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NGO Report Seeks Investor Pressure for Climate Policies

September 26, 2018

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Harvard’s Initiative on Responsible Investment have produced guidance explaining how investors should accelerate a “just transition” away from greenhouse gas emissions by pushing companies to reduce and report on climate risks in their operations.
NGO Rankings Pressure Pension Funds on Climate Action

September 11, 2018

A nongovernmental initiative called the Asset Owners Disclosure Project has published a ranking of climate action by the world’s largest public pension funds, warning that 60 percent of these funds have “little or no strategy” on how they plan to comply with the global agenda aiming to restrict corporate greenhouse gas emissions.
Facebook Energy Pledge Aims to Fulfill UN Climate Agenda

September 04, 2018

Engadget reports on tech giant Facebook’s announcement that it will power its global operations with renewable energy by the end of the year 2020 and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent within that time frame, as part of a trend of ambitious climate commitments agreed by businesses since the signing of the UN’s 2015 Paris climate accord.
ISO Publishes Standard for Measure “Carbon Footprint”

August 31, 2018

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new global standard to enable businesses to quantify, publicly report on, and reduce the level of their greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with the global agenda against climate change.
UN Agents Applaud Penalization of Monsanto over Weedkiller

August 31, 2018

UN human rights mandate holders have welcomed the decision of a US jury to award $289 million in damages from agricultural products company Monsanto due to “potential causal relations” between its weedkiller and cancer, predicting the damages will place pressure on companies to protect a “wide range” of environmental and other rights.
GRI Pushes for First-Time Corporate “Sustainability” Reporting

August 30, 2018

A press release from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) illustrates how the organization, through a “kick-off service” and other modes of consultation, pushes companies around the world to publicly report on a broad array of social and environmental impacts.
GRI Heightens Reporting Standard on Water “Stewardship”

August 30, 2018

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has updated its standard requiring adhering companies to report on their “water and effluents” management practices, both in their operations and throughout their complex global supply chains, to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Tourism Council Joins UN Initiative on Climate Action

August 15, 2018

The World Travel and Tourism Council, a global body representing companies in the travel and tourism industry, has agreed to join the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative with a pledge by its members to reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions and push for “sustainable” practices in line with the UN’s Paris climate deal.
Global Energy Company, UN Partner on Fulfilling SDGs

August 15, 2018

The energy company Repsol has signed a deal with the UN Development Programme providing for a two-year collaboration to help support local communities in fulfilling the comprehensive social and environmental objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNFCCC Pushes Fashion Industry to Adopt Climate Goals

August 08, 2018

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) explains how it is pressuring the global fashion industry to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the UN’s Paris climate deal.