Impact News

Sustainability-focused investor interest appears to have undergone a significant shift towards investments in companies enabling a ‘brown to green’ transition, as opposed to focusing primarily on already-green investments, with net inflows into transition focused funds in the EU nearly doubling those into environmental funds over the past 2 years, according to a new report by […]

California-based climate tech company CarbonCapture announced a decision to pause Project Bison, its Wyoming-based multi-megaton Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal project, due to rapidly growing competition for renewable energy in the state from data center operators. Founded in 2019, CarbonCapture produces DAC machines that use solid sorbents to efficiently absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, […]

Volvo Cars announced today that it is pulling back on its goal to offer only fully electric vehicles by 2030, adding room for up to 10% of sales to include mild hybrid models and including plug-in hybrids in the rest of its mix, as well as its interim carbon emissions reduction goals, citing headwinds facing […]

Northern European financial services company SEB announced the launch of the SEB Global Sustainable Companies Fund, a new index-linked global fund investing only in companies that are classified as “sustainable,” while aiming to generate a return and risk profile in line with its underlying benchmark. Classified as Article 9 under the EU’s SFDR regulation, the […]

France-based energy giant TotalEnergies announced a new agreement with climate solutions provider Anew Climate and U.S. forestry-focused carbon removal platform Aurora Sustainable Lands to invest $100 million in forestry operations to preserve caron sinks, and help support the energy company’s achievement of its climate goals. The investment will support Improved Forest Management practices across a […]

Investment capital, as well as grant-making, is a crucial tool for philanthropic organizations looking to further their impact. A growing number of foundations are beginning to explore these expanded possibilities. Sharing knowledge, increasing transparency and building networks will help catalyze a shift towards more systemic climate solutions.

Several sectors also rely on controversial decarbonisation levers according to the Clarity AI study. High-emitting companies with carbon reduction targets largely fail to quantify the impacts of their decarbonisation measures, a study from Clarity AI has revealed. Despite the CDP finding that the number of companies disclosing their transition plans has risen by 44% in […]

Die australische Regierung hat grünes Licht gegeben: SunCable darf den weltweit größten Solarpark bauen und Singapur mit grünem Strom versorgen. Das ambitionierte AAPowerLink-Projekt, das einst als futuristische Vision galt, rückt damit in greifbare Nähe. Angetrieben wird das Projekt von Atlassian-Gründer Mike Cannon-Brookes und seinem Investment-Vehikel Grok Ventures. Doch der Weg zur Versorgung Singapurs war und […]