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In 2018, S&P Global's 2017 Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse gas emissions received third-party assurance from Corporate Citizenship. The evaluation assessed the accuracy of our environmental data processes and systems and was verified against the ISAE 3000 assurance standard.
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Annual Strategy Implementation Plans The EBRD's annual Strategy Implementation Plans (SIPs) serve as vehicles to reaffirm priorities and ensure adequate resourcing of the key strategic objectives set out in the SCF.
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- Project-related corporate loans with a total aggre - gate loan amount of at least US$100 million and an individual commitment by CaixaBank of at least US$50 million, and a loan term of at least two years.
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For our analysis, we evaluated both interim/bridge and commercial mortgage loans. For both types of loans, we looked at the impact of high and low capital requirements needed to make the environmental retrofits. For the high capital requirement scenario, we evaluated the impact of low, mid and high rent increases resul...
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To tackle ground emissions, we have been actively converting our fleet of owned conventional ground support equipment (GSE) to electric alternatives (eGSE). In line with the Opportunities Escalation Process, this was first identified as an opportunity for large-scale conversion in 2014. We then started a trial at JFK I...
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7.1 Carbon Emissions Reduction Potential Through carrying out carbon reduction activities in services, products and operations, Ping An minimizes the company's potential transition risks during the process of transitioning to the low-carbon economy.
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We have evaluated our current and anticipated power generation portfolio using the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2 C Scenario. The findings from our climate-related scenario analysis has shaped our strategy towards achieving a more balanced energy portfolio. - We will restrict our investments in coal-fired power pl...
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In the event that an exclusion policy has to be implemented by ceasing financing to certain sectors, AIs may consider adopting a gradual approach, for example, by ceasing the financing of new projects.
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2 Transition Risks. The electricity used in Fifth Third's facilities is generated from many generation sources in regulated and deregulated markets. If future legislation increases the cost of greenhouse gas emissions, the company could experience an increase in generation expenses from generators that use coal or natu...
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We currently source 18 percent of our energy from alternative fuels, low- carbon fuels and biomass. In some of our operations, we have been able to meet 90 percent of our energy requirements with alternative fuels, but we also acknowledge our potential to increase this rate significantly in the coming years. (See furth...
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Objectives: Systematically offer to our customer plans of resilience to the effects of climate change Promote the different usages of water by multiplying by 3 our alternative water production capacity by 2030 Save the equivalent of the water consumption of a city of more than 2 million inhabitants Promote material rec...
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JetBlue is also proactively establishing its own pilot talent pipeline, making it easier for those interested in JetBlue to receive the necessary training to become JetBlue pilots. In doing so, JetBlue acquires skilled pilots who fully embrace its culture and values and retains them for the length of their careers, add...
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In 2019, the Board reviewed the progress of the project to implement dual fuel engines in the Herradura haulage truck fleet which are able to automatically switch between diesel and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), depending on the terrain.
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We also support projects contributing to the transition to a decarbonized society, such as projects that provide carbon recycling technologies. We established a policy of not supporting new coal-fired power plants in principle, and we will encourage dialogue with customers that construct coal-fired power plant projects...
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CIBC Square In 2020, CIBC will be relocating to a new global headquarters called CIBC Square. Located in Toronto's downtown core, our new complex is being built based on sustainable building principles, targeting LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification. Located across from the city's...
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Physical risk To understand how physical risks may impact Bank of America, we engaged the climate risk team at Willis Towers Watson on a pilot project to assess the potential exposure of select residential mortgage portfolios.
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This report is part of the Group's standard analysis of syste- mic risks, inter alia in the context of the analyses conducted by EIS on the impact of different risk factors on economic sectors.
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ING has the opportunity to achieve greater impact through our clients. So far, under our Terra approach we have defined sector-level climate metrics and targets such as technology change and emissions-intensity reduction to align our lending portfolio with the Paris Agreement. The approach focuses on the most climate-r...
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Responsible tax LafargeHolcim is committed to acting with transparency, integrity, and the highest ethical standards and will not tolerate anything that compromises this in our 'Approach to Tax.' Our Tax Strategy is built on five pillars: 1. Full compliance and alignment to business strategy: We comply with tax laws in...
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In technology development, we focus on increasing resource efficiency - aiming to reduce energy and water consumption, emissions, effluents and waste. In 2019, 81% of our R&D projects were related to initiatives targeting sustainability improvements.
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27TAIHEIYO CEMENT REPORT 2020 ince introducing a WHR power generation system at its Kumagaya plant in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture in 1982, the company has installed similar facilities in its other plants in Japan. These systems generate power by recovering thermal energy from high-temperature exhaust gas generate...
