ESG News

Nachhaltige Finanzierungen insgesamt fallen im ersten Quartal zurück. ESG-Emissionen in Europa sanken um 27%, während speziell nachhaltige Anleihen leicht zulegten.

Nach Daten der Ratingagentur Morningstar verzeichneten europäische ESG-Produkte im ersten Quartal 2025 Abflüsse von rund 1,2 Milliarden Dollar. Klassische Fonds dagegen zogen neue Mittel an.

Japan’s Nippon Steel announced plans to invest ¥870 billion (USD$6.05 billion) to transition from traditional blast furnace steelmaking processes to electric arc furnace (EAF) technology at three of its Japanese plants, in a move aimed at significantly reducing the carbon emissions of steel production. Steelmaking is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally, and […]

Global digital services and consulting firm Infosys announced a new set of commitments under its updated sustainability strategy “Infosys ESG Vision 2030,” including a new goal to become carbon negative by the end of the decade —moving beyond net zero to sequester more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than it emits.

Fusion energy company TAE Technologies announced that it has raised $150 million in a new funding round, with participation from investors including Chevron, Google and NEA. TAE said that the new capital will support its efforts to deliver world’s first commercial fusion power.

Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and accounting organizations AICPA & CIMA announced today the launch of the Sustainability Reporting and ESG Data Management Programme, a new executive management program focused on sustainability reporting strategies. According to Amir Amel-Zadeh, Associate Professor of Accounting at Saïd Business School, the new course comes as companies face a series […]

Multinational chemicals company DuPont announced a major milestone in its global sustainability journey, with 100% of its grid electricity across all EU operations now coming from renewable sources. According to DuPont, the achievement has been made possible through the use of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and on-site solar energy. The company said that the announcement […]

Ein internes Papier des Wirtschaftsministeriums zeigt: Das Gesetz zur CO2-Speicherung könnte im Eilverfahren durchgehen. Allerdings droht Ärger mit Ländern, Verbänden – und Teilen der SPD.

H2 Mobility hat gemeinsam mit der Rheinbahn und den Stadtwerken Düsseldorf die nach eigenen Angaben leistungsstärkste Wasserstofftankstelle Europas eröffnet. Die Anlage am Höherweg verfügt über eine Tageskapazität von bis zu fünf Tonnen Wasserstoff und kann dank patentangemeldeter Technologie drei Fahrzeuge gleichzeitig betanken. Ab 2026 soll ein 2-MW-Elektrolyseur der Stadtwerke Düsseldorf die Station mit lokal produziertem […]