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| 30.04.2024 | Ceres launches new tool for small to medium-sized companies to improve their sustainability performance | Ceres Roadmap 360º equips companies with what they need to embed sustainability across their operations and future-proof their business
BOSTON, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceres launched a new sustainability assessment tool designed to h... |
| 06.04.2024 | Eco-Friendly Retirement: Is Your 401(k) Fuelling Climate Change? | 9 Mins Read By one tally, 401(k)-type plans are providing $46.5 billion to Big Oil right now.
By Barbara Grady
People often debate the best things individuals can do to help solve the climate crisis — ditch your combustion engine car for an... |
| 22.03.2024 | More agrifood corporates committing to water stewardship targets | Corporate commitments around water stewardship get far less airtime than those for emissions reductions and regenerative agriculture, though in recent years this has started to change. In 2022, water was a prominent item on the COP27 agenda... |
| 04.03.2024 | AG Reyes Writes Concerns Over ESG to Blackrock Fund Directors | March 4, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to BlackRock fund directors to express continued concerns over past and present actions involving their fiduciary duties to clients versus their commitments... |
| 28.11.2023 | Agricultural commodity production driving deforestation ‘at an alarming rate,’ warns nonprofit | Ceres, a nonprofit founded on the principle that sustainability makes good business sense, has assessed efforts by some of the world’s largest companies to eliminate deforestation and found most of them could do better.
According to Ceres, ... |
| 08.11.2023 | How tech, venture capital can help food industry meet 2030 emissions goals | By the end of the decade, many food companies will face deadlines for their emissions reductions goals. The race to invest in sustainable technology in the next few years could significantly decrease emissions, experts at sustainability non... |
| 05.07.2023 | New analysis reveals best practice examples as food segment nibbles on their emissions | The following is a guest post from Ceres Food & Forest expert Nako Kobayashi, who is working on the Food Emissions 50 initiative which highlights best practices for effectively reducing emissions that three of the analyzed food companie... |
| 01.03.2023 | BREAKING: PepsiCo faces $4.4bn of climate risk per year, ‘unclear’ it will meet 2040 climate goals, says think tank | Consumer goods giant PepsiCo faces a potential $4.4 billion of climate-related risk per year by the end of the decade, according to financial think tank Planet Tracker.
Planet Tracker attributes this risk to PepsiCo’s current emissions redu... |
| 22.02.2023 | Ceres Calls for Stronger Federal Standards To Reduce Dangerous Particulate Pollution That Harms Public Health and the Economy | NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 22, 2023 / Ceres urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to adopt stronger standards for pollution from fine particulate matter, otherwise known as PM 2.5 or soot, than what the agency re... |
| 08.02.2023 | The Federal Reserve's Climate Principles and Scenario Analysis Pilot Leave Room for Improvement | NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 8, 2023 / Ceres
By Kelsey Condon, Manager, Banking Financial Regulation, and Amy Kvien, Ceres Manager, Financial Institutions, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
The Federal Reserve rec... |
| 30.01.2023 | Food companies say they can reduce their emissions this year. Experts are skeptical. | Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on the trends that will shape the food and beverage industry in 2023.
