ESG / Impact News
Wird eine Batterie der nächste Rekordwolkenkratzer?
Energiespeicher. Das Schweizer Unternehmen Energy Vault und das Architekturbüro Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) wollen Schwerkraft-Energiespeichersysteme in Gebäude integrieren und damit die Art, wie Energieeffizienz in urbanen Umgebungen angegangen wird, revolutionieren.
AGRI-PHOTOVOLTAIK – Äpfel unter Strom
Ein rheinischer Obstbauer will beides – Solarstrom und Äpfel ernten. Auf seinem Bio-Hof in Rheinland-Pfalz wachsen Gala & Co im Schutze eines Solardachs.
Kenia nutzt Energie: Erdwärme gegen Erderwärmung
Kenia nutzt die Energie der Erdwärme und gilt als Vorreiter bei erneuerbaren Energien, von Geothermie bis Windkraft. Doch auch das hat Schattenseiten.
Die Kreislaufwirtschaft: eine perfekte Endlosschleife?
Recycling ist ein Anfang für die Kreislaufwirtschaft. Um vom linearen ins kreislauffähige Wirtschaften zu kommen, braucht es aber mehr.
Was ist eigentlich aus der Sozialen Taxonomie geworden?
Die Europäische Union hat sich eine Umwelttaxonomie verpasst, um messen zu können, ob Unternehmen ökologisch verantwortlich handeln. Ebenfalls geplant war eigentlich auch eine Sozialtaxonomie – um die es allerdings sehr still geworden ist. Auf Recherche nach einem ungeliebten Mammutprojekt.
Mapping our progress on the ESG data transparency journey
Ahead of our US ESG Summit in New York on 24 October, Kim Erle, Global Head of ESG at H.I.G. Capital and a speaker at the event, chats to Private Equity Wire about where we are on building more ESG data transparency, and alignment between LP and GP considerations.
Asda Ties Financing Rates for Suppliers to Decarbonization, ESG Reporting and Performance
UK-based supermarket retailer Asda announced the launch of a new sustainable supply chain finance scheme in partnership with HSBC UK, adding a sustainability-linked enhancement to its Supply Chain Finance program to encourage sustainable practices through financial incentives.
A.P. Moller Launches €1.5 Billion Fossil Free Plastics Production Platform
Denmark-based investment group A.P. Moller Holding announced the launch of Vioneo, a new venture that will seek to develop and manufacture fossil-free plastic, with the aim of significantly reducing the carbon footprint associated with plastics production.
Microsoft Tests Green Hydrogen as Solution to Help Decarbonize Data Centers
Microsoft announced the launch of a new pilot project with Irish state-owned energy company ESB testing the use of green hydrogen as part of the tech giant’s portfolio of clean energy solutions aimed at decarbonizing its growing data center footprint.
München: NEXT Generation Invest treibt Zukauf für Artikel-9-Fonds voran
Der von der NEXT Generation Invest Ag (NEXT), ein auf Impact Investing fokussierter Investment Manager, gemanagte Fonds NEXT Lifelong Learning Fund hat in München eine Bildungsimmobilie erworben. Das Objekt mit einer Gesamtmietfläche von rund 6.704 m² befindet sich in der Claudius-Keller-Straße 7 und ist Teil des insgesamt rund 200.000 m² großen Büro- und Bildungscampus „Neue […]
KKR, BBVA Launch Decarbonization Investment Partnership, Backed by $200 Million Commitment
Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR and Spanish bank BBVA announced the formation of a new strategic partnership, targeting climate solutions and climate infrastructure-related investments aimed at supporting the decarbonization of the real economy.
Deutsche Bank Adds Ocean Protection Requirements into Financing Policies
Deutsche Bank announced a series of finance and due diligence commitments aimed at strengthening its ocean protection policies, including the implementation of a freeze on direct financing of deep-sea mining projects.
EU Commission Warns 17 Member States Over Failure to Implement CSRD Sustainability Reporting Rules
The European Commission announced that it has sent letters to 17 EU member states, opening infringement procedures with the states over their failure to communicate that they have fully transposed the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into their national laws.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: U.S. boards lose focus on ESG, say it’s not the same as sustainability; Microsoft to restart Three-Mile Island nuclear plant to decarbonize data centers; IFRS launches guide for voluntary application of ISSB sustainability reporting standards; Brookfield raises $2.4 billion for emerging markets climate transition fund; LEGO Group increases use of […]
Utility Global Raises $53 Million for Electricity-Free Clean Hydrogen Technology to Decarbonize Industry
Clean fuel startup Utility Global announced that it has raised $53 million as part of a growth equity Series C funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the commercialization of its technology to process industrial gases into clean fuels to help decarbonize hard-to-abate industries, such as steel, without the use of electricity.
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