What is the EU green taxonomy and how will it drive targets for Net Zero by 2050?
New EU green taxonomy drives Net Zero transition through standardising sustainable activities and preventing greenwash
Category: Net Zero
Who will be the top 10 sustainable business leaders in 2020?
This year marks EcoAct’s 10th annual ranking of FTSE 100 sustainable business leaders based on their sustainability reporting performance. Ahead of the release of this year’s report, we look back at the trends across the last decade in corporate climate reporting and sustainable business leadership. 2020 is the beginning of the final decade when we … Continued
Net Zero FAQs: your questions answered.
Net Zero. A term on which the climate hopes of a planet are hung. A term which still doesn’t have an internationally agreed definition. A term that presents a lot of practical challenges. A term that raises a lot of questions. In this blog we aim to answer to them. If you missed our webinar … Continued
What does Net Zero mean for my business?
The world is starting to look towards a vital global goal: Net Zero. According to science it is essential that we meet this target by 2050 if we are to give ourselves a chance of limiting global warming and avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. To reach this goal, we need to reduce … Continued
New transformational programme aims to clarify the path to Net Zero
LONDON: Climate change consultancy and project developer EcoAct has today launched an approach aimed to help guide businesses and organisations planning for a Net Zero future. The ambitious programme, called A to Zero, covers five modules that EcoAct believe are essential to establishing and working towards a Net Zero target. A to Zero is a … Continued
Summary of COP 25: What now for the climate?
The summary of COP 25 is one of disappointment. It was impossible to achieve consensus between countries to finalise the operating rules of the Paris Agreement and ensure that it became operational by 2020. So, what happened and what does this mean for the climate crisis? Multilateral climate governance impossible to establish by 2020 This … Continued
What is an Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (OLCA)?
Understand how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can work at an organisational level to add business value and aid the transition to net zero. So far, a total of 19 countries and at least 34 large companies have recently committed to the ambition of net zero carbon emissions. In addition, at the time of writing 685 … Continued
COP 25: Crunch time for the Paris Agreement
Faced with the challenge of making 2015’s Paris Agreement operational, this COP needs to be decisive. Having overcome some unprecedented political obstacles by changing host countries, then host continent, the COP 25 is going ahead. It will run from Monday 2 to Friday 13 December in Madrid. Special attention will be given to biodiversity and … Continued
5 reasons why sustainability software should be on your procurement list
Sustainability is, as much as anything else, a complex data management exercise. And a never-ending one at that. The demands for more transparency, better sustainability reporting, accurate carbon footprints and emissions reduction targets is growing. For all of this you need a lot of data, from a lot of sources, with a lot of time … Continued
CORSIA: Preparing for take off
As the aviation sector readies itself for CORSIA, we take a look at current progress on deciding eligible offsets and how airlines can prepare themselves for a 2021 take off. What is CORSIA? By 2020, international aviation emissions are projected to be 70% higher than 2005 levels according to the EU, and could even reach … Continued
