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AWS Signs Renewable Energy Purchase Deal in India with Gentari

AWS Signs Renewable Energy Purchase Deal in India with Gentari

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Malaysian clean energy solutions provider Gentari announced that they have signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), supporting a new 80 MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu, India. The new wind project is anticipated to begin operations in mid-2027, and to generate approximately 300,000 MWh of renewable energy annually.

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Fortescue Turns to China for $2 Billion Loan to Fund Decarbonization as U.S. “Steps Back” from Green Investments

Fortescue Turns to China for $2 Billion Loan to Fund Decarbonization as U.S. “Steps Back” from Green Investments

Australia-based iron ore mining company Fortescue announced that it has secured a RMB 142. Billion (USD$2 billion) Renminbi denominated (RMB) Syndicated Term Loan Facility, with proceeds to be used to support its decarbonization efforts, as well as for general corporate purposes. The RMB Syndicated Term Loan of its kind by an Australian corporate. In a […]

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EBA Instructs Regulators to Hold off on Enforcement of ESG Disclosure Requirements for Banks

EBA Instructs Regulators to Hold off on Enforcement of ESG Disclosure Requirements for Banks

EU banking supervisor The European Banking Authority (EBA) announced the publication of a no action letter, recommending that regulators not prioritize the enforcement of new ESG Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for banks, as it awaits clarity on the outcome of the European Commission’s Omnibus initiative to simplify sustainability reporting and compliance obligations. The no action […]

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: U.S. court greenlights multi-state climate antitrust suit against BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street; UK’s FCA to simplify ESG reporting for asset managers, insurers; SHEIN fined for greenwashing; Florida launches investigation into CDP, SBTi; BBVA sees surge in sustainable finance activity; UBS leaves the Net Zero Banking Alliance; Amazon buys low carbon […]

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Neuer CDP-Bericht zeigt: Unternehmen können durch Klimaschutzmaßnahmen eine siebenfache Rendite erzielen

Neuer CDP-Bericht zeigt: Unternehmen können durch Klimaschutzmaßnahmen eine siebenfache Rendite erzielen

Unternehmen, die auf Grundlage von Daten zu Klimarisiken handeln, können bei der Risikominderung eine Kapitalrendite von bis zu 21:1 erzielen, mit einem durchschnittlichen ROI von 7:1. Im Jahr 2024 erschlossen 12 % der offenlegenden Unternehmen Umweltpotenziale im Wert von 4.4 Billionen US-Dollar, wobei 13.2 Billionen US-Dollar noch ungenutzt bleiben. Unternehmen in Japan und Kanada sind […]

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Lyten Acquires Bankrupt Battery Giant Northvolt

Lyten Acquires Bankrupt Battery Giant Northvolt

Advanced materials company Lyten announced an agreement to buy most of the key assets of bankrupt EV battery company Northvolt, with plans to restart operations and to continue the expansion of battery manufacturing capacity, citing opportunities beyond electric vehicles, including providing energy solutions for data centers. The agreement, which follows previous Northvolt asset acquisitions by […]

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BTG Pactual TIG Awarded $750 Million Sustainable Timberland Investment Mandate by Nest

BTG Pactual TIG Awarded $750 Million Sustainable Timberland Investment Mandate by Nest

UK pension scheme Nest announced the appointment of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) to implement a strategy providing its members with exposure to sustainably managed timberland across key geographies in the Americas. As part of the agreement, Nest has committed an initial $750 million to BTG Pactual TIG. The new appointment follows […]

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Why The Green City of Sharm El-Sheikh is a Model for Sustainable Living

Why The Green City of Sharm El-Sheikh is a Model for Sustainable Living

Green Solutions Central to Sharm El-Sheikh’s sustainability transformation is a comprehensive suite of initiatives, including a 51-megawatt solar energy program, which supplies around 18 percent of the city’s electricity, offsetting thousands of metric tons of carbon emissions, ushering hotels, public facilities, and remote areas into a new era of green power.

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Techem treibt umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt in Eschborn voran

Techem treibt umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt in Eschborn voran

Der Gebäudesektor steht weltweit im Zentrum der Klimaschutzbemühungen – rund ein Drittel der globalen CO₂-Emissionen entfallen auf ihn. Techem, führender Serviceanbieter für smarte und nachhaltige Gebäude, geht mit gutem Beispiel voran; am Unternehmenshauptsitz in Eschborn startet ein umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt zur Dekarbonisierung der Bestandsimmobilie. Ziel ist es, das Gebäude nicht nur energetisch zu modernisieren, sondern es […]

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Rolls-Royce Partners with INERATEC to Power Data Centers with E-Fuels

Rolls-Royce Partners with INERATEC to Power Data Centers with E-Fuels

Rolls-Royce and clean fuels startup INERATEC announced a strategic partnership aimed at decarbonizing backup power systems for data centers by replacing fossil diesel with climate-neutral e-fuels. INERATEC was founded in 2016 and produces sustainable e-fuels and synthetic chemicals to replace fossil crude oil. The company builds modular chemical plants for “Power-to-X” Power-to-X and gas-to-liquid applications, […]

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Studie: Anleger sehen ESG-Faktoren als wichtig an

Vom Sprint zum ESG-Marathon

Bei ESG-Themen gibt es gerade zwei gegenläufige Tendenzen: Einerseits mehren sich Schlagzeilen über verheerende Waldbrände und Überschwemmungen, andererseits sind viele Menschen des Themas müde geworden. Für Philipp Bäcker, Leiter Nachhaltigkeit bei der R+V Versicherung, ist das der Punkt, der ihn zurzeit „am meisten umtreibt“, berichtet er im Podcast „Nachhaltiges Investieren“.

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