Director, Sustainable Business Consulting.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

She co-chairs the firm’s working groups on net zero and biodiversity and has managed firmwide initiatives on climate scenario analysis, carbon offsets, and ESG education and training. Rosner is also developing and implementing AB’s Climate Transition Framework.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 1, 2024

The world’s leading authority on corporate climate plans has dealt a blow to the carbon-offset industry, signalling that it objects to corporations using carbon credits in place of emission reductions in their own supply chains. C above pre-industrial levels.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2023

IOSCO can play a pivotal role in regulators reaching global consensus as to what good looks like in carbon markets,” said Puleston Jones. For the latter, the World Bank intends to “unlock the most critical bottlenecks”, including efforts to bring clarity to carbon markets to build trust.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Though the diversity in approaches reflects each country’s situation and context – each of them being at various stages of their net zero transition – it also presents significant challenges for interoperability and consistency, the report noted. said Iyer. “In

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Though the diversity in approaches reflects each country’s situation and context – each of them being at various stages of their net zero transition – it also presents significant challenges for interoperability and consistency, the report noted. said Iyer. “In

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Data, analytics and index provider MSCI has unveiled Total Portfolio Footprinting, designed to help financial institutions measure carbon emissions across their lending and investment portfolios as part of the transition to a net-zero economy. CME Group has traded 135 million carbon offsets since launch.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. There are lots of prices for the cost of polluting the atmosphere by emitting more CO2.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Will Kerry’s COP27 initiative drive EMDE energy transition and put voluntary carbon markets on the fast track to credibility? . Mobilising public and private capital to fund the net zero transition efforts of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) has been a central theme of discussions at COP27 in Egypt. .

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