Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2022

The window to take action on climate change is closing. The global scientific community now has the official backing of hundreds of government and business leaders who agree that we must transition to a net-zero-carbon economy, and yet getting strong climate regulations in place has proven a challenge. C campaign.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Asset owner’s Head of Climate Change and Nature calls for range of interventions to “unlock finance”. But a UK-wide transition plan is perhaps the most crucial because it sets the scene and gives [investors and companies] long-term certainty to deliver net zero,” Gardner added.

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CREA

AUGUST 10, 2023

Toronto, Ontario, August 10, 2023— CanREA joined Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Steven Guilbeault for the announcement of the Federal Government’s new draft Clean Electricity Regulations today. “In Why are they the solution? Photos PHOTO: Vittoria Bellissimo, President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Energy Association.

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ESG Today

JUNE 21, 2023

DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for use as a raw material or permanently removed when combined with storage. According to last year’s IPCC climate change mitigation study, scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Oregon State Treasurer disclosed plans earlier this month to transition the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s portfolio (OPERF) to net zero, as more US states prepare to launch transition plans for their public pension funds.

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Global Renewable News

JUNE 8, 2022

Today (June 8), Pacific Gas and Electric.

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Just Capital

APRIL 22, 2022

The company’s climate commitment is a verified 1.5 degree Science Based Target , and is informed by its goal to reach net zero emissions by 2030 across its operations and supply chains and its analysis on the carbon impact of remote work. C Science Based Target Net zero by 2030 target. Verified 1.5°C Mastercard.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. “We degrees Celsius.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As Greta Thunberg so pithily observed at #DigitalDavos, instead of corporate blather about " hypothetical targets and net-zero loopholes ," we need every cent going in a new direction as we crawl out of the pandemic economic crisis. He wants us to embrace the opportunity of climate change and investing; climate risk is investment risk.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Some were shocked by the anger expressed at the forum by ex-US VP Al Gore, who distanced himself from US Climate Envoy John Kerry on the growing role of petrostates and oil company executives in climate change negotiations.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

First, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance told us of a steepening uphill struggle, but an effective one driven by target-setting across activities and sectors. The end of the beginning – The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance also urged further efforts to “reform the current multilateral financial architecture”.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, which sets out detailed thresholds and criteria for defining green and transition activities that contribute to climate change mitigation across eight focus sectors.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

With climate change, extreme weather, population growth and industrial development all placing greater pressure on our finite water supplies, there has never been a more urgent need for innovative and sustainable solutions to manage our most precious resource. How is water security different from water stewardship?

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2023

C and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The WEF’s Global Risks Report 2023 highlighted failure to respond to climate change and biodiversity loss among the most severe long-term risks facing the world.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Many companies have also chosen to act. Policy actions can also offer incentives that lower costs and remove barriers.

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In August, the world’s top relevant scientists published another report endorsed by all 193 countries involved in the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). What all agree on is that much more has to be done much more urgently than simply committing to plan to reduce net emissions to zero nearly thirty years from now.

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In August, the world’s top relevant scientists published another report endorsed by all 193 countries involved in the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, Net Zero has gained enough support and momentum to make it worth supporting – for now. Code Red for Humanity”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A separate letter was submitted by the CEOs of more than 100 global corporates with a UK presence, calling on Truss to tie her growth plans to a net zero and nature positive investment agenda. Greater dependence on fossil fuels makes no sense from an economic or climate perspective. Structural reforms to energy market.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“We’re optimistic that we can use TNFD as a tool to better understand our portfolio, in terms of how it impacts and depends on nature, and associated risks and opportunities,” he said, adding that nature would play a key role in the transition to net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Our principal subsidiary, SCE, delivers power to customers entirely within the state of California, which has some of the most ambitious science-based climate change goals in the U.S. This commitment covers the power SCE delivers to customers and Edison International’s enterprisewide operations, including our supply chain.

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Carlos Sanchez

MAY 7, 2020

Since this jargon can be a bit overwhelming, I decided to create this Sustainability Jargon Dictionary to allow you to talk to other people about Climate Change and other sustainability topics in a language they can understand. Climate change. Climate Change – An alteration in global climate patterns.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Mixed picture Do climate-related disclosures provide investors with the decision-useful information they need as they seek to reduce portfolios emissions while orientating capital to climate-positive investments? There are also emerging topics, such as just transition, where data is very sparse.”

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2023

As net zero strategies are taking shape and being implemented, governments , investors and companies are enlisting the natural world in the battle to combat the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Of course, opportunities for nature- and climate positive investments stretch far beyond forest borders.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“All four are moving quickly, but the big unlocks will come from accelerating technology and fuel cost-downs and major global-level changes in the regulatory environment.” . Buoyed by solutions . With the regulatory landscape shifting to accommodate sustainability, it’s now up to the companies to transition.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

The Biodiversity Equity theme covers six key themes: land pollution, marine pollution and exploitation, unsustainable living, climate change, unsustainable farming, and deforestation. Each theme also considers multiple sub-themes aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Financial institutions need to segment their portfolios into transition, net zero-aligned and stranded assets and develop clear emissions reduction plans in line with recognised 2030 and 2050 targets, said Mark Carney, Founder and Co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Heading for the exit?

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

degree Science Based Net Zero commitment, and providing sellers with 100% recycled packaging. Apple commits to eliminating all plastics in its packaging by 2025 and has pledged to create products with net zero carbon impact. degree Science-Based Net Zero commitment.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The risks of climate change mark a threat to both public health and the economy,” said Shelly Schlenker, executive vice president/chief advocacy officer, CommonSpirit Health. It will take more than just one company, more than one industry to counter the worst effects of climate change – it is time for us all to act.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Generating returns from regenerative agriculture is positive for the planet but entails a different risk profile for investors, says Paul McMahon, Managing Partner at SLM Partners. Climate change impacts are “stressing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture, increasingly hindering efforts to meet human needs”.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

SOPHIA LI: So what are the most effective steps we can take—as individuals that feed into the collective—to slow the rate of climate disruption? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from the United Nations is one of the most trusted sources of information we have on the climate.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Is 'net-zero' greenwash? This year, there has been much ado about zero. It’s becoming hard to read the green media, or even the mainstream media, without seeing new net-zero commitments from companies, governments, institutions and others. Now, net-zero is the flavor of the month. Joel Makower.

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