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Burberry Steps Out With New £300m Sustainability Loan

3BL Media

Burberry has strengthened its resolve to be climate positive by 2040 by refinancing a credit facility to a £300m Sustainability Linked Loan. The firm committed to the climate positive target last June, which will place the company ten years ahead of the 1.5C pathway laid out in the Paris Agreement.

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Burberry’s Net Zero Emissions Goals Approved by SBTi

ESG Today

Luxury brand Burberry announced today that its climate goals have been approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) as meeting the criteria to keep global warming to 1.5°C C in line with the Paris Agreement. by 2030, from a 2019 baseline.

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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022

Just Capital

The IPCC, the UN’s climate research body, recently found that the world is currently on track for temperature increases more than double the 1.5°C C goal set in the Paris Agreement. The company’s climate commitment is a verified 1.5 Intuit ranks first among Software companies for its work to address climate change.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

In accordance with the IPCC 2015 Paris Agreement, the 193 countries that have agreed on the report should provide their Nationally Determined Contribution to global emission reductions. They will be joined by thousands of enterprises and communities committing to their own voluntary reductions. Julia graduated with a B.S.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

In accordance with the IPCC 2015 Paris Agreement, the 193 countries that have agreed on the report should provide their Nationally Determined Contribution to global emission reductions. They will be joined by thousands of enterprises and communities committing to their own voluntary reductions. Julia graduated with a B.S.

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Is 'net-zero' greenwash?

GreenBiz

In addition to net-zero companies, there are also net-zero buildings , communities , products , farming , factories , supply-chains , even ships. Global net-zero commitments doubled in less than a year and commitments by companies more than tripled, rising from 500 at the end of 2019 to more than 1,500 by September.

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