Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

GFANZ, which made international headlines and represented one of the planet’s best hopes for meaningful climate action a year ago, is facing growing discontent within its membership of global banks, insurers, investment managers and consultants, and asset owners. If you won’t meet minimum standards in line with the climate science.

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recommended climate disclosure mandates announced this week. The SEC's proposed mandates would require a domestic or foreign registrant to include certain climate-related information in its registration statements and periodic reports, such as on Form 10-K. Get the full update here: [link].

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. The financial climate, it seems, has been as unforgiving as the atmospheric one. Joel Makower. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:11.

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Sustainable Round Table

MAY 23, 2023

SR Inc) proposes the establishment of a “Purchaser Caused” (PC) tag, which will certify EACs as having enabled new grid capacity. This tag creates a premium on “PC” EACs created by more involved contracting processes (i.e. This tag creates a premium on “PC” EACs created by more involved contracting processes (i.e.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 22, 2022

For the third consecutive year, Southern Company earned a score of A- for its 2022 CDP Climate Change Disclosure , demonstrating leadership for the North American region and thermal power generation sector. Your browser does not support the video tag. Southern Company Continues To Receive High Marks for Environmental Transparency.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Until very recently, investor demands regarding environmental impact largely have focused on the climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions. Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The cap will be reduced every year, on a trajectory aligned with the state’s Climate Act. The dirtier the fuel – the bigger the price tag. Passed into law in 2019, the Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide GHG emissions by 40% by 2030 and at least 85% by 2050, on a 1990 basis.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) project has introduced climate spending indicators in its updated assessment framework to better inform investors on countries’ risk management.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

From climate change to global pandemics, the world is facing major environmental and health-related challenges that are driving life science research institutions to pool their data and digital resources in search of solutions. Read the full story from CORDIS.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Isle’s technology consultant Sylvia Schuster explains why she believes managing the effects of climate change requires urban transformation. European cities need to transform their infrastructure if they are to meet the emerging challenges posed by the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Technology pilots. Best practice.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products. To run a successful waste and recycling business in a circular economy climate, you need the right data and the right management systems in place,” said Williams.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2023

Entergy is taking additional actions on climate change while maintaining our commitment to safely providing reliable, affordable and cleaner energy for customers and communities. This report outlines our thoughtfully planned climate actions moving forward and our approach to addressing uncertainties along the way.”. Standard Format.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The curriculum unit, Engineering for the Earth , covers Earth systems through lessons on natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. These materials can be found here.This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Curriculum , Environmental Literacy , K-12. Bookmark the permalink.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The report also reveals which teams are most likely to have fans that are vegetarian, have an affinity for the outdoors, a particular stance on climate justice, and those most likely to follow Al Gore and Greta Thunberg. . To reach these rankings, Zoomph’s platform started with about 342 million anonymized profiles.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2023

Fero Labs, said: “The industrial sector is notoriously hard to decarbonize, and hardware solutions like carbon capture and storage come with a hefty price tag and daunting implementation process. White-box AI software requires no capital expenditure and can be quickly implemented.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 3, 2023

Millets can grow on arid lands with minimal inputs and are resilient to changes in climate, rendering them an ideal solution for countries to increase self-sufficiency, reduce reliance on imported cereal grains, and adapt to adverse and changing climatic conditions. Bangalore, India) and the name of the millet (e.g., finger millet).

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The planet-killing comet movie Don’t Look Up slammed onto Netflix at the close of 2021, acting – in a way – as a satirical epilogue to the United Nations COP26 Climate Conference. The world is clamoring for urgent action on climate change. In the story of climate change, we are the comet. Spoiler: Nothing is done.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 27, 2023

To clarify just how murky deep-sea mining will make the water, scientists have been tagging along as companies conduct tests. This article by Hakai Magazine is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. The question is, 'How bad will it be?'” appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The programme, funded by the Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland and delivered in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, involves the use of RFID tags. These have already been used in Europe and in some other parts of the UK. ” “RFID technology is ideal in helping councils gauge household waste levels.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 27, 2022

Check out these solar-powered price tags : We all know I’m obsessed with energy-harvesting chips, and for the most part it’s early days. But now Nowi, a maker of energy-harvesting chips, has signed a deal with Digety to put its silicon inside a price tag designed for retail shelves. The VMware deal strikes me as similar.

