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The Role of Accounting and Auditing in Addressing Climate Change
By Samantha Ross Getty/Mario Tama
Floodwaters cover a roadway near structures damaged by Hurricane Laura on October 10, 2020, in Cameron, Louisiana.
With President Joe Biden’s recommitment to the Paris climate accord, all eyes are on the policy changes and investments necessary to chart a course to net-zero global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and accounting and independent auditing can help keep the United States on track.
Julia Cusick
Introduction and summary
U.S. federal securities laws are founded on the idea that transparency promotes well-functioning capital markets. This is particularly true when it comes to the urgent goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the devastating impacts of climate change. For companies, those impacts include both physical risks, including the risk that facilities will be destroyed by fire or flood, and risks related to the global transition to a low-
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LONDON (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this was the most demanding target set by any major insurer worldwide.
Following the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, many countries and companies are aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial norms.
The insurer plans to reach net zero carbon emissions from its investments by 2040 and net zero from its own operations and supply chain by 2030. For the world to reach net zero, it s going to take leadership and radical ambition, Aviva Chief Executive Amanda Blanc said in a statement.
UK Insurer Aviva Plans to Become Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040 March 1, 2021
British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this was the most demanding target set by any major insurer worldwide.
Following the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, many countries and companies are aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial norms.
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The insurer plans to reach net zero carbon emissions from its investments by 2040 and net zero from its own operations and supply chain by 2030.
“For the world to reach net zero, it’s going to take leadership and radical ambition,” Aviva Chief Executive Amanda Blanc said in a statement.
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