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AM has developed a suite of products allowing clients to identify the carbon intensity of their investments and/or to align them with the Paris Agreement: In 2017, AM together with the New Employment Savings Trust launched a strategy called Climate Aware with an aim to do more than manage investments based on carbon fo...
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44 National Australia Bank delayed in the 2020 financial year, due to COVID-19, but is expected to be completed in the 2021 financial year. - Climate Measurement Standards Initiative (CMSI) - The Group joined and supported this cross-sector industry initiative which formed in the 2020 financial year. The CMSI includes ...
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The response within financial markets was a decline in equity, credit and securitised product valuations across key sectors, affecting the valuation of assets measured at fair value, including those held in the trading book, leverage finance underwrites, equity positions held as principal investments, assets held for l...
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Currently, all three private equity strategies diligence our current and prospective General Partners for Energy Efficiency, Water Usage and Natural Resource Usage as part of the Capital Dynamics R-EyeTM Rating. Our plan is to expand these factors over the next twelve months and formally consider measuring the results,...
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3) Active Ownership: engagement and voting activities We actively engage with companies to foster their efforts in aligning with a below 2 C world in pillar 3. We see engagement as a dialogue between investors and companies with the dual objective of impacting how companies operate and enhancing shareholder returns. Ov...
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(4) Metrics and Goals As a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB), we aim to bolster our initiatives in the areas of impact finance and renewable energy finance projects.
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The highest governing body for sustainability-related issues is the Group ESG Board. Meeting quarterly, it is comprised of three Allianz SE BoM members as voting members, one BoM member as standing guest voting on operations topics, and key departments being represented. On a case-by-case basis, further participants fr...
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Our approach to the low-carbon transition will be steered by our commitment to set science-based emission reduction targets as well as to reaching net-zero emissions in our proprietary investment portfolio by 2050. To this end, we will set ourselves long-term and intermediary emissions reduction targets for our busines...
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We are using special modeling techniques for natural catastrophes which combine portfolio data (geographic location, characteristics of insured objects and their values) with simulated natural disaster scenarios to estimate the magnitude and frequency of potential losses. Where such stochastic models do not exist, we u...
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Methodology and scope The portfolio carbon footprint is calculated based on the following measures for scope 1+2 emissions in line with the GHG Protocol. Emission-related data is provided by MSCI.
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We believe that climate change will materially affect economies and therefore our lines of business. Arising risks and opportunities can be seen already today and will increase over mid- and long-term. These can for instance be acute and chronic physical impacts on property or human health such as warming temperatures,...
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The BoM reports regularly and comprehensively to the Supervisory Board on business development, the company’s financial position and earnings, planning and achievement of objectives, business strategy, and risk exposure. Climate-related issues are part of these regular updates where relevant.
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The ESG Sustainability Council pulls together the geographical business scopes led by our three EVP Zone CEOs and functional leadership at the Executive Board level. It meets every month and reports progress to the full Executive Board monthly.
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Climate-related physical risks To assess physical risks until 2025, we focused on impacts from extreme weather events including extreme temperature, water stress, storms and flooding risks. Extreme weather affects our value chain today, and the impacts represent the differential between the current run rate of impacts ...
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Climate risks and opportunities are included in the scope of our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework, processes and reporting. Climate analysis is a rapidly evolving area. We took important steps in 2020 to strengthen our methodology and tools to identify, assess and manage our climate risks and opportunities. O...
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We continue to build upon our existing metrics and targets to help guide the implementation of our net zero pledge. Data is our starting point. We are enhancing our ability to identify and measure emissions, working with our suppliers and customers, and exploring new ways in which we can use analytics, automation, arti...
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The Executive Board has the final oversight of the Combined Non- financial declaration which includes the climate / environmental strategy, climate-related risk assessment, organization, management, measures and targets. The highest monitoring body in the area of sustainable management is the Supervisory Board. The Sup...
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Lufthansa Group provides incentives for the achievement of climate- related targets on board-level. The Supervisory Board defined specific CO2 reduction as focus topic for the strategic and sustainability target for long-term variable remuneration (LTI) for the 2020 financial year. The non-financial performance criteri...
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Risks are assessed by the respective risk owners and aggregated in a risk map by the risk management function. This process takes into account all kind of risks, i.e. also risks related to climate change – including physical and transitional risks. The risk map is updated quarterly in close cooperation with different c...
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Additionally, specialists from the Corporate Responsibility department coordinate climate-related research activities and support and facilitate climate risk and climate opportunity management activities across the Group.
