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

GreenBiz

After all, through their product offerings, lending activities and client engagement, financial institutions can play a key role in influencing the transformation necessary for a net-zero emissions economy. What we have given the market is an ambition that our total financing by 2050 will be net zero.

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What Net-Zero companies are and How to start the journey

Carlos Sanchez

Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.

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Keysight Releases 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

3BL Media

Progress was made across these short-, mid-, and long-term measures in 2021: In the environmental sustainability space, Keysight committed to net zero emissions in company operations by the end of fiscal year 2040, in alignment with the Paris Agreement's preferred goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

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What every CFO needs to know about the new sustainability reporting standard

We Mean Business Coalition

The ISSB – International Sustainability Standards Board – is special because it reduces the amount of frameworks, and merges an array of existing major international frameworks, including TCFD , CDSB Framework ; Integrated Reporting Framework; SASB Standards; WEF Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: 2DII’s PACTA to be Stewarded by RMI

Chris Hall

The 2 ° Investing Initiative (2DII), an independent non-profit think tank, has transferred the stewardship of its Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA) to US-based sustainability non-profit RMI.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition. As a result, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. The initiative set guidelines and established a verification process to increase the credibility of corporate net-zero targets. Carbon Offsets Market growth.

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Celebrating Climate Week & Earth Day 2021 – Global Leaders Gather in “Climate Summit” Hosted by the U.S. – Kumbaya for Paris Agreement Goals Refresh

Sustainability Update

We could describe the enthusiastic presentations and panel discussions over the two days by global participants a kumbaya gathering to refresh and update the 2015 Paris Agreement (or Accord) moments as the world leaders then set out ambitious goals to limit global warming. The measures sovereign governments (large and small!)