The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON Committee) may propose significant reductions in the number of companies required to comply with the EU’s sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations, going well beyond the cuts proposed by the EU Commission’s Omnibus plan, according to a draft amendments report seen by ESG Today.
Italian energy company Eni announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with alternative asset management firm Ares’ alternative credit arm for the sale of a 20% stake in Eni’s renewables, retail and EV charging company Plenitude. Eni said that the stake would be acquired at an equity value of the company between €9.8 […]
Nuclear energy technology startup Realta Fusion announced that it has raised $36 million in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at bringing its modular magnetic mirror fusion energy technology closer to commercialization. Founded in 2022, Wisconsin-based Realta provides technology aimed at enabling the development of the lowest capital and least complex path to […]
Octopus Energy Group announced the launch of a new fund aimed at allowing pension funds and private wealth investors to invest in the energy transition, with access to more than 50 renewable energy projects in 15 countries, including wind, solar and large-scale battery projects. Octopus said that the new CG Octopus Energy Sustainable Growth Fund […]
Startschuss für F&E-Initiative: Immobilienbranche erprobt neuen Standard für rechtssichere und effiziente Berichterstattung. Teilnahme mit allen Immobilien möglich.
Vor 25 Jahren wurde der Pictet Water Fund aus der Taufe gehoben. Anfangs von vielen als viel zu spezielles Thema belächelt, wurde daraus eine Erfolgsstory par excellence. Heute zeigt sich an diesem Beispiel, welche überdurchschnittlichen Chancen Themenfonds langfristig bieten können.
Tokyo-based climate tech company Asuene announced the acquisition of carbon management and accounting platform nZero, marking an expansion for the company into the North American and U.S. greentech and corporate sustainability markets. Founded in 2019, Asuene, with some 10,000 clients worldwide, offers a variety of services supporting companies’ net zero targets, including CO2 emissions measurement, […]
Air New Zealand published new 2030 emissions guidance, a year after removing its 2030 targets – which it had said were no longer achievable – and withdrawing from the Science Based Targets initiative. Under its new guidance, Air New Zealand said that it expects to reduce its “well-to-wake” net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% […]
Eine internationale Studie zeigt: Deutschland hinkt bei ESG-Themen im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern hinterher, während soziale Nachhaltigkeit unter anderem in der Schweiz hoch im Kurs steht. Die Gastautorinnen Eva Baumgart und Jasmin Schreg von Wavestone erklären, woran das liegt und warum das „S“ in ESG für deutsche Kunden so wichtig ist.
Norman Wirth vom AfW erklärt, warum die Öffnung von ESG-Fonds für Rüstungsinvestitionen die Glaubwürdigkeit von nachhaltigen Investitionen aus seiner Sicht gefährden könnte.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s 2025-2026 budget on Friday, which included more than $1 billion in climate change-focused investments, including funding to lower emissions from buildings and accelerate the rollout of electrified transportation.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Friday for the European Commission to eliminate the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requiring companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment across their value chains, as part of a broad move to reduce compliance and regulatory burdens on companies.
The European Central Bank (ECB) released a new opinion on the European Commission’s proposals to simplify and reduce sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies. While welcoming the goal of simplifying requirements for companies, the ECB warned that some of the Commission’s plans could significantly increase risks for investors, the economy and the EU’s […]
Eine Erhebung von Union Investment unter 179 institutionellen Investoren in Deutschland zeigt, welchen Stellenwert Nachhaltigkeit bei den Investmententscheidung hat und wo Profianleger Hürden bei der praktischen Umsetzung sehen.
Die EU-Offenlegungsverordnung ist grundsätzlich eine gute Idee. In der Umsetzung erweist sie sich jedoch als zu komplex und teilweise widersprüchlich. Die Europäische Kommission will das ändern und das Gesetzeswerk praxisnäher gestalten
