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Accelerating Climate Action: Project Gigaton™ Marks Key Milestone

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Over the years, we have expanded Project Gigaton™ to focus action on six arenas in product supply chains that are key for emissions reduction and also tend to align with suppliers’ business priorities: energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation and product design. Celsius degree pathway as reported to CDP.

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Collecting Air Emissions Data for Compliance and Carbon Reduction

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Scope 3, or other indirect emissions, are all other indirect emissions in the value chain, such as from employee commuting, transportation, waste management, and product use. raw materials with associated emissions), and waste disposal methods. Key data points for GHG emissions calculation include type and quantity of fuel used (e.g.,

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COP15: A historical moment for biodiversity and corporate disclosure

Environmental Finance

To make the 'Paris agreement for nature' a success, countries should waste no time in making biodiversity reporting legally mandatory, argues CDP's Mirjam Wolfrum

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

Yet the pace and scale of their reductions is in the realm of what every company and country must do by 2030 to keep the faith of the Paris Agreement. 17 Republic Services Inc Waste 13,862,083 2,200,930 -0.14 But not all GHG reductions are equal. For instance, 87% of oil giant BP’s 36.5-million-tonne Divestments (47%).

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now. This year, the non-profit CDP, which runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, included new questions to assess firms’ approaches to biodiversity. There are, however, positive signs.

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Qualcomm's Commitment to Net-Zero Global Operational Emissions by 2040

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This includes our direct operational GHG emissions such as from manufacturing processes at our three fabs and our cogeneration plants, our purchased utilities, primarily electricity, and our upstream and downstream value chain, which includes direct and indirect supply chain, business travel, waste generated in operations, and more.

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Gildan Publishes Its 18th Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report

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The Company thus set a strong base for fulfilling its future environmental goals and reaching the level of decarbonization required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and early in 2022, Gildan signed the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitment letter. 15% decrease in total waste intensity compared to 2018.