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3 ways to ensure credible corporate net zero targets
This article originally appeared on WRI. The concept of reaching net zero emissions has grown from an emerging idea to a mainstream mechanism for countries, cities and corporations to drive emissions reductions and limit the effects of climate change. Just two years ago, only a handful of companies committed to achieving net zero emissions by mid-century or sooner. Since then, a wave of companies across sectors have adopted net zero targets and are designing strategies to achieve these goals.
4 myths about climate change and investment risk
Investors are, by necessity, experts at taking calculated risks. They scan the horizon of our ever-evolving world for new and sometimes unexpected economic challenges so that they can put their money where it’s most likely to grow. Today, financial institutions are facing one economic challenge that fundamentally will change the way we do business — climate change. Climate change is a risk that, while significant, is oftentimes misunderstood by the financial community.
‘Green-gional’ anesthesia: further considerations
‘Green-gional’ anesthesia: further considerations Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Copyright information: © American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions.
Cynthia Cummis
Cynthia Cummis is the Director of Private Sector Climate Mitigation in WRI's Business Center. In this role she leads the institute’s work with businesses to reduce GHG emissions, including the Science Based Targets initiative, which she co-founded, and GHG Protocol’s suite of corporate GHG accounting and reporting standards.
'Green-gional' anesthesia: the non-polluting benefits of regional anesthesia to decrease greenhouse gases and attenuate climate change
'Green-gional' anesthesia: the non-polluting benefits of regional anesthesia to decrease greenhouse gases and attenuate climate change Free Mausam Kuvadia1,2, Cynthia Eden Cummis3, Gregory Liguori1 and http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4484-0787Christopher L Wu1 1Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA 2Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA 3World Resources Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Correspondence to Dr Christopher L Wu,...
How Can Financial Institutions Deliver on the Paris Agreement?
Wind turbines. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr A version of this post originally appeared in Responsible Investor. This is a critical year for climate action. Five years after the landmark Paris Agreement, world governments will convene in Glasgow this November to put more ambitious national climate action plans on the table.
How Fashion Companies Can Collaborate to Tackle Their Biggest Source of Carbon Pollution
Low prices and unprecedented demand are fueling the growth of "fast fashion," which takes trends from runway to consumers in record time. The problem is that, in the process, fashion is putting eye-popping pressure on the environment through water use, pollution, waste and carbon emissions—not to mention negative social impacts such as unsafe labor conditions for garment workers. Unless big brands and retailers make major changes, the problem will get much worse.
How fashion companies can collaborate to tackle their biggest source of carbon pollution
Low prices and unprecedented demand are fueling the growth of “fast fashion,” which takes trends from runway to consumers in record time. The problem is that, in the process, fashion is putting eye-popping pressure on the environment through water use, pollution, waste and carbon emissions—not to mention negative social impacts such as unsafe labor conditions for garment workers. Unless big brands and retailers make major changes, the problem will get much worse.
Apparel and Footwear Sector Science-Based Targets Guidance
Count it: Complete a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, including a scope 3 inventory for all relevant categories. Use a combination of supplier-specific activity data where available and secondary data to fill in data gaps. Companies should prioritize supplier specific data collection on activities in the value chain where they have both significant emissions and the ability to influence GHG reductions.
The math in climate finance isn't adding up
Banks are connected to every part of the economy through their investing and lending activities. That means they play a crucial role in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy.The financial sector is increasingly aware of the need to shift capital flows away from companies and activities that contribute to the climate problem and into climate solutions.
The World Is Counting on Banks to Deliver Climate Finance. Counting Their Progress Is No Easy Feat.
Banks are connected to every part of the economy through their investing and lending activities. That means they play a crucial role in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy. The financial sector is increasingly aware of the need to shift capital flows away from companies and activities that contribute to the climate problem and into climate solutions.
How oil and gas companies can prepare for a low-carbon world
Europe’s largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, surprised the world late last year when it announced an ambition to slash its carbon footprint by 20 percent per unit of energy by 2035 and by 50 percent per unit of energy by 2050.As the first major oil and gas company to set such an aspiration, the announcement represents another sign that major change is coming in the sector in the wake of global consensus — achieved at the Paris climate conference in 2015 — that the world will work towards...
Major U.S. Businesses Have Pledged to Act on Climate. Here's What That Looks Like.
Country negotiators are in the spotlight at UN climate negotiations in Bonn. But the private sector will be represented at COP23 as well, particularly from the United States. Major U.S. corporations are stepping up on climate action because they understand the grave risk this threat poses to their customers and bottom lines. Increasingly, they are taking bold action to do their part to solve the problem.
You, too, can master supply chain emissions
Today, most major companies publicly report their emissions to CDP, an international corporate emissions platform.
Science Will Help Push Companies Towards a Low-Carbon Future
This article was originally posted on TheGuardian.com. Momentum is building in the private sector to curb climate change now more than ever. Investors worldwide have pledged to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from $600bn in assets under management. Hundreds of companies have committed to reduce emissions, use more renewable energy and put a price on carbon. Decades of progress have brought us to this point, made even more concrete by the Paris Agreement in December.
Why science-based emissions targets make good business sense for COP21
Have you noticed the growing number of companies speaking up for climate action this year?In April, 43 CEOs representing companies with operations in more than 150 countries signed a joint letter calling for "governments to take bold action at the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December 2015 to secure a more prosperous world for all of us."In early October, 10 CEOs from major food and beverage companies released a joint letter to U.S. and global leaders explaining, "Climate change is bad...
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