Unternehmen stehen vor der Frage, wie sie organisatorisch mit dem Thema Climate Change & ESG umgehen sollen. Die klare Positionierung des Managements hinsichtlich der Bedeutung von ESG-Vorgaben ist entscheidend für eine erfolgreiche Transformation.
The government of France has called for a significant implementation delay and major amendments to some of the key European sustainability reporting and environmental due diligence regulations introduced over the past few years, in a bid to help reduce bureaucratic burdens and simplify compliance obligations for companies, and for small and medium-sized businesses in particular.
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced today that they have raised €450 million (USD$468 million) for their joint Emerging Markets Climate Action Fund (EMCAF), aimed at mobilizing financing for climate-focused projects in emerging and developing countries.
Microsoft and nature-based climate solutions startup re.green announced a new agreement, the second between the companies, expanding their collaboration to restore forests in Brazil to cover an area three times the size of the city of Paris, with Microsoft purchasing carbon removal offtakes from the projects totalling 6.5 million tons.
The US Climate Alliance, a net zero-focused group of 24 U.S. state governors, announced the publication of a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, indicating that they plan to remain committed to the U.S.’ Paris Agreement goals, despite President Trump’s announced withdrawal from the international climate accord.
Aerospace giant Boeing announced an investment in synthetic aviation fuel producer Norsk e-Fuel, becoming a key project development partner of the company, supporting one of Europe’s first industrial-scale Power-to-Liquids facility to help meet growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced today an agreement to acquire UK-based asset leasing business, with the transaction aimed at supporting the company’s growth and its strategy to help businesses transition their fleets to net zero.
Laut einer von Fidelity International in Auftrag gegebenen Umfrage erachtet die Mehrheit der Investoren ESG-Faktoren bei der Asset Allocation nach wie vor als sehr wichtig an. Schwierigkeit bestehen jedoch bei der Messung von Impact-Investments.
The government of Germany is pushing for significant changes to the implementation timeline and reporting requirements of the European Commission’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), including pushing back sustainability reporting obligations for smaller companies by 2 years, and eliminating sector-specific reporting requirements.
In a highly anticipated move, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump confirmed plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, as part of a new policy described by the White House as aimed at “ending Biden’s policies of climate extremism.”
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday that it has withdraw from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a global coalition of central banks aimed at working together on climate and green finance issues.
A group of major European companies, investors and industry associations published a letter to European Commission leaders, expressing concerns that the upcoming “Omnibus” package combining the EU’s key new sustainability reporting and due diligence laws could end up weakening the new rules, undermining business certainty and investment.
This week in ESG news: Net zero investor coalition hits pause after BlackRock exit; Amazon invests $1 billion to decarbonize its delivery network; Apollo, StanChart team up to finance energy transition infrastructure; IKEA to invest $1 billion in circular economy companies; Mars’ new Chief Sustainability Officer; McDonald’s ends DEI goal setting; New York invests $1 […]
Kurse nachhaltiger Investments haben sich zuletzt schwach entwickelt. Doch unter den aktiv gemanagten ESG-Fonds finden sich auch Angebote, die den Index schlagen. Worauf Anleger achten sollten.
Die Erfolgsgeschichte basiert auf einem einfachen aber überzeugenden Investmentansatz: Der Fonds investiert in Unternehmen entlang der gesamten Wasser-Wertschöpfungskette – von der Infrastruktur über Technologie bis hin zu Umweltdienstleistungen. Ein Konzept, das sich als weitsichtig erwiesen hat.
