{"id":3816,"date":"2021-04-27T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smechdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2591"},"modified":"2024-01-13T14:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T13:19:13","slug":"the-climate-pledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/the-climate-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block-65a28dd0dc9b0\"  class=\"hero-section align-content-top climate-pledge\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TCP_Banner_Template_700x1100px.jpg');min-height: 380px;background-size: contain;background-position: 50%;background-repeat: no-repeat;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-content text\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">Net zero carbon<\/h1>\n\n        <div class=\"hero-description\"><h1 class=\"hero-title\">by 2040<\/h1><\/div>\n  \n    <\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div id=\"block-652ede3b8b430\"  class=\"banner-with-image align-content-top no-image pt-half pb-half\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Climate Pledge and the SME Climate Hub are collaborating to help business leaders take robust climate action. The SME Climate Hub caters specifically to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with under 500 employees. Through the SME Climate Hub, small businesses can make an internationally recognized climate commitment, take action, and measure and communicate their progress towards emissions reductions through the Hub\u2019s tools and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Climate Pledge is a cross-sector community of companies supported by organizations and partners in the climate sector, working together to crack the climate crisis and solve the challenges of decarbonizing our economy. Bringing together those that are prepared to run the furthest and fastest, The Climate Pledge calls on signatories to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040\u201410 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. 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