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17 Apr 2018 From commitment to action: Science-based targets momentum continues with 100 approved targets The Science Based Targets initiative is celebrating a major milestone: over 100 companies have turned their commitments into targets and are now working towards emission reductions in line with what climate science says is necessary to limit warming to below 2°C.

20 Mar 2018 McDonald’s has pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions – it’s charting a course for sustainable growth This week, McDonald’s became the first global restaurant company to set an emissions reduction target in line with what the science says is needed to hold global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius...

07 Feb 2018 How oil and gas companies can prepare for a low-carbon world Europe’s largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, surprised the world late last year when it announced an ambition to slash its carbon footprint by 20 percent per unit of energy by 2035 and by 50 percent per unit of energy by 2050...

30 Jan 2018 WEF: Mahindra challenges all companies to set science-based targets Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group, is challenging all businesses around the world to set a science-based emissions reduction target ahead of this September’s Global Climate Action Summit in California...

12 Dec 2017 Science-based targets becoming business norm as companies aim to align climate plans with Paris goals Two years ago, the Paris Agreement kick-started the race to a low-carbon economy. In the 24 months since, business leaders have taken note of the clear signal that came out of Paris, and have embraced the opportunities of the massive economic transformation taking place globally...

14 Nov 2017 Major U.S. businesses have pledged to act on climate. Here’s what that looks like. Country negotiators are in the spotlight at UN climate negotiations in Bonn. But the private sector will be represented at COP23 as well, particularly from the United States. Major U.S. corporations are stepping up on climate action because they understand the grave risk this threat poses to their customers and bottom lines. Increasingly, they are taking bold action to do their part to solve the problem...