including cities, states, countries and publicly trading companies. What emerged inits reportwas “a good news story, in that net-zero pledges have become mainstream”, saysSteve Smithat the Oxford Net Zero Initiative, one of the consortium’s members. ...
He agreements “have opened the floodgates,” said Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, deputy mayor of Jerusalem. She estimated that trade just between Israel and the UAE has reached $1 billion. In Glasgow, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pledged net-zero emissions by 2050. In a meeting with Microsoft...
TAIYUAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- At a recently concluded forum on low-carbon development in north China's Shanxi Province, many foreign companies have expressed optimism about China's green energy transition, noting that they are actively seeking collaborative opportunities with the country. The 2024...
Apple, Facebook, and Google, “Are any of your companies benefit corporations, and is that something you have considered doing?” After being met with silence, he concluded, “Okay, I take it the answer is no,” and moved on.
Business leaders of the majority of large public corporations have pledged to align the emissions of their companies with the target set by the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming well below 2 °C8 Yet, emissions from many public corporations continue to rise (see Supplementary Fig. S15...
It was reported that the U.S. Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have launched their own investigations into TP-Link for fear that China-founded company has been linked to cyberattacks posing a national security risk. An office of the Commerce Department has subpoenaed TP-Link, according...
To see how companies are measuring up against these expectations, we evaluated the 10 companies with the best environmental performance in our2023 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies. All 10 of these companies have set a Net-Zero target and we also found that these leaders are outpacing...
which help customers reach Net Zero faster while reducing operating costs. Both companies offer solutions that leverage smart building technology. Johnson Controls OpenBlue's digital platform is connected by a secure, flexible network that can improve data collection, enhance security, and efficiently man...
A growing number of companies are responding to the uncertainty by announcing their own emissions targets. AP Moller Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, has pledged to cut emissions to net zero by 2050, jettisoning bunker fuel. Even Royal Dutch Shell, which derives most of...
And “only a fraction” of those targets match the pace of reductions needed, it adds. The IEA estimates that the industry’s scope 1 and scope 2 emissions will have to fall by more than 50 per cent this decade for the world to be on track to achieve net zero global emissions by ...