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Apple, MP Materials to Build Rare Earths Recycling Facility Under New $500 Million Supply Deal
Apple has announced a $500 million multi-year agreement with MP Materials, a fully integrated US-based rare earth producer, to buy domestic rare earth magnets developed at MP Material’s flagship facility in Texas. The deal will also see the two companies launch a new rare earth recycling line in Mountain Pass, California, and develop novel magnet […]
Clean Fuel Startup Amogy Raises $80 Million to Decarbonize Shipping, Power Generation
Clean fuel tech startup Amogy announced that it has raised an additional $23 million in venture financing, expanding its funding round announced earlier this year to $80 million. Founded in 2020, Brooklyn, New York-based Amogy offers ammonia-based, emission-free, high energy-density power solutions aimed at decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy-duty transportation, maritime, power generation, and […]
Iberdrola Signs Deals for More than $7.5 Billion in Green, Sustainability-Linked Financing
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced a series of new sustainable finance transactions, raising €6.6 billion (USD$7.7 billion), including €4.1 billion of green financing for the construction of the UK’s East Anglia THREE, one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, and a new €2.5 billion sustainability-linked credit line with an international consortium […]
Unterschiede der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Vergleich zu Europa
China treibt die ESG-Regulierung mit hohem Tempo voran – es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten mit Europa, doch der Kurs unterscheidet sich teils auch grundlegend. Während die CSRD auf verpflichtende, zentral gesteuerte Standards setzt, entwickelt China ein eigenes System mit „China-zentrierter“ Anpassung internationaler Rahmenwerke.
Recycling, Risiko, Referenz: Das MONACO in München zeigt, wie nachhaltiges Bauen heute gelingen kann
Der Grünwalder Projektentwickler Rock Capital Group nimmt für das Projekt MONACO im Münchner Werksviertel signifikante Mehrkosten in Kauf, um das Bürogebäude besonders nachhaltig und zukunftsfähig zu machen. So sind die Kosten für die Fassade aus recyceltem Kunststoff rund 20 Prozent höher als bei konventioneller Bauweise – hier schlagen nicht nur die Materialkosten zu Buche, sondern […]
Rüstungsaktien in ESG-Fonds: So verändert sich die nachhaltige Geldanlage in Europa
Die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse Europäische ESG-Fonds haben ihr Engagement im Verteidigungsbereich seit Russlands Einmarsch in die Ukraine im Jahr 2022 deutlich erhöht. Die Europäische Kommission und die ESMA betonen, dass nachhaltige Fonds unter bestimmten Bedingungen Rüstungsunternehmen enthalten können. Vermögensverwalter sind sich nach wie vor uneins über die Definitionen, die Verwendung von Technologien mit doppeltem Verwendungszweck, Schwellenwerte […]
Google Signs Largest-Ever Corporate Hydropower Deal with Brookfield
Brookfield Asset Management and its clean energy platform Brookfield Renewable announced today the launch of a new Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA) with Google, for the delivery of up to 3,000 MW of carbon-free hydroelectric capacity to power Google’s operations across the U.S.
Benchmark Gensuite Launches New Solution to Measure, Address Climate Risks in Operations and Supply Chains
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and sustainability platform provider Benchmark Gensuite announced the launch of its new Sustainability and Climate Risk Management Solution, a new software solution aimed at enabling companies to identify, quantify, and mitigate climate-related risks across global operations and supply chains. The new solution was launched in partnership with GIST Impact, a […]
DHL Signs Deal with Neste for Over 9 Million Liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Singapore Flights
International express service provider DHL Express, and renewable fuels producer Neste announced today a new agreement for the supply of 7,400 metric tons (9.5 million liters) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over the next year to power DHL’s international cargo flights from Singapore. The deal marks one of the largest SAF agreements […]
UK Drops Plans for Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
The UK government announced today that it has decided not to proceed with its plans to develop and implement a UK Green Taxonomy, its proposed classification system for categorizing climate and environmentally sustainable economic activities, and one of the key parts of its sustainable finance framework. According to a statement released by the UK finance […]
Unblock Raises $13.5 Million to Convert Wasted Energy into Computing Power
Energy infrastructure startup Unblock has raised $13.5 million in a funding round, with proceeds to be used to expand its efforts to convert wasted energy into computing power across Latin America. Founded in 2021, Unblock deploys modular data centers at remote energy sites and captures any gas that would otherwise be flared or curtailed renewable […]
EU Delays Increased Sustainability Reporting Requirements for Large Companies by 2 Years
The European Commission announced the adoption of a series of “quick fix” amendments to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), delaying the addition of new requirements for large companies already reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), including new disclosures in areas including biodiversity, workers in the value chain, and Scope 3 emissions. The […]
HSBC Exits Net Zero Banking Alliance
HSBC announced that it has decided to withdraw from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), following its North American peers to become the first major UK bank to exit the UN-backed coalition dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities. Despite its departure from the NZBA, however, HSCB reiterated its commitment to pursue […]
Ørsted sammelt 2.75 Milliarden US-Dollar für Taiwans Offshore-Windprojekt Greater Changhua 2
Ørsted beschafft für Greater Changhua 90 in Taiwan ca. 2.75 Milliarden TWD (25 Milliarden US-Dollar) von 5 Banken und 2 Exportkreditagenturen. Das 632-MW-Windprojekt umfasst einen Betriebsstandort und einen im Bau befindlichen Standort, dessen Fertigstellung für Ende 2025 geplant ist. Die Finanzierung unterstützt die Desinvestitions- und Partnerschaftsstrategie von Ørsted, wobei nach der Inbetriebnahme ein Anteilsverkauf erwartet […]
Masdar und Iberdrola schließen Offshore-Windenergie-Deal im Wert von 5.6 Milliarden US-Dollar in Großbritannien ab
5.2 Mrd. € Co-Investition in East Anglia DREI: Im Rahmen des größten Offshore-Windenergie-Deals des Jahrzehnts erwerben Masdar und Iberdrola jeweils einen 50-prozentigen Anteil am britischen 1.4-GW-Windpark East Anglia THREE, der voraussichtlich 1.3 Millionen Haushalte mit Strom versorgen wird. Baltic Eagle voller Energie: Das nun in Betrieb genommene 476-MW-Projekt ist das erste Gemeinschaftsprojekt der Partner und […]
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