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Fujitsu sets 1.5C science-based climate targets Japanese multinational IT firm Fujitsu has unveiled new climate targets, verified in line with the Paris Agreement's more ambitious 1.5C trajectory. The company met its 2020 climate targets, which were 2C-aligned  At a company meeting in Tokyo late last week, executives confirmed that the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has verified a new target to reduce operational emissions by 71.4% by 2030, against a 2030 baseline. Fujitsu believes this target will enable the delivery of net-zero operational emissions by 2050. It covers all business...

The program includes a 15-point climate charter. IMPALA is launching a program to help make the European independent music industry more sustainable, the trade body announced today. The sustainability program is based on a package compiled by a task force initiated and chaired by  Horst Weidenmüller, CEO at Europe-based label group !K7. The package includes a 15-point climate charter that sets a goal of a climate positive membership by 2030, with an interim net zero target for 2026. Though the targets are voluntary, IMPALA will provide access to guidance and training for members to assist t...

With Joe Biden’s own audacious New Deal, the democratic left rediscovers its soul Will Hutton © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP ‘It’s bold, yes, and we can get it done.” So declared President Joe Biden launching his $2tn plan last week to overhaul US infrastructure – ranging from fixing 20,000 miles of roads to remaking bridges, ports, water systems and “the care economy”, care now defined as part of the country’s infrastructure. Also included is a vast uplift in research spending on eliminating carbon emissions and on artificial intellige...

The EU has not had a good few weeks, but celebrating Britain’s ‘freedom’ is premature

After four years of division, the president has dynamically sown the seeds for rebirth