ESG / Impact News
Resale Tech Platform Archive Raises $30 Million to Reduce Environmental Impact of Retail
Cirularity tech startup Archive announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at advancing its platform that helps brands resell their merchandise.
Oxyle Raises $16 Million to Eliminate Forever Chemicals in Water
Swiss startup Oxyle announced that it has raised $16 million in a seed funding round, with proceeds to be used to grow its team and expand its solution to destroy PFAS “forever chemicals” in wastewater. PFAS are a group of chemicals that have been in use in a wide range of consumer and industrial products […]
Pharma Supply Chain Decarbonization Consortium Signs 10-Year Clean Energy Deals for Haleon, GSK, Thermo Fisher, Gilead
Pharmaceutical supply chain decarbonization initiative Energize announced today a new aggregate power purchase agreement (PPA) with renewable energy developer X-ELIO, providing healthcare companies Haleon and GSK, Gilead Sciences and Thermo Fisher Scientific with 245 GWh of renewable energy annually over 10 years.
LEGO Group Adds Nature-Based, Engineered Solutions to its Carbon Removal Portfolio
The LEGO Group announced today new partnerships with climate solutions providers Climate Impact Partners and ClimeFi, including carbon credit purchases supporting four carbon removal projects across a range of engineered and nature-based solutions. The new announcement also includes commitments from KIRKBI, the Danish family office for the Kristiansen family, which owns The Lego Group to […]
€6.6 Trillion Investor Group Warns Against Rolling Back EU Sustainability Reporting Regulations
A group of more than 200 financial services firms and organizations, including investors representing €6.6 trillion in AUM, announced the release of a new investor statement, warning the European Commission that easing its key sustainability reporting regulations in its upcoming “Omnibus package” proposal could lead to significant policy uncertainty, and risk the flow of capital […]
Europas Investoren bleiben bei ESG auf Kurs
Trotz Donald Trumps fossiler Energiepolitik und Rückschritten bei Klima-Allianzen in den USA bleiben professionelle Anleger diesseits des Atlantiks auf Nachhaltigkeitskurs. Passende Rahmenbedingungen bieten Deutschland und Europa langfristig Wettbewerbsvorteile, besagt eine aktuelle DIW-Studie.
Globale ESG-Fondszuflüsse steigen in Q4
Europa dominiert weiterhin den Markt für nachhaltige Fonds. Im vierten Quartal 2024 verzeichneten nachhaltige Fonds weltweit die höchsten Zuflüsse des Jahres und erreichten 16,0 Mrd. USD – ein deutlicher Anstieg gegenüber den revidierten 9,2 Mrd. USD aus dem dritten Quartal. Allerdings schrumpften die Nettokäufe globaler nachhaltiger Fonds gegenüber 2023 um die Hälfte. Dies stand in […]
Amazon Expands Renewable Energy, Cloud Partnership with Iberdrola to Spain, Portugal
Amazon and global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today an expanded partnership, with Amazon agreeing to purchase 476 MW of solar and wind energy in Spain and Portugal to help match the electricity used in its operations with renewable energy.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: EU pledges to simplify sustainability reporting laws; 10-state coalition warns major Wall Street firms over ESG policies; Moody’s predicts $1 trillion sustainable bond market despite political headwinds; Microsoft signs nature-based carbon removal megadeal; Switzerland targets 65% GHG emissions reduction by 2035; first-ever green bond issued under new EuGB ‘gold standard’; […]
EU stellt „Wettbewerbsfähigkeitskompass“ vor
Innovationsschub: Die EU plant KI-Gigafabriken, Deep-Tech-Investitionen und einen vereinfachten Rechtsrahmen für Start-ups. Dekarbonisierungsstrategie: Der Clean Industrial Deal und der Affordable Energy Action Plan zielen darauf ab, Energiekosten und Emissionen zu senken. Sicherheit und Belastbarkeit der Lieferkette: Neue Handelspartnerschaften und Beschaffungsrichtlinien werden die externen Abhängigkeiten verringern.
Microsoft Inks 7 Million Ton Nature-Based Carbon Removal Megadeal
Microsoft and nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon announced today a new 25-year offtake agreement, with Chestnut providing Microsoft with more than 7 million tons of nature-based carbon removal credits, generated from its forest projects in the Southern U.S.
IFRS Publishes Guidance for Companies Taking a Climate-First Approach to Sustainability Reporting
The IFRS Foundation announced the publication of a new guide, aimed at supporting companies beginning to apply the ISSB standards for sustainability reporting with their initial disclosures focused only on climate-related information.
Earth AI Raises $20 Million to Use AI to Explore for Clean Energy Metals
Clean energy metals-focused predictive explorer and driller Earth AI announced that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding, with proceeds aimed at driving its AI and drilling technology development and capacity.
Meta Signs 595 MW Renewable Energy Deals in Texas
Meta announced that it has signed four environmental attribute purchase agreements (EAPAs) with Madrid-based Zelestra for production of 595 MW of renewable energy to help power the company’s data centers in Texas.
ESG-Fonds erleben Rekord-Mittelabflüsse
In den USA mussten ESG-Fondsmanager im vergangenen Jahr Abhebungen in Höhe von fast 20 Milliarden US-Dollar hinnehmen, wie ein Anfang dieses Monats veröffentlichter Bericht von Morningstar zeigt. Europa, auf das mehr als 80 % des weltweiten ESG-Fondsvermögens entfallen, hat bereits eingeräumt, dass man eine ganze Reihe von ESG-Vorschriften neu kalibrieren muss, da die Komplexität der […]
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