ESG / Impact News
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: Most investors planning to increase sustainable investments this year, Morgan Stanley finds; ECB pledges to ramp focus on climate risk; Climate data platform Watershed raises $100 million at $1.8 billion valuation; Pandora moves to 100% recycled gold and silver; Texas bans Barclays from bond market over ESG policies; WTW study […]
Die European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) unter der CSRD kommen – was das für Unternehmen bedeutet
Mit dem Geschäftsjahr 2024 beginnt für alle bereits unter der Non Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) erfassten Unternehmen die neue Berichtspflicht unter der Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), wie Marcus Columbu, Rechtsanwalt bei act AC Tischendorf, betont. Der Bericht ist erstmals im Jahr 2025 für das Jahr 2024 abzugeben, für zahlreiche weitere Unternehmen beginnen die Berichtspflichten […]
Große Mehrheit der Unternehmen rückt Nachhaltigkeit ins Zentrum
Unternehmen arbeiten mit Hochdruck daran, Daten über ihre Nachhaltigkeit und ihren Klimafußabdruck zu erheben. 67 Prozent erkennen darin die Chance, die eigene Organisation weiterzuentwickeln. Bereit für diese neuen Pflichten fühlt sich jedoch nur gut ein Drittel der Unternehmen. Um die Transformation zu finanzieren, bieten viele Banken bereits entsprechende Produkte an – die Nachfrage ist aber […]
Time and money key to greening Europe’s research infrastructures, says new ESFRI chair
José Luis Martínez is the eighth chair of the research infrastructure forum. Over a two-year stint he has to help these shared facilities navigate challenges such as the energy crisis and at the same time prepare a new roadmap for 2026.
Schneider Electric zum 13. Mal ESG-Spitzenreiter
Zum 13. Mal in Folge hat es Schneider Electric in die Corporate Knights Global-100-Liste der nachhaltigsten Unternehmen der Welt sowie in den Dow Jones Sustainability Index geschafft. Das teilt das Unternehmen in einer Pressemeldung mit. Schneider sei im Branchenranking der Technologieunternehmen auf Platz 1 und in der globalen 100-Liste auf Platz 7 aufgeführt. Damit werde […]
Some 20% of ManCos failing on SFDR requirement, research shows
Just 21.6% of management companies (ManCos) issued a publicly accessible Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) statement, despite mandatory requirements to do so before June 2023 under EU sustainable disclosure regulations, research across nine European countries found. Consultancy PwC Luxembourg revealed that of those who issued a PAI statement, only 21.9% followed the template suggested by the […]
A Closer Look at How and Where Net-Zero Commitments Are Falling Short
Investors are coming to realize that net-zero commitments and targets don’t necessarily result in effective action. Without committed investment dollars, clear transitions plans and solid governance policies, these commitments will not result in the magnitude of emissions reductions needed to meet global net-zero ambitions by 2050. Success will require not only a commitment to align […]
How ESG will impact the property market in 2024
According to the latest Trends Radar report by Cushman & Wakefield, the Polish commercial property market will be significantly impacted by increasing ESG regulatory pressure in 2024. Investors will be required to implement practical sustainable solutions for their property portfolios due to the EU reporting standards and the revised EPBD coming into effect. The rising […]
PATRIZIA erreicht Finanzierungsvolumen von über 500 Millionen Euro für sozialen und bezahlbaren Wohnraum
Impact-Investing-Strategie PATRIZIA Sustainable Communities hat mit Kapital von zehn institutionellen Anlegern in vier soziale und bezahlbare Wohnprojekte in Großbritannien und Irland investiert. Unterbringung von mehr als 7.500 Personen und damit Bekämpfung von sozialer Vereinsamung in über 25 europäischen Städten. PATRIZIA Sustainable Communities Strategie ist wichtiger Bestandteil der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie von PATRIZIA mit Impact Investing als zentraler […]
Study Reviews APAC Investment Funds’ Climate Risks
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a new research memorandum assessing the exposure of Asia-Pacific (APAC) investment funds to climate-related risks. HKMA analysed funds’ climate risk exposure by using both the historical and forward-looking metrics of companies held in their portfolios. Exposure to climate-related risks were likely to have an impact on wider […]
Calvert Brings Three Article 8 Funds to Market
Calvert Research and Management, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), has unveiled three funds categorised as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The MS INVF Calvert Global Equity, Global High-Yield Bond and US Equity funds are actively managed and will incorporate a sustainability-related risks and opportunities assessment into their investment approach.
IIGCC Publishes Scope 3 Emissions Paper
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an industry network, has released its discussion paper on Scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 covers all emissions emerging from a company’s supply chain, including upstream production and downstream customer activity. The paper outlines investor perspectives on the importance and complexity of investee companies’ emissions in the context […]
TwentyFour Transitions Fund to Article 9
TwentyFour Asset Management, the fixed income subsidiary of Swiss investment management group Vontobel, has upgraded one of its funds to Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The group said it had taken a deliberately conservative approach under SFDR guidelines, and that the upgrade stood in contrast to the wave of fund […]
Can business be sustainable?
Detrimental business The question of who bears responsibility for causing harm is a matter of attribution in a society that is detrimental to nature and a significant portion of its members. If the system is detrimental in itself, it is not the system that is guilty, but some parts of it, or their interaction. In […]
10 Millionen Euro für Impact-Startup: Mit diesem Pitchdeck hat’s geklappt
Ceezer verspricht die Sache mit den CO2-Zertifikaten für Unternehmen einfacher zu machen. Für die Series-A konnte das Startup HV Capital, Norrsken VC und Picus Capital gewinnen.
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