Net Zero, Supply Chain and UNEP

At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Hundreds of companies and investors including nearly 300 asset managers with a combined $68 trillion in assets have made net zero commitments. These include the Investor Agenda , Climate Action 100+ , the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative , the Valuing Water Finance Initiative , and the Ceres Ambition 2030 initiative, among others.

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Net Zero Climate Change UNEP Supply Chains

Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . If asset owners can feel confident that their capital will make a difference. .

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UNEP Impact Investing Net Zero Supply Chains

Nature-based Solutions “Good Value for Money” – UN

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Because of their multiple benefits, investments in NbS would represent “good value for money” at a time of global macroeconomic uncertainty, said Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). . Where finance flows, action follows,” she said, adding: “Where finance flows lag, commitments wither.” .

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UNEP Net Zero Climate Change Banking

FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. In the best-case scenario, full implementation of unconditional NDCs and additional net-zero emissions commitments point to only a 1.8°C C in place.

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

COP28 may have not delivered all it promised, but investors now have a clearer idea of how the path to net zero will impact their portfolios. The first-ever mention of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” in COP final text was regarded as a major milestone on the path to net zero, even by those who acknowledged its multiple caveats.

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Time to Break the EV Bottleneck

Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

It is working to address these systemic environmental and social risks and ensure a just transition to net zero. To do this, car manufacturers are beginning to invest directly in mines.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Net Zero Manufacturing

Scaling Corporate Climate Action

Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. o C remains highly uncertain. Navigating without a road map.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. ISS ESG Issuer Level Net Zero Alignment Data can be used to identify positive and negative performing companies against individual climate related metrics.

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The Adapted Metropolis

Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

The report also found that climate resilient developments in urban areas support the adaptive capacity in more rural places, maintaining peri-urban supply chains of goods and services and financial flows. Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

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UNEP Climate Change Net Zero Development

The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Despite the precariousness of the pathway to net zero, COP26 generated a renewed sense of urgency and optimism as to how to support emerging markets and deal with heavy greenhouse gas emitters. Yet, as the latest United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual gap report shows, policies currently in place point to a 2.8°C

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Engagement with Consequences

Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Despite this trend, commentators like Dan Carlin, UNEP FI’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Program Lead, have made the case for further engagement with the fossil fuel industry. In fact, the total value of the institutions divesting is estimated to be US$40.5

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Divestment Paris Agreement UNEP Supply Chains

Sustainable Agriculture: Aligned for Impact and Returns

Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

“We’ve got a supply-demand imbalance and resource limitations the likes of which we’ve never seen.” The ongoing war in Ukraine, increased incidence of extreme weather and the Covid-19 pandemic exposed global food systems’ vulnerabilities, disrupting supply chains and driving up prices of food, fuel and fertiliser.

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UNEP Supply Chains Supply Chain Net Zero

Investors’ Fight to Track Impact on Nature

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

Keeping track of all the possible biodiversity and nature-related risks and impacts across a large corporate’s supply chain becomes “incredibly complex”, Cozic says.

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The ESG Interview: From Ground Level to Board Level

Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. There have been trillions of dollars committed to climate change as part of the Global Financial Alliance to Net Zero ; now we want to recreate that commitment and momentum for biodiversity.”.

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UNEP Climate Change Paris Agreement Banking

SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN signed a partnership agreement with the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) to collaborate in the coming years on areas of common interest, including around national net-zero strategies, pathways and policies. A Policy Brief on the EU’s impacts embodied into the food supply chains was also released.

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ESG Explainer: Managing the Methane Menace

Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Just prior to COP26, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) to improve the accuracy and public transparency of human-caused methane emissions. These estimates have not included the gas supply chain, which CBI says is a “significant omission”.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Lenovo Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain by 2050 Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain Pfizer to Offer Full Portfolio of Medicines to 1.2

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