ESG / Impact News
Investors Engaged on Energy Transition
Over half of investors globally believe they can significantly influence energy transition progress through their strategies, according to investment manager Nuveen’s fourth annual EQuilibrium institutional investor survey. Fifty-seven percent of the 800 surveyed institutional investors – who collectively manage US$18 trillion in assets – said they had or were seeking exposure to alternative energies including […]
Japan Issues Impact Investing Guidelines
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has finalised new guidelines on impact investing, setting out four principles for market participants to refer to when structuring and financing investment projects that have social and environmental benefits. The four key principles of impact investment are: intentionality; additionality; identification, measurement and management of impact; and innovation, transformation and acceleration. […]
Norwegian Investors Choose Voting Over Divesting
Norway’s five largest investors supported the majority of climate resolutions filed at oil and gas majors in 2023, according to research by activist group Follow This. “These Norwegian investors show the world that voting is essential to active ownership,” said Mark van Baal, Founder of Follow This. “Big Oil will only change if shareholders vote […]
InfluenceMap Links Firms to 80% of Fossil Fuel Emissions
A new report by think tank InfluenceMap has shown 57 corporate and state entities can be linked to 80% of fossil fuel and cement-based CO2 emissions between 2016 and 2022. The report uses the Carbon Majors database, which contains emissions data from 1854 through to 2022. It found nation-state producers accounted for 38% of emissions […]
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: SEC pauses its new climate disclosure rules; JPMorgan, Citi and RBC agree to disclose new climate finance metric; Deloitte survey finds sharp increase in investors implementing sustainable investment policies; Biden awards $20 billion to boost clean energy financing for low income communities; EY launches new sustainable finance hub; U.S. Steel […]
So will einer der größten Investoren vom Kampf gegen den Klimawandel profitieren
Auf den Hype um Klimainvestments folgte die Ernüchterung. Charlie Gailliot von der Beteiligungsgesellschaft KKR erklärt im Interview, wo er trotzdem attraktive Investitionschancen sieht.
Das Kapital scheut den Wasserstoff noch
Mit viel privatem Kapital soll die Wasserstoff-Infrastruktur aufgebaut werden, global wie national. Doch trotz enormer öffentlicher Vorleistungen zögern Investoren, Milliarden in Elektrolyseure und Netze zu stecken. In Deutschland einigte sich jetzt die Koalition über die Finanzierung des Kernnetzes.
EY Launches Sustainable Finance Hub to Help Financials Meet New ESG Reporting, Regulatory Requirements
Professional services firm EY announced today the launch of a new Sustainable Finance Innovation Hub, aimed at supporting financial institutions globally in meeting their ESG regulatory and reporting requirements. Based in Dublin, the new hub will add 40 specialists over the next few months, spanning the environmental, social and governance pillars of ESG, more than […]
Wasserfonds: Renditepotenzial mit Impact
„Der Weltwassertag am 22. März erinnert jährlich an unser wichtigstes Grundnahrungsmittel“, sagt Scope-Analystin Sina Hartelt. Für Anleger stehen 20 Aktienfonds zur Verfügung, die ein Engagement in das Thema Wasser ermöglichen. Sina Hartelt hat Bilanz gezogen, was die Produkte geleistet haben.
Clean Energy Developer Solarig to Build $850 Million Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plant in Spain
Clean energy developer Solarig announced today that it will develop a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Spain, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes (approximately 75 million liters) of SAF per year. The company anticipates that it will invest €780 million (USD$847 million) in the new plant, located in in Parque Empresarial del […]
ESG-Risiken beeinflussen Kreditprozesse bislang kaum
Immer mehr Banken ermitteln ökologische, soziale und Governance-Risiken (ESG) im Rahmen ihres Risikomanagements. Doch für das Pricing und in der Vergabepraxis von Krediten spielen diese laut aktueller Daten häufig kaum eine Rolle – noch.
Top 10: Sustainable Technology Companies
There’s an element of diversity to the actions of world-leading technology companies. Despite their differences, they all push towards the same goals Sustainability is largely driven by companies’ strategies to eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or the social impact of an organisation, but without targets and deadlines, there is no way of benchmarking certain metrics.
Büro: Weltweite Angebotslücke an „grünen“ Büroflächen wächst dramatisch
Für die Studie „The Green Tipping Point“ hat JLL weltweit 21 Städte unter die Lupe genommen. Die höchste Angebotslücke an ökologisch nachhaltigen Büroflächen weisen demnach US-amerikanische Metropolen mit durchschnittlich 81 Prozent auf, dahinter folgen mit 60 Prozent asiatisch-pazifische Ballungsräume und mit 54 Prozent europäische Metropolen. Mit elf Prozent fällt das Defizit in London am geringsten […]
U.S. Steel Launches Project to Capture 50,000 Tons of Carbon per Year at Steel Plant
U.S. Steel and carbon capture technology provider CarbonFree announced a new agreement aimed at launching a new project to capture up to 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year at U. S. Steel’s integrated steel mill in Gary, Indiana. According to CarbonFree, the project will be the first commercial-scale carbon capture utilization plant at […]
IKEA Foundation Invests $100 Million to Increase Access to electric Vehicles in Emerging Markets
The IKEA Foundation, a strategic philanthropy funded by IKEA owner INGKA Foundation, announced that it will invest $100 million to support the Leapfrogging Partnership, a new project launched by vehicle electrification-focused initiative Drive Electric Campaign, aimed at advancing decarbonized road transportation in emerging markets. Launched in 2021 by Climateworks Foundation, the Drive Electric Campaign focuses […]




