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Businesses will now have to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and significant ways in which climate change poses risks to their business, thanks to a new SEC ruling.

SBTi’s new report on BVCM is a significant step forward in helping companies understand how and why beyond value chain investments are necessary.

For the finance sector, MethaneSAT satellite data will enable a step change in oil & gas risk and performance evaluation.

Social networks play a pivotal role in shaping human behavior. To accelerate climate-smart practices, farmers’ social networks are crucial. The post How food companies can harness the power of social networks for scope 3 reductions first appeared on Growing Returns.

Social networks play a pivotal role in shaping human behavior. To accelerate climate-smart practices, farmers’ social networks are crucial.

Walmart achieved its moonshot Project Gigaton goal to reduce, avoid, or sequester 1 gigaton of emissions from its supply chain six years earlier than expected

By Helen Spence-Jackson and Thorfinn Stainforth The European Commission has just proposed a new 2040 climate target of -90% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 1990 levels. At the same time a recent official scientific report shows that there is still a lot of hard work and policy setting to do to reach it. While reaching …

A new report from EDF and Sustainable Public Affairs showcases case studies on how EU companies are acting on climate goals while growing profits.

  A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers’ conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey can inform agricultural lending institutions’ climate and sustainability strategy development. Farmers rely on agricultural lending institutions for loans to cover equipment, land and operating …

A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers’ conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey can inform agricultural lending institutions’ climate and sustainability strategy development. Farmers rely on agricultural lending institutions for loans to cover equipment, land and operating expenses.

“Husna is the perfect person to lead EDF’s Climate Corps as it expands its global impact on embedding sustainability into the core of business values,” said Dr. Lea Borkenhagen, Senior Vice President of EDF+Business.

The clock is ticking to halt and reverse deforestation so that we avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The good news is that companies can provide the finance needed to keep the world's forests standing by purchasing high-quality emissions reductions credits from large-scale tropical forest conservation programs, otherwise known as jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+). 

Feeling overwhelmed about climate change is normal. But there are millions of green jobs out there, and you could "green" the job you already have.

Climate Corps fellowship program trains graduate students and pairs them with custom-matched host organizations looking for a low-cost, low-risk way to advance their sustainability efforts.

By Anna Hirai, Legal & General Investment Management, and Andrew Howell, CFA, Environmental Defense Fund Aligning the maritime shipping sector with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target requires an all-hands-on-deck approach. This includes financial institutions, given the important role that finance plays in this asset-heavy sector. Maritime shipping touches around 90% of globally traded goods and …

By Vrashabh Kapate Led by food and dairy giants the Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA, and Nestlé, as well as the Environmental Defense Fund, the Dairy Methane Action Alliance (DMAA) launched at COP28 last week in a COP Presidency event–to great global attention.  These leading food companies together represent more than …

By Marissa Nixon U.S. companies are expanding their electric vehicle fleets, and last year was monumental. An astounding 10,265 electric trucks hit the road in 2023, according to a new EDF analysis of class 2b-8 fleet announcements. EDF recently revamped the Electric Fleet Deployment & Commitment tracking tool, a public list of orders, deployments and …

A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by narrowing energy and material loops.

Climate Corps fellowship program trains graduate students and pairs them with custom-matched host organizations looking for a low-cost, low-risk way to advance their sustainability efforts.

The EPA’s new rules to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry could be a climate game changer.

By Istvan Bart, Climate Director Last week, Virgin Atlantic became the first commercial airline to fly across the Atlantic ocean using 100% sustainable aviation fuels , demonstrating the incredible potential of clean, alternative fuels for flight. We need more planes flying on SAF, because if aviation were a country, it would be one of the …

Six global dairy companies stepped forward at the United Nations climate conference to announce a powerful alliance to help dairy farmers reduce methane em

New research shows that industry pledges announced at COP28 and broader action on methane could slash emissions equal to 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide and make a 1.5C global climate target more achievable

It is a very big deal that 50 companies responsible for 40% of global oil production have agreed to virtually eliminate their methane pollution. Today’s pledge follows a months-long push to get oil and gas producers to reduce this potent climate pollutant, which is responsible for up to a third of current warming. 

New commitments by nations and the global oil and gas industry to slash methane pollution signify momentous progress to curb significant climate threat, says Environmental Defense Fund's Fred Krupp .