Vor welchen Herausforderungen stehen Impact-Investoren bei der Bewertung von ESGs und Investitionen in Start-ups? Welche Rolle spielen finanzielle und regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen in Westafrika für Innovationen im Bereich der Nachhaltigen Chemie? Welche Pioniere der Nachhaltigen Chemie eroberten die Herzen des Publikums?
The topic of sustainability is becoming more important for all business executives since environmental issues like climate change, pollution and resource shortages have a direct influence on populations and enterprises around the world.
New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fueling the triple planetary crisis. The annual Black Friday sales on 25 November are a reminder of the need to rethink what is bought, what is thrown away, and what it costs the planet. […]
Der Trend zu wirkungsorientiertem Investieren bekommt gleich von zwei Seiten Unterstützung: Pensionsfonds und andere institutionelle Investoren zeigen jetzt zunehmend Interesse. Gleichzeitig wächst die Zahl passender Fonds und ETFs für Impact-Investing-Strategien
Through the use of blockchain technology, we learn how renewable energy certificates can reach businesses an players operating on a smaller scale What is a renewable energy certificate (REC)?
With traceability technology, companies can build self-healing supply chains that boost sustainability in the moment. The Japanese concept of kaizen, popularized by Toyota for manufacturing cars, is often referred to as automation with a human touch. It empowers workers on an otherwise automated production line to stop the process at the moment a problem is […]
While natural disasters have increased five-fold, half of all countries do not have an early warning system in place. The UN is proposing an early warning system for the entire world – to alert communities to extreme weather events so countries can protect themselves. The plan includes monitoring and detection, rapid communications, and disaster preparedness. […]
Clean hydrogen is set to play a critical role in the energy transition, yet only 4% of clean hydrogen projects have reached final investment decision. The World Economic Forum launched the Clean Hydrogen Project Accelerator to understand how the pathway from announcement to final investment decision may be expedited. It identified three key ways to […]
Die fossilen CO2-Emissionen steigen weiter – entgegen der Ziele, die sich die Staaten im Pariser Klimaabkommen selbst gesetzt haben. Im Jahr 2022 werden sie leicht höher liegen als vor der Coronapandemie.
Transparency on environmental, social affairs and governance matters to become the norm for large firms EU to become front-runner in global sustainability reporting standards Around 50 000 companies to be covered by new rules, up from the current 11 700
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre attend commissioning ceremony for trail-blazing ‘Egypt Green’ plant Egypt’s plans to harness its huge wind and solar capacity to produce green hydrogen took a sizeable step forward today, with the official start of commissioning for the country’s first green hydrogen plant at a site […]
New analysis explores how to mobilise over $2tr a year of investment in developing and emerging economies, excluding China, by the end of the decade A new study commissioned by the governments of Egypt and the UK has today put the level of investment required to ensure emerging and developing countries, excluding China, meet the […]
Immer mehr Anleger schauen nicht nur auf die Rendite, sondern achten auch darauf, dass die Unternehmen, in die sie investieren, drängende soziale und ökologische Probleme lösen. Leider bleiben fehlende Standards ein ungelöstes Problem.
The EU’s emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy use have fallen by 5% over the past three months compared with the same period in 2021, new analysis shows.
Eine deutsches Startup bringt ein System auf den Markt, mit dem sich Windenergie aus höheren Lagen nutzen lässt. Die Flugdrachen erzeugen doppelt so viel Strom wie Windräder – bei einem Minimum an Bauaufwand.
