Unilever threatens to quit trade associations that block climate policy
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
The company says it will cut ties with groups that obstruct progress on Paris Agreement net-zero goals.
Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?
GreenBiz
MAY 11, 2021
Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Net zero is the near-universal goal of nations, states, provinces, cities, companies, universities and others. The five questions below represent just a sampling of issues surrounding what net zero means — and doesn’t. First, what is net zero? Joel Makower.
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Lenovo's Journey to Net-Zero: Natural Resources Conservation
3BL Media
JULY 27, 2022
DESCRIPTION: How does a global technology leader make progress toward that “Mars shot” of net-zero emissions? Lenovo is proud to be working with Science Based Targets initiative to establish goals that support our vision to reach net-zero by 2050. KEYWORDS: ADR:LNVGY, Lenovo, Lenovo net zero.
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New UN panel looks to hold companies, governments accountable for net-zero pledges
Corporate Knights
JULY 4, 2022
Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. In many cases, corporations or local governments don’t yet know how they will achieve net-zero status by 2050.
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Del Monte Foods Announces Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Goal
3BL Media
APRIL 6, 2022
Plant-Based Foods Leader Aligns with Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) to Set Measurable Actions for Achieving Net-Zero by 2050. announced today its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net - Zero Standard.
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AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Pathway
3BL Media
AUGUST 11, 2022
degree Celsius pathway, joining Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. degree Celsius pathway by 2050, in support of the Paris Agreement. Our net zero strategy addresses both the corporate and investment levels. AB to align operations and range of investment strategies with 1.5-degree SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.
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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2020
HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century. HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.
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Sofidel Commits to Net Zero by 2050
3BL Media
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Net Zero goal, i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain , is at the heart of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement.
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Qualcomm's Commitment to Net-Zero Global Operational Emissions by 2040
3BL Media
MARCH 25, 2022
In November 2021, we were proud to publicly announce our goal to achieve net-zero global emissions across our value chain by 2040, joining more than 2,000 businesses around the world committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). What does it mean to achieve net-zero? Why 2040 vs 2050? Why set interim goals?
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Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark Shows Continued Progress on Ambition Contrasted by a Lack of Detailed Plans of Action
3BL Media
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Updated and more ambitious Benchmark used to assess focus companies on their net zero transition plans. The results show that most focus companies are not moving fast enough to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement and reduce investors’ risk. C remains possible due to the growth of clean energy technologies.
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‘Any delay means risk’: Senator looks to speed up banks’ net-zero journey
Corporate Knights
MARCH 24, 2022
In the pursuit of its net-zero 2050 goal, Canada needs a rigorous strategy to require banks and other key financial system players, including Crown corporations, to fully align their operations with the country’s international climate commitments. And any delay means risk and means losing money.”.
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HSBC Launches Net Zero Transition Plan
ESG Today
JANUARY 25, 2024
HSBC announced today the launch of its first Net Zero Transition Plan, outlining the global bank’s strategy to finance and support the transition to net zero, and to meet the climate goals it has set over the past few years. Click here to access the HSBC Net Zero Transition Plan.
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Moody’s Rolls Out New Scoring System of Companies’ Net Zero Transition Plans
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Credit ratings, research, and risk analysis provider Moody’s Investors Service announced the release of its first Net Zero Assessment (NZA), its new scoring system aimed at enabling investors to evaluate and compare companies’ decarbonization plans and actions.
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DWS Expands Paris Agreement-Aligned ETF Suite
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
DWS, one of the largest asset managers in Europe, announced the launch of three new climate-focused ETFs for its exchange-traded funds business Xtrackers, expanding its suite of Paris Agreement-focused product series with funds providing exposure to US, European and Japanese equity markets.
Allianz Launches Dashboard Tracking Net Zero Transition Progress and Requirements
ESG Today
JANUARY 31, 2024
Ludovic Subran, Chief Economist at Allianz, said: “After the Paris Agreement, the thinking was that the world needed a simple Google Maps-like tool to orient us on reducing greenhouse gases (GHG). We take that seriously and are supporting our stakeholders as best as possible in their efforts to achieve their Net Zero targets.