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Most of the Group’s CO2 emissions are direct emissions (Scope 1) from its own operations. But greenhouse gas emissions are also generated in other parts of the value chain and the Group takes all CO2 emissions into account and accordingly discloses Scope 1-3 emissions.
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On an annual basis, the proposed principal risks, risk watchlist and emerging risks are reviewed and approved by our ExCo before being submitted to the Audit and Risk Committee (‘ARC’) and the Board. In line with our Group risk management framework, the ARC meets quarterly to receive updates on how our principal and wa...
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The Head of Sustainable Business manages the Sustainable Business team that includes the Environment Manager, whose responsibilities include creation, monitoring and reporting on climate change programmes and targets, such as the carbon reduction goals, Science Based Targets commitment, and Planet agenda actions.
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After the list of potential risks and opportunities was put together and updated based on the progress made, we evaluated the materiality of each by assessing their likelihood and impact using our Group risk management framework. This materiality assessment will be conducted each year to ensure the implications of all ...
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This target was determined by comparing our 2010 GHG emissions against the 40-year 2°C aligned reduction trajectory to 2050, using the European 66% emission mitigation scenario (2010-50 Representative Concentration Pathway (‘RCP’) 2.6). In 2017, there was no telecommunications industry standard or specific reduction pa...
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Target: Consume 100% renewable electricity by July 2021 in Europe and by 2025 in all markets
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Management is also encouraged to communicate with our Board of Directors with respect to extraordinary risk issues or developments that may require more immediate attention between regularly scheduled Board meetings. Our Non-Executive Chairman of the Board facilitates communications with our Board of Directors as a who...
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During 2019, we continued our focus on optimizing our solid waste business, developing our people and investing in technology to better serve our customers. We produced strong operating results from our collection and disposal business, and these results demonstrate that that we are investing in the right areas and dri...
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Net cash flow generated from operating activities of $30.3m was lower than the $88.7m in the prior year primarily due to an investment in inventory to support growth. The group tactically increased stock in the USA by bringing forward seasonal stock, in the UK as an insurance against potential Brexit disruption and in ...
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The Board guides and monitors the business and affairs of the company on behalf of the shareholders, by whom it is elected and to whom it is accountable. The Board has adopted formal guidelines for Board operation and membership. These guidelines outline the roles and responsibilities of the Board and its members and e...
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The fund management industry recorded its highest monthly net withdrawal in 2020 during the height of the health crisis in March. However, the industry demonstrated resilience throughout this episode of market stress due to the soundness of the liquidity risk management frameworks of capital market intermediaries. Furt...
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The CSO has responsibility for sustainability and climate change oversight within UPS. The CSO is a member of the UPS Executive Leadership Team (ELT), which consists of the Company's most senior executive officials, and reports directly to the CEO.
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At UPS, we believe our purpose is to move our world forward by delivering what matters, and contributing to a truly sustainable global society matters. The sustainability team works with cross-functional teams to implement programs that create better not bigger business value and drive progress toward UPS’s sustainabil...
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Risks to the network and supporting processes are evaluated and mitigated based on both asset cost and impact to the network’s functionality, inclusive of facilities and equipment. Extensive risk-scenario planning is conducted within the air and ground networks to evaluate potential disruption in key operating faciliti...
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Currently, climate change related risks or Sustainability at UPS are assessed as Tier 1 risks. There is a designated review process for Tier 1 risks where the subject matter experts review a risk profile with Enterprise Risk Management. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) communicates Tier 1 risks to the ELT and Board of ...
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In alignment with our strategy and risk management process, UPS reports three primary metrics to assess the climate-related risks and opportunities: • Package Carbon Intensity (Metric Tonnes of CO2/Package Volume) • Percentage Alternative Fuels (RNG, LNG or EV) • Absolute Emissions (Metric Tonnes of CO2)
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In 2020, UPS broadened its ESG vision and built a road map on three generations of sustainability goals. Recently announced, the two primary sustainability goals include a social sustainability goal – positively impacting 1 billion lives by 2040 – and an environmental sustainability goal – achieving carbon neutrality b...
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Due to the overlapping nature of the environmental services that WM provides and climate-related issues, the risks and opportunities are discussed, in whole or in part, at each meeting through one or all of the following governance mechanisms: strategy, major plans of action, risk management policies, annual budgets, b...
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The Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) reports directly to the CEO. The CSO meets regularly with the CEO, who is also a member of our Board, to discuss the key issues identified in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process, and holds responsibility for managing information on climate-related issues, developing strat...
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Supply Chain Risk Assessment We have established a process to identify key supplier risk factors and determine how to mitigate those factors. We observe and check the progress of the supplier risk profile over a period of time. We methodically examine the supplier risk profile for the purpose of explanation and interpr...