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3BL Media

APRIL 8, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission has finally released its proposed climate disclosure rule with some long-awaited details and a few surprises too. If the SEC adopts the rule as proposed, a public company would need to disclose: How the board and management are governing climate-related risks. SOURCE: Workiva. With the U.S.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The world is grappling with dramatic shifts in climate change, environmental, social, and geopolitical events. this digitization initiative started in 2009 when the SEC mandated that companies ‘tag’ their financial statements using XBRL, the global digital reporting standard. In the U.S.,

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

What about the performance of the financial sector when it comes to climate change though? If gasoline powered cars have a higher price tag, then more people will make the switch to electric vehicles. Ecocentricity Guest Blog: Global Warming vs. Climate Change: Their History and Their Differences.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The London Stock Exchange has published a public consultation on the market rules for its planned voluntary carbon market, first announced at COP26 last November, which will provide access to publicly traded carbon funds focused on investing in climate mitigation projects.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The GRI published a major update of the standards in 2021, and recently published new proposed climate change and energy reporting standards. Patrick de Cambourg, Chair of EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board, said: “Interoperability is at the heart of the EU approach.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Zero-emissions vehicles are essential to achieving global climate goals. But climate policy experts warn that a one-to-one shift from gas to electric cars could exacerbate other forms of social injustice. Huerta says Miocar is a play on “the Spanglish of the San Joaquin Valley” that tags the Spanish word for “mine” to the word “car.”)

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

Fiji George | Senior Director, Climate & Sustainability, Cheniere Energy. Georges Tijbosch is Chief Executive at MiQ, a not-for-profit climate tech foundation undertaking cutting-edge work to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas sector. Georges Tijbosch | Chief Executive Officer, MiQ.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The commitment to fight climate change earned the company inclusion on the CDP Climate “A List”, a non-profit organization that globally supports investors, companies, cities, states and regions in managing their environmental impact. Your browser does not support the video tag. Distribution Settings Markup.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

The EU is debating whether to put a monetary value on its natural ecosystems as the bloc updates existing regulation on environmental economic accounting which could provide country-by-country information on important ecosystems data such as biodiversity protection and climate mitigation and adaptation.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Top of the agenda is the SEC’s proposal (the “Proposed Rule”) to standardize and make compulsory a set of climate-related financial risk disclosures for public companies, the leading point of a multi-pronged effort to stabilize the haphazardly constructed sustainable investing edifice. But these systems are simply a means to an end.

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B the Change

JULY 28, 2022

Businesses May Soon Face New SEC Requirements By Chelsea Hicks-Webster As the Earth warms and humans experience the negative impacts of climate change , investors and society are pressuring companies to react. to disclose: How they identify and respond to climate-related risks and opportunities. and accountable for?—?their

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Sustainable Round Table

JANUARY 17, 2024

The “Declaration For Purchaser Caused EACs” provides SBER Member-Clients and other industry leaders with an opportunity to reify their buying best practice into a “Fair Labor”-like tag that the global market can reward and scale. Kristen Chambers, Global Sr.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

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. Biodiversity, put simply, can clean our water, protect us from flooding and drought, increase how much food we grow and regulate our climate. The birdsong is unreal. And above it all, a stork wheels.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The insurance industry’s business model is breaking down as a result of climate-related catastrophic losses, according to new research , which tracks the pace of the sector’s withdrawal from fossil fuel underwriting. The post Threatening Climate for Insurance Sector appeared first on ESG Investor. Making polluters pay.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Increased private sector funding seen as critical to acceleration of investments to meet climate change, biodiversity and land degradation targets. . The report said delaying action “was no longer an option” in light of the impacts of climate change, species extinction and land degradation. “ Mirey Atallah,?Head Head of UNEP’s?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

CRSD will, in essence, require impacted companies to start collecting and assuring the accuracy of additional, detailed, standardised ESG data – so they digitally tag and report that data by 2025. Leveraging robust analytics to deliver actionable insights from your CRSD reporting data. Scores of data are useless without expert analysis.

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Green Tech Gazette

MARCH 23, 2023

Therefore, people are likely to find this luxury car more luxurious than its other competitor Mustang Mach-E with a price tag of €62,900 in Europe. This five-seated vehicle is expected to be sold under the price range of €45,000 this year. Buyers can look up to two luxury versions of this vehicle Explorer and Explorer Premium.

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