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U.N. Group Recommends Stricter Rules Over Net-Zero Pledges

U.N. Group Recommends Stricter Rules Over Net-Zero Pledges

The group says companies need to stop funding fossil-fuel expansion, ineffective carbon credits and anti-climate lobbying.

Corporate Executives Call for Action-Based Approach at COP27

Corporate Executives Call for Action-Based Approach at COP27

Business leaders are pushing for specific actions to combat climate change and asking for clearer policies to support such initiatives from governments at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt.

Clipped Green Claims at COP27 Might Signal Progress

Clipped Green Claims at COP27 Might Signal Progress

Companies’ more cautious decarbonization promises at this year’s climate conference could be a sign they are taking them more seriously.

Zara Lets U.K. Customers Resell Used Clothes to Help Soothe Environmental Concerns

Zara Lets U.K. Customers Resell Used Clothes to Help Soothe Environmental Concerns

The retailer has joined its fast-fashion rivals that have started reselling their clothes, a trend that tackles a piece of the industry’s daunting waste problem.

Net Zero Hinges on Lower-Emission, Circular Technology, Cisco’s First Sustainability Chief Says

Net Zero Hinges on Lower-Emission, Circular Technology, Cisco’s First Sustainability Chief Says

The tech heavyweight’s chief sustainability officer is charting a course to net zero by 2040, a task requiring the company to dramatically cut greenhouse-gas emissions arising from the use of its networking hardware and software.

Apple Urges Its Suppliers to Decarbonize Manufacturing

Apple Urges Its Suppliers to Decarbonize Manufacturing

Apple is adding pressure on suppliers to get on board with its carbon-neutrality goal, highlighting the difficulties in tackling greenhouse-gas emissions from global supply chains.

HSBC’s COP26 Climate-Change Ads Were Misleading, U.K. Watchdog Says

HSBC’s COP26 Climate-Change Ads Were Misleading, U.K. Watchdog Says

The bank’s 2021 ad campaign wrongly omitted information about its contribution to greenhouse-gas emissions, the advertising regulator said, serving a warning to companies that promote environmental initiatives.

EU Proposal to Call Lithium Toxic May Affect Refining Projects

EU Proposal to Call Lithium Toxic May Affect Refining Projects

A plan to regulate the production and use of lithium is drawing widespread concern that it could inhibit the development of supply chains for battery metals outside of Asia and create obstacles to the bloc’s climate and energy goals.

SEC Could Ease Up on Scope 3 Greenhouse-Gas Emission Reporting, WSJ Panelists Say

SEC Could Ease Up on Scope 3 Greenhouse-Gas Emission Reporting, WSJ Panelists Say

Many companies objected to the rules on supply-chain emission reporting as too costly and burdensome.

Wind and Solar Farms Are Hard to Predict. Utilities Are Looking to Change That.

Wind and Solar Farms Are Hard to Predict. Utilities Are Looking to Change That.

Companies are tapping into machine learning and weather forecasting to better pinpoint output and reduce inaccuracy fees for overshooting or undershooting predicted output.

  • How to Catalyze Rapid Climate Action? With ‘Radical Collaboration’

    Former RMI CEO Jules Kortenhorst, Citi’s Bridgett Fawcett, and Deloitte’s Scott Corwin discuss how to work across global value chains and with developing economies to spur the energy transition.

  • Business Leaders Bullish On Climate Action As Economy, Crises Slow Progress

    Ahead of COP27, executives are optimistic their companies can decarbonize and grow. But many say external issues will slow their emissions reduction efforts in the coming year, a global survey finds.

  • When Climate Action is the Business

    Leaders of decarbonization services provider Aspiration discuss purpose-led business models, opportunities and challenges in the green business sector, and sourcing high-quality carbon offsets. 

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