Most oil and gas companies incentivise their management to pursue growth, rather than focus solely on shareholder returns.
Climate is rarely taken into account!
- (Report from Carbon Tracker, February 2019)More
Category Archives: CO2
Disse 25 multinationale virksomheder står for 20% af alle verdens CO2-emissioner! (rapport fra DI, Sverige, februar 2019)
De 25 största utsläppande bolagen står för en femtedel av de globala koldioxidutsläppen. Detta enligt en rapport som Di Hållbart Näringsliv har tagit del av.
“Vi pratar kanske för lite om de riktigt stora utsläppande företagen. Det är helt avgörande att få med dem i omställningen. Och nu verkar många av bolagen faktiskt se att klimatfrågan inte längre går att ignorera”, säger Johan Kuylenstierna, vice ordförande i Klimatpolitiska rådet till Dagens Industri.More
Klimatförändringen kan leda till finanskris av gigantiska mått (Aktuell Hållbarhet, december 2018)
2018-12-10 af journalist Tobias Persson, Aktuell Hålbarhet, Sverige
Flera av Sveriges och världens största pensionsfonder, kapitalförvaltare och försäkringsbolag varnar politiker för de finansiella riskerna som klimatförändringen innebär. I ett brev skriver investerarna att de ekonomiska förlusterna riskerar att bli flera gånger större än under den globala finanskrisen 2008. More
KLP og Norsk Klimastiftelse: Hvordan møte klimarisiko? Råd og tips til selskaper som skal håndtere klimaendringer og strammere klimapolitikk (november 2018)
Uddrag af rapportens forord:
“Klimaendringer og klimapolitikk vil med stor sannsynlighet påvirke økonomien og samfunnet i stor grad de kommende tiårene.
FNs klimapanel har nylig utgitt en rapport som viser hvor store ødeleggelsene vil bli av en global oppvarming på to grader i forhold til 1,5 grader. Endrer vi ikke vår adferd i større tempo enn i dag går det langt verre, for nå styrer vi mot 3 grader.More
Et samlet nordisk erhvervsliv: Nul udledning af drivhusgasser i 2050 (December 2018)
The Nordic business federations from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are committed to an ambitious climate policy, and support a firm implementation of the global Paris agreement. Nordic businesses are committed to contribute positively to the discussion on EU’s long-term climate policy.
As for Europe, the Nordic business federations strongly believe that Europe should continue to have a leading role in combatting climate change, also providing solutions beyond Europe.More
Energistyrelsen: Danmarks udledning af drivhusgas er faldet 31,4% fra 1990 til 2017 (Energistatistik 2017, November 2018)
Udledning af drivhusgasser for året 2017: En foreløbig opgørelse af Danmarks samlede faktiske udledninger af drivhusgasser viser et fald fra 1990 til 2017 på 31,4%. I perioden 2005-2016 er faktiske emissioner fra drivhusgasser er faldet med 23,9%. Kvotesektoren (ekskl. luftfart) står for et fald på 35,0% mens forbrugere uden for kvotesektoren står for et fald på 16,5%More
10 Sustainable Building Certifications on the Danish market analyzed (report by SBi and GXN/3XN Architects, August 2018)
Extracts from the report foreword:
“With this book – Guide to Sustainable Building Certifications – we hope to increase knowledge levels and transparency in the construction industry by providing an accessible and comparative overview of the most important building certifications………More
Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society! (UN report October 8th 2018)
The report finds that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. Global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would need to fall by about 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching ‘net zero’ around 2050. This means that any remaining emissions would need to be balanced by removing CO2 from the air.More
Companies committed to renewable electricity perform financially better than other companies (report from RE100, CapGemini – September 2018)
The RE100 report with Capgemini Invent, which draws on 2016-17 data from a sample of 3,500 companies, shows RE100 businesses (committed to 100% renewable electricity) consistently perform better than non-members on two key financial indicators: net profit margin and EBIT margin (Earnings Before Interests and Taxes).More
62% of energy capacity added in Q2 2018 in India came from solar (article by Clean Technica, September 2018)
For a fourth consecutive quarter, India added more renewable energy and solar capacity than thermal and coal-based capacity. A net capacity of 2.2 gigawatts was added across India, across technologies with solar grabbing a share of 62%.More