Nachhaltiges investieren und ESG bleiben wichtig, zumindest in Europa und der APAC-Region. So das Ergebnis einer Umfrage von Robeco unter 300 Investoren. In Nordamerika hingegen, schließt der Rekordwert von 46 Prozent Zusagen zur Klimaneutralität aus – und das ist nicht das einzige alarmierende Ergebnis.
Global professional services firm Capgemini, and energy and automation digital solutions provider Schneider Electric, announced today a new collaboration, launching the Energy Command Center, a new energy management platform aimed at enabling organizations to monitor and manage the performance of energy assets across their operations, in order to lower energy consumption and support decarbonization goals. […]
Textile recycling startup Syre announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series A financing round, aimed at supporting the company’s buildout. Founded earlier this year, Syre was launched by fashion and design brands company H&M Group and impact-focused venture investor Vargas, aimed at mass producing textile-to-textile recycled materials, and enabling a closed […]
IBM announced the addition of AI-powered emissions planning and forecasting capabilities to its ESG data collection, analysis and reporting platform IBM Envizi, aimed at enabling companies to streamline and enhance their sustainability planning and climate strategies. According to IBM, the new capabilities are aimed at helping companies to guide their planning to towards their emissions […]
The UK government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority announced today the launch of a new package of consultations, proposing expanding the ETS carbon pricing system to new sectors, including the energy from waste and waste incineration sectors, and on integrating greenhouse gas removals into the ETS. Launched in 2021 to replace the UK’s participation in […]
“ESG-Risiken sind zu groß, um sie als Investor zu ignorieren” Dass das Risikoumfeld für Unternehmen auch in Zukunft herausfordernd sein könne, darauf weise der Risikobericht des Weltwirtschaftsforums hin. Unter den Toprisiken auf Sicht der kommenden zehn Jahre dominierten einmal mehr die Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken: vier aus dem Umweltbereich mit “Extremwetter”, “Veränderung der Erdsysteme”, “Biodiversitätsverlust” und “Ressourcenknappheit”; zudem […]
Der neue Global ESG Survey der BNP Paribas zeigt: In immer mehr Bereichen und Prozessen der Geschäftstätigkeit von Asset Managern und Asset Ownern werden ESG-relevante Aspekte integriert. Thorsten Gommel berichtet, dass institutionelle Investoren immer häufiger auf das ESG-Know-how von Partnern und Dienstleistern zurückgreifen.
Biogas CO2-focused cleantech startup CryoCollect announced today that it has raised €4 million (USD$4.3 million), including investments from Engie New Ventures, the corporate venture fund of power company Engie, and GTT Strategic Ventures. Founded in 2017, Paris-based CryoCollect develops technologies for gas treatment, purification & liquefaction, for gases such as biomethane, carbon dioxide or hydrogen. […]
Tech Giants Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce announced today the launch of the Symbiosis Coalition, a new advance market commitment (AMC) collaboration aimed at supporting the development and growth of the nature-based carbon removal market, with a collective commitment to contract up to 20 million tons of nature-based carbon removal credits. According to the companies, […]
The vast majority of companies view sustainability as a value creation opportunity, with more than three quarters anticipating potential benefits ranging from higher revenues and profitability to lower cost of capital, although many also expect increased sustainability-related costs and a need for significant investment, according to a new survey released by Morgan Stanley. For the […]
European sustainable venture capital firm ETF Partners announced today that it has raised €285 million (USD$310 million) at the completion of fundraising for its fourth fund. Founded in 2006, London, England-based ETF Partners invests in technology companies, supporting entrepreneurs and innovations addressing the global challenges presented by the climate crisis and enabling significant environmental impact.
Google announced today a new partnership with energy provider Haminan Energia to recover heat from its data center in Hamina, Finland, and to provide it to the local heating network. Data centers globally are responsible a growing share of climate impact, already reaching up to 2% of the world’s carbon emissions, nearly equivalent to that […]
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced today the launch of the BNP Paribas Easy MSCI ACWI SRI S-Series PAB 5% Capped UCITS ETF, a new exchange traded fund aimed at providing investors with developed and emerging markets exposure to companies with high ESG standards and with low and improving greenhouse gas emissions. Launched as […]
Building materials company Holcim announced that it has broken ground on its new GO4ZERO plant in Belgium, engineered to produce net zero cement, and supporting European decarbonization goals. Planned investment in the new plant is expected to reach over €500 million, with the facility engineered to produce 2 million tons of net zero cement annually […]
Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced a new agreement to provide discounted mortgages aimed at promoting the construction of new climate-friendly homes and energy-efficiency modernizations of existing housing in Germany. Under the new program, the EIB Group will guarantee a €150 million mezzanine tranche in a consumer loan securitization with Deutsche […]
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