CDP: $33bn-worth of investors and corporates join push for high-emitting firms to set science based targets

clock • 3 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Around 2,100 high-emitting companies, including FedEX, Eskom, Nippon Steel Corp, Rio Tinto, and JD.com are being targeted by CDP's campaign to set science-aligned climate goals

More than 360 global investors, financial institutions, and multinational companies worth a combined $33tr have thrown their weight behind a CDP campaign calling on more than 2,100 carbon-intensive companies...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

  • Enjoy exclusive news, insights and analysis from Europe’s leading source of information on the green economy and business.
  • Make smart, responsible business decisions with an eye on the latest regulatory and tech development
  • Tap into our extensive archive of exclusive articles, news, analysis and guide
  • Access to our new BusinessGreen intelligence service, providing you with
  • > Exclusive in-depth case studies
  • > Policy briefings, white papers and reports on market trends that are shaping the direction of the net zero transition
  • Our overnight briefing, expertly curated help you run a competitive and sustainable business
  • Online and interactive meetings with BusinessGreen’s editors to discuss the crucial stories and trends from the past month

Choose the membership package that's right for you and your organisation, via our 3 membership levels.

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Carbon Accounting

Book and claim systems can help scale sustainable aviation fuels

Book and claim systems can help scale sustainable aviation fuels

The formal recognition of book and claim as a form of corporate emissions reporting can accelerate the decarbonisation of aviation, argues Shell Aviation's Raman Ojha

Raman Ojha, Shell Aviation
clock 11 October 2024 • 4 min read
CDP launches data reporting tool for first-time disclosers

CDP launches data reporting tool for first-time disclosers

Critical Datapoints Spreadsheet aimed at helping SMEs prepare for growing wave of climate and environmental risk reporting requirements

Michael Holder
clock 16 September 2024 • 2 min read
How 'Scope 4' emissions can help and hinder sustainability efforts

How 'Scope 4' emissions can help and hinder sustainability efforts

Companies seeking to report 'avoided emissions' will need to tread carefully through the greenwash minefield

Joel Makower, Trellis
clock 06 September 2024 • 5 min read