ESG / Impact News
Nuveen Raises $200 Million for Private Equity Impact Strategy
Investment manager Nuveen announced that it has raised commitments of approximately $200 million at the first close of its second global climate inclusion private equity strategy, aimed at investing in solutions addressing sustainable development challenges including climate change and inequality. Nuveen’s second climate inclusion strategy will build on the firm’s first private equity impact strategy, […]
ESMA Calls on Companies to Get Data Systems in Place to Meet New CSRD Sustainability Reporting Requirements
EU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the issuance a Public Statement on the first application of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), aimed at helping companies prepare for new sustainability reporting and supervisory requirements under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), with the first reports set to begin next […]
Environmental Sustainability: How Companies Can Mitigate AI’s Growing Environmental Footprint
By 2026, computing power dedicated to training AI is expected to increase tenfold. As more power is expended, more resources are needed. As a result, we’ve seen exponential increases in energy and perhaps more unexpectedly, water consumption. Some estimates even show running a large AI model generates more emissions over its lifetime than the average […]
ESMA führt Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen ein
Neue Richtlinien: ESMA veröffentlicht Leitlinien zur Standardisierung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung in der gesamten EU. Unterstützung für große Emittenten: Es werden Leitlinien bereitgestellt, um die Umsetzung der European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) zu erleichtern. Zukünftiges Monitoring: Die ESMA verpflichtet sich zur kontinuierlichen Überwachung und Durchsetzung der Praktiken der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung.
ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESG news: LEGO sets new sustainability requirements for suppliers; Moody’s adopts MSCI ESG ratings; Accenture survey finds less than a quarter of CFOs ready for new climate reporting requirements; Fidelity International unveils new sustainable investing framework to align with new regulations; Google asks large suppliers for clean energy commitments to address rising […]
Umfrage: Unternehmen für ESG-Engagement offen
„Auch wenn Unternehmen mit ihren Transformationsplänen hinterherhinken, wächst doch das Bewusstsein für die Notwendigkeit, sich stärker zu engagieren“, berichtet Fidelity-Manager Jenn-Hui Tan aus einer Umfrage seines Hauses unter den eigenen Unternehmensanalysten.
Spanish VC investor Seaya closes climate tech fund at €300m
Seaya’s founder Beatriz González is optimistic about prospects for the sector, despite the current tough investment environment and political uncertainties surrounding the pace of the energy transition.
Infrastructure: Beyond the energy transition
‘Impact Investing and the Just Transition’ report: Infrastructure investors are playing a central role in funding the energy transition but sustainable infrastructure strategies are increasingly encompassing social impact and factoring in a just transition.
PropTech: 10 Mio. US-Dollar für nachhaltigen Zement und Beton – GreenTech Startup alcemy schließt Finanzierungsrunde ab
Das Berliner GreenTech-Startup alcemy hat 10 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Die Finanzierungsrunde wird angeführt von Norrsken VC, dem größten europäischen Early Stage Impact Fonds aus Stockholm; weitere Investoren sind Galvanize Climate Solutions, BitStone Capital und AENU. alcemy arbeitet seit 2018 daran, die Herstellung von Beton und Zement nachhaltiger zu gestalten – angetrieben von der Vision, mithilfe […]
Demeter Invests in H2 Green Steel
Decarbonized steel startup H2 Green Steel announced today an investment from European venture capital investor Demeter, with proceeds supporting the construction of the company’s flagship green steel plant in Boden, Sweden, capable of producing steel with 95% lower emissions than traditional blast furnace technology. Steelmaking is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally, and […]
Nature Risk Management and Reporting Solutions Provider Natcap Raises $10 Million
Nature and biodiversity intelligence company Natural Capital Research (Natcap) announced today it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds to be used to scale its technology aimed at helping companies to quantify and embed nature-related risks and opportunities into business strategy. Spun out of Oxford University, Natcap was founded in […]
ESG funds take more than 20% of all private capital fundraising in 2024 to April
Adoption greatest in Europe, but North America dominates in climate funds Preqin’s ESG in Alternatives 2024 report highlights the differences in uptake of ESG among asset classes and regions. It also explores ESG fund performance versus non-ESG funds, as the opaque nature of the alternatives market creates a challenge for benchmarking.
Steigende Treibhausgasemissionen – KI verhagelt Google und Microsoft die Klimabilanz
Die US-Techkonzerne haben zuletzt große Versprechungen zu ihrer CO₂-Bilanz bis 2030 gemacht. Nun sorgt der KI-Boom dafür, dass Googles und Microsofts Emissionen ebenso stark steigen wie ihr Wasserverbrauch.
Carbon removal developer raises $69m in funding round led by BlackRock-backed climate fund
The funding will support the growth of Swiss-based carbon removal developer Neustark which has developed a technology aimed at decarbonising the construction industry.
Cautious optimism returns to the private equity impact market
From our ‘Impact Investing and the Just Transition’ report: There was a lull in private equity impact fund raising in 2023 following a banner 2022. But there are now signs that normality is returning to the market.
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