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Studie: Asset Manager wollen raus aus der Transaktionsstarre

Studie: Asset Manager wollen raus aus der Transaktionsstarre

4. Juli 2024 | ,

Die Transaktionsstarre bleibt für einen Großteil der Immobilien-Asset-Manager (77 Prozent) eine der größten Herausforderungen ihrer Tätigkeit. Dennoch planen sie für die kommenden Monate mehrheitlich Käufe (69 Prozent) und Verkäufe (68 Prozent) von Immobilien. Lediglich 22 Prozent wollen noch wenigstens bis 2025 abwarten, bevor sie am Transaktionsmarkt aktiv werden. Herausfordernd bleiben weiterhin auch die Umsetzung von […]

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UNCAGED Innovations Raises $5.6 Million for Sustainable Leather Alternative Technology

UNCAGED Innovations Raises $5.6 Million for Sustainable Leather Alternative Technology

3. Juli 2024 | ,

Biomaterials company UNCAGED Innovations announced that it has raised $5.6 million in a Seed investment round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the company’s commercial launch of its grain-based sustainable leather and allow it to expand its team, including its manufacturing team. Founded in New York in 2020 by CEO Stephanie Downs and CTO Dr. Xiaokun […]

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Iberdrola Acquires Decarbonization Solutions Provider Balantia

Iberdrola Acquires Decarbonization Solutions Provider Balantia

3. Juli 2024 | ,

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today the acquisition of decarbonization solution provider Balantia, purchasing the 80% stake in the company that it did not already control, alongside plans to co-launch a new platform to help companies accelerate their emissions reduction initiatives. Founded in 2011, Spain-based Balantia’s technology helps companies create a decarbonization plan […]

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American Airlines Signs Deal for 100 Hydrogen-Powered Engines from ZeroAvia

American Airlines Signs Deal for 100 Hydrogen-Powered Engines from ZeroAvia

3. Juli 2024 | ,

American Airlines announced that it has entered into a conditional purchase agreement with hydrogen-electric aviation solutions startup ZeroAvia for 100 engines that can power regional jet aircraft with zero inflight emissions save for water vapor. Additionally, American Airlines announced that it has increased its investment in ZeroAvia through participation in its Series C financing round, […]

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Google Asks Large Suppliers to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy as Emissions Continue to Rise

Google Asks Large Suppliers to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy as Emissions Continue to Rise

3. Juli 2024 | ,

Google announced that it has implemented a new program, Google Renewable Energy Addendum, asking its largest hardware manufacturing suppliers to commit to achieving a 100% renewable energy match by 2029, marking one of the company’s initiatives to address its carbon footprint, which continues to increase, driven by its value chain and data center growth. The […]

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Climate Tech Startup Aether Fuels Raises $34 Million to Develop Clean Fuels for Aviation and Shipping

Climate Tech Startup Aether Fuels Raises $34 Million to Develop Clean Fuels for Aviation and Shipping

2. Juli 2024 | , ,

Climate tech startup Aether Fuels announced that it has raised $34 million in a Series A financing round, with procceds aimed at accelerating the scale-up of the company’s sustainable fuel technology for the aviation and ocean shipping industries. Established in 2022 as a spin-out of Temasek’s deep-tech early stage investment platform Xora Innovation, Aether provides […]

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VC Investor Seaya Raises €300 Million for New Climate Tech Startup Fund

VC Investor Seaya Raises €300 Million for New Climate Tech Startup Fund

2. Juli 2024 | , ,

Spanish VC firm Seaya announced today that it has raised €300 million (USD$ 321 million) at the close of Andromeda climate tech fund at €300 million (USD$321 million), aimed at investing in impact-driven growth companies specializing in energy transition, decarbonization, sustainable food value chain, and circular economy. Seaya is one of few female-founded venture capital […]

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Only 22% of CFOs Are Ready for Climate Reporting and Assurance Requirements: Accenture Survey

Only 22% of CFOs Are Ready for Climate Reporting and Assurance Requirements: Accenture Survey

2. Juli 2024 |

Only around one in five of finance executives at large companies believe that they are well prepared to meet upcoming requirements to report and seek external assurance on climate-related risks and opportunities, even as the vast majority anticipate sustainability reporting requirements to increase over the next few years, and as more prepared executives are more […]

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ESG-Fonds nicht teurer als Nicht-ESG-Fonds

ESG-Fonds nicht teurer als Nicht-ESG-Fonds

1. Juli 2024 |

„Nachhaltige Fonds sind im Durchschnitt nicht teurer als ihre konventionellen Konkurrenten“, lautet das Ergebnis einer aktuellen Studie von Morningstar Sustainalytics, die die repräsentativen Kosten von ESG-Fonds aus Europa mit denen traditioneller Investmentfonds in sechs der beliebtesten Morningstar-Kategorien vergleicht.

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CO2 AI Launches Generative AI-Powered Product Emissions Footprinting Solution

CO2 AI Launches Generative AI-Powered Product Emissions Footprinting Solution

1. Juli 2024 |

Sustainability platform CO2 AI announced the launch of Product Footprinting, a new AI-powered solution aimed at enabling companies to compute carbon emissions for products and reduce environmental impact. Paris-based CO2 AI provides solutions aimed at helping large and complex organizations to measure impact and identify levers to reduce impact at scale, leveraging artificial intelligence. According […]

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Vodafone Business Launches New CSRD Sustainability Reporting Solution

Vodafone Business Launches New CSRD Sustainability Reporting Solution

1. Juli 2024 |

Telecommunications company Vodafone’s digital communications solutions unit Vodafone Business announced today the launch of Vodafone Business ESG Navigator, a new software solution aimed at enabling companies to address their sustainability reporting needs, with a particular focus on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), in collaboration with sustainability reporting software provider Envoria. Founded in 2018, […]

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Moody’s, MSCI Launch New ESG Data Solutions Partnership

Moody’s, MSCI Launch New ESG Data Solutions Partnership

1. Juli 2024 |

Global integrated risk assessment firm Moody’s and investment data and research provider MSCI announced today the launch of a new strategic partnership, with each company gaining access to each others’ sustainability and business databases to enable the launch of new data-driven ESG investing and sustainable finance solutions. Under the new partnership, Moody’s will use MSCI’s […]

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