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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

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We know this is an issue that many of our 40 million customers care deeply about, particularly in our retail and private banking businesses," Quinn wrote. They care as citizens, consumers and business owners. Any further financing of oil, gas and coal expansion today is utterly at odds with a net-zero commitment by 2050. BusinessGreen.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix. Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Who's news. Names in the News.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'. The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. I've got history in sustainability, but I'm a business guy. Heather Clancy.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

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Following are some of their responses, lightly edited, representing perspective from all four past cohorts. We’ve been able to shift many environmental projects’ approaches to the home-scale, like home gardens, yard tree plantings and home recycling campaigns. . We won’t have business as usual again, and we shouldn’t want it.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, where companies find ample forests, lax business regulations, and ports along the Atlantic coast.

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7 days in May: The climate finance week when everything changed

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And I’m not even talking about the onrush of net-zero commitments by companies, government and others, although they seem to be happening at an almost-daily clip — so much so that they are no longer news. All of these have significant business implications. I’m talking about markets, plain and simple. The carrots? Finance & Investing.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. Battochio hoped to become a CEO by age 26 — and he did just that, leveraging business aptitude with technical skills to co-found Planetary Hydrogen. Elsa Wenzel.

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