Regenerative agriculture-focused platform provider Klim announced that it has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its global expansion and extending its offerings. Agriculture has emerged as a major focus area for climate action, as the sector accounts for a significant proportion of GHG emissions, and is among […]
Air Canada announced that it has signed an agreement with sustainable fuel producer Neste to purchase 77.6 million liters (20.5 million gallons) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline said that the purchase will help it further pursue its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and further its commitment to sustainability goals.
Sympower, an Amsterdam-based provider of flexible energy management and virtual power plant technology, announced that it has raised €21.3 million (USD$22.6 million) in Series B1 financing round, with proceeds aimed at rolling out battery energy storage solutions, funding future mergers and acquisitions, continuing its expansion in Europe, and scaling the company’s operations. Founded in 2015, […]
Companies globally are only incrementally improving the quality of their climate-related disclosures, with only around a third referencing the climate-related financial impact on their financial statements, and nearly sixty percent not yet disclosing transition plans, according to a new study released by global professional services firm EY. The study also found that to date, most […]
Auditing, quality control, and assurance standard-setting body the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) announced the publication of its finalized International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (ISSA 5000), aimed at establishing a new standard for practitioners in carrying out sustainability assurance engagements. The new standard comes as companies are increasingly reporting on sustainability and […]
California-based General Galactic, which is developing methods to generate fossil-free energy, announced that it has raised $8 million in seed funding, bringing total investment in the company to $10 million. Founded in 2023 by former SpaceX and Varda Space Industries engineers Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, General Galactic is developing a modular hardware platform that […]
Delegates at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) achieved an important breakthrough on the first day of the event in Baku, Azerbaijan, reaching consensus on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, key for advancing the establishment and growth of a global carbon market. The consensus will […]
Laut der zweiten jährlich, erscheinenden C-Change-Umfrage des Urban Land Institute (ULI), die auf dem diesjährigen C-Change-Gipfel vorgestellt wurde, geben 93 Prozent der Befragten an, Transformationsrisiken in ihre Immobilieninvestitionsentscheidungen einzubeziehen, was auf das wachsende Bewusstsein und Engagement der Branche hinweist, klimabezogene Risiken in Entscheidungsprozesse zu integrieren.
Zwei Jahre ist es nun her, seit die schwarz-grüne Landesregierung in Nordrhein-Westfalen ihren Zukunftsvertrag auf den Weg gebracht hat. Nordrhein-Westfalen solle zur ersten klimaneutralen Industrieregion Europas werden; dafür soll die klimaneutrale Transformation der Wirtschaft angekurbelt werden, so die Kernbotschaft. Aber auch hinsichtlich der Gründungsförderung hat sich die Landesregierung einiges vorgenommen: Nicht nur möchte man die […]
Ab dem 21. November 2024 gelten neue Regeln für die Namensgebung von Fonds, die ESG- oder Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte im Namen hervorheben. Die neuen Leitlinien der Europäischen Wertpapier- und Marktaufsichtsbehörde (ESMA) richten sich gegen Greenwashing und sollen verhindern, dass Begriffe wie „nachhaltig“, „ESG“, „Impact“, „Transformation“ oder „sozial“ verwendet werden, ohne dass die Anlage den entsprechenden Anforderungen entspricht.
Thorsten Pötzsch, Exekutivdirektor Wertpapieraufsicht und Asset Management bei der Finanzaufsicht Bafin, erklärt im Interview mit FONDS professionell ONLINE, warum eine Überarbeitung der EU-Offenlegungsverordnung zwingend erforderlich ist – und wo seine Behörde Verbesserungsbedarf sieht.
„Die Nachfrage nach ESG- und nachhaltigen Anlagen ist enttäuschend und im Vergleich zu 2020/2021 deutlich zurückgegangen“, sagt Marie Lassegnore von Crédit Mutuel AM. Nun plane die EU eine Anpassung der Regulierung, von der sich einige Marktteilnehmer eine Wiederbelebung der Nachfrage erhoffen.
Recently elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new climate target today, committing to cut UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 81% by 2035, on a 1990 basis. The new target, announced at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, raises the UK’s climate ambition from the 78% target set under Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) announced today that they have achieved a high degree of commonality and interoperability between CDP’s disclosure platform and the EU’s recently adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The organizations added that they will continue to work together to further […]
A Dutch appeals court issued a ruling in Shell’s favor, reversing a landmark 2021 ruling holding the company responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from its customers’ use of its products, and ordering the company to dramatically reduce emissions by the end of the decade. In a statement following the ruling, Friends of the […]
