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Climate change performance indicators
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Abengoa, one of the top 200 global companies for outstanding climate change performance
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected for the CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) 2014 as one of the top 200 companies around the world with excellent climate change performance. This latest recognition comes from “The A ...
By Abengoa
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CDP and FirstCarbon Solutions publish inaugural Index of suppliers leading in climate change performance
FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS), a pioneer in environmental and sustainability business solutions, and CDP, the leading NGO providing the only global environmental disclosure system, today announced the debut publication of the Supplier Climate Performance Leadership Index (SCPLI), a new evaluation and benchmarking tool for CDP supply chain members and suppliers. Compiled by FCS on behalf of CDP, ...
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Climatic change and performance of wheat from 1950 to 2007
Increasing temperatures are a threat to hard red spring wheat production in the northern Great Plains and may impact objectives for breeding programs. Weather data and agronomic performance of experimental lines and a check cultivar ‘Thatcher’ were compiled for six sites in Montana for 1950 to 2007. Mean annual temperature increased significantly at five sites. March temperature increased ...
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SGS published its first corporate sustainability report
SGS has published its first Corporate Sustainability Report. This important milestone presents an opportunity to describe what sustainability means to our business and what we are doing to manage and improve our performance. SGS should be recognised globally, not only for the exceptional services and customer relationships, but also for delivering commercial objectives in a responsible and ...
By SGS
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Olympic cauldron awaits 2021 Tokyo competitors
Athletes, spectators and the many thousands of officials and members of the media attending the events due to start in late July might be concerned about Covid. But they will also have to deal with the impacts of climate change, and the Olympic cauldron that is heating up to receive them. With daytime temperatures likely to reach 37°C or more, and humidity levels of 80%, the Tokyo Olympics ...
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CCL – Climate Change Levy
ENMAT provides Climate Change Agreement Performance Tracking facilities to monitor and record specific energy consumption against set milestones. ENMAT provides CCA Performance Tracking reports based on primary energy electricity, gas and production outputs. We can estimate reduction targets for future milestone periods and provide a emissions cost ...
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FirstCarbon Solutions and the Carbon Disclosure Project Partner to Complete Supplier Scoring for CDP Supply Chain 2011/12
FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental business intelligence today announced a partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in which FirstCarbon Solutions will score all company submissions to CDP Supply Chain, a program which works with global corporations to understand the impacts of climate change across the supply ...
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Environment: eight cities apply for European Green Capital Award 2015
The deadline for submitting entries to become European Green Capital 2015 is now closed and the following cities have entered the competition: Bristol (UK) Brussels (Belgium) Bydgoszcz (Poland) Dublin (Ireland) Glasgow (UK) Kaunas (Lithuania) Kutahya (Turkey) Ljubljana (Slovenia) EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "This is the sixth year of the European Green Capital ...
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EarthSoft receives 2012 Environmental Business Journal Business achievement award for Growth and Innovation
Environmental Business Journal (EBJ), a business research publication, which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry*, has honored 50 companies for revenue growth, acquisitions, innovative project designs, technology applications, new practice areas, social contributions and industry leadership in 2012. EarthSoft is pleased to announce that it was chosen ...
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Carbon Disclosure Project Renews Partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions to Measure Supply Chain Carbon Management
FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business, today announced an expanded partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). FirstCarbon Solutions will score companies' submissions on their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon management strategies to CDP Supply Chain, a program that works with global corporations to measure and ...
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Environmental groups push the SEC for full corporate climate risk disclosure
A broad coalition of investors and major environmental groups have repeated their call to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to address the obligations of publicly-traded companies to assess and fully disclose the material economic opportunities and risks from climate change. The 20 signatories to the letter include leading US and European institutional investors such as CalPERS, ...
By Ceres
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Australia Votes: Scorecard Fails Major Parties on Environment
SYDNEY, Australia, October 17, 2007 (ENS) - The Australian Conservation Foundation's first assessment of the main political parties' climate and environment policies gives both Liberal and Labor a score below 50 percent. The scorecard compiled by Australia's largest environmental group rates the policies of the Liberal/National Coalition, Labor, the Greens, the Democrats and Family First on ...
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Exelon Recognized for Sustainability Performance and Carbon Emissions Reporting
Recognizing Exelon’s leadership in corporate sustainability, the company has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the sixth consecutive year. In addition, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) ranked Exelon one of the top 10 utilities on the S&P 500 for its carbon emissions reporting. “Exelon takes very seriously its ...
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Carbon Disclosure Project Taps FirstCarbon Solutions to Expand Sustainability Scoring Partnership to Investors in the Nordic / DACH Regions
FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business, today announced an extension of its ongoing partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). As part of this expanded relationship with CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions will score submissions from major companies in the Nordic region and in the DACH region of Germany, Austria and ...
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Canyon Snow and Juniper Networks Collaborate to Make World-Class Improvement in Juniper’s Carbon Disclosure Project Score
Canyon Snow Consulting today announced that in collaboration with Juniper Networks, the industry leader in network innovation, Juniper has made a world-class improvement in its Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) score. On September 13th, the CDP, an independent not-for-profit organization working to drive greenhouse gas emission education and sustainable water use ...
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Capturing carbon straight from the air: what are the costs?
Carbon capture from power plants has gained much attention as a means to decrease greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). A recent study assesses an alternative method that directly removes carbon dioxide from the air. The findings indicate that this method is comparable in costs to the mitigation costs estimated by the IPCC and the Stern report. Targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been ...
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Climate change is a central issue to top-ranked companies in newsweek`s 2010 green rankings
Three out of the four US companies with the largest carbon-reduction programs with Carbonfund.org--Dell, Staples and Motorola--are ranked in the top of Newsweek's latest green rankings for US companies. Carbonfund.org partners Samsung and Unilever are ranked in the top global companies. As the leading nonprofit climate solutions organization, Carbonfund.org has helped these top-ranked companies ...
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Allstate Recognized for Excellence in Carbon Reduction Performance and Climate Change Transparency by Carbon Disclosure Project
SOURCE: Allstate Corporation DESCRIPTION:(3BL Media) Northbrook, IL - September 14, 2012 - An exemplary approach to disclosure of climate change information and consistent efforts to reduce emissions landed Allstate Insurance on two indices announced yesterday by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 655 institutional investors with $78 trillion in assets. Allstate is featured in ...
By 3BL Media
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Greening the supply chain: businesses unlock hidden value according to New A.T. Kearney report for CDP
Businesses are now seeing a return on investment from embedding sustainable practices into the procurement function, indicating an emerging trend in supply chain engagement and collaboration. More than 50% of large businesses and 25% of their suppliers have seen cost savings as a result of carbon management activities. That's according to The Carbon Disclosure Project 2011 Supply Chain Report, ...
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