Net Zero Progress Stalls as AI Emissions Surge

Global companies urged to embrace AI to reach net zero targets

While over half (52%) of firms have successfully reduced emissions since the Paris Agreement in 2016, progress on full net zero targets has ...

Net Zero Progress Stalls as AI Emissions Surge - Accenture

Accenture's latest analysis reveals a critical gap in corporate climate action, with only 16% of major companies on track for 2050 net zero ...

Accenture: 84% of Global Companies Off Track for Net Zero Goals ...

AI adoption for decarbonization remains low at 14%, with AI-related emissions projected to increase 10-fold by 2030. European companies lead in ...

Accenture Report: How AI Threatens Corporate Net Zero Goals

Accenture research shows 45% of largest firms increased emissions despite pledges, while artificial intelligence could add 718m tonnes of ...

Destination net zero: Fast-tracking progress - Accenture

AI is emerging as a key accelerant of decarbonization, but only 14% of companies are using it to tackle emissions. Increased adoption is crucial ...

Survey: Corporate climate progress stalling despite growing ...

"The window for companies to increase ambition and take decisive action to limit global warming to 1.5C is rapidly narrowing, but AI has the ...

Only 16% of Largest Companies on Track for Net Zero Goals with ...

The report found that while full net zero target-setting has stalled at 37%, more than half (52%) of companies have cut both carbon emissions ...

US climate change targets threatened by tech energy surge from AI

The latest report from BloombergNEF this week warned of the slower US progress on decarbonisation, predicting emissions would be reduced by as ...

Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power

AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America's power grid to the brink. Utilities can't keep up. · Projected new energy demand ...

Many Companies Will Not Meet Their Net Zero Goals, NTT Finds

An NTT survey reveals 95% of enterprises are falling short of their net zero carbon goals, as leaders seek to harness technologies like AI ...

A sector progress tracker for the net-zero transition | McKinsey

This interactive tracker aims to measure the progress and preparedness of ten key sectors on the path to achieving global net-zero emissions by 2050.

Google data centre expansion leads to surge in carbon emissions

Google has pledged to achieve net zero across its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and to run on carbon-free energy during ...

Google blames AI as its emissions grow instead of heading to net zero

Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going “net zero”, meaning it would release no more ...

US Climate Goals at Risk: AI Surge and Slow Renewable Growth ...

US on track for only a 22% emissions reduction by 2030, far below the 50% target under the Paris Agreement. · $41 trillion investment needed to ...

Asia Pacific Net Zero Economy Index 2023 - PwC

At PwC, we recently released the 15th Net Zero Economy Index, our annual indicator of progress towards reducing energy-related CO2 emissions and ...

Corporate Decarbonisation Stalls but Leaders Gain $200m Annually

This is according to the 2024 BCG + CO2 AI Carbon Emissions ...

How companies are starting to back away from green targets

Large corporations, including Unilever, Bank of America and Shell, have in the past year dropped or missed goals to cut emissions or to shrink ties with the ...

Net Zero Tracker on LinkedIn: 'Greenstalling': Are businesses getting ...

Using research from the Net Zero Tracker, this article takes note of the rapid progress made by firms in target setting, with such targets having risen by more ...

Google Emissions Grow 48% in Five Years Owing to AI Expansion

Google's net zero target hangs in the balance as its reliance on energy-hungry data centers to power its rapidly expanding fleet of artificial ...

Misleading ESG Statements: Invesco Fined $17.5m by the SEC

Companies ramp up climate goals, but value chain targets stall ... The recently released Destination Net Zero report from Accenture indicates that ...