ESG / Impact News
Nestlé Unveils New Climate Resilient, Lower Carbon Footprint Coffee Variety
Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today that it has developed Star 4, a new high-yielding Arabica coffee variety aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change on the coffee supply chain, and enabling lower greenhouse gas emissions attributes from coffee farming. According to Nestlé, the new coffee variety is being launched as climate […]
ClimeCo Launches New Tool to Match Companies with Nature-Based Solutions Projects
Sustainability solutions company ClimeCo announced today the launch of NatureLink, a new tool aimed at matching organizations with fully vetted, high-quality nature-based solution (NBS) projects alinged with their specific goals, budgets and priorities. Nature-based solutions, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified […]
Nur 63 Prozent der deutschen Unternehmen sind über ESG informiert
Eine repräsentative Studie von Techconsult in Zusammenarbeit mit Grandcentrix zeigt die Defizite von Unternehmen bei der Umsetzung der Umwelt-, Sozial- und Unternehmensführungskriterien (ESG) auf. Obwohl sich die Firmen über die Chancen, die durch Internet of Things (IoT) bei der Umsetzung des Reporting entstehen, im Klaren sind, tappt ein Großteil der Unternehmen bei der Implementierung noch […]
Principal AM launches Article 9 food and biodiversity fund
Principal Asset Management has launched the Global Sustainable Food and Biodiversity Fund, aiming to provide sustainable and thematic products that meet the demands of the market. This fund is classified as an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Aimed at institutional and retail investors globally, the fund was borne out of […]
Eiffel Investment Group raises €200m for new European impact debt fund
The fund will provide unitranche funding to French and European SMEs, while encouraging the companies they finance to take account of environmental and social concerns.
NLine Energy Raises $11 Million to Drive Expansion of Industrial Clean Energy Tech
Clean energy technology company NLine Energy announced that it has raised $11 million, with proceeds aimed at expanding its business helping commercial and industrial facilities to decarbonize in North America and internationally. Founded in 2010 with an initial focus on developing small hydropower projects, Oregon, U.S.-based NLine Energy provides technology aimed at converting wasted energy […]
KPMG Launches New Climate Reporting Resources Hub
Global professional services firm KPMG announced today the launch of Clear on Climate Reporting, a new digital hub aimed at helping companies provide reporting to investors and regulators on the financial implications of climate-related risks and opportunities on their businesses. According to KPMG, the new hub is being launched as companies are seeing greater climate […]
Amazon Launches Free Climate Solutions Platform to Help Decarbonize Supply Chain
Amazon announced the launch of the Sustainability Exchange, a new platform offering free access to sustainability tools and resources used by the company to decarbonize its operations, aimed at sharing its learnings and experiences to help other companies – particularly those in its supply chain – to address their climate footprint. The launch of the […]
Amazon to Require Key Suppliers to Provide Decarbonization Plans
Amazon announced that it has set climate-related expectations for key suppliers, including decarbonization plans, and that it will prioritize working with suppliers committed to reaching net zero, as part of the company’s efforts to tackle its value chain emissions. The new requirements form part of Amazon’s initiatives to reach its goal to achieve net zero […]
Green Economy Outperforms Global Market Over Past 10 Years, Second Only to Tech: LSEG
The market for environmental and climate solutions, or “Green Economy” has grown substantially faster than the broader market, both in terms of revenue and valuation, and if treated as a standalone sector, has outperformed all other industries except for the technology sector over the past ten years, according to a new study released by the […]
North Sky Raises $250 Million for Private Equity Impact Fund
Impact investor North Sky Capital announced today that it has raised $250 million at the close of has closed its impact secondaries fund, Clean Growth VI (CG VI), aimed at investing predominantly in the energy transition, climate tech, the circular economy, and healthy living sectors. Founded in 2000, North Sky aims to create positive social […]
Amazon Hits 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Amazon announced today that it has achieved its goal to power its global operations with 100% renewable energy, hitting the milestone in 2023, 7 years ahead of its initial target. Amazon first announced its clean energy goal in 2019, pledging to match all of the electricity consumed across its global operations, including data centers, corporate […]
Private credit embracing ESG
Despite often being criticised as “woke” and anti-capitalist in the US, ESG, one of Wall Street’s most controversial labels, is quietly finding a foothold in the booming private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Spanish government approves €400m social impact fund
State-owned commercial company COFIDES will manage the fund, which will finance and invest into businesses and projects addressing social challenges across Spain. The €400m public investment in the fund will be channelled from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility as part of Spain’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, which was set up in response to […]
GRESB Launches Transition Risk Analytics Solution for Asset Managers
Real estate and infrastructure-focused ESG data provider GRESB announced the launch of its new Transition Analytics solution, a new set of emissions and activity analytics aimed at helping asset managers and owners to manage transition risk, engage their portfolio companies with detailed insights, and meet environmental commitments and reporting requirements. According to the company, Transition […]
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