Sustainable Round Table

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Attended by Member-Clients in person and virtually, the Q4 Symposium featured two major sessions: “ Sustainability Strategy Leadership ” and “ Getting Net-Zero Done.” . Dignity First leadership is grounded in cognitive and behavioral science, is Net Positive and Regenerative, and is about simplicity in an increasingly chaotic age.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 31, 2023

The latest net zero signals of change include a record order for Volvo electric trucks. Net Zero Economy In a historic first, the IEA this week announced that investment in solar projects has overtaken oil production for the first time. Investment in renewable energy is up by nearly a quarter since 2021.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2024

The milestone comes as Saint-Gobain continues to successfully execute its Grow and Impact strategy, which includes ambitious environmental sustainability goals such as reducing the company’s consumption of energy and water, and achieving net-zero carbon manufacturing by 2050.

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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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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 28, 2023

The Venture Capital Alliance, made up of firms with a combined portfolio worth over $60 billion, has the backing of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. The post Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: April 28, 2023 appeared first on We Mean Business Coalition.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2020

Net-zero approaches to construction. Industrial decarbonization. Alternative fuels and zero-emissions transportation. Precision agriculture and alternative protein. Carbon capture solutions.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As part of our transition to net zero, we have announced a series of innovative partnerships which are decarbonising our operations, expanding access to renewable energy and contributing to the circular economy. The research, development and production of medicines is an energy intensive process.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’re building on our progress in reducing our end-to-end carbon footprint and working toward our long-term goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Joining the Race to Net Zero. We've also joined the United Nations Race to Zero Campaign to help build momentum towards a decarbonized economy.

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ESG Today

MARCH 13, 2024

Introduced in late 2022 , Mirova’s Climate Fund for Nature aims to mobilize capital from companies committed to a low-carbon, nature-positive transition, with investments supporting high-quality projects dedicated to protecting and restoring nature in emerging markets, as well as supporting farmers in their transition to regenerative agriculture.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Applying digestate to croplands replenishes soil nutrients, reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers, and promotes regenerative agriculture practices. This is a game changer for companies that are trying to reach their net zero carbon targets, by decarbonizing their thermal load.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Gareth Gransaull is the co-executive director of Re_Generation , Canada’s next-generation think tank working to build a regenerative economy, and a climate policy researcher with the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As such, agriculture is a focus area for Corporate Knights’s recently launched Earth Index initiative , which tracks progress toward meeting national 2030 targets on the road to a net-zero future. . Many farmers are keen to learn more and implement regenerative, low-carbon farming methods as stewards of their land and soil.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

Nexii has also engaged a well-respected adviser from the regenerative and net-zero buildings movement as its "impact architect": Jason McLennan , co-author of the Living Building Challenge and a Buckminster Fuller Prize winner. Decarbonization. Infrastructure. Climate Tech. Carbon Removal. Featured Column.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Businesses and financial institutions have a vital role to play in delivering a nature-positive and net-zero economy.” The Navigator brings vital rigor and clarity for organizations grappling with complex climate and nature priorities as they contribute to a more resilient and regenerative future ,” says Ms. Matic, Ph.D.,

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

NCS has developed a pipeline of natural capital investment opportunities, with an objective to deliver long-term financial returns alongside improved environmental outcomes from regenerative landscape management in agriculture, forestry and environmental assets.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Partnerships like this could be a game-changer for companies that are trying to reach their net-zero targets, by decarbonizing their energy load. This presents an opportunity to decarbonize transportation and reduce GHGs in the transportation sector.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Luisa Palacios, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy Legacy Energy: Challenges and Opportunities in Decarbonizing China What’s the outlook for China’s energy economy? How are China’s national oil companies (NOCs) balancing their energy security and decarbonization agendas? It’s also about the environment.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While the WTTC’s net-zero roadmap commits [pdf] to halve tourism-based travel emissions this decade, the council admits the most likely scenario is a 25% increase by 2030—the deadline set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce across-the-board global emissions by 45%. Travel and tourism added US$7.7

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. The first-ever mention of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in COP final text was regarded as a major milestone on the path to net zero, even by those who acknowledged its multiple caveats.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 9, 2023

This practice has – understandably – gained a bad reputation, since it has been used by some companies as a way of claiming they have reached ‘net zero’ when in fact they are doing nothing to cut the emissions caused by their business activities. In the same timeframe, emissions from land must reach net zero.

