{"id":89325,"date":"2020-02-07T17:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T22:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=89325"},"modified":"2020-02-07T17:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T22:13:03","slug":"reuters-equinor-broadens-scope-of-carbon-targets-to-match-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=89325","title":{"rendered":"(Reuters) Equinor broadens scope of carbon targets to match rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRepsol has shown the net zero 2050 ambition we need,\u201d said Edward Mason, head of responsible investments at the Church of England, which has been buying shares in oil and gas companies so it can push them to make stronger climate commitments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquinor is doing some great stuff, particularly on (Scope 1 and 2 emissions), but I\u2019m not sure a pledge to halve carbon intensity by 2050 does it any more,\u201d he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Equinor, which has been building a renewables business mainly focused on offshore wind, will also achieve its renewable investment target sooner than planned, its chief financial officer told Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/us-equinor-results\/equinor-broadens-scope-of-carbon-targets-to-match-rivals-idUKKBN2000HB\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Equinor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Equinor<\/a> commits to including Scope 3 emissions in its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GHG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GHG<\/a> reduction targets. If met with clear actions and investment choices, commitments like these can help deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netzero?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#netzero<\/a> emissions by 2050. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUGreenDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUGreenDeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMRXa9yji8\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMRXa9yji8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WS EU Energy (@WS_EUEnergy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WS_EUEnergy\/status\/1225805003719266304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRepsol has shown the net zero 2050 ambition we need,\u201d said Edward Mason, head of responsible investments at the Church of England, which has been buying shares in oil and gas companies so it can push them to make stronger<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=89325\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,589,683,140,168,108,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england-coe","category-corporationscorporate-life","category-ecology","category-energy-natural-resources","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-religion-culture","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89327,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89325\/revisions\/89327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}