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Companies are under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint. CIOs play a critical role.
Many companies have corporate responsibility programs that include sustainability. Meanwhile, governments are making carbon emissions reduction a priority as evidenced by their participation in the Paris Agreement, which is a legally binding treaty on climate change. Interestingly, as companies attempt to reduce their carbon footprint, they re also increasing it as they become more digital.
Credit: lovelyday12 via Adobe Stock By 2030, the tech sector has to cut its CO2 emissions by 50% and the big administrations around the world have now committed their countries to net zero targets by 2050, said Gordon Mackay, head of practice, multilateral organisations, at Access Partnerships, which works across governments and regional organizations to secure the most sustainably business-friendly result. The big six tech companies probably only spent around 4% of their total lobbying
In the UK the Queen approved the agreement on Thursday.
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LANSING, MI There is still time to register for the public listening session that the Office of Climate and Energy has scheduled for Wednesday to receive
May 1, 2021
LANSING The Office of Climate and Energy is asking members of the public for their insights about climate and how Michigan can move toward carbon neutrality by 2050.
An online public listening sessions is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy through its Office of Climate and Energy is charged with formulating and overseeing implementation of the MI Healthy Climate Plan, a roadmap to reducing greenhouse gas emissions statewide, with input from the Council on Climate Solutions.
Links to join the session are posted to the Michigan.gov/Climate webpage at https://bit.ly/3agnDPY.
Nick Assendelft
Members of the public will have another opportunity on Wednesday, May 5, to offer their ideas and insights about how Michigan can achieve its goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), through its Office of Climate and Energy, is charged with formulating and overseeing implementation of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan, a roadmap to reducing greenhouse gas emissions statewide. Helping to work through that process will be the Council on Climate Solutions.
Details about the public listening session using the Zoom meeting platform: Wednesday, May 5, beginning at 6 p.m.