ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2023

AI-focused manufacturing process optimization software company Fero Labs announced that it has raised $15 million, with funding aimed at solutions to reduce emissions in the manufacturing industry. This means companies can immediately start reducing emissions and quantify emissions reduction more accurately.”

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3BL Media

MARCH 22, 2022

Workiva customers have access to internationally recognized ESG frameworks, including SASB standards and TCFD recommendations and reporting requirements, financial and non-financial data collection templates, and the ability to calculate GHG emissions.

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Sustainable Round Table

MAY 23, 2023

As the global corporate community actively works to decarbonize, companies are increasingly pursuing renewable energy to mitigate their Scope 2 emissions. SR Inc) proposes the establishment of a “Purchaser Caused” (PC) tag, which will certify EACs as having enabled new grid capacity.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a target for the aviation industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. “The

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3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2023

Entergy Provides Update on Its Progress to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions. We recently published our latest climate report as an update to stakeholders and to provide transparency on our progress to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Your browser does not support the video tag. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 14:30. Type of Content.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Under the initiative, more than 400 financial institutions from 45 countries managing assets of US$130 trillion agreed to the goal of net-zero portfolio emissions by 2050, as well as interim CO2 reductions. . But in the last 12 months, there has been heavy criticism over the lack of climate action by GFANZ’s leading members, most notably U.S.

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3BL Media

MAY 11, 2022

Now, a new standard exists to give us the same honest and transparent reporting when it comes to financed emissions. Accounting for Carbon: A New Rulebook for Financed Emissions. In their own words, they are “enabling financial institutions to assess and disclose greenhouse gas emissions of loans and investments.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

When we throw things away, they end up in landfill or incinerators, which then contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products. It’s crucial that we break this cycle. At every stage, we must look for more sustainable ways to do things.”

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

Late 2021 saw the US, EU and partners launch the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions with the objective of limiting warming to 1.5°C. Mr. George was a member of theNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee that published a detailedstudy on methane emissions.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Sofidel Cuts Its Emissions Also With Its New Regina Commercial in Italy. Although the commercial shows the roll of paper going around the world, every effort was made to reduce emissions and production times using the innovative Virtual Set technology employed in high-end international filmmaking. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 11:50.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Zero-emissions vehicles are essential to achieving global climate goals. I think it’s great that we’re moving towards zero-emissions vehicles,” Huerta said, “but the communities that are continuously left behind are still being left behind.” Those who can afford the cars often have precious few places to plug them in. “I

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Antonina Scheer, Research Project Manager at the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Centre and one of the methodology note authors , told ESG Investor the “most significant” changes centred on an “in-depth reworking” of Pillar 3, which has been renamed ‘climate finance’ from ‘opportunities to finance the transition’.

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Sometimes it feels like my actions alone can’t really change the amount of consumption, waste, and emissions the holiday season produces. Based on research by The United Nations Environment Programme, household consumption accounts for around two-thirds of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. And it’s true, alone I can’t.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s a great advertising tag line, but there are no free rides; someone always pays somewhere. Prudent regulators are attempting to be technology-neutral while incentivizing significant improvement in market adoption, performance, affordability, emissions and durability. Free delivery."

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B the Change

JULY 28, 2022

their greenhouse gas emissions. Their total carbon or greenhouse gas emissions. Larger companies will also need to account for emissions produced by suppliers and customers (“ Scope 3 emissions ”). One strong approach is a carbon “tag team.” To achieve that goal, we need to cut emissions by 45%–50% by 2030.

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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. The local authority is focused on raising that figure to 70% by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Medium and heavy-duty haulage, construction, agriculture, and mining are all under pressure to reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and going electric is an increasingly attractive solution. Passenger cars are not the only sectors where electrification is taking off.

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3BL Media

APRIL 8, 2022

A few months ago, I wasn’t sure if the SEC would require disclosures on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, which are upstream and downstream emissions along a company’s value chain, such as from employees’ commutes. But any public company with a Scope 3 emissions target, or for whom Scope 3 is material, will need to disclose it.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Akamai awarded points for actions completed during the month, and allowed offices and employees to tag and challenge each other through the online platform to encourage higher levels of participation. Each employee that reached a certain level of participating was entered in a drawing that enabled them to win a donation to a charity. .

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. million acres from its current 4.5

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Sustainability Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Responsible for transporting around 90% of the world’s trade, international shipping contributes to approximately 10% of global CO 2 emissions. In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a new strategy with enhanced targets to reduce GHG emissions from ships.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

this digitization initiative started in 2009 when the SEC mandated that companies ‘tag’ their financial statements using XBRL, the global digital reporting standard. Digital tagging requirements sit front and center in the SEC’s hotly anticipated climate rule disclosure. An example showing GHG Emissions Data with Full Traceability).

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Green Tech Gazette

MAY 1, 2023

Assuming the Flying Spur V8 Plug-In Hybrid becomes a reality, it would likely combine a powerful V8 engine with an electric motor and a battery pack, resulting in improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The process is a big hassle for the prepared food sector, but food waste is an even bigger problem for the planet, accounting for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions according to the U.N. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Regulators should require listed companies to disclose Scope 1 and 2 emissions. As reliable transition risk metrics and consistent methodologies for Scope 3 emissions are developed, financial regulators should require their disclosure, to the extent they are material.”.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Priority should be given to their companies’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting, existing disclosure controls and procedures, climate risk governance frameworks and oversight protocols, and data assurance and verification competencies. This, at least, will provide the foundation for an immediate SEC compliance management strategy.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

4 Tips for Successful Collaborations with Transportation and Logistics Providers By Will Diebel Transportation and Logistics (T&L) is an essential part of many companies’ operations — and a big contributor to carbon emissions. Those trips produce a lot of emissions. trend is similar to the global transportation emissions breakdown.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

The EEEA system currently collects data from member states on criteria such as air emissions and environmentally related taxes. The post EU Debates Putting a Price Tag on Ecosystems appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

Each NBS futures contract is equal to 1,000 carbon credits, where each credit is equal to the removal or reduction of one metric ton of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by projects that preserve and maintain natural ecosystems. The post This Week’s Tech and Tools News: London Stock Exchange Consults on VCM appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Underpinning the effort to comply with marine emissions regulations is the monitoring of these exhaust gases, and instrumentation seems an indispensable support for marine operators under pressure to make good decisions with respect to things like fuel selection and the specification of scrubber systems. mass for mass (m/m) to 0.5%

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It’s not been a good start to the year for the voluntary carbon markets (VCMs), with two major press investigations alleging that forest-based offset projects are misleading in their carbon emissions reduction claims and at worse ineffective. Companies or individuals can buy and use these credits to offset their own carbon emissions.

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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. Buying carbon credits allows companies to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions. The birdsong is unreal. And above it all, a stork wheels.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Ultra-Low Emission Zones (ULEZs) for example – an increasingly deployed tool in the armoury of local councils – are driving demand. “It Just as vehicle manufacturers seem to be getting exhaust emissions under control, the impact of non-exhaust emissions is becoming a comparably serious problem.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 15, 2023

While I’m seeing a bit of the latter, especially when it comes to cutting carbon emissions or reducing waste, I don’t see much of anything related to using sensor data to hold private enterprise accountable. The IoT is making the invisible visible, but so far it’s doing so in a manner that benefits only the bottom line.

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Stacey Higginbotham

APRIL 8, 2022

The city has built out a LoRaWAN network for air quality sensors to track how well it can maintain a low-emission zone and has just hired a company called North to connect 11,000 trashcans to the internet. They will supply information as well.)

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