Ahead of the United Nations’ COP27 climate conference last fall, beverage giant Coca-Cola was announced as a sponsor. Immedi... |
| 24.01.2023 | New report shows the U.S. insurance industry provides inadequate coverage for climate-related disasters | Ceres, in collaboration with the ESG Initiative and Wharton Climate Center at the Wharton School, released a report today that finds U.S. climate-related disaster insurance is often inaccessible, unaffordable, or does not meet the needs of ... |
| 12.01.2023 | NRF 2023: OneThird Launches Ripeness Prediction Technology and Addresses One Trillion Dollar Food Waste Challenge | OneThird, AI-powered Ripeness Checker that solves the avocado problem and addresses one trillion dollar food waste challenge The astronomical volume of food that goes to waste each year is heartbreaking, particularly since so much is wasted... |
| 11.01.2023 | Scientists Say We Have Seven Years To Act. Here Are Seven Actions Investors And Companies Can Take In 2023 | The coming year will present both new challenges and new opportunities for the private sector.CANVA |
| 19.12.2022 | Recommendations for the Federal Reserve To Consider for Its Climate Scenario Analysis Pilot Program | NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 19, 2022 / Ceres
By Amy Kvien, Kelsey Condon, and Tamar Aharoni
Many central banks and government agencies around the world have already examined the impact of climate change on a financial institutio... |
| 11.12.2022 | At COP15, Investors Announce Nature Action 100 to Tackle Nature Loss and Biodiversity Decline | MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / December 11, 2022 / During a main stage session today at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), a group of institutional investors announced the forma... |
| 07.12.2022 | At COP15, Investors To Announce a New Initiative To Tackle Nature Loss | MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / December 7, 2022 / A group of institutional investors will announce a new global engagement initiative to tackle nature and biodiversity loss. The initiative- Nature Action 100 - aims to mobilize investors to dri... |
| 23.11.2022 | Most food companies have weak or no water management programs, report says | Dive Brief:
A report published by Morningstar said 60% of packaged food companies have weak or no comprehensive water management practices in their direct operations and 43% in their supply chain. The financial services firm analyzed the pr... |
| 25.10.2022 | By Advancing ACT Rule, North Carolina Will Drive Clean Truck Adoption in the Southeast | NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / October 25, 2022 / Ceres and major companies operating in North Carolina applaud the administration of Gov. Roy Cooper for establishing the state as a leader in the adoption of electric trucks, vans, and other... |
| 17.08.2022 | Global Water Crisis Prompts Action by Institutional Investors | Water stress is playing out across the globe, from the desperately low water levels on the drought-stricken Colorado River in the U.S. to the shrinking Rhine River in Germany, and threatening industries from agriculture to barge traffic.
To... |
| 03.08.2022 | 3 questions food companies must answer to hit their climate target | Following is a guest post from Julie Nash, senior program director of Food and Forests
at Ceres.
The tide is finally starting to shift for climate action in the food sector. Key players, including Campbell Soup, J.M. Smucker, General Mills ... |
| 16.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Little Leaf Farms bags $300m, Wonder lands $340m to cook meals curbside | Mega-rounds this week went to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company Little Leaf Farms and food delivery concept Wonder. Magic Spoon, best known for its “high-protein, low carb” cereal, finally landed in retail (and raised more fu... |
| 14.06.2022 | BREAKING: Water pollution & supply chain transparency hamper fast food sustainability progress: FAIRR report | Six major fast food companies have made “significant progress” on setting and executing science-based climate targets but need to do more work on water use and pollution, according to a new report from sustainability-focused investor networ... |
| 26.05.2022 | It Is Time For Every Company And Investor To Have A Climate Transition Plan | Corporate America and Wall Street must move from words to deeds on their commitments. Canva |
| 11.05.2022 | Shareholders are no longer the only ones with a say. Here’s how employees and consumers are redefining corporate capitalism | This is the web version of CFO Daily, a newsletter on the trends and individuals shaping corporate finance. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 01.02.2022 | The U.S. Is Behind On Its Climate Goals. Here’s What We Need To Do In 2022 To Get Back On Track | Ceres proposes key ways for the U.S. to respond to climate threats in 2022 Canva |
| 01.11.2021 | Investing – Rather Than Divesting – For A Greener Future | WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE - MAY 31: A giant sand artwork adorns New Brighton Beach to highlight global ... [+] warming and the forthcoming Cop26 global climate conference on May 31, 2021 in Wirral, Merseyside. COP26, the United Nations' 26th Clima... |
| 28.10.2021 | 'There is no time to waste': Dozens of companies, investors urge Congress to act now on climate | https://www.ceres.org
More than 160 investors and companies of all sizes are urging U.S. lawmakers to approve critical climate investments and policies in two major legislative packages pending in U.S. Congress, adding to a chorus of busine... |
| 08.10.2021 | Can We Avoid ‘COP Then Stop’ And Make Carbon Commitments Stick? | COP26, the United Nations' 26th Climate Change Conference, will be held in early November of this ... [+] year in Glasgow, under the UNFCCC presidency of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 12.08.2021 | We Need To Talk About ESG…Is It Fit For Purpose? | Plastic coated copper wiring at a recycling facility. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg© 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| 20.07.2021 | Entergy : New Analysis Shows Continuing Declines in U.S. Power Sector Air Emissions | News Center > New Analysis Shows Continuing Declines in U.S. Power Sector Air Emissions
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| 29.06.2021 | Climate, ESG, and the Board of Directors: “You Cannot Direct the Wind, But You Can Adjust Your Sails” | Climate, ESG, and the Board of Directors: 'You Cannot Direct the Wind, But You Can Adjust Your Sails'
Commissioner Allison Herren Lee
Washington D.C.
