ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The post Corporate Decarbonization, Supportive Policy to Drive 2023 Rebound in Sustainable Bond Market: Moody’s appeared first on ESG Today. Moody’s forecasts the GSSS bond market to grow 10% in 2023 to issuance of $950 billion, after declining 18% in 2022 to $862 billion, from a record $1.05 trillion in 2021.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This week in ESG news: COP28 ends with first-ever agreement to transition away from fossil fuels; BlackRock identifies the low carbon transition as a 2024 investment “mega force”; BCG signs 15-year deal to capture carbon from atmosphere; EU lawmakers reach landmark deal on law to address human rights & environmental impact in corporate value chains; (..)

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ESG Today

JUNE 11, 2023

This week in ESG news: Germany’s €50 billion industrial decarbonization plan; U.S. This week in ESG news: Germany’s €50 billion industrial decarbonization plan; U.S.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Billion for Sustainable Food Chain Fund Infrastructure Tech Startup Neara Raises $24 Million to Help Utilities Deploy Renewable Energy, Reduce Climate Risk InterContinental Energy Raises $115 Million to Develop Green Hydrogen Projects

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ESG Today

MAY 7, 2024

Over a 3-year horizon, however, decarbonization was the most-often cited strategic priority, at 43%. For the study, EY’s CEO Outlook Pulse Survey, EY surveyed 1,200 CEOs from large companies across 21 countries and five industries, as well as 300 institutional investors in 21 countries.

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ESG Today

MAY 5, 2024

Million Carbonfact Raises $15 Million for Emissions Reporting Solution for Fashion Industry U.S.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Apple to Track Suppliers’ Emissions, Targeting a Decarbonized Supply Chain by 2030. UK Regulator Targets Greenwashing with New Sustainable Investment Labels and Disclosure Rules. Greenwashing Top of Mind for Execs, as War & Inflation Threaten Corporate Climate Progress: Deloitte. Government & Regulators. Operations.

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ESG Today

JULY 2, 2023

This week in ESG news: IFRS releases global sustainability and climate reporting standards; Australia to introduce mandatory climate disclosure beginning 2024; AstraZeneca announces $400 million reforestation and biodiversity investment; IBM survey finds surge in CEOs with pay tied to ESG goals; UK environment minister quits over government’s climate (..)

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ESG Today

MAY 21, 2023

This week in ESG news: Microsoft signs one of the largest ever carbon removal deals; Deloitte survey finds over 40% of Gen Z & Millennials would switch jobs over climate concerns; EU Parliament proposes ban on green claims based only on carbon offsetting; Morgan Stanley raises $500 million for climate solutions fund; most companies planning to (..)

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3BL Media

MAY 13, 2022

SUMMARY: James Mandel, Blackstone’s Chief Sustainability Officer, and Jake Shirmer, a Principal in Portfolio Operations, explain why tracking greenhouse gas emissions is neither greenwashing nor a compliance checkbox. At Blackstone, we’ve structured our carbon accounting program as an integral part of active decarbonization.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

This week in ESG news: EU launches green industrial plan to counter US Inflation Reduction Act; California lawmakers propose rule requiring full value chain emissions disclosure from companies; survey finds large majority of companies boosting spend this year on sustainability initiatives despite headwinds; Amazon sets corporate renewable energy record; (..)

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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ESG Today

MAY 31, 2023

Measurabl Co-Founder and CEO Matt Ellis said: “The antidote to greenwashing is objective measurement and transparency. They have become the indispensable ESG platform for real estate and trusted partner to owners and occupiers who must mitigate climate risk, decarbonize their real estate portfolios, and improve access to capital.”

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Yet that is precisely where the industry has found itself, after a new grassroots campaign — Clean Creatives — launched this month in the United States, aimed at pressuring advertising, PR and public affairs agencies to end what it regards as "greenwashing and misinformation campaigns that help delay climate action.". It is a big business.

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ESG Today

JUNE 4, 2023

This week in ESG news: EU lawmakers vote to require company climate transition plans; insurers flee net zero industry alliance over U.S. Billion EV Battery Plant to Meet “Soaring” U.S.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

Decarbonization. Decarbonization is an effort to actively reduce one’s carbon expenditure into the environment. Decarbonization is an effort to actively reduce one’s carbon expenditure into the environment. Transparency garners goodwill, and avoiding the appearance of greenwashing keeps stakeholders happy. Definition.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Google to Address Business Travel Emissions with Sustainable Aviation Fuel Purchases Bayer, GenZero and Shell Launch Program to Address Emissions from Rice Farming Siemens Enters U.S.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 15, 2022

Greenwashing is very real and many companies are doing too little, too slowly. Mandatory disclosure by investors and corporations on targets, progress, risks and other climate-related information will help accelerate decarbonization and a just transition. Look for good business examples to inspire just transition policies.

