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Guest Post: Traceability Data Holds the Key to Decarbonization and Green Investment

ESG Today

But equally importantly, brands are using traceability data to inform their own green investments. Being based in Sweden, my company has seen first-hand the efforts by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , for example, of tying investments to traceability data.

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EU ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear sparks sustainable investing crisis

Corporate Knights

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley's recent climate commitments

GreenBiz

Building on previous commitments that increase green investments or restrict financing to certain high-emitting activities, recent pledges add to growing evidence that banks are taking a more holistic approach to the climate emergency. What we have given the market is an ambition that our total financing by 2050 will be net zero.

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New Report Highlights MetLife's Integrated Strategy To Build a More Sustainable Future

3BL Media

In the report, MetLife also provides information on its commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the company’s global operations and general account investment portfolio by 2050 or sooner.[1] The net zero commitment applies to GHG emissions from MetLife, Inc.’s

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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

In a 2023 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that to meet net-zero goals, electricity’s share of total energy demand needs to double between now and 2030 to accommodate the electrification of transportation, building heat, industrial processes, agriculture and information technology.

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The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

Corporate Knights

We need this information to assess, debate and adjust our collective plans to reduce carbon emissions.” Not all countries making significant climate transition investments have had this lack of public accounting on their progress. J essica Carradine is project lead on Corporate Knights’ Climate Dollars initiative.

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Asian Investors Embrace Net Zero Commitments

Chris Hall

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). A total of 40% of survey respondents had committed to net zero emissions, compared with none the previous year.