This week in ESG news: Australia passes mandatory climate reporting law; Google signs carbon removal deal at landmark $100/ton price; Bain survey finds CEOs losing focus on sustainability as it becomes more important to consumers and corporate buyers; SEC fines Keurig over coffee pod recycling claims; Oracle launches sustainability data and reporting solution; HSBC launches […]
WaterEquity, a US-based asset manager focused on social and environmental impact-based investments in the areas of water and sanitation, announced that it had raised over $100 million for its new Water & Climate Resilience Fund, which seeks to bring together investment partners to support efforts to enhance water stewardship, sustainable development, and climate resilience.
Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday announced the purchase of 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Mexico-based Toroto, a company that develops projects to enhance and restore ecosystems and reduce the impact of climate change. The nature-based carbon credits were generated by a project removing atmospheric carbon dioxide in the state of Campeche, in the […]
Die nachhaltige Transformation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft erfordert innovative Finanzierungsansätze. Impact Investing hat sich als wesentliche Lösung etabliert, um positive soziale und ökologische Veränderungen zu bewirken.
Kaum ein Trend hat die Finanzmärkte in der letzten Dekade ähnlich stark umgetrieben wie die Entwicklungen im Bereich ESG. Bei der Anlageentscheidung achteten viele Investoren nicht mehr ausschließlich auf zu erwartende Renditeaussichten, sondern ließen in ihre Entscheidungen auch Fragen zur Nachhaltigkeit oder auch der Ethik von Geschäftsmodellen einfließen.
Brookfield Asset Management announced today the launch of a new strategic funding partnership with low carbon electrofuels (eFuels) provider Infinium, with Brookfield committing to invest up to $1.1 billion to accelerate the company’s eFuels platform and its production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF).
Low carbon biofuels producer Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (HLCP)announced that it has closed a $205 million tax equity financing with Bank of America to support its North Dakota-based biofuel carbon capture and storage project, marking the first financing of its kind since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced today plans to scale back its workforce and exit a battery materials production site, following challenges the company is facing in ramping up its ambitious gigafactory buildout plans, and citing a “challenging macroeconomic environment.” The announcements form the initial outcomes from Northvolt’s strategic review, launched by the company in July. Founded […]
Große Unternehmen erwägen, Europa zu verlassen. Der Grund sind ausufernde Vorschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit. Warum die USA für sie attraktiver sind.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, announced today that it was pushing out requirements for asset managers to comply with some of the new “naming and marketing rules” for sustainability-related investment products to April 2025, to give more time for firms to meet […]
The Asian Development Bank announced the approval of a new roadmap aimed at helping the bank scale up support for key challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, including a new commitment to reach more than $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030, and for climate finance to reach 50% of its total […]
Australia’s House of Representatives voted today to pass the Treasury Laws Amendment bill, including new introduce mandatory climate-related reporting requirements for large and medium sized companies, including disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities, and on greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain, starting as soon as 2025 for the largest companies.
McKinsey says that Spain and Portugal can lead the transition to green energy through incentive schemes, stable regulation and substantial grid deployment. The shift to renewable energy is central to reducing emissions in line with Paris Agreement commitments. The International Energy Agency says that energy-related emissions rose by 1.1% in 2023 to reach a record […]
This week in ESG news: Microsoft launches new supplier decarbonization team for cloud and AI; competition for clean energy from data centers forces megaton carbon capture project out of state; EcoVadis acquires human rights analytics provider; ESMA report finds transition funds outpacing sustainability funds; Australia senate passes climate disclosure law; new sustainable investing products from […]
In den vergangenen Jahren hat der Druck von Investoren sichtbare Veränderungen bei großen US-amerikanischen Unternehmen bewirkt. Verpflichtungen, Ungleichheit zu bekämpfen und vielfältige Belegschaften zu unterstützen, sind mittlerweile Standard. Etwa 80 Prozent dieser Unternehmen veröffentlichen ihre CO2-Emissionen und versuchen aktiv, Verpackungen und andere Abfälle zu reduzieren. Große Vermögensverwalter wie BlackRock und Vanguard sprachen offen über die […]
