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Episode 248: Mastercard CSO, parsing plastics policy, Paris Agreement at 5

GreenBiz

Episode 248: Mastercard CSO, parsing plastics policy, Paris Agreement at 5. Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals? Happy 5th anniversary, Paris Agreement (39:25) . Paris Agreement. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/11/2020 - 00:10. Week in Review. Contributors.

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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. . We’re looking forward to road testing this work.” .

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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. This will identify the actual emissions cuts that countries have made since the Paris Agreement was signed and allow us to accurately understand progress towards cutting emissions in half by 2030.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

To support companies in their investments in nature, We Mean Business Coalition launched a new partnership with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative (VCMI) , supporting companies to follow VCMI’s Claims Code and helping to ensure carbon market investments strengthen global action towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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What Is Sustainable Finance?

B the Change

Almost all major listed companies, even those in the energy or mining sectors, have established CSR or sustainability departments, appointed chief sustainability officers, or have a CSR committee on their boards. Many other pressures are also driving sustainable finance.

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Taking the Heat Out of COP27

Chris Hall

resulted in advances, such as the agreement between Congo, Indonesia and Brazil, and several bilateral talks between governments outside the circle of richest countries,” said?Jose Jose Pugas, Head of Responsible Investments and Engagement at JGP Asset Management. . C is to remain achievable. .

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Investors Search for Answers

Chris Hall

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. We can’t just preach to the converted around this table,” Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited. “We