Corporate Knights

JANUARY 26, 2022

At the recent United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, diplomats from nearly 200 countries struck a major agreement to increase the fight against climate change — establishing a consensus that more must be done to protect the planet. But achieving a net-zero future requires every sector of the economy play a role, not just government.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 12, 2023

The latest net zero signals of change include a solar boost for South Africa’s grid and a successful energy efficiency trial for UK companies. GFANZ confirmed that the chapter will launch in June, and will support local financial institutions to decarbonize their investments and help the country to meet its net zero goal.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

During the recent COP26 climate negotiations , water as a mitigation tool received more attention than it had at previous talks. There’s discussion among many water utility leaders to have water utilities sign up for net zero goals, for example,” he added. There is a lot of overlap with the [ U.N.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The research report, “ Smaller businesses and the transition to net zero “, highlights the potential collective influence of UK smaller businesses and the considerable contribution they could make to wider net zero objectives if they all made changes to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2022

Financial firms have pledged that more than US$130 trillion of assets will be net-zero by 2050. And 130 countries have also promised to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, including all the G7 countries and South Africa. These pledges should not be underestimated.

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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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In case there were any doubts about the business relevance of this issue, three developments over the past six months have put these to rest: Development 1: Deforestation rises to a top climate priority. The most recent UN climate conference, COP26, highlighted the role of forests and agriculture in ways we have not seen before.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As such, attention is likely to quickly turn to alternative avenues for accelerating the development and adoption of the lower-carbon shipping technologies and practices that remain in the pipeline. A statement provided by Shell welcomed signs that some form of new regulatory regime was on the way.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

While some recognise carbon offsets markets as key for us to achieve net-zero emissions world by 2050 by funnelling cash into cost-effective projects, others believe credits are a dangerous distraction that allows polluters to pay their way out of the problem. Introduction. 1 – 1.5ºC emission pathway (Source McKinsey & Co).

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3BL Media

JULY 29, 2022

DESCRIPTION: 2021 was a year of accelerating our net-zero commitment and sustainability to take energy forward. The world has changed dramatically since Baker Hughes made its net-zero commitment in 2019. To lead in the energy transition, we believe we must retain and develop a globally skilled and diverse workforce.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Following COP26, a total of 64 countries, covering more than 89 percent of global emissions, have pledged or are legislated to achieve net zero in the coming decades. To keep up with these net-zero ambitions, the global energy system may need to significantly accelerate its transformation. To keep the 1.5°C

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Singapore plans to submit a more ambitious emissions reduction goal at the upcoming COP27 climate conference in November, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, as part of a strengthened commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. Singapore has heeded this call.”.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 20, 2021

ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces to bid to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore windfarms in the north-east of Scotland, they announced last week. It will become an increasingly important part of the energy mix in the UK as more and more offshore wind power is brought on to the grid to meet Net Zero targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Glasgow Climate Pact , agreed at COP26, stressed ‘the urgency of enhancing ambition and action in relation to mitigation, adaptation and finance in this critical decade’. Business stands ready to work with governments to deliver more ambitious NDCs in both developing and developed countries. C goal within reach.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A new report by SDSN’s Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker explores the extent to which key countries include transformations of food and land systems—necessary to meet both climate and Sustainable Development Goals—in their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted before COP26. To stay below 1.5°C

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

The investment firm has spent more than two decades helping companies adopt climate-friendly business models which will continue this year with a focus on the phase-out of unabated coal generation by 2030 for developed markets and 2050 for developing markets, in order to achieve the goals, set out in the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations. On the U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2022

UK energy utilities are responding positively to engagement efforts by institutional investors aimed at incorporating just transition principles into their net zero strategies, but there are wide differences between leaders and laggards. SSE and EDF demonstrate alignment with best practice, but laggards fail to report.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2022

To deliver on this promise, we actively engage with our associates, customers, consumers, suppliers, and partners to understand their needs and develop appropriate solutions to help solve them. We also look internally to see how we can better use our business to be stewards of progress to improve the planet, communities, and lives.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The report was launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November during the day dedicated to Cities, Regions and the Built Environment. Throughout the report we stressed that we’re not just talking about the state-of-the-art city development. Now to deliver a net zero building is embedded in the cost of doing business.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As the world continued to experience the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, resource shortages, employment challenges and inflation – these have not been easy times. SOURCE: Tetra Pak.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Industry must learn from sectors like oil and gas and develop a collaborative framework that can make explicit the expected future requirements of the offshore wind sector. “Today’s report sets out the strategic framework for ensuring we can reap the benefits of that throughout the supply chain and across the country. .

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The world fought back against the pandemic, and in just one year, developed four vaccines and immunized half of the world’s population. Despite poor coverage in developing countries (6%) and new variants bringing back lockdowns, we hope to go back soon to a new normality. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Andy Garraway, Senior Climate Policy Analyst at Risilience , insists that COPs are more than a talking shop and have been known to exceed expectations.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. The sense of optimism at COP26 turned out to be short lived. “We Beast from the east.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Looking at Cooperative Approaches as a Market-Based Path Toward Net Zero. DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at three Cooperative Approaches as a market-based path toward net zero in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). SOURCE: Tetra Tech.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. license ).

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Moreover, measuring impact is still in its early development, with most funds using SDGs or qualitative assessments to measure their impact. Figure 3: Calculated impacts of company A for the fiscal year 2019 (own operations and upstream supply chain).

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For the record, the final text called on parties to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

In the aftermath of BREXIT and in view of COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021, the UK has been focussing on decarbonisation in relation to its infrastructure and power offerings. This renewed energy and focus on the energy transition is good news to ensure we continue to move towards the UK’s net zero targets.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. o C remains highly uncertain. C trajectory. C trajectory.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, Brazilian meatpacker JBS has set science-based climate targets and are aiming to have full supply chain traceability by 2025. Even so, we have developed a pipeline of over ten large nature-based solutions to be financed during 2023, with an overall potential of 40,000 hectares of agroforestry and productive restoration.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

The investment community may have limited control over net zero targets, but it can enable better outcomes, says London Business School Executive Fellow Tom Gosling. In 2021, we did a year-long project and developed a paper called ‘What does stakeholder capitalism mean for investors ?’,” ’,” he said.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 18, 2022

As an energy technology company with a portfolio of lower-carbon solutions across the energy value chain, our corporate strategy is to lead through the energy transition to a low-carbon future. The IAPG supports the government on oil and gas industry topics, regulations, standards development, and committees. Stakeholder engagement.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Many have set science-based targets aligned with 1.5ºC, others are starting their journey to net-zero. As delegates head home, these are the key lessons that business leaders can take from Cop26. Nature came to Cop26 like never before. The Glasgow Pact has given them the direction of travel. Action, action, action.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Mathieu Nègre, Portfolio Manager for Emerging Market Impact Equities, Union Bancaire Privée, says Asia’s contribution is critical to global net zero ambitions. The speed picked up after that with Japan, South Korea and India all undertaking in the 15 months that followed to reach net zero. Making exceptions.

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