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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Truck Builder Scania Sets 2030 Goal to Decarbonize Supply Chain. Capgemini Sets Goal to Reduce Emissions Across Value Chain by 90%. Assent Launches Supply Chain Sustainability Reporting Solution for Complex Manufacturers. DWS Expands Paris Agreement-Aligned ETF Suite. ESG Reporting & Disclosure.

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Time to Ramp up Bondholder Engagement with Sovereigns

Chris Hall

Governments signed up to the Paris Agreement are currently preparing the next set of plans to reduce their carbon emissions, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which are due by 2025. There is currently around 20%-30% coverage of bond holdings, which makes it difficult to scale up bondholder engagement.

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We Need a Faster Food Revolution for People, Planet and Livelihoods

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degrees Celsius by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. It is important to point out that food and agriculture are not mere contributors but also among the biggest victims when it comes to climate change and biodiversity loss. There is increasing recognition that we must keep global warming within 1.5

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. Because we're Scope 3, it's got to be across your whole supply chain.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans.

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

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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Bill Gates wants you to step up on climate

GreenBiz

"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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