Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

From the ranking leader Hydro-Qubecs $155-billion green-energy expansion plan, to 12th-place Bpifrance banks financing solar and wind power loans, the inaugural list shows how investments in renewable energy pay off. before 2050, and 75% of the citys net-zero strategy relies on these investments. That now includes 7.6

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

First deal closes with Longroad Energy; new product will be key to meeting bank’s environmental goals, serving growing customer needs. Bank has made.”. Bank to deepen our relationships with new and existing customers,” said Bill Gallagher, director of environmental project finance lending for USBCDC. Bank has made.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements SBTi Pushes Back Timeline for New Corporate Net Zero Standard Microsoft Sources Renewable Energy from New U.S. Board Directors Prefer Executives Stay Quiet on Social Issues: Report

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR (..)

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Million Carbon Removal Startup Founded by 16-Year Old Raises $3.5 Million for Solution to Produce Low Cost Sustainable Aviation Fuel Exec Moves South Pole Appoints Dara Olufon as Co-Head of its Global Climate Advisory Business

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Helle Bank Jorgensen. Companies and countries all over the world are committing to net-zero goals and pledges to the SDGs; diversity, equity and inclusion goals; human rights — the list goes on. We need to put a lot of zeros on the "More than 1,000 businesses" in order to get to a net-zero carbon economy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The financial services firm recently completed the purchase of the first tranche of reef credits and plans to continue buying them as part of its net-zero commitment. These nature-based solutions are going to become increasingly important," said Hamish Kelly, managing director of global banking, Australia at HSBC. "We

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ESG Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, announced the launch of a new sustainability-linked supply chain finance program, rewarding suppliers for improving their ESG performance, in collaboration with Netherlands-based Rabobank.

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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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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

MAY 5, 2025

In November 2024, the firm announced the departure of Group Chief Sustainability Officer Celine Herweijer, after the restructuring resulted in the CSO no longer being included on the banks Group Executive Committee. Alongside the restructuring, HSBC has also adjusted the focus of its climate and sustainability-related initiatives and targets.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Although we’ve promised to introduce a cap on energy sector emissions, this cap will not address Scope 3 emissions (those up and down a company’s supply chain), which account for around 88% of total emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

With ESG gaining more attention and more companies committing to reaching net-zero emissions in the coming decades or otherwise pledging to do better by people and the planet, it’s inevitable that the next generation of professionals in the field will define the future of sustainable finance. “The Deonna Anderson. Mecca Luster.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2022

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has a gas problem, and its net-zero plan doesn’t pass the smell test. . the production of fossil gas must rapidly decrease and the entire gas supply chain must be transformed. In many cases, the OTPP outright owns entire fossil gas companies and utilities.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These insights empower investors to align their portfolios with their individually stated net zero goals and capitalize on opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy. How could transition scenarios, like BNEF’s New Energy Outlook (NEO), affect company revenues?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The research report, “ Smaller businesses and the transition to net zero “, highlights the potential collective influence of UK smaller businesses and the considerable contribution they could make to wider net zero objectives if they all made changes to reduce their carbon footprint.

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ESG Today

MARCH 2, 2023

Highlighting significant sustainability-related growth opportunities, Deutsche Bank unveiled an estimate today that its revenues from ESG business will grow to approximately €1.4 Despite pulling forward the €200 billion goal by three years, from the initial target announced in 2020, the bank said it exceeded the 2022 ambition by €15 billion.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2021

Living Buildings strive for net-zero or net-positive energy and are free of toxic chemicals. . International Supply Chain Education Alliance Certified Supply Chain Analyst. The World Bank City Climate Planner (CCP) Certificate Program.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. trillion USD in fossil fuels. However, greater action is required to fully realise this.

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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. Because we're Scope 3, it's got to be across your whole supply chain. Photo courtesy of PepsiCo. And it's flight by flight.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. The energy transition is fundamentally achievable if supply chain risks are managed.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 6, 2022

Some of Canada’s largest banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank, more than doubled their financing of the oil sands in 2021 to $16.8 billion, according to data from the Rainforest Action Network, despite signing on to the UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Canada came in sixth.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Funds marketed as environmentally friendly are being used by major asset managers to funnel millions of dollars to the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, a company notorious for its links to deforestation and human rights abuses via its supply chain. JBS is widely regarded as an ESG pariah.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. The first-ever mention of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in COP final text was regarded as a major milestone on the path to net zero, even by those who acknowledged its multiple caveats.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Lenovo Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain by 2050 Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain Pfizer to Offer Full Portfolio of Medicines to 1.2

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3BL Media

MARCH 3, 2022

The Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) was refinanced by Lloyds Bank to support the luxury fashion brand into accelerating emissions reductions by 46 per cent across its extended supply chain (Scope 3) by 2030. KEYWORDS: ACRE, Liam Goldsworthy, Burberry, Lloyds Bank, Julie Brown.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

The UK has recently been accused of watering down its net zero ambitions, with a report from the Climate Change Committee suggesting that the UK is on course to miss meeting the pledges it made at COP28. The post Net Zero is Bringing Business Back to Britain appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Just Capital

APRIL 21, 2023

All 10 of these companies have set a Net-Zero target and we also found that these leaders are outpacing the remainder of the Russell 1000: Nearly all have a verified 1.5-degree degree Science-Based Target , to reach Net-Zero emissions within its operations by 2030. degree Science-Based Target.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Wu joins the firm after 15 years at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, where he most recently served as Head of Asia Pacific, working with governments, finance, energy and technology companies on business strategies for a net zero world. HSBC set a target in 2020 to align its financed emissions to net zero by 2050.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New research published by UK100, a group of mayors and local government leaders in late September appears to show that a “retrofit army” of nearly half a million builders, electricians and plumbers will be needed to meet the Government’s objective of becoming Net Zero by 2050. 100 billion green investment.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

Natural language processing analysis of publicly available earnings call transcripts and conference presentations tells us that ESG is one of the hottest topics in corporate boardrooms—alongside input-cost inflation, supply chain problems and labor shortages. Location: London. Location: New York.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tan Su Shan, Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS, said: “Accelerating net zero for supply chains requires the rapid scaling of low-carbon technologies and new, innovative financing models to drive adoption. The collaborative finance tool is a prime example of how we can create impact for suppliers.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sharm El Sheikh sees progress on accountability and transparency of net zero pledges, but many admit need for regulatory intervention. . New mechanisms for keeping private sector climate promises have taken big steps forward at COP27 this week, while major banks provided limited visibility on their path to net zero. .

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Just Capital

APRIL 17, 2024

HPE has committed to multiple ambitious climate goals, including achieving Net Zero across its entire value chain by 2040, a 70% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions from 2020-2030, and a 42% reduction in Scope 3 emissions from 2020-230. degree Science Based Net Zero Target.

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Deutsche Bank Ties Senior Exec Compensation to Loan Book Decarbonization Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Carbon Accounting and Management Startup Greenly Raises $52 Million Fullerton Fund Management Raises $100 Million for Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Private Equity Fund KKR Acquires Majority Stake in U.S.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

And in order to encourage the approach beyond its supply chain, Danone recently founded the One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) initiative, a cross-sector effort to improve the private sector's approach to biodiversity. The strained food production system is begging for reform, argued Soubeiran.

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