Responsible public policy
Many companies have significant influence over national and international policymaking on climate change - and this will extend to government positions at the December 2015 UN climate change conference in Paris. The challenge is that this is conducted responsibly: with companies advocating strong action by governments on climate change rather than lobbying against it - either directly, or indirectly through business associations.
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Business leaders urge EU to ensure climate targets are aligned with just transition to net-zero emissions
Author: Sam Morgan, EURACTIV.com
Business leaders have urged the EU to scrap greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and increase climate ambition in time to stick to the Paris Agreement, in a letter seen by EURACTIV....
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- Related companies: Allianz Danone Dow Chemical EDF Engie (formerly GDF Suez) Interface Kering NRG Energy Safaricom Salesforce.com Unilever Virgin Group
EU: Finance ministers call for strong transparency rules in public & private climate finance
Author: Climate Home News
"EU finance ministers call for transparency in climate finance", 6 Nov 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
European pension funds call on co's to adopt positions which are in line with goals of the Paris Agreement
Author: Investment & Pensions Europe
"Pension funds challenge European companies on climate lobbying", 29 Oct 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
- Related companies: AP7 Fiat Chrysler Legal & General Investment Management Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce plc
Europe's largest investor calls on govts to foster private-sector investment in support of the SDGs
Author: Investment & Pensions Europe
"Norway SWF: Governments could help realise sustainable development goals", 7 Sep 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
- Related companies: Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)
German Advisory Council on Global Change recommends Govt. support lawsuits filed by individuals against large-scale emitters
Author: WBGU German Advisory Council on Global Change
"Just & In-Time Climate Policy: Four Initiatives for a Fair Transformation", August 2018 The WBGU recommends that the German Federal Government should support lawsuits filed by individuals against large-scale emitters... [U]p to now, such oppor...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News Mitigation Responsible public policy
- Related companies: BP Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Royal Dutch / Shell (see Shell) RWE Shell
Author: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen
"Zeit–gerechte Klimapolitik: Vier Initiativen für Fairness", August 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Juristische Neuigkeiten Mitigation Responsible public policy
- Related companies: BP Chevron ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Royal Dutch / Shell (see Shell) RWE Shell
Author: Thomas Fuster, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Die gesellschaftlichen Ansprüche an Unternehmen wachsen... Die Konzernverantwortungsinitiative will hierzu gar die Beweislast umkehren: So würden Firmen für Verfehlungen ihrer Geschäftspartner rund um den Globus haften. Das Unternehmen wäre...
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Ireland to become world's first country to divest from fossil fuel co's
Author: Damian Carrington, The Guardian
"Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels", 12 July 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation Responsible public policy
Church of England to divest from oil & gas co's that fail to develop Paris Agreement-compatible decarbonisation strategy
Author: James Murrey, BusinessGreen
"Church of England votes for oil and gas divestment push", 9 July 2018...
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