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DuPont Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity Across Europe

ESG Today

The company said that the announcement marks a key step towards its commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. DuPont currently operates 13 manufacturing sites across the EU, all of which are now powered by renewable electricity. Scope 3 emissions were also down 39% from 2020 levels.

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement, largely by helping its customers switch to electric vehicles. Its pulp and paper mill in Quebec will be the first to test new industrial carbon-capture technology that is expected to save 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

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Pulling Hanoi from the pollution precipice

Eco-Business

Hanoi’s extreme air pollution is a roadblock to healthy living and to Vietnam’s ambitious agenda of attaining living standards consonant with high-income status by 2045, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Chinese cities have demonstrated that GHG reduction strategies tackle both particulate and carbon emissions.

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. Manufacturing. It forged the steel and glass in your car, and it also cooked the aluminum, plastic and silicon in the very screen on which you may be reading these words. . Pull Quote.

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JPMorgan Raises Targets to Reduce Financed Emissions to Align with Net Zero by 2050

ESG Today

JPMorgan Chase announced updates to its interim financed emissions reduction targets for three carbon-intensive sectors, including Oil & Gas, Electric Power and Auto Manufacturing, raising the ambition for each to align with pathways required to achieve net zero by 2050.

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New Report at NY Climate Week Urges Industry Scaling Regenerative Agriculture As Critical for the Future

3BL Media

About Race to Zero Race to Zero is led by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, who engage non-State actors to support governments in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement. It is governed by its Board of Directors, which comprises more than 55 manufacturer and retailer CEOs.

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New report says the building and construction sector can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

WorldGBC presents a clear pathway of actions that designers, investors, manufacturers, government, NGOs and researchers across the whole value chain can take to accelerate decarbonisation, address current market barriers and, develop low carbon alternative solutions for market. Materials suppliers are also taking a leading role.