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At the company level, WM uses an enterprise risk management (ERM) process involving senior leaders and subject matter experts from all major divisions to assess the materiality of all risks across the enterprise, including climate related risks. Each year the Treasury & Risk Management team performs top-down and bottom...
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Potential sustainability risks include financial and insurance-related risks (including compliance and governance considerations), safety and health, and supplier diversity. In our mission of continuous improvement, we monitor insurance declarations through an automated system checking for expired or out of date insura...
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WM reports on progress against our goals in our annual Sustainability Report: Goals and Progress. Offset 4 times the GHG emissions we generate through our operations by 2038 70% of collection fleet to be alternative fuel vehicles by 2025 55% of alternative fuel vehicles to run on RNG by 2025 100% renewable electricity ...
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WM is reducing our fleet’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by transitioning our traditional diesel collection fleet to vehicles running on natural gas and increasingly fueling these vehicles with renewable natural gas (RNG) produced at our own landfills.
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Climate-related risks and opportunities are part of Pandora’s Enterprise Risk Management system reporting to the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Directors. Pandora’s climate and renewable energy targets are governed by the Sustainability Board, which has five members from the Executive Leadership Team.
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Pandora measures its carbon footprint across all three greenhouse gas scopes. Approximately 1% of CO₂ emissions are related to Scope 1, 8% to Scope 2 and 91% to Scope 3. We focus on reducing all three scopes through our climate targets: 1) become carbon neutral in our own operations by 2025, and 2) set a Science Based ...
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We believe it is important to have both dedicated in- house ESG expertise, as well as broad-based responsibility for ESG matters across investment teams. Carlyle has a dedicated global team of internal ESG professionals led by Carlyle’s Global Head of Impact, who reports in directly to the firm’s COO. The ESG team work...
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Another deal we evaluated in the past year had significant potential market and policy risks due to the carbon-intensity of the core business model. We worked with a third-party ESG consultant to conduct on-the-ground diligence of the material ESG risks we identified. As part of that work, we modeled out investment imp...
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INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENTS For individual investments, we use the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework to guide our diligence of material issues. Our investment teams lead this diligence, in partnership with our dedicated in- house ESG team. We furthermore bring in specialized ESG third-parties on spe...
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OUR OWN OPERATIONS 2019 was Carlyle’s third year of carbon neutrality across our 32 global offices and the activities of our more than 1,750 employees, after we became the first major private equity firm to make a carbon neutrality commitment in 2017. Using the World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)...
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We normalized emissions to portfolio company revenue to arrive at a carbon intensity of metric tons (MT) CO2e per million dollars of revenue. By using an intensity-based metric rather than an absolute-based metric, we are able to better account for the difference in size and operations across portfolio companies.
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Our fiscal 2020 results reflect headwinds from our BD AlarisTM System remediation efforts and more notably, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its significant impact on healthcare utilization. However, the perseverance of our associates—and the notable success of our BD Life Sciences–Integrated Diagnostic Solutions team...
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As a global company, we have a role and responsibility that extends even beyond the world of health. We are making progress to minimize our environmental impact and maintain resilient global operations by continuing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions —down 48% since 2008— and water consumption. We remain committed to r...
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Sales of goods is recognized at the time of shipment only if it meets the conditions that significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have been transferred to the customer, and neither continuing managerial involvement nor effective control over the goods sold is retained. Revenue arising from rendering of ...
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When considering the overall number of new launches of three real estate segments altogether, a clear difference can be observed. Normally, the launch of landed real estate projects corresponds with demand in the market, which fluctuates at a similar rate in each year, whereas the launch of new condominiums usually flu...
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Third, we aim to improve communications with all stakeholders. Operational success is only possible if we can embed into the business a regular and reliable dialogue with our stakeholders – customers, investors, NGOs, local communi- ties, governments and international institutions. Our Newsroom channel will continue to...
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In 2016, the System LSI Business featured a full mobile System-on-Chip (SoC) lineup with 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, including the Exynos 8 Octa for premium mobile devices, Exynos 7 Quad, a solution with inte- grated full connectivity for entry-level devices, to the Exynos 7 Dual, which was the industr...
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AGL Macquarie has some of the most secure water in the Hunter Valley. Under the Hunter Valley water sharing plan, the major utility licences have the highest security. This security level is shared with basic stock and land holder rights, major utility (town domestic supply), and environmental water.
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Paper BlackRock set a 2020 paper reduction target of 25% in October 2017. As of year-end 2019, BlackRock has reduced paper use globally by 44%. We attribute this reduction to heightening of employee awareness, swipe technology, and standard double-sided print settings on all copiers.