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Keynote Address at the 2021 Society for Corporate Governance National Confer... |
| 18.06.2021 | Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, on why the private sector must wake up to the economic impact of climate change | As President and CEO of Ceres, Mindy Lubber is a world-leading voice on sustainability and finance. She tells Laurence Eastham why the private sector must act now on climate change or risk being left behind. |
| 24.05.2021 | The Critical—and Limited—Role That Natural Climate Solutions Play In Getting To Net Zero | The critical--and limited--role that natural climate solutions play in getting to net zero Adobe |
| 19.05.2021 | Fast food brands are getting better on sustainability, but still falling short: FAIRR report | Sustainability-focused investor network FAIRR and nonprofit Ceres have announced the results of their two-year joint effort to motivate six of the world’s biggest fast food chains to adopt more environmentally friendly practices.
FAIRR repr... |
| 21.04.2021 | The World’s Largest Financial Leaders Have Committed To Net Zero. Now What? | The world’s largest financial leaders have committed to net zero. Now what? Canva |
| 13.04.2021 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Novozymes A/S : United in bringing America to the forefront in climate change | April 13, 2021 - Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, has endorsed a significant call for the U.S. to make an ambitious contribution to tackling climate change by 2030, through cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at le... |
| 09.04.2021 | Climate proposal coming before Sempra Energy shareholders next month | Two groups holding a small percentage of Sempra Energy stock have called for the San Diego-based Fortune 500 company to issue a report detailing how Sempra’s assets and lobbying activities align with the international Paris treaty regarding... |
| 25.03.2021 | CommScope : Earns Gold Sustainability Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year | CommScope's ongoing commitment and strong focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year with a Gold medal by EcoVadis, a global provider of business sustainability ratin... |
| 12.03.2021 | What’s Next For U.S. Banks And Global Investors Following Their Net-Zero Commitments? | Banks and investors must actualize their net-zero commitments by 2030 or soonerSiarhei - stock.adobe.com |
| 08.03.2021 | Climate Policy Platform: A Critical Step in Salesforce's Climate Action Plan | Salesforce has long been committed to setting ambitious climate targets and advocating for cutting edge public policy changes to drive climate action. Today, Salesforce is codifying that work by officially including climate as a part of the... |
| 22.02.2021 | With America Back In The Paris Agreement, We Must Be ‘All In’ On Climate | We must be ‘all in’ on climatesidorovstock - stock.adobe.com |
| 01.02.2021 | The Critical Role Of Utility CMOs In The New Administration's Clean Energy Plan | Gautam Aggarwal, CMO of Bidgely, evolving energy analytics for utilities with the power of data and artificial intelligence. |
| 26.01.2021 | Salesforce com : The Path to Integrating ESG Data into the Core of a Business – Behind Salesforce and Accenture's Expanded Partnership | Today, nearly 90 percent of customers expect corporations to live up to a set of values higher than shareholder return alone. Environmental social governance (ESG) is now a business imperative, and the companies leveraging the combination o... |
| 05.01.2021 | Net Zero Gaining Momentum Like Never Before Among Investor And Business Community | Canva |
| 10.12.2020 | Why Rejoining The Paris Agreement Is So Important For The U.S. | Why rejoining the Paris Agreement is so important for the U.S. Canva |
| 08.11.2020 | 10 Ways The Biden Administration Can Restore U.S. Climate Leadership | Canva |
| 30.10.2020 | Climate Change a Problem for U.S. Banks' Investing Strategies, Finds Ceres | October 30, 2020 5 min read This story originally appeared on Cheddar
Major U.S. banks are feeling the pressure to address the threat of climate change, but many still don't know the risks to their own portfolios, according to new research ... |
| 29.10.2020 | No Matter The Election Results, Corporate Climate Action Is Here To Stay | This post was written by Tom Murray, Vice President of EDF+Business. |
| 23.09.2020 | The New Climate Normal | The New Climate NormalCanva |
| 18.08.2020 | Persefoni Lands $3.5M Seed To Help Companies Track Their Carbon Footprint, Generate Sustainability Reports | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Software and data company Persefoni is using a $3.5 million seed round to launch its new business-centric sustainability reporting platform.