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Over 75% of Companies Have Cut Emissions Intensity Since Paris Agreement: Accenture
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
For the study, Destination Net Zero, Accenture examined the 2,000 largest public and private companies by revenue globally, analyzing their net zero commitments, decarbonization levers and track records of reducing operational Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions.
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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. . billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. .
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How banks can accelerate net-zero emissions commitments
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2021
On the eve of COP26, large banks have yet so shift fundamentally towards the Paris Agreement.
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6 stops on the roadmap to net zero emissions for the apparel sector
GreenBiz
MARCH 4, 2022
These actions can deliver 60 percent of the emissions reductions needed for the industry to stay in line with the Paris Agreement.
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All Systems go for Net Zero
Chris Hall
JANUARY 3, 2024
Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. Some managers might not cover Scope 3 emissions,” he notes.
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Net Zero Momentum Builds Across Real Estate, Infrastructure Funds
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Around three quarters of real estate fund mangers globally have introduced net zero policies with around half publishing net zero commitments and implementing net zero targets, suggesting a growing alignment of the sector with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Shell unveils net-zero emissions plan
GreenBiz
APRIL 20, 2020
The oil giant updated investors on sweeping new strategy to deliver net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.
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The Consumer Goods Forum Launches the "Net Zero Playbook For Consumer Industries", in Collaboration With Accenture
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
DESCRIPTION: PARIS and SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, November 10, 2022 /3BL Media/ — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has launched the Net Zero Playbook for Consumer Industries in collaboration with its members, Accenture and the Race to Zero. Click here to access the Net Zero Playbook for Consumer Industries. # # #.
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Investor Group Urges Companies to Provide “Credible Net Zero Transition Plans”
ESG Today
MARCH 27, 2023
Climate-focused investor organization the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) announced today the launch of the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI), kicking off with a group of 93 investors, aimed at scaling and accelerating climate-related corporate engagement.
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Delaying methane mitigation increases risk of breaching Paris Agreement climate goal, study finds
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 26, 2023
A key element of the 2015 Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change, is the commitment to limit average global temperatures increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels.
Fossil Fuels vs Renewables in the Race to Net Zero
3BL Media
AUGUST 30, 2022
DESCRIPTION: The race is on, proclaims the United Nations, to create a Net Zero economy (same amount of greenhouse gas /GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere as produced). Public conversations about Net Zero are usually about “fossil fuels vs. renewables” and the impact of each category on climate change.
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Fossil fuel expansion will be the litmus test for banks’ net-zero promises
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 21, 2022
Many of the world’s biggest banks face the enormous challenge of realigning their entire loans and investment operations in the coming years to put themselves on a credible path to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. “We Ultimately, best practices come down to are we seeing year-over-year changes in their capital flows?”.
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Hong Kong Central Bank Directs Banks to Integrate Net Zero Transition Planning
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution released a series of principles for banks on planning for the transition to a net zero economy, including ensuring that setting objectives aligned with a net zero transition, and embedding transition considerations into internal processes.
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Pathways to net-zero: US emissions beyond 2030
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 11, 2024
Additional policies could help put the US’s target under the Paris Agreement within reach, to cut emissions … Continue reading Pathways to net-zero: US emissions beyond 2030
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JPMorgan Raises Targets to Reduce Financed Emissions to Align with Net Zero by 2050
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
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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First in Flight: American Airlines Is Leading the Airline Industry on a Science-Based Journey to Net-Zero Emissions
3BL Media
APRIL 22, 2022
Today, the airline is proud to share that the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a coalition that defines and promotes best practices in emissions reduction targets, has approved American’s 2035 target as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. What this means. What else you should know.
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Tima Bansal on How Nature-Based Solutions Are Taking Businesses Beyond Net Zero
3BL Media
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Beyond net zero. When businesses embrace net zero goals, they often start by buying carbon offsets, typically in the form of investments in renewable energy projects. But as more companies move toward net zero, many are hitting a limit on available offsets to purchase. You can’t not do it,” she says.
