Research reveals climate pledges from leading global businesses will fail to reach net zero
Climate pledges made by the world’s largest companies will fail to reduce their carbon emissions to net zero, new analysis has revealed.
As Aviva and others raise the bar on investor sustainability, how must corporates react?
Aviva has promised divestment from firms failing to meet ESG criteria. In news that’s shaking up the sector, what does it mean for net zero?
What challenges does the music industry face reaching net zero?
Music isn’t always top of the net zero hit list, but it has a range of big CO2 impacts across travel, energy and logistics. Can live performance and environment ever truly harmonise?
How to kickstart your net zero journey in 2022
Over half of UK's largest businesses pledge to reach net zero by 2050. But these impressive figures ignore the reality that many businesses don’t have a net zero strategy because they don’t know how to start. Here is a quick rundown of what your net zero plan should include.
What is carbon negative?
A glance at Google Trends tells an interesting story; in recent years, online searches for “net zero” have rocketed, hitting an all-time high just after the COP26 talks. But the concept of “carbon negative” is much less well understood. What exactly does it mean?
Business minds are turning to COP27. How and why should corporates prepare?
It may seem like moments since the ink dried on COP26 agreements, but the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UNFCCC will take place next year in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
The SBTi’s new Corporate Net-Zero standard: what you need to know
The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has created the world’s first official framework for businesses to set net zero targets in line with climate science....
Over half of FTSE 100 companies link ESG measures to executive pay
FTSE 100 companies are increasingly making environment, social and governance (ESG) measures a condition of executive remuneration, new analysis from PwC has found.
Universities use position as investors to call time on greenwashing
A new net zero declaration has been launched by UK-based asset owners calling for minimum climate standards from their investment managers.
Launched to coincide with...
Will COP26’s 1.5C goal be hit?
Initially thought unlikely, increasingly it appears COP26's 1.5C goal might be a possibility, or if not, something very close indeed. What's progress to date?
