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    Business corporate sustainability fossil fuels Unlocking Climate Action Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2022

    The SEC’s New Climate Rule is Plain Common Sense

    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC.
    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    May 20, 2022

    The Bar for Corporate Climate Leadership Has Risen

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    London skyline
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    Business
    Insights
    November 22, 2021

    From Pledges to Action: What’s Next for COP26 Corporate Commitments

    • COP26
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • deforestation
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    Glasgow at night
    • COP26
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • climate policy
    • deforestation
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • net-zero emissions
    Finance
    Insights
    October 1, 2021

    How Banks Can Accelerate Net-zero Emissions Commitments

    • Climate
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • corporate sustainability
    field-solar-panels
    • Climate
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • corporate sustainability
    Business
    Insights
    September 1, 2021

    6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

    • Unlocking Climate Action
    A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Dillon Wind Power Project
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Finance
    Insights
    June 20, 2017

    Shareholders Force ExxonMobil to Plan for a World with Paris Agreement's Emissions Restrictions

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    Wall Street is telling ExxonMobil to pick a new direction.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 6, 2017

    What Are the Top 10 States for Clean Energy Jobs?

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    California solar plant.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    3 Reasons Why Fossil Fuel Companies Should Disclose Their Reserves

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Coal Barge
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate science
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Energy
    Insights
    October 3, 2016

    Kentucky Can Shape A Clean Energy Future

    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Field in Kentucky
    • electric grid
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 1, 2016

    Former Energy CEO David Crane Envisions a Future without Fossils

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Coal-fired power plant in Ohio
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    December 10, 2015

    3 Key Questions for the Energy Industry Around a Global Climate Agreement

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    COP21 march in London
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    3 Activities that Can Help Investors Become More “Climate Friendly”

    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    Solar panels at the Nellis Air Force Base in the United States. Photo by U.S. Air Force/Wikimedia Commons
    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    Insights
    February 11, 2015

    How Do You Measure the Emissions Locked in Fossil Fuel Reserves?

    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels
    If emissions continue unabated, the world is on track to exhaust its "carbon budget" within three decades. Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • fossil fuels
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    October 1, 2014

    Finding Solutions for South Africa’s Coal-Fired Energy and Water Problems

    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A communal water tap in Soweto, South Africa. Photo credit: E. Muench, Wikimedia Commons
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 5, 2014

    A Tale of 3 Countries: Water Risks to Global Shale Development

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    August 4, 2014

    Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Forests
    Insights
    March 27, 2014

    4 Actions Companies Can Take to Source Legal Wood

    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    Some countries have harvest or export bans on certain species or certain forms of harvested timber. It is important for companies to consider which timber species they are using and where they are purchasing from. Photo credit: Tim Gage, Flickr 2007
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business

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