Impact News

Climate accounting software provider CarbonChain announced today the launch of CarbonChain Comply, a new carbon reporting solution for businesses within metals and energy supply chains. According to CarbonChain, the new solution aims to address the growing regulatory requirements and stakeholder demands for transparent and accurate disclosure in the commodities supply chain, offering a “one-stop shop […]

Sweden-based global steel company SSAB announced a decision to build a fossil-free mini-mill in Luleå, Sweden, capable of producing 2.5 million tonnes of carbon emission-free steel annually. Total investment in the new mill is estimated at €4.5 billion (USD$4.9 billion), and the project is expected to reduce Sweden’s CO2 emissions by 7%.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of limiting climate change, announced plans to extend the use of environmental attribute certificates, such as emissions reduction credits, to tackle Scope 3 value chain emissions, in its standard for corporate net zero […]

Die ESG-Transformation des eigenen Immobilien-Portfolios stellt institutionelle Investoren weiterhin vor enorme Herausforderungen. Laut der aktuellen „UI Real Estate Investment Insights“-Umfrage von Universal Investment gab etwa ein Drittel der Befragten an, die ESG-Performance des eigenen Portfolios noch nicht ermittelt zu haben. Für rund 50 Prozent stellen Artikel-8-Fonds nach SFDR die entscheidenden ESG-Standards für Unternehmen dar. Diese […]

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has finalised new guidelines on impact investing, setting out four principles for market participants to refer to when structuring and financing investment projects that have social and environmental benefits. The four key principles of impact investment are: intentionality; additionality; identification, measurement and management of impact; and innovation, transformation and acceleration. […]

Norway’s five largest investors supported the majority of climate resolutions filed at oil and gas majors in 2023, according to research by activist group Follow This. “These Norwegian investors show the world that voting is essential to active ownership,” said Mark van Baal, Founder of Follow This. “Big Oil will only change if shareholders vote […]

„Der Weltwassertag am 22. März erinnert jährlich an unser wichtigstes Grundnahrungsmittel“, sagt Scope-Analystin Sina Hartelt. Für Anleger stehen 20 Aktienfonds zur Verfügung, die ein Engagement in das Thema Wasser ermöglichen. Sina Hartelt hat Bilanz gezogen, was die Produkte geleistet haben.

Clean energy developer Solarig announced today that it will develop a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Spain, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes (approximately 75 million liters) of SAF per year. The company anticipates that it will invest €780 million (USD$847 million) in the new plant, located in in Parque Empresarial del […]