The Biden Administration has clearly announced that addressing the issue of climate change is one of its key policy priorities. One of the central aspects of this policy was intended to be an array of new regulations by the SEC
The Biden Administration has clearly announced that addressing the issue of climate change is one of its key policy priorities. One of the central aspects of this policy was intended to be an array of new regulations by the SEC
Although there is an SEC open meeting scheduled for this week, the commissioners won't be taking up any proposals from Corp Fin at that meeting (see the agenda).
The dramatic increase of emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) by humans over the past century and a half has created an urgency for monitoring, reporting, and verifying GHG emissions as a first step towards mitigating the effects of climate change. Fifteen percent of global GHG emissions come from agriculture, and companies in the food and beverage industry are starting to set climate goals. We examined the GHG emissions reporting practices and climate goals of the top 100 global food and beverage companies and determined whether their goals are aligned with the science of keeping climate warming well below a 2 °C increase. Using publicly disclosed data in CDP Climate reports and company sustainability reports, we found that over two thirds of the top 100 (as ranked by Food Engineering) global food and beverage companies disclose at least part of their total company emissions and set some sort of climate goal that includes scope 1 and 2 emissions. However, only about half have measured
Editors Darius Helm and Jessica Chevalier take a look at sustainability progress in flooring over the last year and offer updates on the leading flooring producers and related associations, as well as an update on the U.S. Green Building Council.