Greenhouse gas emissions

DENSO Provides First Quarter Results and Progress Updates in Key Focus Areas

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Friday, July 30, 2021

The company also shared updates and actions it has taken in the key areas of Green acting environmentally friendly and Peace of Mind creating a safe and seamless world for all.

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  • The company also shared updates and actions it has taken in the key areas of Green acting environmentally friendly and Peace of Mind creating a safe and seamless world for all.
  • In the first quarter, DENSO hosted Dialog Day , an event that highlighted how the company intends to achieve carbon neutrality, eliminate accidents and create new business.
  • As DENSO progresses in these areas, it will help the company achieve its Long-term Policy 2030 to enrich mobility that achieves sustainability, happiness and peace of mind for everyone.
  • New updates and recent progress include:
    Increased focus on electrification with DENSOs expanded alliance with aerospace leader Honeywell.

ACT Announces Minority Investment from Bridgepoint, Valuing the Environmental Markets Leader at Over $1 Billion

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Bridgepoints investment moves ACT to a new level of leadership in the environmental markets.

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  • Bridgepoints investment moves ACT to a new level of leadership in the environmental markets.
  • Founded in 2009 and with offices in Amsterdam, New York, Shanghai, and Paris, ACT helps companies and organizations around the world reduce their carbon footprints.
  • As an enabler of the global energy transition, ACT helps organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious.
  • Since 2009, ACT has become a trusted brand in high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energies and energy efficiency, emission allowances and carbon offsets.

DENSO Provides First Quarter Results and Progress Updates in Key Focus

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Friday, July 30, 2021

In the first quarter, DENSO hosted Dialog Day, an event that highlighted how the company intends to achieve carbon neutrality, eliminate accidents and create new business.

Key Points: 
  • In the first quarter, DENSO hosted Dialog Day, an event that highlighted how the company intends to achieve carbon neutrality, eliminate accidents and create new business.
  • "We are focused on sustainable management, solving social issues and accelerating business growth," said Yasushi Matsui, a senior executive officer and chief financial officer at DENSO Corporation.
  • New updates and recent progress include:
    Increased focus on electrification with DENSO's expanded alliance with aerospace leader Honeywell.
  • DENSO believes vehicles should function like living spaces, with individual temperate and humidity settings and a variety of other services.

Showa Denko Group Challenges to Realize Carbon Neutrality by 2050

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Friday, July 30, 2021

In Japan, the Japanese Government has declared to aim to achieve carbon neutrality and revised national target for GHG reduction.

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  • In Japan, the Japanese Government has declared to aim to achieve carbon neutrality and revised national target for GHG reduction.
  • With regard to the Showa Denko Group, the Group has been working on countermeasures against climate change including its endorsement of TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) in 2019.
  • Furthermore, the Group decided this time to promote its GHG emission reduction measures which are listed in the road map, in order to achieve the Group's carbon neutrality by 2050.
  • Thus the Showa Denko Group will contribute to realization of carbon neutral society, and aim to become a company that contributes to a sustainable global society.

ACT Announces Minority Investment from Bridgepoint, Valuing the Environmental Markets Leader at Over $1 Billion

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Bridgepoints investment moves ACT to a new level of leadership in the environmental markets.

Key Points: 
  • Bridgepoints investment moves ACT to a new level of leadership in the environmental markets.
  • Founded in 2009 and with offices in Amsterdam, New York, Shanghai, and Paris, ACT helps companies and organizations around the world reduce their carbon footprints.
  • As an enabler of the global energy transition, ACT helps organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious.
  • Since 2009, ACT has become a trusted brand in high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energies and energy efficiency, emission allowances and carbon offsets.

Bloom Energy to Accelerate Development of Market for Certified Low-Methane Natural Gas

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) today announced it will convert its entire global natural gas fleet to certified low-leak natural gas to prevent the release of harmful methane emissions stemming from upstream gas production.

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  • Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) today announced it will convert its entire global natural gas fleet to certified low-leak natural gas to prevent the release of harmful methane emissions stemming from upstream gas production.
  • In addition, Bloom Energy and MiQ , a non-profit partnership between RMI and SYSTEMIQ , will collaborate to test and refine elements of the certified gas marketplace and educate Bloom Energy customers and other industry stakeholders on the importance of reducing the environmental impacts of natural gas production.
  • By taking the lead to acquire certified gas on behalf of its customers, Bloom Energy hopes to ensure that leading commercial and industrial companies get early exposure to an important climate solution.
  • Innovative gas buyers like Bloom Energy are leading the way and demonstrating how market incentives can help us drive down emissions across the energy sector.

Government investing in Hamilton's steel industry to support good jobs and significantly reduce emissions

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Friday, July 30, 2021

By investing in clean technology, we will create good middle-class jobs, strengthen our economy, cut pollution and build back better for all Canadians.

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  • By investing in clean technology, we will create good middle-class jobs, strengthen our economy, cut pollution and build back better for all Canadians.
  • This investment will support a $1.765-billion project to convert the steel production process and phase out coal-fired steelmaking at its facilities in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Together with the Algoma Steel project announced on July 5, 2021, the two projects will reduce GHG emissions by up to 6 million tonnes per year.
  • The steel industry currently accounts for 7% of global GHG emissions from the energy industriesequal to global aviation, shipping and chemicals emissions combined.

Bain & Company's Bold New Goal: Reducing Business Travel Emissions By 35% Over The Next 5 Years

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Bain & Company has long been a sustainability frontrunner in its industry, achieving carbon neutral status for the past ten years in a row.

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  • Bain & Company has long been a sustainability frontrunner in its industry, achieving carbon neutral status for the past ten years in a row.
  • "Our firm is hyperfocused on mitigating the impact of our emissions on the environment and accelerating our carbon transition.
  • "One area where we've decided to go above and beyond is optimizing carbon emissions associated with travel.
  • Bain also supports leading nonprofits tackling critical environmental challenges as part of its $1.1 billion commitment to pro bono consulting.

Ceres launches new effort to slash emissions and improve transparency across the food sector, sets out benchmark

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

As part of today's launch, Ceres published an investor statement of support and the list of the 50 focus companies that they plan to engage as part of Food Emissions 50.

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  • As part of today's launch, Ceres published an investor statement of support and the list of the 50 focus companies that they plan to engage as part of Food Emissions 50.
  • They also released an initial benchmark analysis of the companies' scope 3 emissions disclosures and emissions reduction targets.
  • Food Emissions 50 builds on the work of Climate Action 100+ , the Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing , and other engagement initiatives.
  • Food Emissions 50 is part of a larger Ceres effort to decarbonize six of the highest-emitting sectors that account for nearly 80 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

ArcelorMittal publishes second group climate action report

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

- Estimated cost of c. $10 billion

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  • - Estimated cost of c. $10 billion
    ArcelorMittal (the Company) has today published its second group climate action report, following the first group report published in May 2019 and the European climate action report published in May 2020.
  • In the new report, ArcelorMittal has for the first time announced a 2030 global carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 25%.
  • The new climate action report provides a roadmap that illustrates the Companys current thinking on the journey to net zero steelmaking.
  • For these emissions ArcelorMittal will buy high-quality offsets or launch projects to generate high-quality carbon credits.