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BrewDog and Asda revisit climate pledges

Climate Targets

BrewDog and Asda revisit climate pledges

Recent months have brought a trend of dropped commitments, extended deadlines and sustainability strategy reshuffles.

22 July 2024

CSO Futures Weekly: Progress on plastic is anything but fantastic

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Progress on plastic is anything but fantastic

Companies struggling to meet their plastic goals, new transition planning guidance and a couple of high-profile CSO appointments.

13 June 2024

Number of companies with SBTi targets reaches 5,500

Climate Targets

Number of companies with SBTi targets reaches 5,500

Last year, the number of companies with SBTi targets had already doubled, reaching 4,204.

12 June 2024

Chemours advances emissions goals – but continues to advocate for PFAS

Sustainability Reports

Chemours advances emissions goals – but continues to advocate for PFAS

The firm more than doubled its EU lobbying budget in 2023, where PFAS regulation is being considered.

12 June 2024

CSO Futures Weekly: The true power of transition planning

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: The true power of transition planning

Transition plans for transformation, H&M's carbon offset concerns and a raft of sustainability appointments.

06 June 2024

H&M Head of Sustainability ‘concerned’ about expanding carbon offset use within SBTi

Policy & Standards

H&M Head of Sustainability ‘concerned’ about expanding carbon offset use within SBTi

“The decision weakens corporate climate pledges and makes real decarbonisation efforts within value chains less attractive.”

03 June 2024

Voluntary carbon market value down 61% as firms become wary of carbon offsets

Voluntary carbon market value down 61% as firms become wary of carbon offsets

This is the second consecutive year of contraction for the VCM, after a peak of nearly US$2 billion in 2021.

31 May 2024

SBTi updates financial institution guidance with optional fossil fuel target criteria

Policy & Standards

SBTi updates financial institution guidance with optional fossil fuel target criteria

The new document also clarifies that the exclusion of non-material activities from FI targets “may not exempt any activities related to fossil fuels”.

30 May 2024

US government releases carbon offsetting principles, hopes to boost voluntary carbon market

Policy & Standards

US government releases carbon offsetting principles, hopes to boost voluntary carbon market

The principles draw from other carbon market integrity guidelines from the ICVCM and VCMI.

28 May 2024

Big Tech bets on carbon credits as AI climate impact grows

Carbon removals

Big Tech bets on carbon credits as AI climate impact grows

Nature-based projects to remove CO2 from the atmosphere are often criticised for exaggerating their positive impacts, but the Symbiosis Coalition hopes to raise quality standards.

27 May 2024