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Meta Replaces Steel, Concrete with Wood to Cut Data Center Carbon Footprint

Meta Replaces Steel, Concrete with Wood to Cut Data Center Carbon Footprint

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner Meta announced a new initiative aimed at cutting the embodied carbon footprint of its data centers, piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of the facilities, in place of emissions-intensive materials such as steel and concrete. Steel and concrete are among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas […]

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Mars Launches $5 Million Program to Develop Climate-Resilient Peanut

Mars Launches $5 Million Program to Develop Climate-Resilient Peanut

Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced the launch of the Mars Protect the Peanut Plan, a new multi-million dollar agri-science initiative aimed at safeguarding peanut crops against the impact of climate change. According to Mars, the new initiative comes as peanuts face increasing pressures that threaten the reliability of global supply, including […]

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Impact Investing neu gedacht: Private Märkte im Fokus

Impact Investing neu gedacht: Private Märkte im Fokus

1,6 Billionen US-Dollar weltweit – der Markt des Impact Investings wächst rasant. In der aktuellen Episode von Perspektiven in Private Markets diskutiert Susanne Bregy (Bundesinitiative Impact Investing) mit Alex Koriath (Cambridge Associates) über Intentionalität, messbare Wirkung und welche Renditen die Transformationsfinanzierung Anlegern bringen kann.

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EU Commission Adopts Sustainability Reporting Standard for Small Companies

EU Commission Adopts Sustainability Reporting Standard for Small Companies

The European Commission announced today the adoption of the voluntary standard for SMEs (VSME), a new sustainability reporting standard aimed at enabling micro-, small- and medium-sized companies to report on ESG issues in a simplified and consistent way and to respond to requests for sustainability information from financial institutions and large companies. While the VSME […]

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KKR Invests $325 Million to Scale Clean Energy Solutions for Australian C&I Sector

KKR Invests $325 Million to Scale Clean Energy Solutions for Australian C&I Sector

Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced a new strategic partnership with Australian solar energy company CleanPeak Energy, committing A$500 million (USD$325 million) to accelerate the growth of CleanPeak Energy’s distributed energy platform. The investment from KKR will support the development of a pipeline of distributed solar, battery storage and micro‑grid solutions for Australia’s […]

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Neuer ETC-Bericht belegt: Wind- und solardominante Energiesysteme sind wettbewerbsfähig, zuverlässig sowie technisch und wirtschaftlich machbar.

Neuer ETC-Bericht belegt: Wind- und solardominante Energiesysteme sind wettbewerbsfähig, zuverlässig sowie technisch und wirtschaftlich machbar.

Der Bericht zeigt, dass globale Energiesysteme, die von Wind- und Solarenergie dominiert werden, zuverlässig Strom zu Kosten liefern können, die mit den Kosten der heutigen, auf fossilen Brennstoffen basierenden Energiesysteme in den meisten Teilen der Welt vergleichbar oder sogar niedriger sind.

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Macquarie Acquires Renewable Energy Asset Optimization Platform Erova

Macquarie Acquires Renewable Energy Asset Optimization Platform Erova

Australia-based global financial services group Macquarie announced an agreement to acquire Ireland-based renewable energy asset optimization company Erova Energy, citing opportunities to scale its platform to new markets. Founded in 2015 with an initial focus on energy tranding, Erova provides risk and revenue optimization solutions for renewable assets , including wind, solar, waste-to-energy and battery […]

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Google Partners with Energy Dome to Globally Deploy Advanced Clean Energy Storage Tech

Google Partners with Energy Dome to Globally Deploy Advanced Clean Energy Storage Tech

Google and energy storage startup Energy Dome announced the launch of a new long-term partnership, alongside a strategic investment by Google, aimed at deploying Energy Dome’s advanced long-term energy storage (LDES) solution globally, and addressing a key challenge enabling the use of 24/7 clean energy. Energy storage forms one of the key building blocks for […]

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