Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Notably, oil and gas companies within CA100+’s portfolio of 159 focus companies are still commissioning projects that do not align with Paris Agreement goals, while an overwhelming number of electric utility companies are not building out sufficient renewable energy capacity. Renewed engagement.

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Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

But SBTi’s status as the gold standard for companies serious about decarbonising in line with the Paris Agreement took a serious hit last month after a highly public spat between staff and executives. Major corporate buyers stepped back from purchasing carbon credits as accusations of greenwashing grew.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“Most banks’ fossil fuel policies focus on a small portion of their financing – the direct financing of new oil and gas assets – and fail to capture the vast streams of capital going to companies developing these assets.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is now considering biodiversity in the development of new ESG disclosure standards. However, the risks from biodiversity loss are enormous.

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ESG Today

JULY 8, 2022

The index is designed to meet the minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks (CTB) Regulation to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and help mitigate the risk of greenwashing. CTB criteria include 7% annual decarbonization, and a 30% minimum reduction in GHG emissions intensity relative to the market index.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. .

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Officials cast it as one major part of a process that also includes a phaseout of public financing for domestic fossil fuel projects through Crown agencies like Export Development Canada. Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. In a release Monday, Oil Change International placed the total at $50 billion since 2019.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

C warming target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, and there must be a “rapid acceleration of mitigation efforts after 2030” if there is any hope of limiting global temperature increases to 2°C. . He is disappointed more has not been achieved since the Paris Agreement. . “In Greater collaboration .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

European efforts to bring transparency to ESG funds haven’t addressed fears of greenwashing. Different approaches to product classification have sown confusion and raised greenwashing concerns among both institutional and retail investors. The regulation has “spurred product development and innovation”, it says.

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Sustainability Matters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Corporate sustainability goals often align with published, globally endorsed agreements such as those of the Paris Agreement and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, the framework centres on a discussion paper that was developed in partnership with the OECD in 2018.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. Disclosure also prevents greenwashing. On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action. Ateli Iyalla. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 00:05.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2022

New tool identifies greenwashing, finds GFANZ exclusion policies lagging net zero pledges. The tracker detects greenwashing practices in the finance sector, said Director Lucie Pinson. “It banks must address those loopholes and cut off the taps for companies that are still developing new oil and gas projects.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dutch regulator proposes overhaul ahead of green fund consultation closure, France follows Belgium in revising SRI label to exclude fossil fuel developers. The label will also require a transition plan aligned with the Paris Agreement. This follows updates to the criteria of a similar SRI label by Belgium in July.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. Paris alignment. degrees Celsius. Walking the walk”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. Fancy writes: “To fix our system and curb a growing [greenwashing] disaster, we need government to fix the rules.”.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Alongside the progress of a bill in California calling for fossil fuel divestment by public-sector pensions, and the SEC’s plans for climate-risk disclosures , this new assault on greenwashing moves US policy closer to its European counterparts, where fund disclosure rules are already reshaping the market.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

Given the mixed track record of the finance sector in aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement, its response to the increased pressure is seen as key test of major institutions’ ability to transition long-established business models. . development, prohibiting new? Phasing down and out . fossil fuel ?development,

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, world governments committed to curbing global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Chris Hall

JULY 10, 2023

ShareAction launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across the financial sector and help prevent greenwashing and misleading claims.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. Many of them address the obstacles faced by real companies in their quest to develop technology, products and services aimed at reducing emissions, combating climate change and achieving environmental sustainability.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

The UNFCCC’s “ much-work-remains ” press release diplomatically reflected the wide gaps between the global north and south on adaptation , loss and damage , and on climate finance for developing countries more broadly. But it was left to others to express the desperation and urgency felt in island states and elsewhere.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But Ecojustice lawyer Matt Hulse said Canada’s current regulatory system still requires citizens to play “whack-a-mole” against the behaviour of individual banks, rather than taking a systemic approach to greenwashing and fossil fuel finance. This is disingenuous greenwashing at best, and unlawful at worst.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

This resulted in concerns over greenwashing accusations and uncertainty surrounding the interpretation of sustainable investments. By aligning investments with a global strategy to become carbon-neutral, these funds can drive sustainable development.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. .

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, thousands of companies have voluntarily set ambitious, science-based emissions reduction targets. As responsible investors search for the most sustainable companies to back, the outcomes of these debates could not be more important for global efforts to rapidly cut emissions.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Net Zero Insurance Alliance plan leaves door open to greenwashing, claim campaigners. The third category covers transition opportunities, asking firms to set a target for the development of insurance solutions to support activities that avoid, reduce, or remove emissions “or that help cope with the negative impacts of climate change”.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. Companies can align themselves with the HLEG by using the Coalition’s new guidance on how to develop a climate transition action plan. Business looks to Dubai to deliver a breakthrough at COP28.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 16, 2023

Developing a CTAP with clear targets and timelines is a way of signaling to investors that your business is taking action to cut emissions and ready itself for the net zero economy. It may soon be required by law In addition to the environmental imperative to develop a CTAP, companies may soon have a legal obligation to do so.

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We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Yet scrutiny of potential greenwashing and whether net-zero commitments are translating into action is also at an all-time high. More companies have committed to go faster too, with 322 signatories to The Climate Pledge committing to reach net zero by 2040 – ten years earlier than the 2050 net zero target required by the Paris Agreement. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 11, 2022

It highlights the political nature of sustainable development, with investors left to deal with increasing incoherence and divergence between what science says needs to happen and the promises and targets made by governments.” . Members of the Joint ECON/ENVI Committee previously objected to the DA. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

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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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

It also said that FIs should transition and align all financing activities with net zero pathways that achieve Paris Agreement goals, with “no or low overshoot”, as well as align them with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing greenwashing.

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Sustainability Matters

JULY 17, 2022

GRI Standards focus on sustainable development rather than financial disclosure. The methodology quantifies and compares ESG performance among companies and over time to measure sustainability development. They are also required by many leading institutional investors and development organisations.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There are four participants in VCMs: Project developers are the ones creating the carbon offset project. Brokers provide advice and facilitate credit transactions between buyers and project developers. CDM allowed rich countries to meet some of their climate obligations by funding carbon-cutting projects in the developing world.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

Yes, sustainable finance is a new field of finance, with a new industry and new jobs, new regulations and frameworks developed by various governmental and nongovernmental bodies. Policymakers are working toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 global goals set by the United Nations in 2015, to be achieved by 2030.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2023

Green Century Funds filed a proposal asking The Hartford to phase out underwriting risks associated with new fossil fuel exploration and development projects. And frankly is greenwashing. Last year, the resolution received 25.9% of the overall vote, but received 22.8%

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2022

Greenwashing is over. The ESRSs ere developed with input from GRI and are currently undergoing consultation before being presented to the European Commission. With this text, Europe is at the forefront of the international race to standards, setting high standards in line with our environmental and social ambitions,” he said.

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