By: John McCalla-Leacy, Global Head of ESG at KPMG In 1970 a group of committed environmentalists launched a day for the world to come together and commit to positive change. Five decades on, Earth Day remains a key symbolic moment for people like me to raise awareness of the acute climate crisis facing the planet […]
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Microsoft Adds AI-Powered Capabilities to Predict Emissions Impact of Actions to Sustainability Platform
Microsoft announced the addition of a series of new capabilities and features to its sustainability solution, Microsoft Sustainability Manager, including tools to enable users to determine the emissions impact of business decisions, analyze and extract data from ESG-related documents, and assess scenarios for water and waste management. Sustainability Manager forms part of Microsoft’s Cloud for […]
Canada to Require Plastic Producers to Track, Report on Plastics Placed on Market
The Canadian Government announced the launch of a new Federal Plastics Registry requiring plastic producers to report on the quantity and type of plastic they place on the Canadian market, and tracking plastic across its lifecycle in the economy, from production through end of life. According to the government’s statement announcing the launch, the new […]
EU Parliament Approves New Law to Boost Manufacturing of Key Decarbonization Technologies
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 361 – 121 to approve the Net-Zero industry Act (NZIA), a new law aimed at supporting EU manufacturing of key technologies needed to achieve Europe’s climate and energy goals. The NZIA was initially proposed by the European Commission in March 2023, forming one of the key elements of its […]
Hong Kong Exchange to Require IFRS-based Climate Disclosure Beginning 2025
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announced that all listed companies will be required to begin providing mandatory climate-related disclosures based on the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) new reporting standards, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosure beginning as of the 2025 reporting year. The announcement follows the launch by the exchange […]
Marken mit echtem Impact
Verbrauchende verändern ihr Kaufverhalten, aber nur, wenn die Narrative und Geschichten relevant und glaubwürdig sind. Ein Gastbeitrag über nachhaltigen Konsum und die Lücke zwischen Sagen und Machen.
Taxonomiekonformität steigert Verkehrswerte und senkt Finanzierungskosten von Immobilien
Taxonomiequoten sollen bis 2030 deutlich steigen Regulatorik: Branche bemängelt konkrete Umsetzungsanforderungen CO2-Preis verfehlt Lenkungswirkung im Immobiliensegment
Logistik: Grünes Bauen gewinnt: Weleda Cradle Campus gewinnt Polis Award 2024 in der Kategorie „Ökologische Wirklichkeit“
Bei der Verleihung des diesjährigen Polis Awards im Rahmen der Polis Convention in Düsseldorf wurde der Weleda Cradle Campus als Sieger in der Kategorie „Ökologische Wirklichkeit“ ausgezeichnet. Das neue Logistikzentrum der Weleda AG in Schwäbisch Gmünd überzeugte die Jury vor allem durch seine wegweisenden ökologischen Aspekte und seinen ganzheitlichen Nachhaltigkeitsanspruch. Der emissionsfreie, aus Lehm und […]
Bei der Taxonomie nimmt sich die Branche viel vor
Die Taxonomiequoten in den Immobilienportfolios sind überschaubar. So ernüchternd der Status Quo, so ambitioniert die Transformationspläne: Bis 2030 sollen knapp drei Viertel der Portfolios laut einer Umfrage von EY zu mehr als 40% taxonomiekonform sein, bei rund einem Viertel sollen die Bestände sogar zu 81% bis 100% im Einklang mit den Umweltzielen der EU stehen.
Foxconn Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2040
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant Hon Hai Technology Group, known internationally as Foxconn, announced a new pledge to run its worldwide operations on 100% renewable electricity by 2040. The new pledge extends a commitment made by Foxconn in 2022 to use at least 50% green power by 2030. The company’s renewable energy ratio is now greater […]
TotalEnergies, BlackRock’s Vanguard Renewables Launch Waste-to-Clean Fuels Joint Venture
France-based energy giant Total Energies and BlackRock portfolio company Vanguard Renewables announced today an agreement to create a new joint venture to develop, projects to turn food biowaste into renewable natural gas (RNG) in the U.S. RNG, or biomethane, is produced from organic waste, such as agricultural, industrial, and household wastes, and is chemically identical […]
FCA Proposes Anti-Greenwashing and Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Portfolio Managers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, announced the launch of a consultation on a new proposal to extend its new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), including rules aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to […]
EU Parliament Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 374 to 235 to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a key piece of legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment, clearing a major hurdle towards the implementation of the new law, which came into significant doubt […]
Erste Bestandsentwicklung in Erlangen erhält DGNB-Zertifizierung in Gold
Der Investment- und Assetmanager ALÌTUS Capital Partners hat für seine Immobilie Erlangen Business Carrée als erste Bestandsentwicklung in Erlangen eine Zertifizierung in Gold von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) erhalten. ALÌTUS hatte den Büro- und Gewerbekomplex im April 2021 erworben und seitdem durch aktives Asset-Management konsequent weiterentwickelt. Das in den Jahren 2002 bis […]
Dilemma der ESG-Ratings
Die BaFin hält es mit der Branche und geißelt das Angebot der auf Nachhaltigkeit spezialisierten Ratingagenturen als zu teuer. Tatsächlich müsste aber noch mehr investiert werden, um die Qualität zu verbessern, schreibt Rating-Spezialist Oliver Everling.