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Hong Kong Exchange to Require IFRS-based Climate Disclosure Beginning 2025

Hong Kong Exchange to Require IFRS-based Climate Disclosure Beginning 2025

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announced that all listed companies will be required to begin providing mandatory climate-related disclosures based on the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) new reporting standards, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosure beginning as of the 2025 reporting year. The announcement follows the launch by the exchange […]

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UK to Require 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Jet Fuel Mix by 2030

UK to Require 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Jet Fuel Mix by 2030

The UK government announced today that it has confirmed its target mandating at least 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK jet fuel mix by 2030. Fuel accounts for the vast majority of the aviation sector’s emissions. Generally produced from sustainable resources, like waste oils and agricultural residues, SAF is seen as one of […]

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BlackRock, Temasek Raise $1.4 Billion for Decarbonization-Focused Growth Fund

BlackRock, Temasek Raise $1.4 Billion for Decarbonization-Focused Growth Fund

BlackRock and Temasek’s decarbonization-focused fund Decarbonization Partners announced today that it has raised $1.4 billion at the final close of its inaugural fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, well ahead of the firm’s $1 billion fundraising target. Decarbonization Partners was launched by BlackRock and Temasek in 2022, establishing a late-stage venture capital and growth private equity […]

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Marken mit echtem Impact

Marken mit echtem Impact

Verbrauchende verändern ihr Kaufverhalten, aber nur, wenn die Narrative und Geschichten relevant und glaubwürdig sind. Ein Gastbeitrag über nachhaltigen Konsum und die Lücke zwischen Sagen und Machen.

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Logistik: Grünes Bauen gewinnt: Weleda Cradle Campus gewinnt Polis Award 2024 in der Kategorie „Ökologische Wirklichkeit“

Logistik: Grünes Bauen gewinnt: Weleda Cradle Campus gewinnt Polis Award 2024 in der Kategorie „Ökologische Wirklichkeit“

Bei der Verleihung des diesjährigen Polis Awards im Rahmen der Polis Convention in Düsseldorf wurde der Weleda Cradle Campus als Sieger in der Kategorie „Ökologische Wirklichkeit“ ausgezeichnet. Das neue Logistikzentrum der Weleda AG in Schwäbisch Gmünd überzeugte die Jury vor allem durch seine wegweisenden ökologischen Aspekte und seinen ganzheitlichen Nachhaltigkeitsanspruch. Der emissionsfreie, aus Lehm und […]

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Bei der Taxonomie nimmt sich die Branche viel vor

Bei der Taxonomie nimmt sich die Branche viel vor

Die Taxonomiequoten in den Immobilienportfolios sind überschaubar. So ernüchternd der Status Quo, so ambitioniert die Transformationspläne: Bis 2030 sollen knapp drei Viertel der Portfolios laut einer Umfrage von EY zu mehr als 40% taxonomiekonform sein, bei rund einem Viertel sollen die Bestände sogar zu 81% bis 100% im Einklang mit den Umweltzielen der EU stehen.

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Foxconn Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2040

Foxconn Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2040

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant Hon Hai Technology Group, known internationally as Foxconn, announced a new pledge to run its worldwide operations on 100% renewable electricity by 2040. The new pledge extends a commitment made by Foxconn in 2022 to use at least 50% green power by 2030. The company’s renewable energy ratio is now greater […]

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TotalEnergies, BlackRock’s Vanguard Renewables Launch Waste-to-Clean Fuels Joint Venture

TotalEnergies, BlackRock’s Vanguard Renewables Launch Waste-to-Clean Fuels Joint Venture

France-based energy giant Total Energies and BlackRock portfolio company Vanguard Renewables announced today an agreement to create a new joint venture to develop, projects to turn food biowaste into renewable natural gas (RNG) in the U.S. RNG, or biomethane, is produced from organic waste, such as agricultural, industrial, and household wastes, and is chemically identical […]

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FCA Proposes Anti-Greenwashing and Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Portfolio Managers

FCA Proposes Anti-Greenwashing and Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Portfolio Managers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, announced the launch of a consultation on a new proposal to extend its new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), including rules aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to […]

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EU Parliament Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law

EU Parliament Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 374 to 235 to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a key piece of legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment, clearing a major hurdle towards the implementation of the new law, which came into significant doubt […]

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Erste Bestandsentwicklung in Erlangen erhält DGNB-Zertifizierung in Gold

Erste Bestandsentwicklung in Erlangen erhält DGNB-Zertifizierung in Gold

Der Investment- und Assetmanager ALÌTUS Capital Partners hat für seine Immobilie Erlangen Business Carrée als erste Bestandsentwicklung in Erlangen eine Zertifizierung in Gold von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) erhalten. ALÌTUS hatte den Büro- und Gewerbekomplex im April 2021 erworben und seitdem durch aktives Asset-Management konsequent weiterentwickelt. Das in den Jahren 2002 bis […]

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Dilemma der ESG-Ratings

Dilemma der ESG-Ratings

Die BaFin hält es mit der Branche und geißelt das Angebot der auf Nachhaltigkeit spezialisierten Ratingagenturen als zu teuer. Tatsächlich müsste aber noch mehr investiert werden, um die Qualität zu verbessern, schreibt Rating-Spezialist Oliver Everling.

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In the Name of Climate: Private vs. Public Funds

In the Name of Climate: Private vs. Public Funds

The number of public and private funds with climate-related names has surged in recent years, with more than 70% of the cumulative capitalization attributed to funds launched since the start of 2020. Despite similarity in the names, these funds are rather different. Renewable electricity accounted for over 40% of private climate funds’ net asset value, […]

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