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ESG IM AUFSICHTSRAT – VERANTWORTUNG, ÜBERWACHUNG UND AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN

ESG IM AUFSICHTSRAT – VERANTWORTUNG, ÜBERWACHUNG UND AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN

Sie analysieren die steigenden regulatorischen Anforderungen, die sich auf Themen rund um ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) beziehen, wie etwa die europäische Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) und den deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK). Die Folge zeigt auf, wie sich die Rolle des Aufsichtsrats durch die Vorgaben verändert: Von der Überwachung der ESG-Umsetzung im Unternehmen […]

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: SBTi launches its net zero target standard for banks and investors; JPMorgan, Microsoft develop new financing model to scale carbon removal projects; Deutsche Bank reports its strongest sustainable finance results in 4 years; Morgan Stanley survey finds businesses increasingly see profitability, growth opportunities from sustainability initiatives; Lloyds launches carbon and […]

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Abu Dhabi startet ersten Klimaanpassungsplan für den Umweltsektor zum Schutz natürlicher Ressourcen bis 2050

Abu Dhabi startet ersten Klimaanpassungsplan für den Umweltsektor zum Schutz natürlicher Ressourcen bis 2050

Abu Dhabis erster umweltorientierter Klimaanpassungsplan sieht 142 Maßnahmen vor, darunter 86 Projekte mit hoher Priorität für die nächsten fünf Jahre Der Plan zielt auf drei klimagefährdete Systeme ab – Grundwasser, Boden und Biodiversität –, die für die Ernährungssicherheit, die Wasserversorgung und die Gesundheit der Ökosysteme von entscheidender Bedeutung sind. Der adaptive Fahrplan wurde mit über […]

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Kimberly-Clark Invests Over $165 Million to Decarbonize Manufacturing with Green Hydrogen

Kimberly-Clark Invests Over $165 Million to Decarbonize Manufacturing with Green Hydrogen

Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, the manufacturer of household brands including Andrex and Kleenex, has become the first major consumer products company in the UK to sign long-term offtaker agreements for green hydrogen, to decarbonize production of products including toilet and facial tissues. The company is partnering with Carlton Power and HYRO – the latter being […]

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EU Plans to Simplify Regulations on Industrial Emissions, Circular Economy, Waste Management

EU Plans to Simplify Regulations on Industrial Emissions, Circular Economy, Waste Management

The European Commission announced the release of a new Call for Evidence, seeking input on a planned upcoming “environmental omnibus proposal” aimed at simplifying environmental legislation and reducing administrative burdens for companies in areas including circular economy, industrial emissions and waste management. The initiative forms part of a major simplification push in the EU, and […]

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TotalEnergies kooperiert mit NativState bei groß angelegter US-Initiative für CO2-Zertifikate im Wald

TotalEnergies kooperiert mit NativState bei groß angelegter US-Initiative für CO2-Zertifikate im Wald

TotalEnergies arbeitet mit NativState zusammen, um 100,000 Hektar Waldland in vier US-Bundesstaaten zu erhalten und so eine nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft und die lokalen Gemeinden zu unterstützen. Alle CO2030-Gutschriften aus dem Projekt werden von ACR zertifiziert und ab 1 von TotalEnergies zum Ausgleich der verbleibenden Scope-2- und XNUMX-Emissionen verwendet. Über 280 private Landbesitzer erhalten Zugang zu freiwilligen […]

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Gold Standard Releases Certification Requirements for Engineered Carbon Removals

Gold Standard Releases Certification Requirements for Engineered Carbon Removals

Sustainability standards body Gold Standard announced the publication of its Engineered Removals Activity Requirements, a new framework aimed at setting benchmark requirements for the certification of high-integrity engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects. Engineered removals refer to technology-based solutions that physically extract CO2 from the atmosphere, such as direct air capture (DAC) and bio-energy with […]

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Jupiter Intelligence Launches New Solutions Enabling Banks, Investors to Quantify Climate Risk

Jupiter Intelligence Launches New Solutions Enabling Banks, Investors to Quantify Climate Risk

Climate data solutions provider Jupiter Intelligence announced the launch of a series of new tools, aimed at enabling banks and asset managers to quantify physical climate risk within their portfolios and to calculate the ROI on resilience investments. The new tools will form part of Jupiter Intelligence’s flagship ClimateScore Global climate analytics platform. Launched in […]

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Meta Buys 100% of Renewable Energy from New $900 Million Solar Project to Power U.S. Data Centers

Meta Buys 100% of Renewable Energy from New $900 Million Solar Project to Power U.S. Data Centers

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp owner Meta and Alberta-based energy company Enbridge announced a new long-term contract with Enbridge supplying Meta with 100% of the renewable energy generated from a new 600 MW solar facility in Texas to power the tech company’s data center operations. The new project, Clear Fork, will be a utility scale solar […]

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JPMorgan, Microsoft Back New Financing Model to Scale Nature-Based Carbon Removal Projects

JPMorgan, Microsoft Back New Financing Model to Scale Nature-Based Carbon Removal Projects

Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon announced that it has secured a new $210 million project finance credit facility, led by J.P. Morgan and backed by a massive forest-focused carbon removal offtake agreement recently signed with tech giant Microsoft. The agreement marks the first financing of its kind for a U.S. voluntary carbon removal afforestation […]

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SBTi Releases Net Zero Standard for Banks, Investors

SBTi Releases Net Zero Standard for Banks, Investors

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of limiting climate change, announced the release of its finalized Financial Institutions Net-Zero (FINZ) Standard, aimed at enabling banks and investors to set net zero-aligned targets for their lending, investing, insurance and capital […]

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