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What is the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)?

Sphera

C - 2° C compared to the pre-industrial era, to prevent the damaging effects of climate change. Science-based targets show businesses how much and how quickly they need to reduce their GHG emissions to limit/counteract climate change. C to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

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LyondellBasell Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets, Includes Scope 3

3BL Media

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Get ready, Corporate America: The carbon disclosure mandates are coming

GreenBiz

In a series of tweets , Lee also aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) statement of an "urgent need to improve the consistency, comparability, and reliability of sustainability reporting, with an initial focus on climate change-related risks and opportunities."

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What CFOs Need to Know About Future ESG Reporting Standards

Chris Hall

Their current ESRS draft standards have three central concepts; Governance (topics include risk management and internal controls); Social (covering workforce, value chain, communities and consumers); and Environmental (covering climate change, pollution, biodiversity and resource use). As with the ISSB, there is a financial focus.

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Greater Collaboration and Transparency in Reporting Are Key to a More Sustainable Semiconductor Industry

3BL Media

The threat posed by climate change is motivating efforts around the world to improve corporate sustainability, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C SOURCE: Applied Materials. DESCRIPTION: by Benjamin Gross, Ph.D. C under the Paris Agreement.