The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero Asia Pacific (GFANZ APAC) network has launched a study to model the cost of retiring Japan’s coal plants early, which comes as the country’s government looks to review its energy plans this year.
The real estate giant’s head of sustainability Cate Harris tells Eco-Business why it is in its business interest to open up about its Scope 3 emissions and advocate for suppliers who are decarbonising hard-to-abate building materials.
The Singapore lender, which has cut a third of its coal exposure since 2021, said that its pledge to cease financing new coal assets remains unchanged. It is still undecided on how to account for this emerging emissions category.
The transition towards sustainable practices in heavy industries such as steel and cement production is a challenging task. It is called one of the ‘hard to abate’ sectors for this reason.
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Aufar Satria and
Rauf Usman
It's time for companies to earn some climate credibility with genuine net-zero emissions targets that align with science. The planet and corporate survival depends on it, writes Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper.
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Mads Nipper