Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

The forthcoming third round of nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement should not just be 1.5°C-aligned, The result is an ESG investor’s nightmare, combining opaque supply chains with forced labour and resource-intensive manufacturing. billion) in green sovereign debt.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Will Martindale, Group Head of Sustainability at fiduciary manager and pension provider Cardano , has been on the front-line helping pension funds to implement their disclosure requirements and says this has been made more challenging by a lack of data from investee companies, particularly on Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This would put China within range of overachieving on its NDC non-fossil fuel targets, but it would be insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5C The country also controls the global EV battery supply chain, including 80% of the world’s raw material refining and 60% of its battery component manufacturing.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The GBF’s Goal D, on implementation, contained an unambiguous commitment to aligning public and private financial flows to its overall objectives, with supporting language in the enabling targets, analogous to the Paris Agreement clauses that put climate change on the global agenda in 2015. “We Intended direction of travel.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE GREEN BANKER Mitch McEwen 27, Montreal Senior manager, Enterprise Sustainable Finance TD Bank Group Mitch McEwen had always envisioned a career for himself in conventional finance. But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything. I will never stop pushing to make it a reality.”

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

"We need to be at the point where we can call up India and say, 'Hey, we have green cement now; don’t use the dirty stuff,'" Gates said in a December episode of the podcast "Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions.". Set a target to become net-zero enterprise, reimagining procurement and supply chains.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In 2025, there is likely to be much scrutiny around US President Donald Trumps anti-green agenda. As widely expected, on his first day back in the White House, he signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and moved to scrap oil and gas exploration restrictions.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

Australia introduced a Modern Slavery Act in 2018, requiring reporting from corporates and investors on slavery preven tion in their supply chains. The US demonstrates the swift difference progressive leadership makes in driving sustainable finance policy.

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