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"The Biden administration plans to require the largest federal contractors to
set targets for slashing their greenhouse gas emissions in line with goals
established under the Paris climate accord in 2015. The proposed rule,
announced on Wednesday, could have wide repercussions throughout corporate
America as the U.S. federal government is the world’s largest consumer of goods
and services.
The administration’s new proposal would also require that contractors make
their emissions public as well as detail the risks climate change poses to
their business. The list of the largest suppliers to the federal government
includes aerospace giants like Boeing and Lockheed Martin as well as
pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Moderna.
The announcement comes as leaders from around the world met in Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt, at a United Nations climate summit, where the Biden administration is
under pressure to help developing countries already shouldering the burden of
rising temperatures, while cutting its own emissions. According to the
Washington Post, which broke the news, Biden is expected to tout the new plan
when he arrives at the meeting on Friday.
With more than $630 billion in purchases over the past fiscal year, the U.S.
government is the world’s biggest buyer by a landslide. A fact sheet from the
White House says that climate change poses significant financial risks to the
government through disruptions to supply chains, such as when heat waves lead
to power outages."
Via
Future Crunch issue 191:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
