Senior officials in the environmental ministry of a South American country prepare a briefing for a new minister. The minister questions the usefulness of large international conferences to achieve real progress in GHG reduction. The briefing focuses on COP21 in Paris, which ended with an agreement to address climate change. Which of the following Paris Agreement achievements did the officials most likely note in the briefing?
A global cosmetics company surveys consumers. The survey reveals close to 75% of consumers indicate sustainability is an important issue and are willing to change shopping habits to reduce environmental impact.
The company responds by establishing a sustainability framework. As part of the process to implement this framework, a company sustainability analyst identifies sustainable investment and disclosure practices.
Which recommendation will the analyst likely make to implement a company sustainability framework?
A European bank considers investing in an offshore wind farm project. A bank ESG analyst assists in the origination and execution of green and sustainable finance transactions to finance the project. The analyst recommends a loan to finance the project by gathering related materials on sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), green loans, and corresponding market trends.
Which of the following loans is the analyst likely to recommend?
An environmental agency for a southeast Asian nation increases funding to study historic climate change and its impacts. The agency funds a proposal for a scientific subject matter expert to conduct a large-scale study of the nation's tree rings.
What information will this study most likely reveal?
Which of the following is an example of a just' transition with regards to climate change?
After launching new large-scale sites for engine testing, a global automaker prepares a GHG inventory report according to the GHG Protocol. An analyst on the sustainability team gathers data for the assessment. The analyst identifies emissions from production processes, previously deemed irrelevant at the corporate level, now constitute over 25% of company aggregated GHG emissions across plant sites.
Which GHG Protocol principle did the company analyst follow?