net zero emissions News

Allstate Commits to 2030 Net Zero Emissions Goal

Allstate Corporation announced a commitment to achieve net zero emissions for direct, indirect and value-chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In addition, the personal lines giant has set 2025 as the target year for achieving a net zero investment portfolio. …

EU Forms Landmark Deal to Bolster Carbon Market as Centerpiece of Green Strategy

The European Union reached an agreement to strengthen and expand its flagship carbon market, endorsing the centerpiece of the Green Deal strategy that aims to make its economy climate-neutral by mid-century. Under a provisional deal announced by representatives of EU …

Underwriting the Transition: Chaucer, Moody’s Break New Ground With ESG Scorecard

As corporations increasingly navigate the environmental, social and governmental (ESG) landscape, they require tools and benchmarking to help them meet their ESG targets. After all, regulators are moving to enforce disclosure requirements. According to Chaucer, a Lloyd’s insurer and reinsurer, …

EU Takes ‘First Step’ to Certify Removals of Carbon Dioxide From Atmosphere

The European Union set out plans on Wednesday to certify removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, while leaving key details to be worked out later – including how these removals will be counted towards EU climate change targets. The …

Dutch Court Denies RWE and Uniper Compensation for Closure of Coal-Fired Plants

The Dutch state does not have to compensate German energy suppliers RWE and Uniper for the decision to close coal-fired energy plants in the Netherlands by 2030, a Dutch court ruled on Wednesday. RWE owns two of the current four …

COP27 Delivers Climate Fund Breakthrough at Expense of Progress on Emissions

Countries closed this year’s U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, even as many lamented its lack of ambition in tackling the emissions causing them. …

Australian Corporate Watchdog Investigates Firms for ‘Greenwashing’

Australia’s corporate watchdog is investigating several companies and financial institutions for “greenwashing,” or exaggerated claims regarding environment-friendly investment and products, a senior official said on Tuesday. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has been increasing its oversight of climate-related …

TotalEnergies to Take Legal Action After Greenpeace Says it Under-Reports Emissions

France’s TotalEnergies said on Thursday it would take legal action after environmental group Greenpeace France said it had under-reported its carbon emissions in 2019. Greenpeace France earlier accused the oil giant of under-reporting emissions, sparking a debate about its seriousness …

Group of Financial Services Firms Calls for G20 Governments to Detail Climate Plans

A coalition of financial firms led by former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has called on G20 governments to raise their climate ambitions and set out more detailed plans to decarbonize their economies. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net …

Earth Is on Track to Warm Above 2C, Even With Climate Action: UN Report

Government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions aren’t enough to avoid catastrophic global warming, with the planet on track to heat up between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial times, according to …