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...Documents detailing one scheme Apple has backed through a conservation fund show that the majority of the newly planted trees are chopped down to be sold as timber in little more than a decade....
...Anti-ESG legislation has been beaten back in a number of red-state legislatures, and relatively little money has been moved away from blacklisted institutions....
...These help water drain when there is too much and allow it to be stored when there is too little....
...This article has been updated to clarify that Higg Inc has rebranded as Worldly, not the Higg Index as incorrectly stated in a previous version. ...
...A target of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions throughout its supply chain by 2050 is not so distant in that context....
...Energy companies long showed little interest in these findings, he said....
...“If there is zero need to comply, then maybe that slows the growth a little,” Clinch added, although he said there would still be a “longer-term secular opportunity” for the stock exchange’s ESG business...
...“We had some suppliers come up to us and say, ‘we don’t think this is relevant for us because we don’t have any greenhouses,’” McLaughlin tells me....
...A fifth of those pertain to climate change with a heavy focus on greenhouse gas emissions reaching net zero by 2050. Whether or not BlackRock’s rationale is disingenuous is beside the point....
...“There are companies in the benchmark that have made very little progress on any of the indicators and that certainly is notable,” said Stephanie Maier, global head of sustainable and impact investment at...
...I’ve also dug into a little-noticed BlackRock statement about Samsung’s recent annual meeting and what it means for the company’s climate policies....
...Aspirants such as Florida have tried, so far with little success....
...“There is very little to feel positive about,” he said....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 02. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...With Big Tech stock prices at or close to record levels, entrenched founders have shown little need to respond to shareholder pressure....
...And time is running short for Sustainability Inc to prove it can actually create positive results. (Billy Nauman) A bit of a greencoin?...
...With countries committing to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, ESG enthusiasts expect green investments to shoot even higher....
...“Research shows that little climate-related risk is priced into current government bond valuations. This is unlikely to continue in the long term,” said Mr Olson....
...A greenhouse gas is being smuggled into the EU on a massive scale in defiance of quotas designed to limit its environmental impact, compromising the fight against climate change, leading industry figures...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 6, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The UK’s building stock is responsible for approximately 30 per cent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions....
...Four years on, however, the actual mechanism has not been negotiated, and there is still very little consensus on how it should work....
...These numbers have changed little in recent years, says Gallup. But many carnivores are cutting down. In China, health is the reason, says Mintel. Americans say they like the taste....
...But with parliament returning on September 3, there is little time left to avert a no-deal Brexit on October 31. Here’s what happens next....
...Switching to glass and metal often means higher greenhouse gas emissions because of their heavier weight....
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