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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. 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. Michael Holder.

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Canada’s Pensions Taking Small Steps to Climate Credibility

Chris Hall

However, most funds are moving to adopt a set of tools, processes and reporting structures to consider climate risk across their portfolios and collect better emissions data from portfolio companies. “Most – but not all – of Canada ’s largest pensions have committed to invest in line with a real net zero emissions target,” said Scott.

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Canadian Pensions Timid on Climate Action

Chris Hall

However, most funds are moving to adopt a set of tools, processes and reporting structures to consider climate risk across their portfolios and collect better emissions data from portfolio companies. “Most – but not all – of Canada ’s largest pensions have committed to invest in line with a real net zero emissions target,” said Scott.

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New Climate Rules and Guidance for UK Pensions

Chris Hall

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.

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ICYMI, Governments and Regulators are Making the Running

Chris Hall

The private sector’s ability to accelerate the pace of net zero transition is open to question. With pension schemes continuing to commit to net zero and concerns rising about the risks from stranded assets , tensions between asset managers and owners may rise further.

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Take Five: From Paris to Dubai, via Bonn

Chris Hall

Perhaps more encouragingly, almost a fifth of shareholders voted in favour of resolutions calling on ExxonMobil and Shell to accurately disclose the role of asset transfers in their reported GHG emissions reductions, which would stop them claiming CO2 cuts from divestments.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. And even if the leading countries that currently have net zero commitments do manage to achieve their goals, a 1.7°C Were the sustainability measures and corporate social responsibility offices at VW simply engaged in greenwashing?