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Mirova Raises $233 Million for Environmental Solutions Impact Private Equity Fund

Mirova Raises $233 Million for Environmental Solutions Impact Private Equity Fund

3. September 2024 | ,

Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced today that it has raised €211 million (USD$233 million) for Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital (MEAC), the firm’s first impact private equity fund. Mirova launched the pan-European private equity fund in September 2021, aiming to invest in companies providing sustainable innovative solutions and technologies contributing to the environmental transition. The fund […]

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Micro-Nuclear Power Plant Startup Last Energy Raises $40 Million to Decarbonize Heavy Industry and Data Centers

Micro-Nuclear Power Plant Startup Last Energy Raises $40 Million to Decarbonize Heavy Industry and Data Centers

2. September 2024 | , ,

Micro-nuclear power plant developer Last Energy announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round closed earlier this year, with proceeds to be used to support the deployment of its first microreactor plant. Founded in 2019, Washington, D.C.-based Last Energy develops small, 20 MWe nuclear power plants, aimed at bringing nuclear […]

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SEB Launches Global Fund Investing Only in Sustainable Companies

SEB Launches Global Fund Investing Only in Sustainable Companies

2. September 2024 | ,

Northern European financial services company SEB announced the launch of the SEB Global Sustainable Companies Fund, a new index-linked global fund investing only in companies that are classified as “sustainable,” while aiming to generate a return and risk profile in line with its underlying benchmark. Classified as Article 9 under the EU’s SFDR regulation, the […]

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Microsoft Signs 20-Year Solar Energy Purchase Agreement in Singapore with EDP Renewables

Microsoft Signs 20-Year Solar Energy Purchase Agreement in Singapore with EDP Renewables

2. September 2024 | , ,

Renewable energy producer EDP Renewables (EDPR) announced a new 20-year agreement with Microsoft through which the tech giant will purchase 100% of the renewable energy exported to the grid through EDPR’s SolarNova 8, the largest solar project in Singapore. Launched in 2014, Singapore’s SolarNova program is a government-led program aimed at accelerating the deployment of […]

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TotalEnergies Invests $100 Million in Forest-Based Carbon Reduction Projects

TotalEnergies Invests $100 Million in Forest-Based Carbon Reduction Projects

2. September 2024 | ,

France-based energy giant TotalEnergies announced a new agreement with climate solutions provider Anew Climate and U.S. forestry-focused carbon removal platform Aurora Sustainable Lands to invest $100 million in forestry operations to preserve caron sinks, and help support the energy company’s achievement of its climate goals. The investment will support Improved Forest Management practices across a […]

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Majority of large-cap companies fail to quantify impacts of their decarbonisation efforts

Majority of large-cap companies fail to quantify impacts of their decarbonisation efforts

29. August 2024 | ,

Several sectors also rely on controversial decarbonisation levers according to the Clarity AI study. High-emitting companies with carbon reduction targets largely fail to quantify the impacts of their decarbonisation measures, a study from Clarity AI has revealed. Despite the CDP finding that the number of companies disclosing their transition plans has risen by 44% in […]

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AAPowerLink von SunCable: Sonnenstrombrücke zwischen Australien und Singapur nimmt Gestalt an

AAPowerLink von SunCable: Sonnenstrombrücke zwischen Australien und Singapur nimmt Gestalt an

29. August 2024 | ,

Die australische Regierung hat grünes Licht gegeben: SunCable darf den weltweit größten Solarpark bauen und Singapur mit grünem Strom versorgen. Das ambitionierte AAPowerLink-Projekt, das einst als futuristische Vision galt, rückt damit in greifbare Nähe. Angetrieben wird das Projekt von Atlassian-Gründer Mike Cannon-Brookes und seinem Investment-Vehikel Grok Ventures. Doch der Weg zur Versorgung Singapurs war und […]

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Büro: Neu-Isenburg: Büroprojekt G1 erhält Baugenehmigung

Büro: Neu-Isenburg: Büroprojekt G1 erhält Baugenehmigung

28. August 2024 | ,

Grünes Licht für das Bauprojekt G1 – Green Office in Neu-Isenburg. Für die CO2-neutrale Büroimmobilie hat der ebenfalls in Neu-Isenburg beheimatete Vorhabenträger Red Square die Baugenehmigung erhalten. Für das Objekt in der Gutenbergstraße 1 strebt Red Square eine DGNB-Zertifizierung in Platin an. Der Projektentwickler befindet sich derzeit mit mehreren Mietinteressenten in fortgeschrittenen Gesprächen. Noch steht […]

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Der ökonomische Impact der bayerischen Wirtschaft in den USA

Der ökonomische Impact der bayerischen Wirtschaft in den USA

23. August 2024 |

USA sind Investitionsziel Nummer eins Der Bestand an bayerischen Direktinvestitionen in den USA summierte sich im Jahr 2021 auf 94,4 Mrd. Euro, das waren 32,0 Prozent aller bayerischen Auslandsinvestitionen und 32 Mrd. Euro mehr als der Investitionsbestand Bayerns in der gesamten EU. Damit sind die Vereinigten Staaten mit Abstand das Hauptziel bayerischer Direktinvestitionen. Gegenüber 2017 […]

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