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New Cities Added to CDP's 'A List'
The CDP’s 2023 ‘A List’ includes 119 global cities, based on their actions in environmental action and transparency.
CDP Data: Companies Moving Slowly on Climate Disclosure
New data from the CDP shows that companies are recognizing the need for climate transition plans but are not moving fast enough amidst incoming mandatory disclosure.
CDP to Incorporate ISSB Climate-Related Disclosures Standard
CDP will soon be incorporating the International Sustainability Standard Board’s (ISSB) IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures Standard [IFRS S2] into its global environmental disclosure platform.
CDP Reports Only One-Third Companies Have Climate Plans
Companies are off track on setting climate transition plans despite the deluge of net zero pledges agreed around COP26, according to CDP’s latest analysis of over 13,000 companies.
Danone, HP, Unilever Lead CDP A List for Climate Change
The CDP named 272 companies worth $12 trillion in market cap for their environmental leadership, based on their level of transparency and performance on climate change, forests, and water security.
HanesBrands ahead of RE schedule
Renewable energy sources accounted for 40% of HanesBrands energy use in 2018, up 7 percentage points compared with 2017. This level of renewable energy reliance met the company’s 2020 goal of 40% two years early.
Climate change: major risk or rosy opportunity?
The world's biggest companies have valued the climate risk to their businesses at almost $1 trillion - and also reported potential cumulative gains from realizing business opportunities related to climate change at $2.1 trillion. In this report, "Major Risk or Rosy Opportunity," CDP presents results of a deep-dive analysis of almost 7,000 companies across the globe to uncover financial impacts associated with climate change.
HanesBrands heads for 2020 targets
HanesBrands has reduced energy consumption by more than 21% percent since 2007, and shifted 33% of the energy the company does use to renewable resources, on its way to reaching the company’s 2020 environmental objectives, which include a 40% reduction of both energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Business combine to cut emissions, save $19.3B
Ten years of the world’s biggest purchasers – including Bank of America, Dell, Kellogg Company, Unilever and Walmart – requesting transparency from their suppliers has triggered a step-change in environmental action, leading to 633 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions reductions and collective cost savings of $19.3 billion reported by over 5,500 suppliers in 2018.
CDP: 89% of companies have GHG reduction targets
A new report from CDP outlining responses from more than 1,800 global corporations shows that 89% of them have reported emissions reduction targets in 2017.
Power Forward 3.0: How the largest companies are capturing business value & addressing climate change
The third edition of this report from Ceres, the World Wildlife Fund, Calvert Research and Management and CDP features breakout case studies on how some of the largest U.S. companies, including Facebook, IBM, Praxair and Target, are steadily increasing their clean energy and energy efficiency efforts while improving their bottom lines.
Science-based climate goals on the rise, report finds
Adoption of science-based target setting related to greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating among the Fortune 500 as a growing number look to mitigate their climate impact, a recent report from investor and environmental groups found.
Almost half of Fortune 500s have clean energy goals
The number of Fortune 500 that are making public goals around reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using renewable energy and curbing their overall energy use accelerated in 2016, Ceres, WWF and other groups revealed in a new report.
GM makes big strides in supply chain GHG reductions
After engaging with its supply chain regarding greenhouse gas reduction efforts, General Motors reported Jan. 24 that those who responded have reduced carbon emissions in total by 90 million metric tons, saving a cumulative $23 billion.
