ESG / Impact News
SWEN Capital raises €160m for ocean impact fund
SWEN Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on non-listed responsible investment and ocean sustainability, has raised €160m in the first close of its SWEN Blue Ocean 2 fund, to invest in innovative start-ups working to support the regeneration of ocean biodiversity.
More than 99% of Walmart, Netflix Shareholders Reject Anti-DEI Proposals
Shareholders at Walmart and Netflix voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals brought by a conservative shareholder group, with resolutions brought at each company’s annual meeting receiving less than 1% shareholder support. The votes mark the latest in a series of anti-DEI proposal rejections at major U.S. companies, following similar results at Apple, Amazon, Deere and […]
Amazon’s AWS More than Halfway to Achieving 2030 Water Positive Goal
Amazon’s cloud provider service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it is more than halfway towards reaching its “water positive” goal to return more water than it uses in its operations by 2030. AWS initially set its water positive goal in 2022, setting out a strategy to achieve its target based on key aspects including […]
Studie: Klima-Investoren halten sich in den USA zurück
Institutionelle Investoren sehen im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel eine Priorität – zumindest außerhalb der USA. Das geht aus einer Umfrage des niederländischen Vermögensverwalters Robeco hervor. Gleichzeitig herrscht Frust über unklare politische Rahmenbedingungen.
Now more than ever: Impact report 2024
For the past 15 years, Climateworks Centre has bridged the gap between research and climate action. We strive to bring about large-scale emissions reductions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Das ist der Schlüssel zu einer erfolgreichen Klimapolitik
Extreme Ansichten prägen die ESG-Debatte. Der Fokus auf Treibhausgas-Bepreisung bleibt entscheidend. Reporting und Finanzmärkte sind nachgelagert.
Canada Releases Anti-Greenwashing Guidance for Companies
Canada’s Competition Bureau announced the release of its final guidelines on environmental claims, aimed at helping companies to comply with new anti-greenwashing laws when making claims about the environmental benefits or attributes of products or businesses. The new publication includes a guideline for environmental claims about the future – such as net zero goals and […]
ESG-Kriterien bleiben in Europa trotz US-Rückschlag relevant
Während in den USA die ESG-Kriterien zunehmend unter Druck geraten, bleibt Europa fest entschlossen, seine Nachhaltigkeitsziele zu verfolgen. Die Europäische Kommission hält am Green Deal fest, was weitreichende Auswirkungen auf die Immobilienbranche hat.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: Energize Capital raises $430 million for new climate solutions venture fund; BlackRock escapes Texas’ anti-ESG divestment list; Oxford launches new sustainability reporting course for finance, accounting execs; survey finds investors are quietly sticking with sustainable investment approaches; Schneider Electric’s new Chief Sustainability Officer; Nippon Steel commits $6 billion to green […]
Macquarie, BCI Acquire Waste-to-Product Recycling Company Renewi
Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) announced the completion of their acquisition of European waste-to-product company Renewi, in a deal valuing the company at approximately £707 million (USD$957 million). Headquartered in the UK, Renewi focuses on extracting value from waste and used materials, diverting waste flows from incineration or landfill, operating […]
Direct Air Capture Startup Aircapture Raises $50 Million to Remove and Re-use CO2 at Industrial Sites
Carbon removal technology company Aircapture announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds from the financing aimed at scaling its Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems to capture and re-use CO2 at industrial sites. Founded in 2019, California-based Aircapture provides modular on-site DAC machines that capture CO2 from the […]
Dutch impact investors back bio-based collective building initiative
The investment in the platform CrowdBuilding aims to support the development of 100,000 sustainably built homes in the Netherlands by 2035.
Flossbach von Storch ist offen für Rüstung in Artikel-8-Fonds
Vor einigen Wochen hatten auch die DWS und AllianzGI Schritte eingeleitet, um Rüstungsaktien in Artikel-8-Fonds zu integrieren.
Wetterextreme sorgen für Milliardenschäden
Klimawandel. Vor einem Jahr gingen die Bilder von Überschwemmungen in Bayern und Baden-Württemberg durch die Medien. Die Katastrophe prägt auch die Schadenstatistik der Versicherer. Politisch ist das Thema Elementarversicherung ebenfalls wieder heiß.
Berichterstattungspflichten: ESG und DEI im Spannungsfeld politischer Konflikte
Die Kürzel ESG und DEI sind inzwischen politische Kampfbegriffe. Der Grundgedanke von ESG ist zweifelsohne sinnvoll: Es gilt, unsere Umwelt vor irreparablen Schäden zu bewahren. Allerdings ist der Zeitgeist im Zeichen der „Wokeness“ manchmal über das Ziel hinausgeschossen. Eine trotzige Gegenbewegung, angeführt vom US-amerikanischen „Trumpismus“, ist die Folge. Während die EU-Regulatoren mit der CSRD zu […]
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