„Der Weltwassertag am 22. März erinnert jährlich an unser wichtigstes Grundnahrungsmittel“, sagt Scope-Analystin Sina Hartelt. Für Anleger stehen 20 Aktienfonds zur Verfügung, die ein Engagement in das Thema Wasser ermöglichen. Sina Hartelt hat Bilanz gezogen, was die Produkte geleistet haben.
Clean energy developer Solarig announced today that it will develop a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Spain, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes (approximately 75 million liters) of SAF per year. The company anticipates that it will invest €780 million (USD$847 million) in the new plant, located in in Parque Empresarial del […]
Immer mehr Banken ermitteln ökologische, soziale und Governance-Risiken (ESG) im Rahmen ihres Risikomanagements. Doch für das Pricing und in der Vergabepraxis von Krediten spielen diese laut aktueller Daten häufig kaum eine Rolle – noch.
There’s an element of diversity to the actions of world-leading technology companies. Despite their differences, they all push towards the same goals Sustainability is largely driven by companies’ strategies to eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or the social impact of an organisation, but without targets and deadlines, there is no way of benchmarking certain metrics.
Für die Studie „The Green Tipping Point“ hat JLL weltweit 21 Städte unter die Lupe genommen. Die höchste Angebotslücke an ökologisch nachhaltigen Büroflächen weisen demnach US-amerikanische Metropolen mit durchschnittlich 81 Prozent auf, dahinter folgen mit 60 Prozent asiatisch-pazifische Ballungsräume und mit 54 Prozent europäische Metropolen. Mit elf Prozent fällt das Defizit in London am geringsten […]
U.S. Steel and carbon capture technology provider CarbonFree announced a new agreement aimed at launching a new project to capture up to 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year at U. S. Steel’s integrated steel mill in Gary, Indiana. According to CarbonFree, the project will be the first commercial-scale carbon capture utilization plant at […]
The IKEA Foundation, a strategic philanthropy funded by IKEA owner INGKA Foundation, announced that it will invest $100 million to support the Leapfrogging Partnership, a new project launched by vehicle electrification-focused initiative Drive Electric Campaign, aimed at advancing decarbonized road transportation in emerging markets. Launched in 2021 by Climateworks Foundation, the Drive Electric Campaign focuses […]
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced today that it has reached agreements with three major North American banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citi and RBC, to publicly disclose a new climate reporting metric outlining their ratios of clean energy to fossil fuel finance. The new agreements follow the filing of shareholder resolutions in January by […]
Solar, Wind, Batterien, E-Autos und autonomes Fahren sind bahnbrechende Technologien und Innovationen, die das fossilbasierte Zeitalter schnell beenden werden. Diese disruptiven Veränderungen werden die eng verknüpften Märkte für Energie und Mobilität dezentralisieren und vollständig umgestalten. In den nächsten zehn Jahren steht der größte Wandel im Energiesektor und im Transportsektor seit über 120 Jahren bevor.
Verkehrsbedingte Emissionen steigen weiter, während die der EU-Gesamtwirtschaft bereits sinken. Sinken die Emissionen des Verkehrs nicht auch, rückt das europäische Ziel, bis 2050 Netto-Null-Emissionen zu erreichen, in weite Ferne. Es sei zwar, so die Autoren der Analyse, unwahrscheinlich, dass die verkehrsbedingten Emissionen ihren jüngsten Spitzenwert aus dem Jahr 2019 wieder erreichen würden, doch wenn keine […]
Environmental data provider Iceberg Data Lab (IDL) announced today that it has raised $10 million at the first close of its Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the company’s expansion and to strengthen its product offerings. Launched in 2019, Paris-based Iceberg Data Lab provides data solutions for financial institutions to measure and […]
Energy products manufacturer Phillips 66 today announced that it has converted its San Francisco oil refinery in Rodeo, California to process only renewable feedstocks, and is now producing approximately 30,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel, with the commercial-scale production marking a significant milestone in its project to operate one of the world’s largest renewable […]
Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s middle-market focused private equity team Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) announced the acquisition of energy efficiency and sustainability-focused services and solutions provider Resource Innovations. Founded in 2016, San Francisco-based Resource Innovations works with organizations including utilities, government agencies and corporate clients to help meet their energy transition and decarbonization goals. The […]
A Dutch appeals court began hearings on an appeal brought by energy giant Shell against a landmark 2021 ruling holding the company responsible for greenhouse gas emissions resulting from its customers’ use of its products, and ordering the company to dramatically reduce emissions by the end of the decade. In a statement released by Shell […]
Als die Nettoabflüsse aus ESG-Anlagen (Umwelt, Soziales, Unternehmensführung) Ende vergangenen Jahres um nur 0,1% zurückgingen, wurde in einigen Publikationen das Armageddon ausgerufen. Das gleicht einer Fortschrittsverhinderung in Aktion.
