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Financed Emissions: A New Standard for Calling Balls and Strikes

3BL Media

SUMMARY: For a long time, we have had a uniform system of accounting rules to make sure banks, and businesses in general, are honest and transparent in reporting their financial performance. I’m here to write about the referees of the finance world, also known as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). By: John A.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040. Global logistics giant FedEx on Wednesday announced a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. Carbon Capture. Supply Chain.

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Going electric will save Canadians money on energy costs

Corporate Knights

The impacts of the climate crisis already cost Canadians an average of $720 per year for things like repairs after flooding or wildfires – and that price tag is expected to double or triple by 2050. Done right, the energy transition won’t just be good for the climate or the economy – it’ll also be good for our bank accounts.

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The key to combatting greenwashing? An empowered marketing team

Corporate Knights

and Canada, means that companies need to do more than simply provide vague sustainability claims – or add the word “carbon neutral” to a label. In practice, this could look like a QR code on a product tag that links to a more detailed product description (citing information about the vendor as well as the product’s materials).

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

If it weren’t for the plastic tags in the cows’ ears and the overhead drone of occasional passenger planes, we could be 600 years ago. Today, the soil alone is storing carbon at least as fast as models predict 25-year-old broadleaf woodlands do, according to research using new technology from the soil sampling company Agricarbon.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Among them: “The United States should establish a price on carbon.”. Finally, there is collaboration among the leading nongovernmental organizations focusing on sustainability reporting and accountability. percent of GDP by 2100.

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6 Ways Companies Can Prepare for Mandatory Carbon Reporting

B the Change

and accountable for?—?their This pressure has led to a host of standards dictating how companies should report on their carbon performance. The Shift to Mandatory, Standardized Reporting Now, the world of carbon reporting is moving toward greater standardization and mandatory reporting. One strong approach is a carbontag team.”