Responding to carbon reduction trends and government policies while promoting green energy projects, Citibank Taiwan Ltd (花旗台灣) yesterday teamed up with Sunnyfounder (陽光伏特家) and Taiwan Green Energy for Charity Association (台灣綠能公益發展協會) to launch the first charitable carbon credit program in Taiwan. The joint efforts reflect the nation’s transition to net zero carbon emissions and serve as an innovative environment, social and governance (ESG) approach for enterprises to pursue carbon trading.
The announcement came as the National Development Council in March unveiled the government’s roadmap for achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and 12 key strategies for achieving that goal. Yesterday,
While the government’s proposed strategies to reduce carbon emissions generally align with those of the UN, government agencies have set relatively conservative targets to achieve the nation’s goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, an Academia Sinica researcher said yesterday.
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday released the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report.
Local experts were yesterday invited to comment on the report at a news conference hosted by the Science Media Center Taiwan.
Alan Lin (林子倫), deputy executive director of the Executive Yuan’s Office of Energy and Carbon Reduction, told the news
Three local banks team up to phase out paper bills
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Taishin International Bank (台新銀行), DBS Bank Taiwan (星展銀行) and King’s Town Bank (京城銀行) are working with social enterprise Domi Earth Co (綠然能源) to promote electronic bills, planning to use the money saved to help those in need.
Taishin Bank, the banking arm of Taishin Financial Holding Co (台新金控), has 6 million credit card clients, Taishin Bank senior vice president Cres Huang (黃天麟) told a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
About 1 million of them receive electronic bills, he said.
From second left, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration specialist Huang Hsiu-ling, Executive Yuan Office of Energy and Carbon Reduction Deputy Executive Officer Lin Tze-luen, Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang, Taishin International Bank senior vice president Cres Huang, King’s Town Bank spokesman You Qi-wei, DBS Bank Taiwan digital banking head Happy Ho