Big-name Fortune 500 companies like Goldman Sachs, Nike, Johnson & Johnson, Starbucks, and others, have pledged to 100% renewable electricity. As part of Climate Week NYC, a number of big-name Fortune 500-listed companies have joined RE100, “an ambitious global campaign led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, to engage, support and … [continued]
Twenty subnational governments, representing over 220 million people and $8.3 trillion in GDP, have now officially committed to targeted reductions in carbon emissions through the Compact of States and Regions, a partnership of The Climate Group, CDP, R20, and nrg4SD supported by the United Nations, Climate-KIC, Center for the New Energy Economy, ICLEI, … [continued]
By Mark Chadwick and Tiffany Day Transparency is big business, and getting bigger. The push for transparency in corporate environmental practices and impacts is growing fast and, globally, driven by sustainability-minded investors, by consumers, by new purchasing priorities, and by legislation. As a result, companies around the world are dedicating more … [continued]
Today’s publication of the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance by the World Resources Institute will go a long way toward helping the business sector apply and advance its use of renewable energy. Investments in that sector, largely driven by offshore wind in Europe, and solar in China and the US, quintupled over … [continued]
CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) finds it encouraging that after years of denial, business uses carbon prices to plan ahead these days. The response of business and industry leaders to the problem of climate change is undergoing a major transformation, says the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: “Just over … [continued]
By Eric Austermann, Vice President, Social & Environmental Responsibility, Jabil. Carbon emissions reduction is among the top objectives for corporate environmental management programs. Not only is the environmental impact of greenhouse gases familiar and visible to the public, it carries a high potential for future regulation. In addition, lowering carbon … [continued]
The majority of large UK-based companies are failing to factor in the possible effects of climate change with regard to international supply lines, new research from the Carbon Disclosure Project has found. This is in spite of the fact that around 70% of them have significant overseas operations. It’s been … [continued]
A joint report published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) outlines an analysis that could save companies billions as well as help the corporate sector contribute to the goal of avoiding pushing global temperatures over 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The 3% Solution: Driving Profits Through … [continued]
