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14 Mar 2017 Why Eneco set a science-based target Achieving the climate targets set in Paris, by keeping the earth’s warming well below two degrees is a huge challenge. Since humans created this situation, presumably we should be able to get ourselves out of it too – although it’s clear that solutions won’t just happen on their own and that business has a major role to play...

28 Feb 2017 How to develop a science-based reduction pathway for your sector: New guidance To determine a science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction target for a company, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) relies on various methods. The Sectoral Decarbonization Approach (SDA) is one of these methods...

27 Feb 2017 Boost your CDP scoring by submitting science-based targets before 15 April, 2017 More and more investors now research whether companies are taking action to mitigate climate-related risk by requesting disclosure through CDP before committing to invest. Last year, CDP started scoring science-based targets in its Climate Change Questionnaire...

08 Feb 2017 Supply chain: the missing link for corporate climate action When we started CDP’s supply chain program in 2008, 634 suppliers disclosed climate change information to us for the first time...

24 Jan 2017 Make 2017 the year you get on the low-carbon track – with a science-based target With the Paris Climate Agreement now in force, alongside the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we start 2017 with a powerful common agenda for achieving peace and prosperity on a healthy planet by 2030. To achieve this sustainable, low-carbon future, business needs to scale up its essential role in demonstrating the transformation that is required across the private sector and beyond...

20 Dec 2016 Debunking 4 Myths About Sustainable Investing Enthusiasm for sustainable investing is surging. Already, more than $8.7 trillion of investment capital is managed using environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in U.S. markets alone, a 184 percent increase since 2010...