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| 19.05.2020 | What Canada Is Getting Right With Its Covid-19 Economic Response Plan | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on COVID-19 situation in ... [+] Canada from his residence March 17, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. AFP via Getty Images |
| 13.02.2020 | Boulder County begins screening insurance providers for ties to fossil fuel industry | Boulder County on Thursday proclaimed it will screen insurance companies it does business with to inspect their investments and other clients for ties to the fossil fuel industry, threatening to avoid contracting providers with extraction a... |
| 20.01.2020 | BlackRock Signs Climate Action 100+ Pact After Greenwashing Criticism | 1
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| 22.10.2019 | Apple's CEO Delivered a Speech about the Company's work on Climate Change and more at the 30th Anniversary of Ceres
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Search | Apple's CEO has been busy in the last week flying to China to meet with the chief of China’s market regulator Xiao Yaqing. The day after Apple's CEO was named the new Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics in Beijing, Chi... |
| 24.09.2019 | What’s happening at Climate Week NYC? Keep track of major agrifood announcements here | Announcements are coming thick and fast out of Climate Week NYC as a range of organizations take advantage of the spotlight to push forward their environmental agendas. This NYC-based author has invitations to several climate week-related e... |
| 23.09.2019 | Multinationals back UN climate pact to tackle global warming | Ahead of the UN Climate summit on 23 September 2019, 59 more multinational corporations (MNCs) have committed to the Paris Agreement target that requires companies to reduce their emissions in line with a 1.5°C global temperature rise and r... |
| 21.09.2019 | Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation | “It is with deep concern that we follow the escalating crisis of deforestation and forest fires in Brazil and Bolivia. As investors, who have a fiduciary duty to act in the best long-term interests of our beneficiaries, we recognise the cru... |
| 20.11.2017 | Report: Food Companies Losing Millions to Climate Change-Related Water Issues | “Food companies are in the bull’s eye of climate change, and hotter temperatures are making water one of the biggest risks to the $5 trillion industry’s bottom line,” a recent analysis of food companies’ exposure to water risks reveals.
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| 31.05.2017 | Exxon investors clash with executives, vote in favor of annual climate report | Enlarge / Exxon Mobil oil-processing towers and gas-processing infrastructure.
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| 09.05.2017 | Tiffany & Co. takes direct aim at Trump in new ad calling for action on climate change | Advertisement
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One of President Trump's favorite jewelry companies is calling him out on social media.
