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VCM Code of Practice Launches, with Google, Unilever and Hitachi on Board

Chris Hall

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. . Today’s guidelines will help companies continue to decarbonise in a cost-effective way,” UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said. .

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

One of the most important changes since COP26 in Glasgow last year is that companies are sharing concrete numbers on how much they’re investing, the amount of emissions they’re cutting, and the details of their impact. In fact, this has been a COP of action.

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Let the Climate Finance Flow

Chris Hall

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. On this critical issue, there has been no absence of good intent.

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Taking the Heat Out of COP27

Chris Hall

Nazmeera Moola, Chief Sustainability Officer at South African asset manager Ninety One, highlighted the progress toward the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), which should be presented at COP28, but acknowledged that extended timelines provided limited immediate scope to channel private capital into adaptation projects in EMDEs. .