American Airlines: Addressing Climate Change
American Airlines: Addressing Climate Change
Summary
Climate change is a pressing global challenge, and American Airlines believes it must do its part to address it. That is why the airline has set a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. While ambition is important, American knows that what matters most is having a clear roadmap with both a long-term vision and intermediate milestones to achieve it.
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American Airlines has launched an effort to build its carbon reduction pathway to 2050 and to refine and expand its strategy for addressing the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. The airline s ESG Report is American s first step toward both efforts, and the airline intends to develop intermediate goals once their demand forecast is stabilized following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) CME Group announced on Tuesday that it will launch a Global Emissions Offset (GEO) futures contract on March 1, 2021, pending all relevant regulatory reviews. The new contract will provide customers with a market-based solution to manage global emissions risk, said CME Group. The GEO futures contract is based on the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), which includes globally accepted carbon offset standards based on a set of rigorous criteria developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. GEO futures will allow for delivery of CORSIA eligible voluntary offset credits from three ICAO approved registries and will be listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.
CME Group to Launch a Global Emissions Offset (GEO) Futures Contract on March 1
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CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CME Group, the world s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch a Global Emissions Offset™ (GEO™) futures contract on March 1, 2021, pending all relevant regulatory reviews. The new contract, which will provide customers with a market-based solution to manage global emissions risk, was jointly developed with Xpansiv market CBL, a leader in spot energy and environmental markets. Demand for voluntary carbon offsets is growing around the world as more countries and companies take action toward creating a lower carbon economy, said Peter Keavey, Global Head of Energy at CME Group. GEO futures will provide a regulated, market-based solution that can help address risk management needs for near-term emissions reduction strategies, as well as a standardized pricing b
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The acceleration to cleaner sources of energy accelerated in 2020 with many companies pledging to reduce their carbon emissions. In fact, according to the UN, 120 countries, 23 regions, 454 cities, 1,397 businesses, 74 investors, and 569 universities across the globe have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. Many of these entities may look to market-based mechanisms as a tool to execute their individual strategies.
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