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Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is an oil and gas well development technique, using a high pressure injection of liquid into the rock, which creates fracturing and allows natural gas and oil to flow more freely. Whilst this method of extraction has provided cheaper, more ple...
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4 Investec is removing all refrigerants that have ozone depletion potential and continues to explore alternative options to minimise global warming potential. Installation refinements have also reduced refrigerant leaks resulting in reduced consumption.
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As part of the 'WasteReloaded' campaign, the 'RiVending' project was launched (see Versalis Revive on p. 26) to recycle the cups and stirrers used in beverage machines in the head offices in San Donato Milanese, to produce a secondary selected polystyrene raw material that helps to supply the Versalis plant in Mantua.
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A4S Support S&P Global's CFO, Ewout Steenbergen, is a member of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S). A4S was established by HRH The Prince of Wales and aims to inspire action by finance leaders to drive a fundamental shift toward resilient business models and a sustainable economy.
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IEnvA is the airline industry version of Strategic direction, approvals, guidance, challenge Proposals, updates ISO 14001 (the international standard for environmental management systems) tailored specifically for airlines and is fully compatible with the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
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By mid-2021, PSEG Power will have retired or exited through sales more than 2,400 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired generating capacity since 2017. This will mark the completion of PSEG Power's coal exit strategy, which began in 2016. In June 2017, PSEG Power retired the Hudson and Mercer coal-fired generating stations. The...
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KINCARDINE: Financing for the construction and operation of a 50MW wind farm located in Scotland in which the sponsor is Cobra (ACS Group) and where BBVA has participated as one of the three leading banks. Kincardine is one of the world's first offshore floating wind farms and is a sign of BBVA's support for new sustai...
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This consulting service is free of charge and includes the following three options to meet differing needs in light of the areas of customers' interest. - Assistance in implementing supply chain risk countermeasures - Assistance in executing a mapping method aimed at clarifying relation- ships between customer business...
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We have performed targeted intercept and development work around the Condamine River, including drilling specifically designed wells for these seeps. Recent measurements show that these wells have helped us capture the methane emissions before they reach the surface and that the Condamine River seeps have generally dec...
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The 2017 Global Real Estate Sustainability Bench- mark (GRESB) awarded ten of UBS Asset Management's real estate and infrastructure funds 5-star ratings, and seven funds ranked first in their respective peer groups.
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AGL Macquarie is working with WaterNSW to add to its model of the Hunter River regulated system to improve and provide greater clarity of our operation and operational impact on the system.
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As for the long-term incentives, vesting is a function for 20% to Corporate Social Responsibility targets. - 10% is based on SG's positioning within RobecoSAM (in the 1st quartile), Sustainalytics (in the 1st quartile) and MSCI (Rating = BBB); - and 10% based on the achievement of SG's commitments in terms of financing...
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Number of Governmental Enforcement Actions of Aviation Safety Regulations JetBlue had no material government enforcement actions in 2018 from the FAA, the EASAi, or an equivalent national authority relating to aviation safety, including but not limited to maintenance, transportation of hazardous materials, drug testing...
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We have reduced our energy consumption per tonne of clinker to 3,518 megajoules in 2018 (1990: 4,532 megajoules), among the lowest rates in the sector. Since 1990, we have increased our cement production by around 79 percent, while our annual energy consumption has increased by just 18 percent.
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10 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenarios are named based on the hypothetical radiative forcing level (the portion of energy transmitted to the earth that is trapped within its atmosphere) of the earth at the end of the century.
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By means of the Ekos Social platform, built in partnership with the Ekos Brazil Institute, it is possible to learn about the participating projects and pick the project of your choice for the purchase of carbon credits.
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Scentre Group has a Responsible Business Group, comprised of members of the Executive Team and subject matter experts that are leading initiatives as part of our Sustainable Business Framework. Membership reflects accountability for the delivery of initiatives that contribute to our primary environmental target of Net ...
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In 2018, the Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act (Pub. L. No. 115-99) required the establishment of a Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking to make recommendations on actions the department can take to help combat human trafficking and to develop recommended best practi...
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ISO 14001 (the international standard for environmental management systems) tailored specifically for airlines and is fully compatible with the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). British Airways achieved Stage 1 certification in 2019 and all other Group airlines are progressing on Stage 1 certificati...
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Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Mountain Top Removal (MTR) coal mining refers to surface coal mining (and the associated reclamation operations) that remove entire coal seams running through the upper fraction of a mountain, ridge, or hill, by removing all of the overburden and creating a level plateau or gently rolli...
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