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ESG Today

APRIL 2, 2023

Billion Green Bond Private Equity & Venture Capital JPMorgan Builds Out Sustainable Growth Private Equity Team ESG Data Startup Atlas Metrics Raises €5.2 Million to Build Out Platform Sustainable Protein Company Unibio Announces $70 Million Investment from SIIG Exec Moves Mirova Appoints Zineb Bennani as U.S.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

This article was originally published in Newsweek Opinion A fierce debate is currently distracting businesses from their collective responsibility to decarbonize. Recent reports that airlines and other hard-to-decarbonize industries are to stop investing in carbon credits reflect some hesitancy creeping into the voluntary carbon market.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This week in ESG news: EY, Microsoft launch green skills training program; KPMG survey finds three quarters of companies not ready for upcoming ESG assurance requirements; BlackRock’s new climate transition-focused private debt fund; Austrian Airlines found guilty in greenwashing case; asset owners continuing to increase allocations to ESG investments (..)

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Corporate Knights

MAY 31, 2022

Pence was speaking at an oil and gas conference where executives are being asked tough questions by investors looking to decarbonize their portfolios. Profit maximization is still the end goal, so sustainable investors need to expect greenwashing and do their homework before buying in.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 28, 2023

Then there is the world’s leading fossil fuel project financier — the Royal Bank of Canada — and its push for increased Canadian LNG production , the latest in a regrettable stream of greenwashing exercises. LNG is not a climate solution in a world that desperately needs to decarbonize as quickly as possible.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Trillion in 2023 – But Still Not on Track for Net Zero: BloombergNEF More than 80% of Companies Adopting ESG Metrics in Exec Compensation Plans: WTW Study

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sustainable aviation fuel is seen as one of the key tools to help decarbonize the aviation industry, which currently accounts for 2-3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It’s not about offsets or things that are just greenwashing. That’s the only way we can actually decarbonize aviation.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Analysis in the banks’ opposition statements would have investors believe these resolutions call for an immediate cessation of business relations with energy sector clients, and for a stymying of activities that would help high-emitting companies decarbonize.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

On the decarbonization front, Moody’s highlights the pressures likely to face sectors that are highly exposed to carbon transition risks that have yet to disclose detailed transition plans, such as oil and gas, mining and agriculture. Click here to access Moody’s 2023 ESG Outlook.

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ESG Today

JULY 8, 2022

The new S&P BOCHK China Hong Kong Greater Bay Area Net Zero 2050 Climate Transition Index is designed to measure the performance of companies in the bay area, while achieving a variety of decarbonization targets.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Our $523-billion national pension manager is making big promises to decarbonize its portfolio by making large investments in climate solutions, pledging to report its absolute emissions, and using its influence and capital to help transition high-carbon industries. .

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To that end, the COP28 Presidency unveiled the Global Decarbonization Accelerator , a set of initiatives focused on scaling up new energy systems, targeting noncarbon greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonizing energy systems today.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The European Union, China, the United Kingdom and about 20 other countries are developing such taxonomies as a way of discouraging greenwashing and channelling investment to the climate transition. The EU’s taxonomy has been particularly controversial because of its inclusion of natural gas and nuclear as “green investments.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

By bond type, Moody’s estimates green bond volumes will increase modestly to $580 billion in 2024, up 3% from $564 billion in 2023, as issuers from across sectors finance climate transition plans, and companies in hard-to-abate sectors invest in capital intensive projects to meet decarbonization commitments, with growing policy support improving the (..)

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In the climate world, aviation is referred to as a hard-to-abate sector, alongside other heavy industries — shipping, aluminum, cement and concrete, among others — that aren’t easy to decarbonize through redesign or electrification. But offsetting is seen as transitional — and controversial: Some critics view it as greenwash.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2023

Barriers to progress Companies and governments are under increasing scrutiny to deliver on their climate goals, and concerns around corporate greenwashing are rife, as our recent survey produced with Conservation International, Corporate Minds on Climate Action , highlighted.

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ESG Today

APRIL 16, 2024

In another letter, not seen by ESG Today, but reported by media outlets including Reuters and The Guardian , staff said that it would work against allowing the SBTi to “become a greenwashing platform,” and called for the resignation of the CEO and board member supporting the new policy.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

SB 253: Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act The common phrase in the GHG accounting world “you can't measure what you can't track" underlines the fact that decarbonization action starts with GHG emissions accounting. In this article, we'll summarize each new law as well as outline the likely impact on businesses.

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