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Microsoft und Carbon Direct veröffentlichen Standards für hochwertige Kohlendioxidentfernung bis 2025
Neue CDR-Standards für den Schiffsbau: Erstmalige Aufnahme von Kriterien für Methoden zur abiotischen Entfernung von Kohlenstoff aus dem Meer wie „Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement“ und „Direct Ocean Removal“. Verbesserte Messung und Verifizierung: Die Kriterien für 2025 betonen direkte Messung, Fernerkundung und automatisierte Überwachung, um die CDR-Buchhaltung zu verbessern. Anleitung auf Grundlage realer Daten: Erkenntnisse aus Microsofts […]
Frontier Coalition Signs $41 Million Carbon Removal Deal with Bioenergy Startup Arbor
Carbon removal buyer coalition Frontier announced a new $41 million offtake agreement with bioenergy carbon capture & storage (BECCS) company storage Arbor, to remove 116,000 tons of CO2 between 2028 and 2030, on behalf of companies including Google, Shopify, and H&M Group. The new offtake agreements will enable Arbor to proceed with its first commercial-scale […]
Sumitomo to Facilitate Over $10 Billion in Clean Energy Investments in UK
The UK government announced that it has reached a new partnership deal with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation aimed at channeling major investments in clean energy and infrastructure over the next decade. Under the new partnership, Sumitomo said that it will aim to facilitate £7.5 billion (USD$10.2 billion) of investment into key UK infrastructure and clean energy […]
EU Lawmakers Reject EUDR’s Country Risk System in New Setback to Deforestation Regulation
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject a benchmarking system categorizing countries by their level of deforestation risk, marking a potential new setback for the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), aimed at ensuring that products imported to or exported from EU markets no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation globally, including […]
Microsoft Signs Deal for 3 Million Tons of CO2 Removal Generated Through New Waste-to-Energy Carbon Capture Project
Microsoft announced a new long-term offtake agreement with energy infrastructure investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Denmark-based waste-to-energy (WtE) company Vestforbrænding, for the delivery of nearly 3 million tons of carbon removal generated through a new large-scale carbon capture and storage project at a WtE facility in the greater Copenhagen region. Under the new […]
Clarity AI Acquires Sustainability-Focused Fintech ecolytiq
Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced today the acquisition of ecolytiq, a provider of in-app climate engagement solutions for financial institutions, in a move described by Clarity AI as aimed at expanding its climate engagement offering for global retail and commercial banking financial institutions, as well as its consumer engagement capabilities.
Doppelt investieren, doppelt profitieren: Immobilien treffen Energie
Deutschland steckt mitten in der Energiewende – doch ohne gesetzliche Reformen bleibt das Milliardenpotenzial offener Immobilienfonds ungenutzt. Energiekosten senken, Immobilien attraktiver machen, Portfolios diversifizieren Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass sich Immobilien und erneuerbare Energien in Zukunft immer stärker ergänzen werden, da die Kombination beider Assetklassen einen echten Mehrwert bietet. Beide sind per se langfristig orientierte […]
Dieses Verfahren könnte Europa mit mehr Lithium versorgen
Lithium gilt als entscheidend für die Mobilitätswende, doch es ist knapp. Mit neuer Technik könnte das Metall für E-Auto-Batterien effizienter gefördert werden. Der Schlüssel: Geothermie.
CapitaLand Launches New Framework to Quantify the Financial Return of Sustainability Investments
Singapore-based real estate investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced the launch of its new “Return on Sustainability (RoS) framework,” aimed at quantifying the financial value of green capital expenditure. The new tool has been established at a time when expectations shift from climate pledges to demonstrable results. Featured in CLI’s latest Global Sustainability Report, the […]
ESMA Guides Issuers, Fund Managers on Anti-Greenwashing Expectations
EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the release of a new thematic note aimed at guiding market participants including issuers and fund managers on its expectations for sustainability-related claims, and avoiding greenwashing risks in investor communications. Marking the first in a series of thematic notes, the new publication focuses on […]
Mars Launches $250 Million Sustainability Solutions Fund
Snacking, food, and pet care products provider Mars announced the launch of the Mars Sustainability Investment Fund (MSIF), a new $250 million fund aimed at providing capital to companies developing solutions to address key industry sustainability challenges. According to Mars, the new fund will deploy capital across investment funds as well as through direct investments, […]
EU Launches Major Simplification of Sustainability Taxonomy to Ease Compliance Burden on Companies
The European Commission announced the adoption of a series of measures aimed at simplifying the application of the EU Taxonomy, and reducing the administrative burden on companies, including dramatically reducing the number of datapoints in the taxonomy’s reporting templates, and exempting companies from assessing taxonomy alignment for non-material activities.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: European Commission’s new 2040 climate target includes carbon credits; Microsoft signs new 1 million ton+ carbon removal deal; companies, investors campaign to keep EU sustainable reporting rules intact; JPMorgan tokenizes carbon credits; Nestlé scales program to boost cocoa supply chain sustainability; EU Commission confirms anti-greenwashing law has not been withdrawn; […]
Tourism could be a $16 trillion industry by 2034. This is how destinations can create sustainable growth
Travel and tourism’s contribution to global GDP is projected to be $16 trillion by 2034. The sector also faces complex challenges including friction between visitors and residents, the risk of global disruptions and the pressure it puts on nature. The World Economic Forum report Travel and Tourism at a Turning Point: Principles for Transformative Growth […]
Impact Investing im Aufwind: Mikrofinanz und Solarprojekte als doppelte Renditechance
Die von Invest in Visions gemanagten Fonds seien 2024 mit insgesamt 100 Mikrofinanzinstituten in 35 Ländern weiterhin breit diversifiziert gewesen. Im vergangenen Jahr sei erstmals ein Darlehen in die Philippinen vergeben worden. Zu den Ländern, die nach einer Pause wieder ins Portfolio aufgenommen worden seien, würden Kenia, Pakistan und Guatemala zählen. Der Impact Investor habe […]
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