Submission The United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG): Australian academics call on the UN HLEG to set forth recommendations for minimising greenwashing in Scope 3 avoided emissions claims and net-zero commitments
This submission was made to the United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG), during an open call for contributions. HLEG will publish recommendations for standards to be used in evaluating net-zero emissions commitments by businesses and...
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| Format: | Report |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89322 |
| Summary: | This submission was made to the United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG), during an open call for contributions. HLEG will publish recommendations for standards to be used in evaluating net-zero emissions commitments by businesses and investors.We discuss three scenarios in which such greenwashing occurs.
1. claims about emissions from a natural gas project in an environmental approvals context;
2. decision-making by financial institutions for a natural gas project; and
3. ‘green’ labelling of investment in natural gas. |
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