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Salesforce, Accenture and a tipping point for carbon accounting

GreenBiz

Salesforce, Accenture and a tipping point for carbon accounting. With that heightened visibility comes questions about accountability and accounting — specifically carbon accounting. Salesforce is clearly the biggest cloud software company staking a claim in the emerging carbon accounting software category.

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65% of industry emissions can be reduced with long duration energy storage, says new report

Envirotec Magazine

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) can abate up to 65% of industrial emissions using currently existing technologies, according to a new report from decarbonization nonprofit the LDES Council and management consultancy Roland Berger. The food and chemicals industries alone account for over 20% of industrial emissions.

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GHG Protocol: Scope 3 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

A 2021 report by Natural Capital Partners analyzed carbon neutrality commitments made by the Fortune Global 500, finding that there’s been a three-fold increase in net-zero targets, which means a 50% increase in the number of companies that have either achieved carbon neutrality, or are targeting it by 2030.

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Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment

GreenBiz

Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. This morning, digital payments company Stripe announced a plan to let its merchant customers divert a portion of their revenue to carbon removal projects. Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment. Heather Clancy. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:30.

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Over two thirds of local authorities failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emissions figures, says study

Envirotec Magazine

A new study appears to find that over two thirds of Local Authorities are failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emission figures, despite growing evidence that more than 70% of councils’ emissions come from these indirect sources. This group admitted ‘we don’t really know the story behind the (Scope 3) numbers yet’.

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Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley's recent climate commitments

GreenBiz

Looking across their investments in different sectors and regions, more banks are considering how to reduce the carbon intensity of entire portfolios over time. October announcements by JPMorgan Chase and HSBC outline their intended contribution to the low-carbon transition over a given time. Unpacking commitments.

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GHG Protocol: Scope 1 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

The aim of this emission classification system was to help organizations measure and manage their carbon footprint. Scope 3 emissions are also indirect GHG emissions, accounting for upstream and downstream emissions from a product or service, and emissions across a business’s supply chain. Patagonia scope 2 emissions.