Tag: CDP

Learn How to Help Your Company Address the Climate Crisis in Free Webcast, December 5th

Stuart Mitchell

How do you set aggressive climate change goals within your company? What are tips to communicating the urgency for reducing emissions? This webinar will provide critical information for making the business case internally, and setting meaningful and credible science-based emissions reduction targets (SBTs). Join Addison and CDP for “How to Help Your Company Address the Climate Crisis,” December 5th at 12 p.m. ET. This free webcast is recommended for executives at major corporations tasked with setting and/or communicating energy and emissions reductions and goals for their organization. CLICK HERE TO…

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Stanley Black & Decker Achieves Science Based Target Recognition for Environmental Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Stanley Black & Decker has announced that its long-term environmental sustainability goals have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Science-based targets provide a clearly defined pathway to future-proof growth by specifying how much and how quickly a company needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. “We are pleased to welcome Stanley Black & Decker to the group of more than a hundred of the world’s biggest companies…

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Over 100 global cities get majority of electricity from renewables

Stuart Mitchell

Cities are increasingly reporting that they are powered by renewable electricity, according to data published today by CDP. The global environmental impact non-profit CDP, holds information from over 570 of the world’s cities and names over 100 now getting at least 70% of their electricity from renewable sources such as hydro, geothermal, solar and wind. The list includes large cities such as Auckland (New Zealand); Nairobi (Kenya); Oslo (Norway); Seattle (USA) and Vancouver (Canada), and is more than double the 40 cities who reported that they were powered by at…

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