Tag: Ceres

Ceres launches new effort to slash emissions and improve transparency across the food sector, sets out benchmark

Stuart Mitchell

A new effort launched today to engage 50 of the highest-emitting publicly-traded food and agriculture companies in North America, with the goal of accelerating the transition to a net zero emissions future in the global food and agriculture sector.  Coordinated by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres, Food Emissions 50 will involve institutional investors from around the world who are committed to driving the transparent corporate climate action necessary to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.  As part of today’s…

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New global effort launches for investors to achieve net-zero portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement goals

Stuart Mitchell

The sustainability nonprofit Ceres and investor networks from Asia, Australia and Europe are joining forces in a new international initiative to persuade asset owners and asset managers to commit to transition their investments to achieve net-zero portfolio greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, and help investors achieve interim portfolio emissions reduction targets by 2030 or earlier.   Through the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative, the networks are releasing a Net Zero Asset Owners Commitment for asset owners to commit to 10 specific actions to achieve Paris-aligned portfolios, including setting an interim…

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Ceres Joins U.S. Partners to Launch ‘America Is All In’ and Call for an Ambitious National Climate Target

Stuart Mitchell

As the U.S. formally rejoins the Paris Agreement, Ceres joined other organizations from across the country in launching America is All In, a new network of U.S. communities, businesses and institutions committed to mobilizing bold climate ambition and upholding the federal government’s commitment to climate action.  America Is All In builds on the momentum of the We Are Still In coalition, which Ceres co-founded in June 2017 in the wake of the previous administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. That powerful coalition grew to nearly 5,000 leading investors,…

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Ceres releases a set of practices for an equitable and just transition to clean energy

Stuart Mitchell

As clean energy deployment accelerates across the U.S. with solar and wind power now supplying more electricity than coal and $1.7 trillion in new renewable projects expected this decade, Ceres issues a set of recommendations to help ensure local communities and workers are not left behind in the clean energy transition. Recognizing in the transition a huge opportunity to create a more equitable, just and sustainable economy, the report—Practices for Just, Equitable and Sustainable Development of Clean Energy Resources—details how the rapid clean energy deployment underway can and must embrace…

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Ceres Introduces the Ceres Roadmap 2030: A 10-year Action Plan for Sustainable Business Leadership

Stuart Mitchell

In a pandemic-battered economy, where the climate, water and human rights crises threaten the prospects of success for corporations, Ceres unveils a new 10-year action plan for companies to navigate this new business reality and lead the accelerated transition to a more equitable, just and sustainable economy.  The Ceres Roadmap 2030 offers a bold vision for sustainable business leadership. It outlines the necessary corporate actions needed today and in the decade ahead to help stabilize the climate, protect water and natural resources, and build a just and inclusive economy. Specifically, it calls on…

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