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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

In an open letter to its clients, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the bank had been motivated to ramp up its environmental ambition by customer concern about climate change. "We This is a bank that owns stakes in companies seeking to build enough coal power plants to emit carbon emissions equivalent to 37 years of the UK's annual emissions.".

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. Each firm received an overall letter grade reflecting its contribution to the climate problem based on the data in these three categories. supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry.

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Meet Animal Pharma’s ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Brussels

DeSmogBlog

In September 2019, a group appeared on the Brussels political scene pledging to “bring back a balanced debate” about the benefits of meat and dairy. AnimalhealthEurope’s general-secretary, Roxane Feller, was listed as the ‘creator’ of an open letter published in March 2020 on the EU’s sustainable Farm to Fork Strategy.

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Mapped: How the Net Zero Backlash is Tied to Climate Denial – and Brexit

DeSmogBlog

The group publicly launched in January with a letter to the Sunday Telegraph calling on the government to scrap green levies on energy bills, expand North Sea oil and gas exploration and support “shale gas extraction”, known as fracking, which the UK effectively banned in 2019. Global Warming Policy Foundation Links.

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Veganuary 2021: Record 440,000 commit to plant-based diet challenge

Business Green

The New Year has got off to a roaring start for the UK's plant-based food sector, with the number of people pledging to ditch meat and dairy as part of the annual Veganuary campaign hurtling past previous records inside the first four days of the month. If we act now, the future can be better.

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IEA urged to promote robust climate action in upcoming Covid-19 recovery report

Business Green

In an open letter published today, leaders from Ikea and Unilever, the C40 alliance of mayors, key architect of the Paris Agreement Christiana Figueres, and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson have called on the influential agency to update its energy modelling before it publishes a seminal report on Covid-19 recovery.

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HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century

Business Green

In an open letter to its clients, chief executive Noel Quinn said the bank had been motivated to ramp up its environmental ambition by customer concern about climate change. "We This is a bank that owns stakes in companies seeking to build enough coal power plants to emit carbon emissions equivalent to 37 years of the UK's annual emissions.".