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Net-zero healthcare: Pharmaceutical giants collaborate on decarbonisation pathway
…Included in the roadmap are commitments to jointly explore renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) in China and India in 2023 and to evaluate the use of low or zero-carbon heat…
Asian Energy Coalitions and Breakthrough Agendas: Six things you need to know from Decarbonisation Day at COP27
…guidelines to respond to UN’s corporate greenwash concerns Earlier this week, the UN-convened High Level Expert Group on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities published its first set of…
UN schedules additional global climate summit for September 2023
…The UN’s latest synthesis report assessing the national climate commitments made by nations under the Paris Agreement concluded that, if all commitments were delivered in full, the global temperature increase…
Bank of England’s ‘fiendishly complicated’ climate stress tests launched for financial sector
…England of backsliding on its green finance commitments. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Report confirmed that the Bank has been offering – and will continue to offer – support packages to…
Europe’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate package: What is included?
…CO2 removals – the ‘no debit’ rule. EU countries already had that commitment under the Kyoto Protocol – the predecessor to the Paris Agreement – but the regulation will see…
Your ambitions should be higher: Accelerating the journey to net-zero
…scaled-up action Although important, pledges are only the start. Alongside making these commitments, businesses must act and look to continuously increase the ambition of their goals in collaboration with governments,…
London Climate Action Week: How is the capital planning to reach net-zero?
…the London Environment Strategy, London set a net-zero goal for 2050 back in May 2018 – a year ahead of the UK Government’s decision to enshrine this commitment in national…
Waitrose and Aldi to use ocean-bound plastics for packaging on dozens of products
…have prevented 830 million bottles from entering the ocean in 2020. Waitrose & Partners said in a statement that the move towards POP builds on an existing commitment to use…
Global cotton-growing regions facing increased exposure to climate risks
…the parent companies of Topshop and Urban Outfitters, are yet to make this commitment. Cotton commitment In related news, the owner of fashion brands such as American Apparel and Comfort…
Global beef sector sets out biodiversity and climate commitments
…more economically viable. The goals which we have launched today are a commitment from the global beef industry, articulating the role and responsibility that we are taking together towards achieving…
Hyundai joins RE100 as Porsche urges suppliers to source 100% renewable electricity
Hyundai Motor Group’s commitment will see applications sent to the Korea RE100 Committee this month by its namesake Hyundai Motor, as well as Kia, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Wia and Hyundai…
Insurance giants team up for net-zero alliance, but are urged to stop supporting fossil fuels
…from the US and UK Governments, designed to unite the global financial sector on the net-zero transition around COP26. As such, its commitments will need to be accredited by the…
Prysmian Group eyes net-zero emissions between 2035 and 2040
The commitments form part of a new ‘Climate Ambition’ and ‘Social Ambition’ frameworks that also include commitments on digital inclusion, community empowerment and the skills pipeline. On the ‘Climate Ambition’,…
Mercedes-Benz to go all-electric for vehicles by 2030
The Daimler-owned luxury vehicle company made the announcement late last week. As part of the commitment, Mercedes-Benz will offer EVs across all segments from next year. Then, from 2025, it…
Dixons Carphone and Dassault Systèmes unveil new science-based climate targets
…2019-2020 financial year baseline. Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (power-related) and some Scope 3 (indirect) emissions are covered by the commitment. Dixons Carphone has chosen to account for Scope 3…
Carbon offsetting: New ‘integrity initiative’ launched to tackle greenwashing
…commitments during 2020. The Race to Zero Campaign now has more than 3,000 supporting companies while the Science Based Targets initiative has received some 1,500 commitments to its net-zero target…
US firm Parker aims for carbon-neutral operations by 2040
The US firm has released its 2020 Sustainability Report and announced a new commitment to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040. The carbon-neutrality commitment covers Scope 1 and 2 and will…
Kingspan Group and Royal DSM get seal of approval for science-based climate commitments
…on track to deliver an existing commitment to net-zero emissions from its estate of more than 160 manufacturing sites this decade, as the residual emissions can then be addressed using…
‘Sobering reading’: Boris Johnson reacts to new IPCC report
…November, a final ‘rulebook’ will be drawn up, containing updated commitments from nations. Read edie’s news coverage of the IPCC report here. As of summer 2020, national commitments would put…
Heat pumps and energy efficiency: Mitie plots path to net-zero buildings by 2025
…commitment to source 100% renewable electricity with details on bringing the remainder of its Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (power-related) emissions associated with buildings to net-zero. Mitie has committed…
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