DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Elsa Wenzel. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany — For 150 years, heavy industry has been the lifeblood of the German port of Wilhelmshaven, a hub for shipbuilding, plastics, coal and steel.

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GreenBiz

MAY 25, 2021

Tue, 05/25/2021 - 02:11. Last week may be seen as the pivotal moment when climate change finally got serious. Consider these stories from the past week: "Carbon is now a buzzword on corporate earnings calls," reported the Financial Times. So, why is the financial world going gaga over green? Joel Makower.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

Sitting in their tiny conference room, nicknamed the “Pineapple Room” for a tropical rug that covered the floor, in the summer of 2019, he and his co-founders faced their primary investor to deliver a grim update. I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I would invest in Charm,’” he recalls telling their investor that day. “I

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But even if we are really successful with renewables and clean tech, we will still have to take millions of tonnes of carbon down from the atmosphere. And so, with proceeds from the sale of Solarcentury, he ploughed £3.3m deal that saw the Norwegian state-owned energy giant take control of the firm's 6GW project pipeline.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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