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2022 Must be the Year of Action

Chris Hall

In amongst news of the latest twists and turns of the coronavirus pandemic, the final quarter of 2021 was punctuated by a depressingly familiar set of headlines on devastating weather events. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Concerns over corporate greenwash are widespread.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

We hosted events with indigenous and youth participants in the pavilion this year – but there’s scope for business to do more to engage and empower these groups, whose voices will be critical to ensuring an inclusive, equitable transition that leaves no-one behind. In fact, this has been a COP of action.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

In this article, I’ll summarise key sustainability events defining 2021 and then present four sustainable ESG trends that will settle companies’ environment in 2022. Finally, we had the Conference of the parties COP26, where countries and businesses increased their climate ambition. 2021 Sustainability Summary.

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Net Zero Scrutiny Intensifies at COP27 

Chris Hall

The UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities issued its recommendations for eliminating ‘greenwashing’ from net zero pledges, which emphasised the need for “significant near- and medium- emission reductions” in 2050 decarbonisation plans. . Data gaps and inconsistencies .

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Taking the Heat Out of COP27

Chris Hall

Despite the muted headlines at the end of the event, Amin said COP27 would mark “a significant shift” in emphasis towards a much greater role of the private sector in delivering climate adaptation in EMDEs. C is to remain achievable. . The finance sector .

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What Net-Zero companies are and How to start the journey

Carlos Sanchez

After the signature of the Paris Agreement in 2015, science has become widely accepted. Businesses must close the ‘Say : Do’ gap; the greenwashing space between their environmental pledges and (lack of) actions to meet them Paul Polman, former Unilever CEO. Details of the Net-zero Standard launch event are here.