Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

trillion by the early 2030s in the latest net-zero roadmap published this morning by the International Energy Agency. C has narrowed in the past two years, but clean energy technologies are keeping it open,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, in a release summarizing the 227-page document. trillion in 2023 to $4.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its advice on the recommended level of Scotlands forthcoming four carbon budgets (covering the period 2026 to 2045) on 21 May, presenting what it suggested was a good news story about how Scotland can decarbonise. Scotlands climate future depends on it.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Water industry experts from Ricardo and Mott MacDonald have collaborated to create what they describe as “a pioneering strategy that will guide the UK water industry to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.” Net zero by 2030 will be a huge team effort.”.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Deutsche Bank announced the publication of its initial Transition Plan, outlining the bank’s methodologies, targets and achievements on its path to net-zero by 2050, across its own operations and supply chain, as well as financed emissions. This will allow us to continuously refine our own Transition Plan.”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes its sector “can achieve net-zero by 2050” through a range of measures recommended to government and others in its latest report, Routes to Net-Zero 2050: 2020 Year End Summary. Setting carbon budgets for the transport sector.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The 27th UN climate summit, COP27, which got underway in Egypt on Sunday, seems to have been pre-ordained as a modest contribution to the increasingly fraught fight against climate change. . spending bill that pumps hundreds of billions of dollars into climate investments. . negotiator, told the Associated Press. .

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 24, 2023

In August of that same year, reinsurance company Munich Re published a report on the devastating impacts of recent floods, warning of the risks of climate change. The document called for more study of global warming, “as a result of which glaciers and the polar caps recede, surfaces of lakes are reduced and ocean temperatures rise.”

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2021

Download the document. The number of countries announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions over the coming decades continues to grow.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 20, 2023

And the UN projects that more than two-thirds of us will live in cities by 2050, the same year we need to achieve net-zero. After years of relentless focus on climate change mitigation through decarbonization, creating resilience to the changes that are already upon us took centre stage at this year’s conference.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

Climate spending: funding shortfall FY2015/16–2023/24 “With this report, Corporate Knights has given us a valuable and readable scorecard that highlights federal government initiatives to address climate change across departments and policy instruments. What was promised? What has been delivered?”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Implementation guidance aims to support a wide variety of net zero strategies. Updated guidance published by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) seeks to ensure investors have the flexibility they need to effectively apply net zero strategies across all asset classes they invest in.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 3, 2021

Download the document. In this report, Citi’s Sustainable Finance team takes a detailed look at two hard-to-abate sectors — transport (road freight, aviation and shipping) and industry (cement and steel) — which need to be focused on to successfully meet net zero emission commitments.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A new report sets out a strategy for achieving net zero concrete and cement. Making Net Zero Concrete and Cement Possible appears to show, through its Net Zero scenario, how the sector can reach net zero GHG emissions and comply with a 1.5°C

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

UK banks, on the other hand, followed their transatlantic counterparts in weakening alignment of their business models with net zero objectives. NatWest and Barclays both dropped climate targets from their bonus schemes for senior executives, while HSBC pushed back its net zero ambitions by 20 years.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Download the document. The report provides insights from sustainability experts on what is required to achieve net zero transition in climate-intensive sectors such as steel, cement, agricultural commodities and oil and gas, and what investors engaging in these sectors need to know in order to have real economic impacts on green transitions.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The clear highlight of the conference finale was the “Loss and damage” agreement, with developed nations committing to set up a fund that would pay for climate-change related damage in poorer, vulnerable countries. This is crucial moving forward because there can be no lasting action against climate change without climate justice.”.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

Climate spending: funding shortfall FY2015/16–2023/24 “With this report, Corporate Knights has given us a valuable and readable scorecard that highlights federal government initiatives to address climate change across departments and policy instruments. What was promised? What has been delivered?”

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The COP28 decision text, released Wednesday morning, included language about “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems” and “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner so as to achieve net zero by, or before, or around 2050 in keeping with the science”.The

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2023

New Principles on the US Department of the Treasury will make net zero investment the “expectation for all financial sector actors”, US-based investor network Ceres has told ESG Investor. The nine principles include net zero commitments being aligned with 1.5°C,

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 23, 2021

Public support for clean energy is growing at a pace of knots and most governments now also view climate change as a non-negotiable priority to tackle. This ambitious document outlines support for the low carbon sector via the creation of 250,000 new green jobs and via direct industry investment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Scotland must do more to help hydropower facilities maximise their output and prevent negative impacts on wildlife in the face of the challenges posed by climate change, according to a new report. The document lays out a series of recommendations to help tackle the problem of sediment buildup at dams and weirs across the country.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 8, 2022

Our journey began with a focus on understanding our impact on one of the most pressing issues of our lifetime—climate change. In recognizing climate change as an imperative, we announced aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction goals that will challenge us well into the future as we pledge to become carbon neutral by 2040.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

In 2024, USGBC is doing a slow-release of LEED v5, which introduces new prerequisites such as "embodied carbon assessment" and "climate resilience assessment" to emphasize upfront environmental impact and long-term adaptability to climate change. Documentation Gather any necessary information for certification.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. For the first time, the UK pledged to align the financial and private sectors with an environmental net zero goal,” Karen Ellis, Chief Economist at WWF-UK, told ESG Investor.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 25, 2022

Download the document. The IPCC is expressing the need for urgent action on climate change and society is expecting sustainability leaders to answer the call. Corporations play an important role in helping tackle climate change in this critical decade, through emission reductions targets and ambitious net zero goals.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Originally posted on GFANZ on September 19, 2023 The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Secretariat today launched a consultation on its work to further refine the definitions of its transition finance strategies and support financial institutions to forecast the impact of these strategies on reducing emissions.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As the focus sharpens on how governments and businesses are turning net zero commitments into action, We Mean Business Coalition, CDP, Ceres and Environmental Defense Fund have this week released a new report to help companies accelerate their climate journey – via credible climate transition action plans (CTAPs).

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

New guidance on portfolio alignment metrics by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has received a mixed response with some seeing it as a foundation for further efforts, while others have warned it may serve to dilute institutions’ focus on heavy emitters. . C of global warming by 2050. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2022

NZBA open letter highlights risks from divergent responses of stakeholders to climate emergency. . The future stability of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is under scrutiny after a member group appeared to distance itself from updated UN-endorsed rules for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. .

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ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2024

One of the key changes to the directive proposed by Council’s position relates to the use of offsetting through carbon credits in making climate-related claims, such as “carbon neutral,” or “net zero.”

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ESG Today

APRIL 14, 2023

While Iberdrola said that the ESG measurement model integrated into procurement decision making will be maintained for the 2023 – 2025 period, new climate-related action plans are under consideration in order to help the company meet its 2040 sustainability goals.

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3BL Media

JULY 1, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rachel Bigby, Jennifer Warfield, and Mary Beggs discuss what publicly traded companies can do to set up for disclosure readiness, prepare a compliance strategy to address upcoming climate change disclosure requirements, and advance their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) maturity.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. It is only then the industry will shift its approach, and we can move towards net zero carbon emissions. The time for action is now!

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