article thumbnail

Sands Releases Its 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

3BL Media

Sands aims to achieve the new 30% target, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement to limit temperature increase to 1.5C, by 2025. In 2024, the company also released its first low-carbon transition plan, which outlined a new 30% emissions-reduction target that complements its existing 17.5%

article thumbnail

Standard Chartered to Engage with all Priority Clients in High-Emitting Sectors Over Next 12 Months

ESG Today

We also engaged EY to confirm that our targets for Aluminium, Automotive Manufacturers, Cement, Commercial Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Power, Shipping, Steel and Coal, meet the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, and are mathematically accurate in reference to third-party scientific scenarios.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

AI and ESG – Part One: Opportunities

Chris Hall

Lorenzo Saa, Chief Sustainability Officer of Clarity AI, considers the possibilities when the power of long-term capital meets the power of technology. AI is already revolutionising how we live, work, and play, and its set to radically transform global progress on sustainability.

article thumbnail

ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

billion in clean energy awards; new supply chain decarbonization solutions partnership by Bain, Terralytiq; capital raises for carbon removal, fusion energy tech; sustainable aviation fuel production to double this year, and more. Rowe Price Appoints Matt Lawton as Head of Impact Fixed Income

article thumbnail

To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. But any chief sustainability officer will fall short of their responsibility if they simply cite net-zero as a strategic goal. To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success. Peter Boyd.

article thumbnail

Better Together: The Climate Pledge

GreenBiz

Join us for a conversation about the power of companies (big and small) coming together to tackle the climate crisis, and hear why Global Optimism and Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a bold commitment to become net zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. . Kara Hurst, Head of Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon.

article thumbnail

Microsoft Appoints Former Biden Admin Climate Leader Melanie Nakagawa as Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

Tech giant Microsoft announced today the appointment of former Biden administration climate and energy specialist Melanie Nakagawa as Chief Sustainability Officer. return to the Paris Agreement , and on energy issues including the international energy response to the war in Ukraine.