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Techem treibt umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt in Eschborn voran

Techem treibt umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt in Eschborn voran

Der Gebäudesektor steht weltweit im Zentrum der Klimaschutzbemühungen – rund ein Drittel der globalen CO₂-Emissionen entfallen auf ihn. Techem, führender Serviceanbieter für smarte und nachhaltige Gebäude, geht mit gutem Beispiel voran; am Unternehmenshauptsitz in Eschborn startet ein umfassendes Green-Contracting-Projekt zur Dekarbonisierung der Bestandsimmobilie. Ziel ist es, das Gebäude nicht nur energetisch zu modernisieren, sondern es […]

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Rolls-Royce Partners with INERATEC to Power Data Centers with E-Fuels

Rolls-Royce Partners with INERATEC to Power Data Centers with E-Fuels

Rolls-Royce and clean fuels startup INERATEC announced a strategic partnership aimed at decarbonizing backup power systems for data centers by replacing fossil diesel with climate-neutral e-fuels. INERATEC was founded in 2016 and produces sustainable e-fuels and synthetic chemicals to replace fossil crude oil. The company builds modular chemical plants for “Power-to-X” Power-to-X and gas-to-liquid applications, […]

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Amazon Signs Deal for Low Carbon Cement with Brimstone

Amazon Signs Deal for Low Carbon Cement with Brimstone

Sustainability-focused industrial solutions provider Brimstone announced a new commercial agreement with Amazon, reserving annual volumes of Brimstone’s low-carbon cement from its forthcoming plant. The agreement was announced alongside successful third-party test results of Brimstone’s lower-carbon Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for use in concrete construction.

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China überarbeitet grüne Taxonomie, um die Finanzierung der Energiewende zu erhöhen

China überarbeitet grüne Taxonomie, um die Finanzierung der Energiewende zu erhöhen

Chinas aktualisierte grüne Taxonomie konsolidiert die Standards des Anleihe- und Kreditmarkts in einem einzigen Katalog und zielt darauf ab, die Berichtskosten zu senken und die Finanzierung der Dekarbonisierung zu erhöhen. Der neue Rahmen erweitert die förderfähigen grünen Aktivitäten um Klimaresilienz, Methanminderung, Personenverkehr auf der Schiene, grünen Handel und verbraucherorientierte grüne Finanzierung. Obwohl dies als Meilenstein […]

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Meta Replaces Steel, Concrete with Wood to Cut Data Center Carbon Footprint

Meta Replaces Steel, Concrete with Wood to Cut Data Center Carbon Footprint

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner Meta announced a new initiative aimed at cutting the embodied carbon footprint of its data centers, piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of the facilities, in place of emissions-intensive materials such as steel and concrete. Steel and concrete are among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas […]

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Mars Launches $5 Million Program to Develop Climate-Resilient Peanut

Mars Launches $5 Million Program to Develop Climate-Resilient Peanut

Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced the launch of the Mars Protect the Peanut Plan, a new multi-million dollar agri-science initiative aimed at safeguarding peanut crops against the impact of climate change. According to Mars, the new initiative comes as peanuts face increasing pressures that threaten the reliability of global supply, including […]

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Impact Investing neu gedacht: Private Märkte im Fokus

Impact Investing neu gedacht: Private Märkte im Fokus

1,6 Billionen US-Dollar weltweit – der Markt des Impact Investings wächst rasant. In der aktuellen Episode von Perspektiven in Private Markets diskutiert Susanne Bregy (Bundesinitiative Impact Investing) mit Alex Koriath (Cambridge Associates) über Intentionalität, messbare Wirkung und welche Renditen die Transformationsfinanzierung Anlegern bringen kann.

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EU Commission Adopts Sustainability Reporting Standard for Small Companies

EU Commission Adopts Sustainability Reporting Standard for Small Companies

The European Commission announced today the adoption of the voluntary standard for SMEs (VSME), a new sustainability reporting standard aimed at enabling micro-, small- and medium-sized companies to report on ESG issues in a simplified and consistent way and to respond to requests for sustainability information from financial institutions and large companies. While the VSME […]

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KKR Invests $325 Million to Scale Clean Energy Solutions for Australian C&I Sector

KKR Invests $325 Million to Scale Clean Energy Solutions for Australian C&I Sector

Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced a new strategic partnership with Australian solar energy company CleanPeak Energy, committing A$500 million (USD$325 million) to accelerate the growth of CleanPeak Energy’s distributed energy platform. The investment from KKR will support the development of a pipeline of distributed solar, battery storage and micro‑grid solutions for Australia’s […]

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