ESG Today

JANUARY 25, 2023

By: Chris Lewis, Global Infrastructure Leader at EY At COP27 in November last year, there was an overwhelming consensus that the target of lowering global temperatures by 1.5 ° C – as outlined in the historic Paris Agreement – is now at risk of not being met, unless the world acts now.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. These include a commitment by nations to increase their emissions targets to pursue the 1.5ºC objective of the Paris Agreement and rules for a robust and transparent global carbon market. C alive, just.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

This realisation was partly sparked by the stranded assets debate initiated by Carbon Tracker in 2013, says Vanston, with research conducted by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute calling on regulators, policymakers and investors to re-evaluate energy business models against carbon budgets, to prevent a US$6 trillion carbon (..)

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. Nature is at the base of every supply chain. Ecosystem services are absolutely critical to the creation of GDP.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Meanwhile, the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , which was signed into law last year, includes direct support for port emissions reductions through electrification and will further contribute to building out the country’s domestic green ammonia supply chain through its clean hydrogen tax incentives.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2022

At COP26 in Glasgow last year, governments, businesses, and other stakeholders in the automotive industry and road transport committed to “rapidly accelerating the transition to zero emission vehicles to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement”. These issues reduced vehicle choice and availability over the past year.

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