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Blattlose Windkraftanlagen erhalten Mio-Investment: Revolution der Gebäudeenergie in Sicht?

Blattlose Windkraftanlagen erhalten Mio-Investment: Revolution der Gebäudeenergie in Sicht?

Das Cleantech-Unternehmen Aeromine Technologies hat kürzlich eine erfolgreiche Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von neun Millionen US-Dollar für blattlose Windkraftanlagen abgeschlossen. Angeführt wurde die Series-A-Runde von Veriten, einer auf Energie spezialisierten Investmentfirma, die auch in Amperon oder emrgy investiert hat. Weitere Investoren sind das globale Ingenieurbüro Thornton Tomasetti und verschiedene Family Offices.

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Impact Rankings 2024: KIIT führt die Liste der einflussreichsten Universitäten in Indien an und belegt weltweit Platz 6

Impact Rankings 2024: KIIT führt die Liste der einflussreichsten Universitäten in Indien an und belegt weltweit Platz 6

Die KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, wurde in den Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 unter die Top 6 der einflussreichsten Universitäten weltweit und auf Platz 1 in Indien in Bezug auf das Ziel der nachhaltigen Entwicklung „Verringerung von Ungleichheiten” eingestuft. Mit einer Gesamtpunktzahl von 79,3–83,9 liegt die KIIT in dieser renommierten Rangliste, die […]

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Gute Ergebnisse beim THE Impact Ranking zur Nachhaltigkeit

Gute Ergebnisse beim THE Impact Ranking zur Nachhaltigkeit

Das Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2024 bescheinigt der Universität Bonn in mehreren Kategorien ein hohes Nachhaltigkeitsengagement. Es beleuchtet den Impact der Universitäten auf jeweils ein Nachhaltigkeitsziel der Vereinten Nationen (Sustainable Development Goals/SDG). Beim SDG 11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities” landet die Universität Bonn deutschlandweit sogar auf Platz 1.

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Swiss Re Signs 70,000 Tonne Biochar Carbon Removal Agreement with Carbonfuture

Swiss Re Signs 70,000 Tonne Biochar Carbon Removal Agreement with Carbonfuture

Carbon removal solutions provider Carbonfuture and Swiss Re announced today that they have signed a new biochar carbon removal (BCR) agreement, with Swiss Re purchasing at least 70,000 tonnes of BCR credits, sourced from Carbonfuture partner Exomad Green’s new Riberalta facility in Bolivia. Biochar, or biological charcoal, is produced by heating biomass, such as forest […]

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Brookfield, Alterra Launch $5 Billion Emerging Markets Climate Transition Fund

Brookfield, Alterra Launch $5 Billion Emerging Markets Climate Transition Fund

Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and UAE-backed climate investment platform ALTÉRRA announced the launch of the Catalytic Transition Fund, aimed at directing capital into clean energy and transition assets in underserved emerging economies. The new fund, to be managed by Brookfield, is being launched with a $1 billion anchor commitment from ALTÉRRA, with a target to […]

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Biodiversität als Investment – neuer Aktionsplan

Biodiversität als Investment – neuer Aktionsplan

„Biodiversität liefert über 50% der globalen Wirtschaftsleistung und menschlicher Lebensgrundlagen“, mahnt Marcel Lähn, Chief Investment Officer der FERI, und bezeichnet Biodiversität als „eine ökonomische Notwendigkeit“. Sein Haus hat geholfen, eine Plattform zu schaffen, „die die Förderung von Biodiversität ermöglicht“.

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Microsoft Purchases Nearly 1 Million Tons of Nature-based Carbon Removal Credits from Anew

Microsoft Purchases Nearly 1 Million Tons of Nature-based Carbon Removal Credits from Anew

Microsoft and climate solutions provider Anew Climate announced today a new nature-based carbon removal purchase agreement, with Anew delivering more than 970,000 tons of carbon removal credits generated from improved forest management projects across the U.S. Founded in 2001, and majority-owned by alternative asset manager TPG’s impact investing platform TPG Rise, Texas-based Anew provides climate […]

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Engie Pre-Orders 5 Million Tons of Nature-based Carbon Credits from Catona Climate

Engie Pre-Orders 5 Million Tons of Nature-based Carbon Credits from Catona Climate

Power company Engie announced that it has pre-ordered 5 million tons of nature-based carbon removals from climate finance company Catona Climate. According to the landmark 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change mitigation study, scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C include carbon dioxide removal methods scaling to billions of tons of removal annually […]

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Foresight Raises €300 Million for Article 9 Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

Foresight Raises €300 Million for Article 9 Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

Real assets-focused investment manager Foresight Group announced that it has raised €300 million in commitments at the first close of its energy transition fund, Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II. Focused on long-term value creation, FEIP II is classified as an Article 9 fund under the EU’s SFDR regulation, and aims to invest in strategic energy […]

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GRI Launches Update of Standards to Report on Impact on Workers

GRI Launches Update of Standards to Report on Impact on Workers

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today the launch of a new review of all of its labor-related standards, aimed at enabling companies to report on their impacts on workers, and improving transparency on workplace labor and human rights. GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are one of the most commonly accepted global standards for sustainability reporting […]

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Candriam Launches New Article 9 Sustainable Water Fund

Candriam Launches New Article 9 Sustainable Water Fund

Sustainability-focused asset management firm Candriam announced today the launch of the Candriam Sustainable Equity Water Fund, a new actively managed fund aimed at investing in companies pursuing and developing solutions to reduce pressures on water resources caused by human activities. According to Candriam, the new fund is being launched as the world faces a water […]

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