Big companies commit to slash emissions ahead of U.N. climate summit

Investors cheered Spanish group Repsol's pledge to slash net carbon emissions to zero by mid-century, saying they hope it will pile pressure on rival oil and gas companies to follow suit in the fight against climate change......»»

Its offices, as well as its rides, will be offset by clean energy bought directly from local utility partners. After purchasing carbon offsets to neutralize all of the emissions create.....»»

U.S. and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor have become the latest targets of activist investors moving to force five of the biggest oil companies to commit to fixed emissions targets and align with the Paris climate agreement......»»

Climate change has been a key topic in President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office and now the administration looks to reclaim a leadership position in the fight to slow man-made global warming with a closely watched global summit......»»

A group of investors managing $11 trillion in assets has called on banks to set tougher emissions targets ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at accelerating efforts to fight climate change......»»

There is growing global momentum around companies making ambitious climate-change commitments, but a corporate tracker said Monday that companies have a long way to go in delivering on these promises......»»

The United Nations has canceled some meetings in Bonn, Germany, and elsewhere planned in the run-up to a crucial U.N. climate summit to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in November due to the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Friday......»»

The United Nations has canceled meetings in Bonn, Germany, and elsewhere planned in the run-up to a crucial U.N. climate summit to be held in Glasgow in November due to the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Friday......»»

Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund will exclude four companies for their vast emissions of greenhouse gases, or at least put them on probation to force them to change, the chairman of its ethics watchdog told Reuters......»»

The long list of big companies backing a carbon tax as a solution to climate change grew this week with financial giant J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. endorsing a legislative plan billed as a centrist approach to reducing emissions. The announcement comes as.....»»

The long list of big companies backing a carbon tax as a solution to climate change grew this week with financial giant J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. endorsing a legislative plan billed as a centrist approach to reducing emissions. The announcement comes as.....»»

A decade of record-setting heat and ice melt, punctuated by the fires consuming Australia right now, position climate-change risks atop the list of concerns as chief executives from the world’s most powerful companies ready to gather in Davos......»»

Representatives from airlines serving the Islands will join policymakers, leaders from the aviation and energy industries, and other stakeholders for the Hawaii Aviation and Climate Action Summit on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the State Ca.....»»

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the online retailer's delivery operations......»»

Dozens Of Countries Pledged To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions At The Recent U.N. Climate Summit.....»»

The major investor-led Climate Action 100+ report on 161 companies found that 70% have long-term emissions reduction plans, but just 9% have targets that are in line with or go beyond the minimum goal of the Paris Agreement......»»

Princeton-based NRG Energy Inc. plans to cut emissions 50% in the next five years, with a goal to eliminate all emissions by 2050. NRG's (NYSE: NRG) new goals, announced in the wake of the UN Climate Action Summit held Monday in New York, are in .....»»

Members of Hawaii’s Sustainability Business Forum join other officials from around the state at the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit in New York this week and 10 of the forum’s members have jointly invested in a carbon offset offset project t.....»»

It would require companies to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris agreement and calls on signatories to be at net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040......»»

The pledge would require companies to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris agreement and calls on signatories to be at net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040......»»