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The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is a non-profit organization working to provide material information for investors and financial markets through the integration of climate change-related information into mainstream financial reporting. CDSB operates on the premise that investors and financial institutions can make better and ...
The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act [a] (French: Loi sur la tarification de la pollution causée par les gaz à effet de serre) is a Canadian federal law establishing a set of minimum national standards for carbon pricing in Canada to meet emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. [2]
This decision was later overturned when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal carbon tax was constitutional. [76] In 2019, the first piece of legislation introduced by the newly elected Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, was Bill 1, An Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax. [77] On June 4, 2019, the bill was enacted.
In response to Canada's 2016 ratification of the Paris Agreement which set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, the Canadian federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau passed the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GHGPPA), which came into effect on 21 June 2018, establishing national standards for a carbon price. [3]
In 2015, the FSB created the Task Force in order to develop recommendations of voluntary disclosures for listed companies. However, ahead of the COP26 summit (2021), the UK responded to the clear 'leadership vacuum on climate change governance' [7] to become the first G20 country to mandate 1,300 of the UK's largest private companies to disclose climate-related data in line with the TCFD ...
Carbon Action is an investor-led initiative which shows how companies in investment portfolios are managing carbon emissions and energy efficiency. Over 300 investors with US$25 trillion in assets under management ask the world's highest emitting companies to take three specific actions in response to climate change:
The Carbon Disclosure project allows a range of protocols for reporting to it. [38] Most companies report GHG emissions to CDP using Greenhouse Gas Protocol or a protocol based on it. [ 39 ] The Science Based Targets initiative cites Greenhouse Gas Protocol guidance as part of its criteria and recommendations. [ 40 ]
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) was formed in 2007 in London as part of the Carbon Disclosure Project that began in 2002. The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) was formed in London in August 2010 with the participation of several stakeholders including the Global Reporting Initiative, International Accounting Standards Board, U.S. Financial Accounting Standards ...