Athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories company PUMA announced a new series of climate and sustainability targets, among them a reduction of both its Scope 1 direct and Scope 2 indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% from their 2017 levels by 2030, as well as a 33% reduction in Scope 3 indirect GHG emissions from […]
Stärkster Rückgang bei CO2-Emissionen: Bürogebäude unterschreiten CRREM-Pfad Erstaunlich ist der festgestellte Rückgang der CO2-Emissionen um sogar 53 % auf 27 kg CO2 e/m2 NRF bei gleichzeitiger Reduzierung der Energieverbräuche bei den Selbstnutzern um 32 % (s. o.). Auch für die Gebäude der Investoren ist ein deutlicher Rückgang der CO2-Emissionen von 31 kg CO2 e/m2 NRF/2021 […]
Regenerative agriculture-focused platform provider Klim announced that it has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its global expansion and extending its offerings. Agriculture has emerged as a major focus area for climate action, as the sector accounts for a significant proportion of GHG emissions, and is among […]
Air Canada announced that it has signed an agreement with sustainable fuel producer Neste to purchase 77.6 million liters (20.5 million gallons) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline said that the purchase will help it further pursue its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and further its commitment to sustainability goals.
Sympower, an Amsterdam-based provider of flexible energy management and virtual power plant technology, announced that it has raised €21.3 million (USD$22.6 million) in Series B1 financing round, with proceeds aimed at rolling out battery energy storage solutions, funding future mergers and acquisitions, continuing its expansion in Europe, and scaling the company’s operations. Founded in 2015, […]
Companies globally are only incrementally improving the quality of their climate-related disclosures, with only around a third referencing the climate-related financial impact on their financial statements, and nearly sixty percent not yet disclosing transition plans, according to a new study released by global professional services firm EY. The study also found that to date, most […]
California-based General Galactic, which is developing methods to generate fossil-free energy, announced that it has raised $8 million in seed funding, bringing total investment in the company to $10 million. Founded in 2023 by former SpaceX and Varda Space Industries engineers Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, General Galactic is developing a modular hardware platform that […]
Delegates at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) achieved an important breakthrough on the first day of the event in Baku, Azerbaijan, reaching consensus on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, key for advancing the establishment and growth of a global carbon market. The consensus will […]
Laut der zweiten jährlich, erscheinenden C-Change-Umfrage des Urban Land Institute (ULI), die auf dem diesjährigen C-Change-Gipfel vorgestellt wurde, geben 93 Prozent der Befragten an, Transformationsrisiken in ihre Immobilieninvestitionsentscheidungen einzubeziehen, was auf das wachsende Bewusstsein und Engagement der Branche hinweist, klimabezogene Risiken in Entscheidungsprozesse zu integrieren.
Zwei Jahre ist es nun her, seit die schwarz-grüne Landesregierung in Nordrhein-Westfalen ihren Zukunftsvertrag auf den Weg gebracht hat. Nordrhein-Westfalen solle zur ersten klimaneutralen Industrieregion Europas werden; dafür soll die klimaneutrale Transformation der Wirtschaft angekurbelt werden, so die Kernbotschaft. Aber auch hinsichtlich der Gründungsförderung hat sich die Landesregierung einiges vorgenommen: Nicht nur möchte man die […]
Recently elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new climate target today, committing to cut UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 81% by 2035, on a 1990 basis. The new target, announced at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, raises the UK’s climate ambition from the 78% target set under Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) announced today that they have achieved a high degree of commonality and interoperability between CDP’s disclosure platform and the EU’s recently adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The organizations added that they will continue to work together to further […]
A Dutch appeals court issued a ruling in Shell’s favor, reversing a landmark 2021 ruling holding the company responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from its customers’ use of its products, and ordering the company to dramatically reduce emissions by the end of the decade. In a statement following the ruling, Friends of the […]
Das Berliner PropTech-Unternehmen KUGU um die beiden Geschäftsführer Christopher von Gumppenberg und Niko Mikac, startet mit dem erfolgreichen Abschluss einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde über 8,5 Millionen Euro in das wichtige vierte Quartal. Als neue Investoren und Gesellschafter konnten Tengelmann Ventures, Gewobag ID sowie die Branchenexperten Michael Lowak (ehemaliger CEO Germany G+E GETEC Holding GmbH) und Axel Müller […]
Temasek-owned decarbonization solutions-focused investment platform GenZero and global commodities trading company Trafigura announced today a commitment to invest more than $100 million in Brújula Verde, a nature-based project in Colombia anticipated to produce high-integrity carbon removal credits, by restoring land degraded by intensive agricultural activities and fires. Located in Orinoco River Basin, the Brújula Verde […]
