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Ceres releases new resource for investors on understanding avoided emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres has released a new report for investors focused on how avoided carbon emissions can be used to identify solutions that address climate risks and investment opportunities arising from the shift to a low-carbon economy. The report, Investing in the Future: Unlocking Value Through Avoided Emissions, is designed to equip investors with the knowledge and tools needed to understand and calculate avoided emissions – the metric for expected emissions that a climate solution prevents or saves in place of a higher-carbon product or service in the market.    “While current resources…

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Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is tackling climate change and rebuilding American industry with growing support

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres Vice President of Government Relations Anne Kelly issued the following statement to mark the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act being signed into law:  “The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in world history to fight climate change, and on its second anniversary the impressive returns on that investment are leading to American industrial and economic growth. By unleashing hundreds of billions of dollars in private investment to build and deploy clean technologies and infrastructure, the IRA has proven itself as an anchor for the US manufacturing…

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Ceres Welcomes New Ceres Board Co-Chairs and President’s Council Members

Stuart Mitchell

The Boston-based sustainability nonprofit advocacy organization Ceres has announced new co-chairs of its Board of Directors and members to its President’s Council.     In February, the Ceres Board of Directors unanimously approved Inherent Group CEO Tony Davis and Janet Ranganathan, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Results at the World Resources Institute (WRI), as its new Board co-chairs.   “I am honored to serve as co-chair of the Ceres Board of Directors,” said Davis. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow Board members and Ceres staff to…

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Major businesses urge modernised grid to deliver affordable, reliable, clean power to customers in Southeast U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

A dozen major businesses are calling for policymakers across the Southeast U.S. to take action to strengthen the electricity grid to ensure it has the capacity to reliably power the growing regional demand for electricity with affordable, home-grown clean power.  In a joint statement, businesses with major operations in the region made the case for policymakers to upgrade transmission lines, deploy clean energy resources, and improve grid efficiency. The 12 signatories — Akamai Technologies, CommonSpirit Health, DSM, EILEEN FISHER, HASI, New Belgium Brewing, Nestlé, REI Co-op, Rivian, SAS, Sierra Nevada, and Unilever…

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New Ceres analysis reveals strong corporate climate action resulting from shareholder proposals

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released recently shows a high volume of corporate climate commitments resulting from shareholder proposals that were filed and withdrawn or received a majority vote in the 2021 U.S. Proxy Season and that most of these commitments have been implemented by the companies. The results highlight a substantial level of follow-through by companies on their promises to address climate-related financial risks and opportunities and responsiveness by companies to the climate-related requests of their shareholders.  From Commitment to Implementation: An Analysis of Corporate Climate Actions from the 2021 Proxy…

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