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Renewable Energy Policy

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Net Zero - 2050

Net Zero Emissions by 2050(NZE) - zero GHGs as soon as possible, and by 2050 at the latest

Paris Climate Accords - 2016

The Agreement is a legally binding international treaty signed by 193 Parties (192 countries plus the European Union) The Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal is to keep the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2 C (3.6 F) above pre-industrial levels, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5 C (2.7 F)
review countries commitments every five years;
provide financing to developing countries to mitigate climate change, strengthen resilience and enhance abilities to adapt to climate impacts.

USA

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - 2021

$7.5 billion to build a national network of electric vehicle chargers;
$73 billion in power infrastructure and clean energy transmission
$30 billion for Amtraks development of the Northeast Corridor
$5 billion in zero emission and clean buses and $2.5 billion for ferries.
$7,500 tax credit for new electric vehicles
$4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles
30% tax credit for solar panels, wind energy
Up to $2,000 a year for home efficiency projects
Up to $8,000 of home-energy rebates
Up to $14,000 in rebates for efficient appliances

California - all-electric car mandate

The order requires 35% of new cars sold in the state be electric vehicles by 2026, and 100% by 2035.

European Union

EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU

legally binding measures to encourage efforts to use energy more efficiently in all stages and sectors of the supply chain.

EUROSIF 2021

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a European regulation introduced to improve transparency in the market for sustainable investment products, to prevent greenwashing and to increase transparency around sustainability claims made by financial market participants.

Government Agencies List

ESG Standards and Ratings

  • ESG Reporting

    ESG Reporting.
    Standards

  • ESG Ratings

    ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Rating Agencies

    ESG Ratings

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