Impact News

Energy giants Occidental and Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC announced a new agreement to evaluate the launch of a new joint venture to develop a Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal facility in South Texas, with ADNOC’s investment company XRG considering investing up to $500 million for the new facility. The new proposed project would be among […]

The European Commission and the government of the UK announced today an agreement to work towards linking their carbon markets through establishing a link between their emissions trading systems (ETS), which have been developing separately since Brexit. Under the envisioned linkage agreement, carbon allowances issued by the EU or UK could be recognized as complying […]

Um der zunehmenden Trockenheit entgegenzuwirken, möchte die EU Maßnahmen ergreifen. Laut der Umweltkommissarin ist eine neue Einstellung zu Wasser erforderlich.

This week in ESG news: European Central Bank warns against watering down EU sustainability reporting rules; CDP restructures, aims to reduce sustainability reporting burden for companies; Shell faces new legal action over new oil & gas projects; Germany’s Merz looks to scrap EU sustainability due diligence law; Microsoft signs carbon credit mega-deal; L’Oréal to invest […]

ENGIE North America announced an investment by CBRE Investment Management in a portfolio of battery storage assets in Texas and California, in one of the largest battery storage financing transactions to date. Energy storage forms one of the key building blocks for the rapidly expanding clean energy transition, given the intermittent generating nature of many […]

Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) startup Mati Carbon announced that it has secured a new blended finance facility from J.P. Morgan, with proceeds from the financing aimed at enabling the company to scale its carbon removal business globally. The new financing follows a $50 million award to Mati Carbon as the grand prize winner of the […]

Nun zeichnet sich auf EU-Ebene eine Kehrtwende ab: Das Omnibus-Paket sieht bei der CSRD, der europaweiten Lieferkettenrichtlinie CSDDD und dem CO2-Grenzausgleichssystem CBAM deutliche Erleichterungen vor. Im April haben das EU-Parlament und der EU-Rat dem Vorschlag „Stop-the-Clock“ zur zeitlichen Verschiebung der Erstanwendung der CSRD-Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung zugestimmt. Diese Richtlinie muss bis 31.12.2025 in nationales Recht umgesetzt werden.

Impact investment management firm Triodos Investment Management and market index provider STOXX announce the launch of the iSTOXX Triodos Developed Markets Impact Index, enabling institutional investors to construct impact-aligned portfolios.

Italian energy company Eni announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with alternative asset management firm Ares’ alternative credit arm for the sale of a 20% stake in Eni’s renewables, retail and EV charging company Plenitude. Eni said that the stake would be acquired at an equity value of the company between €9.8 […]

Nuclear energy technology startup Realta Fusion announced that it has raised $36 million in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at bringing its modular magnetic mirror fusion energy technology closer to commercialization. Founded in 2022, Wisconsin-based Realta provides technology aimed at enabling the development of the lowest capital and least complex path to […]

Octopus Energy Group announced the launch of a new fund aimed at allowing pension funds and private wealth investors to invest in the energy transition, with access to more than 50 renewable energy projects in 15 countries, including wind, solar and large-scale battery projects. Octopus said that the new CG Octopus Energy Sustainable Growth Fund […]

Vor 25 Jahren wurde der Pictet Water Fund aus der Taufe gehoben. Anfangs von vielen als viel zu spezielles Thema belächelt, wurde daraus eine Erfolgsstory par excellence. Heute zeigt sich an diesem Beispiel, welche überdurchschnittlichen Chancen Themenfonds langfristig bieten können.