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Northvolt Sells Battery Materials Site, Reduces Workforce in Tough EV Market

Northvolt Sells Battery Materials Site, Reduces Workforce in Tough EV Market

Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced today plans to scale back its workforce and exit a battery materials production site, following challenges the company is facing in ramping up its ambitious gigafactory buildout plans, and citing a “challenging macroeconomic environment.” The announcements form the initial outcomes from Northvolt’s strategic review, launched by the company in July. Founded […]

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Zunehmende Extremwetterlagen in Deutschland bedrohen Immobilienwerte

Zunehmende Extremwetterlagen in Deutschland bedrohen Immobilienwerte

JLL-Analyse untersucht Folgen des Klimawandels für Entwickler, Eigentümer und Nutzer. Die Klimarisiken in deutschen Städten nehmen spürbar zu: Starkregen, Hagel, Überschwemmungen, Hitze, Trockenheit und Waldbrände sind keine Ausnahmeerscheinung mehr, sondern treten bundesweit mittlerweile regelmäßig auf – bei steigender Intensität. Das bekommen nicht nur Menschen zu spüren, so hat es auch Auswirkungen auf Immobilien. In der […]

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ADB Targets $100 Billion in Climate Finance by 2030

ADB Targets $100 Billion in Climate Finance by 2030

The Asian Development Bank announced the approval of a new roadmap aimed at helping the bank scale up support for key challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, including a new commitment to reach more than $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030, and for climate finance to reach 50% of its total […]

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McKinsey: Spain and Portugal can Lead Green EU Energy

McKinsey: Spain and Portugal can Lead Green EU Energy

McKinsey says that Spain and Portugal can lead the transition to green energy through incentive schemes, stable regulation and substantial grid deployment. The shift to renewable energy is central to reducing emissions in line with Paris Agreement commitments. The International Energy Agency says that energy-related emissions rose by 1.1% in 2023 to reach a record […]

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: Microsoft launches new supplier decarbonization team for cloud and AI; competition for clean energy from data centers forces megaton carbon capture project out of state; EcoVadis acquires human rights analytics provider; ESMA report finds transition funds outpacing sustainability funds; Australia senate passes climate disclosure law; new sustainable investing products from […]

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Impact im Großen und im Kleinen

Impact im Großen und im Kleinen

Beruflich hat Tobias Huzarski einen Fonds mit Fokus auf Erneuerbare Energien konzipiert, privat engagiert er sich in Change Clubs. Im Podcast berichtet der Head of Impact Investment der Commerz Real über Veränderungsmöglichkeiten im großen wie im kleinen Maßstab.

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Cleantech Startup Reonic Raises $14 Million for Solutions to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment

Cleantech Startup Reonic Raises $14 Million for Solutions to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment

Cleantech software startup Reonic announced today that it has raised €13 million (USD$14.4 million) in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its offerings to help installers deploy sustainable energy solutions across Europe. Founded in 2021 by Tristan Menzinger, Lars-Manuel Schneider, and Udo Sill, Germany-based Reonic provides solutions aimed at helping SME […]

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Investment Flows into Transition-Focused Funds Doubles Green Funds: ESMA

Investment Flows into Transition-Focused Funds Doubles Green Funds: ESMA

Sustainability-focused investor interest appears to have undergone a significant shift towards investments in companies enabling a ‘brown to green’ transition, as opposed to focusing primarily on already-green investments, with net inflows into transition focused funds in the EU nearly doubling those into environmental funds over the past 2 years, according to a new report by […]

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metr und Objektus kooperieren beim Messstellenbetrieb und Messdienstleistungen

metr und Objektus kooperieren beim Messstellenbetrieb und Messdienstleistungen

Eine umfassende Lösung für die Immobilienwirtschaft Die Partnerschaft zwischen metr und Objektus verbindet die Kompetenzen beider Unternehmen, um ein umfassendes, digitales Lösungspaket für die Immobilienwirtschaft anzubieten. Um die Energieverbräuche aller Medien im Gebäude digital abzubilden und zusätzlich die Energieeffizienz zu steigern, bieten metr und Objektus folgende Lösungen im Rahmen ihrer Kooperation an: die Fernüberwachung von […]

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Growing Competition for Clean Energy from Data Centers Drives CarbonCapture to Pause Megaton Carbon Removal Project

Growing Competition for Clean Energy from Data Centers Drives CarbonCapture to Pause Megaton Carbon Removal Project

California-based climate tech company CarbonCapture announced a decision to pause Project Bison, its Wyoming-based multi-megaton Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal project, due to rapidly growing competition for renewable energy in the state from data center operators. Founded in 2019, CarbonCapture produces DAC machines that use solid sorbents to efficiently absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, […]

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Craigmore Sustainables to expand apple footprint

Craigmore Sustainables to expand apple footprint

Craigmore baut seine Präsenz im Gartenbau mit zwei kürzlich erworbenen Apfelplantagen aus, die schließlich eine Gesamtfläche von über 110 Hektar umfassen werden. Die Obstplantage Ngaruroro in der Region Twyford in Hawke’s Bay und die Obstplantage Patutahi in Gisborne sind die ersten Transaktionen im Rahmen der Wachstumsstrategie für den Sektor.

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Volvo Unveils 600 km Range Heavy Duty Electric Truck

Volvo Unveils 600 km Range Heavy Duty Electric Truck

Volvo Trucks announced today plans to introduce a heavy-duty electric truck next year capable of traveling 600 km on a charge, marking a major expansion in range for its electric truck lineup based on new technology from the company. Volvo unveiled its first heavy duty electric trucks in 2020 and began series production in 2022, […]

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