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All posts tagged "SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS"
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Industry
80% of Major G20 Firms Not Setting Science-Based Climate Targets
New report calls on governments and investors to increase pressure on firms to align emissions reduction strategies with 1.5 degree scenarios.
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3.1KFeaturesChemicals Sector Faces the Acid Test
Companies have largely avoided scrutiny on climate, but investor pressure could be a catalyst for change.
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2.3KCop26 PerspectivesReinventing Finance
Institutions have responded to COP26’s pledge to ‘mobilise finance’ with plans that will transform priorities and processes.
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Commentary
What the IPCC Report Means for Companies and Investors
Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center, identifies six climate actions for the private sector.
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4.0KFeaturesThe ESG Interview: No Substitute for Reducing Emissions
The Science Based Targets initiative’s Alberto Carrillo Pineda plans to “accelerate the domino effect of corporate climate ambition”.
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Cop26
SBTi Issues Climate Target-Setting Guidance for Private Equity
Public consultation re-emphasises importance of financial institutions transitioning to net zero alongside corporates.
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Cop26
IPCC Reaction: Political Leadership Needed to Drive Transition
“Concrete and actionable carbon-reduction strategies” required from governments to drive capital reallocations, say investors, while reinforcing commitment to science-based targets.
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Cop26
Investors Issue Guide Rails for Steel’s Net Zero Future
CA100+ issues decarbonisation guidance for steel corporates; strategies for other carbon-intensive sectors to follow.
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Americas
ICYMI, Nothing Focuses the Mind Like a Deadline
With a rush and a push, many politicians cleared their in-trays this week.
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Industry
“Explosion of Ambition” Leads SBTi to Set 1.5°-Aligned Targets as Minimum
Target-setting initiative to no longer accept ‘well below 2°C’ temperature targets from corporates, in response to “increasing urgency for climate action”.