On Tuesday, Tiffany & Co. posted an Instagram encouraging the president to support the 2015 Paris climate agreem... |
| 18.08.2016 | Ceres Q&A With Nancy Pfund: 'The progress we are making is undeniable' | Ceres is launching a new Q&A series as part of its Clean Trillion campaign aimed at elevating clean energy investments globally by an additional $1 trillion a year in order to minimize damaging climate change impacts. The series will fo... |
| 18.08.2016 | Ceres Q&A With Nancy Pfund: ‘The progress we are making is undeniable’ | Ceres is launching a new Q&A series as part of its Clean Trillion campaign aimed at elevating clean energy investments globally by an additional $1 trillion a year in order to minimize damaging climate change impacts. T... |
| 01.06.2015 | PepsiCo, Wal-Mart, others seek stronger palm oil standards | The R.S.P.O. was formed in 2004 to promote the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through global standards and stakeholder engagement.
BOSTON — Multinational food companies and institutional investors representing more than $5 ... |
| - | 70+ companies just called for zero-emission trucks. Will legislators listen? | More than 70 large companies and investors representing $30 billion in assets sent a letter today to governors across the US urging the acceleration of the switch to zero-emission trucks, vans, and other large commercial vehicles. Will thei... |
| - | More companies are pledging 'net-zero' emissions to fight climate change — here's what that really means | Companies are increasingly under pressure from governments, activists, and investors to cut down on emissions. Pixabay
Companies and countries are pledging "net-zero emissions," but that doesn't mean they went carbon-free.
They ca... |
| - | [Update] The West’s largest coal plant’s smokestacks will be destroyed Friday | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station coal plant’s smokestacks have been toppled — VIDEO.
The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance releases principles to accelerate US commercial fleet electrifica... |
| - | Massachusetts’ advanced energy leadership = 1600MW Solar & Wind + 600MW Storage | Massachusetts is taking aggressive steps toward cleaning electrical grid and in doing so is joining a select group of regions around the world. Of course Germany and California get all the headlines, but also deserving are Portugal, Scotlan... |
| - | 80+ companies with over $1T in revenue call for 100% ZEV sales by 2035 | Two powerful corporate networks that represent more than 80 companies with a combined $1.3 trillion in annual revenue have today written to the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The pair... |
| - | This is what big companies want from car and truck makers in EVs | Vehicle manufacturers are ramping up electric vehicle production, so big companies like Amazon, AT&T, and IKEA are telling vehicle manufacturers what kinds of EVs they want. Here’s the “blueprint” that members of the Corporate Electric ... |
| - | Oil giant Shell announces that it will become net zero by 2050 | The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has today announced that it intends to reach net zero by 2050 or sooner by selling more green energy to reduce its carbon emissions.
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said:
With the COVID-19 pandemic havi... |
| - | AT&T, Amazon, IKEA, others join new Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance | Boston-based sustainability nonprofit group Ceres has launched the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, a new group to help companies accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.
The Alliance’s flagship members are Amazon, AT&T, Clif... |
| - | Nonprofits like World Wildlife Fund give companies guidance and guardrails for going green | WWF supporters take part in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march through Glasgow during COP26 David Bebber, WWF-UK
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World Wildlife Fund is evolving its climate strategy to give more guidance to companies looki... |
| - | EGEB: Here are the top 10 countries leading the move to green energy | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The WEF has analyzed the renewable energy transition of 115 countries. Here’s who’s leading.
US CO2 emissions are expected to decrease by 11% in 2020.
More than 300 businesses are calling for c... |
| - | Electrek green energy brief: ‘energy storage normal course of business’, less than 1% of $100T, net metering 2.0, more | New York state: “Utilities should be using energy storage as part of their normal course of business” – We’re seeing energy storage grabbing onto more chunks of the power grid. There is a game that occurs inside of us – we see headlines of ... |
| - | 28 companies worth $1T to automakers: These are the ZEVs we want right now | The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance (CEVA), a coalition of 28 major US and global companies and fleet operators, released a letter today urging automakers to rapidly expand their zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) offerings. The group also spe... |
| - | More than 300 companies want Congress to include sustainability in recovery plan | More than 300 businesses, including more than a dozen Fortune 500 firms, have called on US Congress to rebuild a more resilient, sustainable economy following COVID-19.
Businesses unite for sustainable recovery
Sustainability nonprofit Cere... |