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T-Mobile Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain
ESG Today
JANUARY 30, 2023
announced today a new target to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its entire value chain by 2040, including those produced by suppliers and through customer device usage, in addition to the company’s own operations. The post T-Mobile Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain appeared first on ESG Today.
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Delivering Net Zero - What It Takes in the Telco Industry
3BL Media
JULY 21, 2022
Taking action to achieve Net Zero right now is more important than ever, as we only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep the increase in temperature within 1.5?C. The industry has made a commitment to reach net zero by 2050 at the latest. Now is the time to act and realize a Net Zero ambition.
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Amundi Launches Suite of Net Zero Funds Across Multiple Asset Classes
ESG Today
APRIL 18, 2023
Leading European asset manager Amundi announced today the launch of Net Zero Ambition strategies, a suite of passively and actively mangaged funds across a broad range of asset classes, aimed at helping investors to align their portfolios with a net zero trajectory, and enabling the firm to approach its climate investing goals.
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Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark Shows an Increase in Company Net Zero Commitments, but Much More Urgent Action Is Needed to Align With a 1.5°C Future
3BL Media
MARCH 30, 2022
DESCRIPTION: While 69% of focus companies have set commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, overall Benchmark finds companies have failed to show progress across key indicators, including disclosure of 1.5°C-aligned Alignment of capex strategies with net zero transition goals remains almost non-existent.
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Net Zero Action Depends on Public-Private Cooperation
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 1, 2023
COP28 represents a critical, and perhaps the last opportunity for Parties and non-state actors to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5°C But they cannot do it alone. But this is not widely recognised.
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Moody’s Looks to Launch Scores of Corporate Net Zero Transition Plans
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Credit ratings, research, and risk analysis provider Moody’s Investors Service announced today that it is seeking feedback from market participants on a new proposed framework to assess the strength of companies’ carbon transition plans, or “Net Zero Assessments” (NZA). C and achieve global net zero in 2050.
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Farm-To-Fork Approach To Boost UK’s Nature-Positive Net Zero Transition
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
C (in line with the Paris Agreement ), securing enough nutritious, good quality food and reversing nature loss, it is no secret that the global population is facing a food crisis. There is no denying the fact we are all climate influencers in some way and how we purchase, cook and eat food has an immense impact on the planet.
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‘NOCs’ Knock Investors off Net Zero Track
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Investors that have set net zero targets for their portfolios have been cautioned to carefully evaluate their positions in majority state-owned oil and gas laggards. The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Asset Owners Feel Strain of Net Zero Alliance Overlaps
Chris Hall
JULY 13, 2023
Institutional investors weigh up “competing” net zero initiative commitments. Asset owners straddling multiple net zero frameworks are concerned about the resource strain in the long-term, as decarbonisation progress ramps up on the path to 2050. We are aware of that risk, especially as the field matures,” he said.
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Net Zero Progress by Firms and Governments “Still Too Slow”
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Companies that wait to transition until there is a stronger policy response will face higher costs and a shorter window to achieve net zero commitments. C in the Paris Agreement; with only 3% of global policies currently moving towards the 1.5°C C remains feasible due to growth in clean energy technologies.
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Standard Chartered Hires Google Sustainability Leader Kerry Constabile to Head Net Zero & Sustainability Strategy Teams
ESG Today
AUGUST 5, 2022
International bank and financial services company Standard Chartered announced today that it has appointed Kerry Constabile to lead the company’s net zero and sustainability strategy teams. Constabile joins from Google, where she led the company’s sustainability strategy and company-wide climate plans.
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Burberry’s Net Zero Emissions Goals Approved by SBTi
ESG Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
C in line with the Paris Agreement. Burberry is the first luxury fashion brand to receive approval by the initiative for its net zero emissions target. Burberry’s net-zero targets match the urgency of the climate crisis and set a clear example that their peers must follow.”.
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