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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

But 40% of the reductions came from divesting, or selling off, dirty assets, which from the atmosphere’s perspective is akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. In terms of sustainable capital expenditures, as a whole the 20 companies projected total sustainable investments of $528 billion (all figures in U.S.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Financed emissions are the share of operational emissions from the companies under an institution's investment/lending portfolio, with methodologies such as PCAF or JIM providing a system for measuring these emissions. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. Waste-management companies Clean Harbors and Republic Services may generate a lot of carbon today, but their entire business models center on cleaning the environment.