Global fashion online retailer SHEIN announced the launch of a new Circularity Fund, with the company providing an initial investment of €200 million, aimed at supporting startups in Europe and the UK focused on textile-to-textile circularity solutions. The new fund comes as the fashion industry, and the fast-fashion sector in particular, face increasing pressure to […]
New laws and regulations at the state and federal levels in the U.S. are anticipated to create mandatory requirements for thousands of companies to provide climate-related reporting, in areas including value chain emissions and climate-related risks, even in the potential absence of climate reporting rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a […]
Carbon sequestration technology startup 44.01 announced today that it has raised $37 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at developing and commercializing its technology, and enabling its international expansion. Founded in Oman in 2020, 44.01 provides solutions to eliminate CO2 captured from the air or from hard-to-abate industrial processes by turning […]
Greg Wasserman discusses raising a $385mn climate fund, and the opportunities in climate investing.
Energy and automation digital solutions provider Schneider Electric announced a series of enhancements to its EcoStruxure Resource Advisor energy and sustainability data and reporting platform, with the launch of a suite of new solutions aimed at enabling companies to address new and upcoming sustainability reporting regulatory requirements. According to Schnieder Electric, the updated platform comes […]
Die Studie zeigt, dass die Notwendigkeit zur Dekarbonisierung von Gebäuden und ihrem Betrieb weltweit anerkannt wird. Dennoch gibt es deutliche regionale Unterschiede: In Europa werden 69 Prozent der Befragten aufgefordert Maßnahmen zur Dekarbonisierung umzusetzen, in Asien 66 Prozent und in Nordamerika nur 57 Prozent. Die Motivation für die Dekarbonisierung reicht von Eigeninitiative über rechtliche und […]
Im Jahr 2023 haben 4764 Mitgliedsunternehmen der Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft (EnAW) durch gezielte Massnahmen im Vergleich zu 2013 820’000 Tonnen CO2 eingespart. Dies sind rund 27’000 Tonnen mehr als im Vorjahr und entspricht dem jährlichen CO2-Verbrauch von 900’000 Personen – also beinahe die Einwohnerinnern und Einwohner der Kantone Genf und Luzern zusammen. Das Instrument der […]
This week in ESG news: Amazon sets decarbonization expectations for suppliers, achieves 100% renewable energy; EU regulator ESMA tells companies to get data systems in place for sustainability reporting; Microsoft purchases 500,000 tons of carbon removals from Oxy; KPMG launches climate reporting hub; Bain appoints new sustainability practice leader; BlackRock unveils new voting policy for […]
Free Access: Amazons Sustainability Exchange bietet kostenlos firmeneigene Dekarbonisierungstools an. Schwerpunkte: Sieben Schlüsselbereiche, darunter CO2-freie Energie und Abfallkreislaufwirtschaft, werden abgedeckt. Lieferantenverpflichtung: Lieferanten müssen Dekarbonisierungspläne vorlegen, um ihre Geschäftsbeziehung mit Amazon fortsetzen zu können.
KPMG startet Clear on Climate Reporting Hub für Unternehmenstransparenz Der Klimawandel führt dazu, dass die Finanzberichterstattung von Interessengruppen wie Regulierungsbehörden, Investoren und der Öffentlichkeit zunehmend genauer unter die Lupe genommen wird. Sie fordern Klarheit darüber, wie Unternehmen klimabezogene Themen wie Netto-Null-Verpflichtungen melden.
Governments in the GCC have been urged to use the capital markets to accelerate investment in sustainable projects. By tapping into investment opportunities across the region through the use of sustainable investment funds and other green financial products, as much as US$2 trillion in GDP contribution could be raised by 2030. This is the recommendation […]
Die nachhaltige Transformation der Wirtschaft erfordert viel Geld. Deshalb werden grüne Finanzierungen bei Unternehmen zunehmend beliebter. Wie tragen Banken dazu bei, den nachhaltigen Wandel zu gestalten und wie können Unternehmen davon profitieren?
Canada’s government-backed Canada Growth Fund (CGF) announced the creation of a new strategic partnership with oil and gas producer Strathcona Resources agreement to jointly invest up to C$2 billion (USD$730 million) for the development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) infrastructure on Strathcona’s Saskatchewan and Alberta oil sands facilities. CGF commenced operations in 2023, capitalized […]
Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today that it has developed Star 4, a new high-yielding Arabica coffee variety aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change on the coffee supply chain, and enabling lower greenhouse gas emissions attributes from coffee farming. According to Nestlé, the new coffee variety is being launched as climate […]
Sustainability solutions company ClimeCo announced today the launch of NatureLink, a new tool aimed at matching organizations with fully vetted, high-quality nature-based solution (NBS) projects alinged with their specific goals, budgets and priorities. Nature-based solutions, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified […]
