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Three steps to reduce emissions while restoring nature

We Mean Business Coalition

Barriers to progress Companies and governments are under increasing scrutiny to deliver on their climate goals, and concerns around corporate greenwashing are rife, as our recent survey produced with Conservation International, Corporate Minds on Climate Action , highlighted.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

We saw new highs of ambition within one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors, as Cemex, Holcim and Titan become the first cement companies to set 1.5°C-aligned New guidance and tools were launched to further support companies on the path to decarbonization. C-aligned science-based targets. C temperature rise limit.

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In Defence of Corporate Climate Action

We Mean Business Coalition

We must have zero tolerance for net zero greenwashing.” Yet the implication that all corporate climate action is tantamount to greenwashing is simply wrong. I regularly hear from CEOs, CSOs and other corporate leaders just how challenging it is to develop a credible decarbonization strategy and plan. C within reach.

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A Guide to Achieving Net Zero Emissions

We Mean Business Coalition

As customers demand greener products and services, investors seek out the next big climate solution, and governments legislate to cut emissions, companies know they need to decarbonize, and fast. Ambition: Has the company set the right decarbonization targets? The new financial regulatory developments in the U.S.,

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COP27: Five things companies need to know after this year’s UN climate summit

We Mean Business Coalition

make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. Mission Possible Partnership launched its 2030 Milestones , detailing the necessary actions needed this decade to decarbonize heavy industry. C-aligned science-based targets.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

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. Among several requirements, companies will need to reach deep decarbonization of 90-95% before 2050.

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

Carlos Sanchez

Moreover, according to CDP, supply chain emissions are on average 11.4 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. Besides, it could use sustainability reporting platforms such as CDP.