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Umfrage: Ein Drittel muss ESG-Performance des eigenen Immobilien-Portfolios erst noch bestimmen

Umfrage: Ein Drittel muss ESG-Performance des eigenen Immobilien-Portfolios erst noch bestimmen

11. April 2024 | ,

Die ESG-Transformation des eigenen Immobilien-Portfolios stellt institutionelle Investoren weiterhin vor enorme Herausforderungen. Laut der aktuellen „UI Real Estate Investment Insights“-Umfrage von Universal Investment gab etwa ein Drittel der Befragten an, die ESG-Performance des eigenen Portfolios noch nicht ermittelt zu haben. Für rund 50 Prozent stellen Artikel-8-Fonds nach SFDR die entscheidenden ESG-Standards für Unternehmen dar. Diese […]

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ESG-Regulatorik – Wo bleiben die Standards?

ESG-Regulatorik – Wo bleiben die Standards?

11. April 2024 |

Für viele Finanzinstitute ist die MaRisk-Novelle ein weiteres Schreckgespenst hinsichtlich ESG. Denn der Detailgrad ist höher und umfassende ESG-Standards fehlen weiterhin. Doch es gibt auch Vorteile beispielsweise beim Thema Risikomanagement. Das Für und Wider der ESG-Regulatorik.

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Cleantech Startup Mission Zero Raises $28 Million to Scale DAC Carbon Removal Solution

Cleantech Startup Mission Zero Raises $28 Million to Scale DAC Carbon Removal Solution

10. April 2024 | , ,

Climate solutions startup Mission Zero announced that it has raised £21.8 million (USD$27.7 million) in a Series A financing, with proceeds to be used to help scale its Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal technology. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, […]

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Approximately 3,000 U.S. companies must comply with new EU rules, and many are not prepared. Here’s what they should know.

Approximately 3,000 U.S. companies must comply with new EU rules, and many are not prepared. Here’s what they should know.

10. April 2024 |

Many U.S. companies with substantial business in Europe are not prepared for new sustainability disclosure regulations. We are at an inflection point for companies to understand their exposure to upcoming regulations and take concrete action. The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) takes effect next year and should be top of mind. About 50,000 companies […]

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Windfall Bio Raises $28 Million to Scale Methane-Eating-Microbe Industrial Emissions Solution

Windfall Bio Raises $28 Million to Scale Methane-Eating-Microbe Industrial Emissions Solution

8. April 2024 | , ,

Climate solutions startup Windfall Bio announced today that it has raised $28 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at supporting the commercialization of its solution to capture and utilize methane from emissions-intensive industries. Rapid reduction in methane emissions is seen as one of the most effective near-term actions […]

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Chevron, Carbon Direct Capital Invest $45 Million in Carbon Capture Tech Firm ION Clean Energy

Chevron, Carbon Direct Capital Invest $45 Million in Carbon Capture Tech Firm ION Clean Energy

8. April 2024 | , ,

Carbon capture technology provider ION Clean Energy announced that it has raised $45 million from investors including energy giant Chevron’s low-carbon solutions-focused business Chevron New Energies (CNE), who led the round, and carbon management-focused investor Carbon Direct Capital. Founded in 2008, Boulder, Colorado-based ION Clean Energy provides technology aimed at reducing the overall costs of […]

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Nachhaltiges Investieren für institutionelle Anlegerinnen und Anleger leicht gemacht

Nachhaltiges Investieren für institutionelle Anlegerinnen und Anleger leicht gemacht

8. April 2024 |

Nachhaltige Strategien beziehen wesentliche Überlegungen zu Umwelt, Sozialem und Unternehmensführung (ESG) in die Anlageentscheidungen mit ein, um die risikobereinigten Renditen zu verbessern und neben finanziellen Erträgen auch positive umweltbezogene oder soziale Auswirkungen zu unterstützen. Hat eine Institution ihren strategischen Anlageprozess definiert, geht es an die Implementierung und damit an die Auswahl der passenden Anlagestrategie. Damit […]

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Investors Engaged on Energy Transition

Investors Engaged on Energy Transition

8. April 2024 | , ,

Over half of investors globally believe they can significantly influence energy transition progress through their strategies, according to investment manager Nuveen’s fourth annual EQuilibrium institutional investor survey. Fifty-seven percent of the 800 surveyed institutional investors – who collectively manage US$18 trillion in assets – said they had or were seeking exposure to alternative energies including […]

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Japan Issues Impact Investing Guidelines

Japan Issues Impact Investing Guidelines

8. April 2024 | ,

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has finalised new guidelines on impact investing, setting out four principles for market participants to refer to when structuring and financing investment projects that have social and environmental benefits. The four key principles of impact investment are: intentionality; additionality; identification, measurement and management of impact; and innovation, transformation and acceleration. […]

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Norwegian Investors Choose Voting Over Divesting

Norwegian Investors Choose Voting Over Divesting

8. April 2024 | ,

Norway’s five largest investors supported the majority of climate resolutions filed at oil and gas majors in 2023, according to research by activist group Follow This. “These Norwegian investors show the world that voting is essential to active ownership,” said Mark van Baal, Founder of Follow This. “Big Oil will only change if shareholders vote […]

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

7. April 2024 |

This week in ESG news: SEC pauses its new climate disclosure rules; JPMorgan, Citi and RBC agree to disclose new climate finance metric; Deloitte survey finds sharp increase in investors implementing sustainable investment policies; Biden awards $20 billion to boost clean energy financing for low income communities; EY launches new sustainable finance hub; U.S. Steel […]

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