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Impact Fonds – Gut fürs Gewissen – und ein bisschen auch fürs Portemonnaie

Impact Fonds – Gut fürs Gewissen – und ein bisschen auch fürs Portemonnaie

15. September 2024 |

Wer sein Geld an der Börse investiert, trifft damit auch im­mer eine Entscheidung, welche gesellschaftlichen Anliegen er mit seiner Finanzspritze unterstützen will. Fließt das Geld schlicht in Aktien der Unternehmen, die damit die höchsten Erträge erwirtschaften, ohne Rücksicht auf mögliche negative Auswirkungen des Wirtschaftens? Oder sollen darüber hinaus noch andere Ziele eine Rolle spielen? Der […]

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Sustainable Food Startup Novameat Raises $19 Million to Scale Plant-Based Meat Production

Sustainable Food Startup Novameat Raises $19 Million to Scale Plant-Based Meat Production

13. September 2024 | ,

Novameat, a Barcelona-based sustainable food technology company that develops alternative meat products, announced Thursday that it raised €17.4 million (USD$19.2 million) in an oversubscribed Round A funding round. The funding will be used to scale up production of its current plant-based alternative meat products, as well as launching its new Shredded Nova-b*ef product, set to […]

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WaterEquity Raises $100 Million for Water Impact Fund, Backed by Microsoft, Starbucks

WaterEquity Raises $100 Million for Water Impact Fund, Backed by Microsoft, Starbucks

12. September 2024 | , ,

WaterEquity, a US-based asset manager focused on social and environmental impact-based investments in the areas of water and sanitation, announced that it had raised over $100 million for its new Water & Climate Resilience Fund, which seeks to bring together investment partners to support efforts to enhance water stewardship, sustainable development, and climate resilience.

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Microsoft Buys 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Toroto

Microsoft Buys 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Toroto

12. September 2024 | ,

Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday announced the purchase of 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Mexico-based Toroto, a company that develops projects to enhance and restore ecosystems and reduce the impact of climate change. The nature-based carbon credits were generated by a project removing atmospheric carbon dioxide in the state of Campeche, in the […]

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Bauwirtschaft profitiert: Volle Auftragsbücher durch KI

Bauwirtschaft profitiert: Volle Auftragsbücher durch KI

11. September 2024 | , ,

Infrastruktur und Dekarbonisierung profitiert durch KI nachhaltig KI kann somit nicht nur den Versorgungssektor, sondern auch die Infrastruktur in Teilen optimieren. Denn künstliche Intelligenz kann bei den Mautstraßen den Verkehrsfluss optimieren und vorausschauend warten. Das erhöht die Effizienz und die Sicherheit, schafft neue Einnahmequellen und senkt die Betriebskosten. Der Güterschienenverkehr profitiert von einer optimierten Ladeplanung. […]

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Brookfield to Invest up to $1.1 Billion in Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Startup Infinium

Brookfield to Invest up to $1.1 Billion in Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel Startup Infinium

10. September 2024 | , ,

Brookfield Asset Management announced today the launch of a new strategic funding partnership with low carbon electrofuels (eFuels) provider Infinium, with Brookfield committing to invest up to $1.1 billion to accelerate the company’s eFuels platform and its production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF).

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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

10. September 2024 | ,

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

10. September 2024 | ,

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

9. September 2024 | ,

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

9. September 2024 | ,

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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