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Exponential Roadmap Initiative kicks off work to accelerate carbon removals
Carbon dioxide removal is required to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But removals have to accelerate rapidly. That’s why Exponential Roadmap Initiative has started work aimed at incentivising companies to finance removals in addition to reducing emissions – and eventually get rewarded for it through a global standard.
Climate reporting standards are insufficient: New paper by Oxford Net Zero, Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Current climate reporting standards are not incentivising the big picture innovations necessary to deliver net zero, and must be expanded to include a company’s broader influence on climate action, says a new paper from experts at Oxford Net Zero and Exponential Roadmap Initiative.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative unveils vision for a net zero operating space for business
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative releases a thought piece on what a net zero operating space for businesses looks like, offering KPIs and goals companies can set to transform towards being compatible with a net zero world.
SME Climate Hub launches Nordics campaign to mobilise SMEs in the region
The SME Climate Hub launches its Nordics campaign, an initiative designed to mobilize small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Nordic countries to take decisive climate action.
Global coalition launches at London Climate Action Week to boost national climate plans ahead of critical UN deadline
A coalition of real economy leaders called “Mission 2025” – representing Mayors, Governors, CEOs, investors and citizens – launched on Monday, 24 June, during London Climate Action Week, urging governments to align their upcoming national climate plans with the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
New guide highlights actions companies can take to assess and align membership in business associations with climate ambition
A new guide now presents concrete actions that companies can take to assess and align membership in business associations with the 1.5℃ climate ambition.
Financing climate solutions: challenges and opportunities
How can public and private finance come together to fund the production of climate solutions in both developed and developing countries? Experts from companies, investors and governments offer examples and answers to this question.
Building value chains for the net zero world
Net zero value chains emit next to zero GHG emissions, operating in a circular, renewable, regenerative and waste-free manner. At the recent UNFCCC climate change conference (SB60) in Bonn, Germany, CEO of Vargas Holding, Carl-Erik Lagerkrantz and CEO of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk discussed advancing net zero value chains.
Accelerating the energy and materials transformation through the value chain
Companies highlighted why and how they are driving the energy and materials transformation through the value chain at a broadcast session during the UN’s Bonn Climate Change Conference in June.
Of exponential change, climate solutions and business opportunities in the transformation: Q&A with Johan Falk
Speaking with We Don’t Have Time’s Caterina Rolfsdotter-Jansson at the UN Climate Meetings SB60 held in June in Bonn, Germany, CEO and Co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk presented how the initiative works with companies to integrate climate into their strategies.
Public-private collaboration for more ambitious national climate action
Collaboration between companies and national governments can help increase the ambition level of national climate action plans.
Cities, regions and countries leading the way in the green transformation
In the global fight against climate change, local governments are key to implementing innovative solutions to lower emissions and create sustainable, liveable cities.
“Exponential scaling of clean solutions give us better outcomes”: a conversation with Johan Rockström and Johan Falk
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam, Johan Rockström and CEO and Co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Johan Falk discuss why maximum ambition, acceleration and action are essential for tackling climate change.
Speedy Hire joins global ESG leaders as part of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Speedy Hire Plc, the UK’s leading construction equipment hire and specialist service provider, has been accepted into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, which is driving exponential transformation to halve carbon emissions by 2030 through uniting innovative, transformative and disruptive companies.
Neste partners with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Neste and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) have started collaboration aiming to align with the criteria of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion’s Race to Zero. ERI will support Neste with advice on identifying and closing key gaps for meeting the criteria for becoming a member in ERI and the Race to Zero.
Will AI help or harm the planet?
In a comment in the journal Nature, Exponential Roadmap Initiative Co-founder Owen Gaffney together with tech experts from Microsoft and scientists says what’s needed are rapidly developed climate scenarios that explore the impact of AI on the economy and emissions.
Apple joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Apple joins the Exponential Roadmap Initiative. The collaboration will support Apple on its journey to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, and in scaling climate solutions exponentially.
New guide details seven key actions to drive a circular transformation
The new Circular Action Guide offers practical steps for companies to analyse their value chain, product portfolio and business model in order to scale circular climate solutions and fully integrate circularity into their strategic business functions.
Transition plans as a driver for business transformation towards climate solutions: Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s message at COP28
At COP28, Exponential Roadmap Initiative focused its contributions on how transition plans can enable business transformation towards climate solutions – and how climate solutions can be defined.
COP28: Countries agree to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, business key to showing that a rapid phase out is achievable
Exponential Roadmap Initiative stresses the key role of business in driving the fossil fuel phase out as observers largely agree the deal struck at COP28 marks the beginning of the end of the fossil era.
COP28: The role of companies in triggering financial system transformation
At COP28, business and banking representatives discussed what can drive the transformation of the financial system and what role companies can play.
Defining and qualifying climate solutions: new discussion paper out
A discussion paper by Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Oxford Net Zero presents principles and criteria to define and qualify climate solutions and climate solutions companies.
Nordea bank encourages customers to commit to net zero through the SME Climate Hub
Nordea bank is collaborating with the SME Climate Hub and nudging small and medium-sized corporate customers to commit and report via the Hub, piloting the Net-Zero Commitment Loan in Sweden and Denmark with favourable terms for companies that do so. The SME Climate...
Exponential Roadmap Initiative at COP28
Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s COP28 events focus on bringing together experts in science and business to advance companies’ transition towards delivering climate solutions.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative backs business campaign to phase out fossil fuels
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative backs a campaign launched by the We Mean Business Coalition to mobilise business voices for an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the upcoming UN climate change conference, COP28.
Informing the development of the UNFCCC’s Net Zero Recognition and Accountability Framework
Exponential Roadmap Initiative submitted views to an independent consultation led by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to identify barriers that slow progress and limit ambitions on the net zero pledges made by companies, cities and regions and financial institutions.
Oxford Net Zero and Exponential Roadmap Initiative team up to develop and scale guidelines and methods for robust corporate climate action
The Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Oxford Net Zero will collaborate to develop and scale leading standards, guidelines, and methods for companies, non-state actors, and policymakers, as well as advocating for net zero regulation and policy.
Exponential Roadmap Initiative’s commitment to solving the climate crisis recognised at UN Climate Ambition Summit
Johan Falk, CEO and co-founder of the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, participated in the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit on 20 September, in recognition of his and the initiative’s commitment to solving the climate crisis.
A.I. for clean energy: White Paper launched to accelerate project pipeline development globally
The authors propose to use artificial intelligence tools to support the scale-out of clean energy infrastructure globally and achieve tripling of renewable energies by 2030.
1.5°C Business Playbook version 3.0 launched
Exponential Roadmap Initiative launched an updated version of the 1.5° Business Playbook, building on the established four-pillar-climate strategy.