ESG / Impact News
Bafin-Direktor: “Wir brauchen verständliche ESG-Regelungen”
Thorsten Pötzsch, Exekutivdirektor Wertpapieraufsicht und Asset Management bei der Finanzaufsicht Bafin, erklärt im Interview mit FONDS professionell ONLINE, warum eine Überarbeitung der EU-Offenlegungsverordnung zwingend erforderlich ist – und wo seine Behörde Verbesserungsbedarf sieht.
Nachhaltige Anlagen: Bedarf steigt, Nachfrage sinkt
„Die Nachfrage nach ESG- und nachhaltigen Anlagen ist enttäuschend und im Vergleich zu 2020/2021 deutlich zurückgegangen“, sagt Marie Lassegnore von Crédit Mutuel AM. Nun plane die EU eine Anpassung der Regulierung, von der sich einige Marktteilnehmer eine Wiederbelebung der Nachfrage erhoffen.
UK Commits to Cut Emissions More than 80% by 2035
Recently elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new climate target today, committing to cut UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 81% by 2035, on a 1990 basis. The new target, announced at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, raises the UK’s climate ambition from the 78% target set under Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
CDP Strengthens Alignment with European Sustainability Reporting Standards
Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) announced today that they have achieved a high degree of commonality and interoperability between CDP’s disclosure platform and the EU’s recently adopted European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The organizations added that they will continue to work together to further […]
Shell Wins Appeal Against Court Ruling Requiring it to Slash Emissions from Use of Products
A Dutch appeals court issued a ruling in Shell’s favor, reversing a landmark 2021 ruling holding the company responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from its customers’ use of its products, and ordering the company to dramatically reduce emissions by the end of the decade. In a statement following the ruling, Friends of the […]
PropTech: KUGU sichert sich 8,5 Millionen Euro für die Dekarbonisierung der Immobilienbranche
Das Berliner PropTech-Unternehmen KUGU um die beiden Geschäftsführer Christopher von Gumppenberg und Niko Mikac, startet mit dem erfolgreichen Abschluss einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde über 8,5 Millionen Euro in das wichtige vierte Quartal. Als neue Investoren und Gesellschafter konnten Tengelmann Ventures, Gewobag ID sowie die Branchenexperten Michael Lowak (ehemaliger CEO Germany G+E GETEC Holding GmbH) und Axel Müller […]
GenZero, Trafigura Invest Over $100 Million in Nature Restoration Carbon Removal Project in Colombia
Temasek-owned decarbonization solutions-focused investment platform GenZero and global commodities trading company Trafigura announced today a commitment to invest more than $100 million in Brújula Verde, a nature-based project in Colombia anticipated to produce high-integrity carbon removal credits, by restoring land degraded by intensive agricultural activities and fires. Located in Orinoco River Basin, the Brújula Verde […]
Brazil Cuts Amazon Deforestation by 31%, Sets New 2035 Climate Goals
The government of Brazil announced today a new climate goal, targeting a 59% – 67% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035, on a 2005 basis, and highlighted key progress in the fight against deforestation, which it said has decreased by nearly a third over the past year. The new decarbonization goal, to […]
Europäischer Gebäudesektor investiert zu wenig in ESG
Das französische Greentech Deepki hat zum dritten Mal Primär- und Endenergie sowie CO2-Ausstoß des Gebäudesektors in sechs europäischen Märkten und ebenso vielen Nutzungsarten ermittelt. Die Ergebnisse sind ernüchternd.
GIIA and Realfin latest report highlights ESG fundraising continues to grow in 2024
The Global Infrastructure ESG report in collaboration with Realfin highlights recent developments in ESG fundraising and the continued global maturity of ESG practices
Wasser – ein Fall für Ihr Kapital
Auf einem Planeten, auf dem 71 % der Oberfläche von Wasser bedeckt sind, scheint es unwahrscheinlich, dass die Wassersicherheit ein Problem ist. Da jedoch nur 1 % dieses Wassers von trinkbarer Qualität und zugänglich ist1, ist die Sicherheit unserer Wasserversorgung zu einem kritischen Thema geworden.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR reporting burden; UAE to invest $54 […]
NatureFinance Launches Tool Enabling Investors, Banks to Assess Portfolio Nature Impact
Green finance-focused not-for-profit organization NatureFinance announced today the launch of NatureAlign, a new tool designed to help financial institutions assess and progress on their alignment with nature-positive outcomes through the lens of the Biodiversity Plan (formerly the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)). The first module of NatureAlign will help private financial institutions, from asset managers […]
Archer Lands up to $500 Million Purchase Deal for Electric Aircraft in Japan
Aviation electrification company Archer announced a new agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL) and Sumitomo Corporation air mobility-focused joint venture Soracle, including an intended purchase of up to 100 electric aircraft for approximately $500 million. The agreement follows the launch earlier this year by JAL and Sumitomo of Soracle, aimed at establishing an electric vertical take-off […]
Hedge funds eye buying opportunities as Trump win sparks sharp ESG sell-off
Hedge funds, including London-based Clean Energy Transition, are eyeing buying opportunities after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election sparked a sharp sell-off in stocks across the ESG investing space, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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