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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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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We saw new highs of ambition within one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors, as Cemex, Holcim and Titan become the first cement companies to set 1.5°C-aligned In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S. C-aligned science-based targets. C temperature rise limit. ACCOUNTABILITY.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2022

means that emissions from land must not only reach net zero by 2030, moving from 12.5 First, all companies with supply chains dependent on sourcing from land or ocean must adapt their business models to be in line with a net-zero world. Business must set net-zero targets with annual or even monthly targets.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A greater focus on phasing down fossil fuels and ensuring transparency around net zero goals emerged in Sharm El Sheikh, writes We Mean Business Coalition CEO María Mendiluce. Business welcomes greater transparency in reporting on net zero goals. This will require a credible net zero roadmap for the oil and gas industry.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 31, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include the passing of key climate legislation in Australia and the EU. Net Zero Economy EU legislators reached an agreement on new climate legislation this week to double the share of renewables in the bloc’s electricity mix by 2030.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 5, 2023

Net Zero Economy At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin this week – considered preparation for the COP Climate Summit later in the year – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for a global target for the expansion of renewable power , building on the recent G7 ministers’ agreement on wind and solar goals.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 17, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act and the Canadian logistics company embarking on a $1 billion vehicle fleet electrification. Interested in joining We Mean Business Coalition at Ceres Global in NYC next week? German energy giant E.ON

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We Mean Business Coalition

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Scientists from Conservation International specify we need to get the sector to net zero by 2030 to maintain a credible pathway to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. While land must decarbonize a full 20 years earlier than other sectors, only 3% of international climate finance is now directed to the nature loss crisis.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

Getting to Net Zero Land Systems by 2030 . The good news is that solutions exist, today , to rapidly decarbonize our global land system and even reach net-zero land emissions as early as 2030. And until it gets the attention the data says it deserves, we will continue to fall behind on our global climate goals.

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B the Change

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Roasters contribute 3 cents per pound of all coffee sales to the fund, and more than $900,000 has been invested into producer-led projects focused on regenerative agriculture practices and reforestation efforts. Climate discussions in the financial industry often focus on steps such as decarbonization of investment portfolios, he said.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Investible projects NbS projects typically sequester carbon while simultaneously restoring or conserving land by using more regenerative agriculture or forestry techniques, or returning it to nature. Investors are keen to fund the transition to net zero, but somewhat less so to take a leap in the dark.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

Those that can restore natural carbon sinks through soil sequestration, ecosystem recovery, and regenerative agriculture. Countries, cities and regions representing over 50 percent of world GDP have net-zero targets in place, as do more than 1,500 companies with combined revenues of $12.5 trillion USD. . C of warming.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

From the explosion of net-zero commitments to the US SEC’s release of its proposed climate disclosure rules, greenhouse gas emissions have been the central focus when it comes to climate. Put simply, emissions reductions must go hand in hand with biodiversity goals if we want to reach net-zero.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In addition to a lower carbon footprint, RNG is created by taking organic waste and recycling that organic material via anaerobic digestion - creating other significant benefits, such as helping to reduce farm methane emissions, empowering regenerative agriculture, improving water quality, and creating jobs along the way. So, what comes next?

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

"We eagerly anticipate our participation in LEAD on a Clean Economy 2024, where we will showcase the substantial backing from the business community for these forward-thinking energy policies that not only foster significant job creation and economic growth but also accelerate essential decarbonization efforts for a climate-positive future.” "The

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Built environment This month, we look at global developments around heat pump technologies: First up, the UK Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero has committed nearly £80 million in funding for four green heating projects across England. 128 companies are committed to improving their energy efficiency through EP100.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. The company’s "Commitment to Life" vision for 2030 includes net-zero GHG emissions by 2030, and raising by 7.4 In 2019, Gutierrez issued a new goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, expecting to reach it halfway by 2025.

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