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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

Finally, we had the Conference of the parties COP26, where countries and businesses increased their climate ambition. Two events will increase corporate Net-zero programs credibility and separate climate action from pure greenwashing: The launch of the first science-based Net-Zero standard by SBTi. Carbon Offsets Market growth.

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What Net-Zero companies are and How to start the journey

Carlos Sanchez

Businesses must close the ‘Say : Do’ gap; the greenwashing space between their environmental pledges and (lack of) actions to meet them Paul Polman, former Unilever CEO. To increase carbon removals , the company must promote carbon removals projects, also called carbon sinks, within its operations or in its value chain.

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Progress at last on climate finance at COP27

Corporate Knights

Getting to net-zero – without greenwashing. The last climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, nearly fell apart over frustration that international finance wasn’t flowing to developing countries and that corporations and financial institutions were greenwashing – making claims they couldn’t back up.

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