During the last couple of years, the number of climate neutral claims for individual products or by entire organizations has risen drastically. Numerous of such claims faced legal complications and government regulations, as seen for instance in France. Companies have gone even further by claiming to become climate positive or carbon negative in the near…
The message of the SBT Initiative is clear: global emissions need to be halved by 2030. This great challenge needs a collective approach, through setting SBTs with supplier engagement targets. For most companies and their widespread supply chains, the scope 3 emissions are representing the majority of the companies GHG-inventory. For better reduction efforts, corporations…
for relevant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are calculated on a scientific basis. Companies which aim to participate in the initiative are expected to set an ambitious target for reducing their GHG emissions which is in line with the 2°C target of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. But setting SBTs is not always an easy task, and many corporations fail at this hurdle.
Growing pressures from governments, as seen through i.e. the ‘Paris Climate Agreement’ have led to the implementation more holistic and serious climate strategies across businesses. This awareness increase was partially driven by the assessment published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which included scientific evidence on the existence of climate change and established…
In February 2021 CDP has released its newest Global Supply Chain Report for the year 2020. The report is based on data and information submitted in the CDP Supply Chain program and provides meaningful insights regarding the supply chain impacts of environmental actions, such as climate-related emission reduction, water security and deforestation targets. The report…
Despite the recent focus on the Corona pandemic, environmental and social topics should not be neglected. The following short status of public available information from automotive OEM companies is by no means complete and might be outdated pretty soon since new requirements and information is published almost weekly by companies, NGOs or other stakeholders. But…
Climate change is ongoing and a current topic in media and society. Also, cities are nowadays and will be impacted in future by effects of climate change. In prior, this is related to a rise in temperatures for most of the major cities, further intensified by buildings, asphalt, air conditioning, etc. This could result in…
