Corporate Knights

MAY 19, 2022

The silence and half-truths – commonly referred to as green blushing and greenwashing – are slowing climate progress. So rather than hiding behind the numbers in a chart or making vague claims, one way to win stakeholder trust is to tell ESG stories in a way that honestly outlines and dismantles an organization’s path to net-zero.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Matthew Shankland, Head of Sidley Austin’s London-based Disputes Resolution Practice, outlines how i nvestor s can mitigate against the increased risk of greenwashing-related issues in company advertising. Under English law, there is no specific cause of action for, or law governing, greenwashing.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A UN-backed group of sustainability, business, finance and government leaders unveiled a series of recommendations aimed at developing clearer standards for net zero pledges made by businesses and other non-state entities, and avoid the use of the commitments for greenwashing.

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3BL Media

APRIL 14, 2022

DESCRIPTION: There’s a growing consensus in both the business and scientific worlds that the 2050 deadline for getting to net-zero carbon emissions is far too late to stave off climate-change devastation. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:LOGI, Logitech, Bracken Darrell, Carbon Emissions, Net Zero.

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ESG Today

MARCH 6, 2024

subsidiary of Brazil-based protein giant JBS Foods, the largest global producer of beef and poultry, alleging that the company has made a series of misleading statements about its environmental impact, including its claim that it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. It’s possible.” “We

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B the Change

JUNE 22, 2022

(Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash ) Scaling Impact and Strengthening Accountability Toward Net Zero Through the B Corp Climate Collective Brigitta Nemes, Senior Manager Environmental Standards at B Lab Global, shares her reflections on a new direction for the B Corp Climate Collective’s work on net zero.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Financial Services Council (FSC), Australia’s financial services industry’s standards and policy setting body, announced the release of new climate-related guidelines for investment managers to set targets, report on risk, and avoid greenwashing.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

That means avoiding “greenwashing,” or false communications about environmental action. Greenwashing is a big problem. You’ve probably heard of greenwashing. We define greenwashing and explain why it hurts your company. What Is Greenwashing? Greenwashing can be either intentional or unintentional.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sharm El Sheikh sees progress on accountability and transparency of net zero pledges, but many admit need for regulatory intervention. . New mechanisms for keeping private sector climate promises have taken big steps forward at COP27 this week, while major banks provided limited visibility on their path to net zero. .

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 1, 2022

A report out this week appears to suggest so, accusing some of the world’s highest profile businesses of pursuing deeply flawed and partial net zero strategies that amount to little more than “greenwash.” ” Read more →

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Net Zero Insurance Alliance plan leaves door open to greenwashing, claim campaigners. A three-pronged framework to guide insurance firms to net zero by 2050 was unveiled at Davos yesterday as proof the industry could “walk the talk” on net zero transition. Left to own discretion.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

s Association of Independent Music launched the Music Climate Pact , which was signed by all three major labels – Universal, Warner and Sony – along with large indies like Secretly Group and Ninja Tune. The post The music industry changes its tune on climate change appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

The federal government is pursuing new policies on procurement and low-carbon investment standards aimed at boosting the business prospects for companies committed to net-zero climate plans. Climate changes means business,” the environment minister told a GLOBExChange audience. “We

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Code of conduct for ESG ratings and data providers, grant schemes for transition bonds and loans, and ISSB-aligned disclosures included in action plan. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched a net zero transition financing plan as part of the city-state’s climate and sustainability agenda.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 18, 2024

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). A total of 40% of survey respondents had committed to net zero emissions, compared with none the previous year.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted last week, we are in the midst of a climate emergency. New climate rules introduced earlier this month by Canada’s financial regulator – the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) – are a long overdue effort to bridge that gap.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

If you thought the first two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reviews on climate science made for bleak reading, then the third instalment will be the hardest yet to digest. . However, “existing legal and regulatory frameworks remain in the way” of achieving some net zero ambitions, he adds.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

While some argue banking on a technology in its infancy could undermine the climate transition, policymakers cannot turn their backs on supporting the growth of CCUS. Reaching net zero by 2050 means deploying future technologies to store and remove the harder-to-abate emissions we can’t address today.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

The use of carbon jargon to camouflage flimsy net zero plans will come to an end, exposing bad players, warns Gary Smith, Partner at Haven Green Capital Partners. Everyone and anyone can announce that they have a plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions in 2050. Change might happen fast. Take-off for transition?

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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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3BL Media

AUGUST 16, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules which aim to strengthen protections and address increasing confusion and greenwashing concerns around the rapid growth of ESG-oriented funds. In recent years, investor demand for climate and ESG investing has increased tremendously. investing public.

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ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2023

In addition to the new green bond initiative, the government outlined a number of commitments aimed at advancing the development of a sustainable finance market, including backing the development of a sustainable finance taxonomy and efforts to tackle greenwashing.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Join thousands of companies seizing the opportunities of climate action for a net zero, 1.5°C-aligned C-aligned world by accessing the 4 A’s of Climate Leadership framework. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) can join the SME Climate Hub to commit to net zero with a tailored target-setting pathway.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . Greenwashing kind of falls into that same skepticism.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada is lagging in its efforts to drive private capital into sustainable investments to finance solutions on climate change and other environmental challenges. Canada is playing catch-up,” he acknowledged. The volume of the capital needed will require a major, major role on the part of the private sector,” he said.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today the PR industry propping up the sector is considered one of the biggest obstructions to climate change mitigation. As the medium goes digital and the message becomes more subtle and diffuse, pro-oil marketing is being baked into our social media feeds and infiltrating climate conferences.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Both types of projects are essential for humanity to achieve a net-zero future.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It committed to a green and transition taxonomy (a classification system for investments) and mandatory climate-related disclosure from large private companies. It also proposed to tackle greenwashing by strengthening competition law. Last week was the first hearing of what is expected to be a many-session study of CAFA.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector. degree celsius (1.5°C)

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. Some previously untargeted companies, brands, institutional investors and geographies will be thrust into the limelight as central problems in the battle against climate change.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 27, 2024

European and North American oil and gas majors are underperforming on key climate-related performance measures used by investor members of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) engagement initiative. It performed more strongly on climate solutions, where it met 81% of the metrics.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Adam Scott is d irector and Patrick DeRochie is s enior m anager for Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, a charitable initiative that tracks the climate strategies of Canadian pension funds and works to protect pensions and the climate by bringing together beneficiaries and their pension managers to engage on the climate crisis. .

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ESG Investor

MARCH 27, 2024

European and North American oil and gas majors are underperforming on key climate-related performance measures used by investor members of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) engagement initiative. It performed more strongly on climate solutions, where it met 81% of the metrics.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

Accurately defining your organization’s decarbonization efforts is important for signaling to your customers and stakeholders that you are taking real action on climate change. When stating net-zero goals, it’s important to clarify the exact action taken by your organization. Definition. Why it Matters.

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