Tag: net-zero

Speedy Hire To Launch Net-Zero Roadmap To Accelerate Construction Industry Decarbonisation

Stuart Mitchell

Speedy Hire, the UK’s leading construction equipment hire and service provider announces it will publish a carbon net-zero roadmap as part of its ‘Decade to Deliver’ strategy in July. As the first company in the hire sector to publicly sign up to science-based net-zero targets, Speedy has set a deadline to achieve net-zero across all scopes by 2040, 10 years before the government deadline.   As part of Speedy’s ‘Decade to Deliver’ strategy, it will publish a net-zero roadmap with clear steps to reduce Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 50% and Scope 3 emissions by 42% by 2030.…

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Del Monte Foods Announces Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Goal

Stuart Mitchell

Del Monte Foods, Inc. has announced its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net–Zero Standard. To achieve this goal, the company has also committed to define near-term science-based targets to reduce Scopes 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions that support SBTi’s focus on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Aligning with SBTi gives the company a clearly defined and measurable path to not only achieve its long-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, but also drive near-term and consistent progress for…

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Marsh McLennan Charts a Path to Net-Zero Across Its Operations by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

Marsh McLennan, a leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, recently announced its commitment to set and execute low-carbon transition strategies that chart a path to net-zero across its operations by 2050 and reduce its emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The company will also set an emission reduction target aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative’s criteria. The commitment is detailed in the company’s 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, Accelerating Impact, which was released last week.   “We are proud to be…

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Cummins Adopts New Strategy to Reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

Cummins Inc. leaders this week introduced to employees a new strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) and air quality impacts of its products, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 in a sustainable way. The global power leader’s Destination Zero strategy unveiled Jan. 25 calls for changes to Cummins’ products and the energy sources that power them as well as collaboration with and leadership from governments, utilities and other industries. “Climate change is the existential crisis of our time, and we must work together to solve it,” said Tom Linebarger, Cummins…

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Sodexo among the first to achieve SBTi validation on net-zero target for UK business

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo’s near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as the business prioritises decarbonisation to reach net-zero emissions and reduce its impact on climate change. Sodexo announced recently that international experts, SBTi, have validated its net-zero science-based target by 2045* and long-term science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% across all scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2045**. This long-term science-based target, set against a baseline of 2017, incorporates emissions created throughout Sodexo’s value chain, including its supply…

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