Der “Erste Green Invest Mix” wird der erste Artikel-9-Mischfonds einer österreichischen Kapitalanlagegesellschaft (KAG). Die Ausrichtung des Fonds soll künftig in erster Linie auf dem Bereich Impact-Investing liegen.
Mehrjährige Studie zum Impact-Investing zeigt sinkende Attraktivität. Impact-Investoren sind weiterhin bereit, auf einen Teil der Renditen zu verzichten. Gesundheit löst Umwelt als wichtigstes Thema ab.
Cleantech startup EVOLOH announced today that it has raised $20 million, with proceeds aimed at advancing the company’s solution enabling efficient, low-cost clean hydrogen production. Founded in 2020, California-based EVOLOH manufactures high-performance electrolyzer stacks – the core component of electrolyzers – for hydrogen production. The company’s platform, Nautilus, utilizes liquid alkaline technology designed to minimize […]
Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) provider Persefoni announced today the release of Persefoni Pro, a new free, tool aimed at enabling businesses to measure and disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Launched in 2020, Persefoni’s SaaS platform enables companies and institutional investors to measure, analyze, plan, forecast, and report on their carbon footprint.
Interview mit Sophie Kazmierczak, Mitglied des Vorstands der Bundesinitiative Impact Investing und Chief Impact and Sustainability Officer der NEXT Generation Invest AG.
Die Dynamik bei Artikel-8-Fonds lässt nach, doch das Wachstum ist noch immer signifikant, so die Experten der Scope Fund Analysis GmbH. Bei Artikel-9-Fonds sei das Vermögen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr jedoch kaum gestiegen. Scope gebe einen Überblick über das nachhaltige Fondsuniversum gemäß SFDR.
Retail giant Walmart announced today a series of new clean energy investments and purchase agreements, aimed at adding nearly 1 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity across the U.S. The new commitments follow the announcement by Walmart in January of plans to accelerate its energy transformation strategy, with an ambition to enable as much as 10 […]
Zurich-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) company provider Climeworks announced today that it has signed a new 9-year carbon removal agreement with the LEGO Group. The new deal also includes a carbon removal agreement with KIRKBI, the Danish family office for the Kristiansen family, which owns The Lego Group. The combined agreements are valued at over […]
Economic pressures have had disparate effects on asset managers’ use of ESG as well as their willingness to advertise around it. Some have leaned into it as a value creation and protection tool, while others have substantially decreased their focus on or mention of it.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the selection of 33 projects to be awarded up to $6 billion in funding aimed at advancing technologies to help significantly reduce emissions across hard-to-decarbonize industries across sectors including chemicals, steel, food, refining and cement, among others.
The study found a “green rush” towards climate funds in both the private and public markets over the past few years, with more climate funds launched in private markets between 2020 and Q3 2023 than in the previous nine years combined, and with these new funds representing more than 70% of the $90.5 billion of […]
Impact Investing zielt bekanntlich darauf ab, in ökologische, gesellschaftliche oder soziale Projekte zu investieren, die sowohl eine finanzielle als auch eine sozial-ökologische Rendite bieten. Dabei stehen Private Equity- und Venture Capital-Investments im besonderen Fokus.
Zum zweiten Mal wurden im Rahmen des Sustainability Transformation Monitor Nachhaltigkeitsexpert:innen in Finanz- und Realwirtschaft zu unterschiedlichen Themen des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements und der Transformationsfinanzierung befragt. Insgesamt haben in dieser Runde 362 Unternehmen an der federführend von der Universität Hamburg konzipierten und von der Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainble Finance unterstützen Befragung teilgenommen.
WPSF-Forscher Timo Busch spricht am 09. April bei dem Fachgespräch „Nachhaltig investieren – von Greenwashing zu echtem Impact“ der Grünen Fraktion zum Thema „Eindämmung von Greenwashing – die Rolle von Regulatorik und Aufsicht“. Die Veranstaltung findet Hyprid statt, sodass man auch Online daran teilnehmen kann.
Singapore-based active investment specialist Fullerton Fund Management announced that it has raised $100 million in the anchor close of its Fullerton Carbon Action Fund, a private equity fund aimed at investing in companies at the forefront of accelerating decarbonization in emerging markets in Asia including China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. According to Fullerton, […]
