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Financing the Net-Zero Transition

Sphera

Having long focused on the risks climate change poses to the profitability and longevity of financial activities, financial institutions and private equity must now shift focus on their climate impact through their investment and lending activities, while leveraging their economic influence to facilitate decarbonization.

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Press Release: New Campus Guide Paves the Way for Universities to Pursue Net Zero

Sustainable Development Network

In celebration of Earth Day, two sister events were held to host sustainability practitioners from around the globe to share their experiences in the pursuit of a net zero campus. Globally, more than 1,000 colleges and universities have committed to reaching net zero emissions.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 24, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week show businesses advocating for strong climate policy in the finance, transport and land sectors. And a consortium of major businesses including Coca-Cola, DPD and Diageo have set up an updated initiative focused on the decarbonization of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) across Europe.

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Webinar: A Just Transition Approach Powered by a Responsible Energy Industry

Environmental News Bits

Urgent action is required to decarbonize the power sector in order to minimize global temperature rise to 1.5 Decarbonization within the supply chains play a critical role in realizing this ambitions. degrees Celsius.

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Decarbonizing the Automotive Supply Chain: How Automotive Suppliers Can Start or Accelerate Their Sustainability Programs

Sphera

To achieve the automotive industry’s net-zero ambitions, supply chain decarbonization is a must. In addition, existing and emerging corporate ESG regulations and product sustainability directives are moving decarbonization efforts to the forefront of supplier companies’ agendas. Register to watch the webinar.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 10, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include a major industrial decarbonization project in Germany and carbon-capturing tequila in Mexico. CLG UK has shared a new policy brief setting out seven key areas the country must prioritize in the net zero transition.

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Passive Assets Standing in the Way of Net Zero Commitments

Jon Hale

Last week, I discussed the promising news about the net-zero commitments asset managers have been making. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has 220 signatories with $57 trillion in assets under management. The chief culprits in the failure to hit net zero targets are index funds.