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What’s New for April
Powering Progress: Celebrating Earth Day with Green Milestones
This past year was one of records: the warmest in history and reaching new highs of the top 3 greenhouse gas concentrations. While this underscores the urgency in confronting climate change, decisive policy and business action is shifting the needle. Recently, the U.S. passed the largest climate bill in history with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the EU followed suit with the Green Deal and nearly half of the 2,000 largest global businesses have set net zero goals. Corporate climate leadership is demonstrating how focusing on emissions “hot spots” can lead to action, and we’ve hit 3 clean momentum points:
1. Renewable energy keeps getting cheaper. While many oil and gas CEOs want to put the brakes on the clean energy transition, that would impose unnecessary, enormous costs on the entire economy. ⚡ Resources to apply clean energy now.
2. IRA is projected to create 1.5 million new green jobs each year for the next 10 years. With growing policy and economic incentives, everyone is welcome in the new green workforce. To gain green skills, check out our learning hub. 👷♀️💼
3. Follow the money. 💸 There’s been exponential growth of private-sector investments going into clean energy, and this has only expanded with IRA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. You too can invest in innovative solutions for your company.
For the first time, we have a multitude of clean job openings, money pouring into these industries and scaleable solutions ready to cut emissions. While there is lots of work to still do, we have many wins to celebrate this Earth Day. It’s not too late, so join the progress: Start Here.
Can’t Miss Webinar on Project Gigaton: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
Walmart’s recent success in engaging their suppliers for climate action in Project Gigaton made headlines, and they are ready to unpack their lessons learned. Originally designed in collaboration with EDF, we helped build the roadmap for Project Gigaton that has slashed 1 Gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions from Walmart’s supply chain. Now, you can learn how it’s done! Listen in on Walmart, Environmental Defense Fund and Procter & Gamble’s discussion on the theory of change driving the initiative, crucial learnings from this commitment and the levers of corporate action.
Ultimately, Project Gigaton’s success hinged on many elements ranging from setting the right expectations to holistic approaches for supplier engagement that found the “hot spots” for impact. Dive deeper into the details: Watch Webinar.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
EDF’s Net Zero Action Accelerator invites you to a series of free business sustainability webinars! Tailored specifically for a business audience, you’ll learn to enhance your knowledge and expertise in climate mitigation across sectors for climate action.
Strategic Roadmaps for SBTi Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Targets: Prioritizing Action for Impact
Thursday, May 9, 2pm EST (Register Here)
Employee Engagement on Climate – Show & Tell
Tuesday, May 21, 12pm EST (Register Here)
Exploring the Supplier Cascade: A Practical Framework for Supply Chain Decarbonization
Thursday, May 30, 11am EST (Register Here)
The Supplier Sustainability Skills Gap: Going Beyond Supplier Engagement to Supplier Education
Tuesday, June 4, 12pm EST (Register Here)
Best Practices for Unlocking Supplier Engagement on Your Net Zero Journey
Tuesday, June 18, 11am EST (Register Here)
That’s all for this month. See you next time!
Start Your Journey to Net Zero: Find a Pathway
How do you get buy-in to set a net zero goal? What happens after you’ve made a climate commitment? How do you start tackling emissions in your operations or supply chain? Follow our pathways to access actionable guidance on accelerating your company’s net zero journey.
