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Infrastructure Sustainability-focused Satellite and AI Startup AiDash Raises $58.5 Million

Infrastructure Sustainability-focused Satellite and AI Startup AiDash Raises $58.5 Million

Infrastructure Sustainability-focused Satellite and AI Startup AiDash Raises $58.5 Million. Infrastructure sustainability-focused enterprise software startup AiDash announced that it has raised $58.5 million in a Series C funding round, with proceeds from the financing to be used to help infrastructure industries become more climate resilient and sustainable. Founded in 2019, AI Dash provides solutions using […]

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ISSB Publishes Digital Taxonomy for Sustainability Disclosures

ISSB Publishes Digital Taxonomy for Sustainability Disclosures

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) announced the publication of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy (ISSB Taxonomy), a new digital tool aimed at enabling investors to analyze sustainability-related financial disclosures based on the ISSB’s recently released sustainability and climate-related reporting standards. According to an IFRS statement announcing the new tool, the new Taxonomy […]

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Guest Post: Companies Remain Largely Unprepared for Heightened Climate Risk

Guest Post: Companies Remain Largely Unprepared for Heightened Climate Risk

Physical climate risks are on the rise. However, progress on adaptation still varies, leaving some financial and non-financial corporates vulnerable. Paul Munday, Director and Global Climate Adaptation and Resilience Specialist at S&P Global Ratings, explains Extreme weather events and chronic physical climate risks are worsening globally. If mitigation efforts are not stepped up, by 2030, […]

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83% of Companies Say Collecting Accurate Data for CSRD Reporting Requirements will be a Challenge: Workiva Survey

83% of Companies Say Collecting Accurate Data for CSRD Reporting Requirements will be a Challenge: Workiva Survey

More than 4 out of 5 professionals involved in corporate reporting say that collecting accurate data to comply with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be a challenge, yet most companies plan to align their reporting with the new regulation, even if they don’t need to, according to a new survey released by […]

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Bloomberg Launches Sustainability Screening Tool for Investors

Bloomberg Launches Sustainability Screening Tool for Investors

Business and financial markets information service provider Bloomberg announced the launch of a new tool aimed at helping investors assess and screen portfolios, funds and indices based customized sustainability criteria and thresholds, available on the Bloomberg Terminal. According to Bloomberg, the new tool aims to help investors make investment decisions and meet regulatory compliance, amidst […]

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EU Approves 2 Year Delay to Sustainability Reporting Obligations for Specific Sectors and non-EU Companies

EU Approves 2 Year Delay to Sustainability Reporting Obligations for Specific Sectors and non-EU Companies

EU member states in the European Council announced that they have approved a directive delaying the adoption of standards for companies to provide sector-specific sustainability disclosures and for sustainability reporting from companies outside of the EU under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The announcement by the EU Council marks the final decision-making step in […]

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G7-Staaten verabreden Kohleausstieg bis 2035

G7-Staaten verabreden Kohleausstieg bis 2035

Bedeutet: Auch Deutschland würde drei Jahre früher aus der Kohle aussteigen als derzeit gesetzlich verankert. Der britische Energiestaatssekretär Andrew Bowie hatte die Einigung zum Kohleausstieg bis 2035 gestern Abend öffentlich gemacht und sie als historisch bezeichnet: „Das ist eine historische Übereinkunft, die wir bei der UN-Klimakonferenz in Dubai im vorigen Jahr nicht erreichen konnten“, sagte […]

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ESG: Von Hanf bis Klimawand – Finalisten der DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2024 stehen fest

ESG: Von Hanf bis Klimawand – Finalisten der DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2024 stehen fest

Bei der diesjährigen DGNB Sustainability Challenge, dem Innovationswettbewerb der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB), gab es mit 145 Einreichungen einen Teilnehmerrekord. Aus den Bewerbungen wählte die Jury jeweils drei Finalisten in den Kategorien „Innovation“, „Forschung“ und „Start-up“ aus. Hinzu kommen drei Nominierte für den erstmals vergebenen Sonderpreis „Biodiversität“. Kategorienübergreifend wird es zusätzlich einen Publikumspreis […]

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Stafford Capital Partners startet Vorzeigeprogramm zur Dekarbonisierung von Private Equity

Stafford Capital Partners startet Vorzeigeprogramm zur Dekarbonisierung von Private Equity

LONDON, 29. April 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stafford Capital Partners („Stafford”), eine führende internationale Investment- und Beratungsgruppe für private Märkte mit einem verwalteten Vermögen von 7,9 Mrd. USD, hat ihr Flaggschiffprogramm zur Dekarbonisierung von Private Equity aufgelegt, das auf Private-Equity-Investoren zugeschnitten ist, die den CO2-Fußabdruck ihrer Portfolios reduzieren und zur Erreichung ihrer Netto-Null-Ziele beitragen wollen, während […]

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