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Amazon to Require Key Suppliers to Provide Decarbonization Plans
Amazon announced that it has set climate-related expectations for key suppliers, including decarbonization plans, and that it will prioritize working with suppliers committed to reaching net zero, as part of the company’s efforts to tackle its value chain emissions. The new requirements form part of Amazon’s initiatives to reach its goal to achieve net zero […]
Green Economy Outperforms Global Market Over Past 10 Years, Second Only to Tech: LSEG
The market for environmental and climate solutions, or “Green Economy” has grown substantially faster than the broader market, both in terms of revenue and valuation, and if treated as a standalone sector, has outperformed all other industries except for the technology sector over the past ten years, according to a new study released by the […]
North Sky Raises $250 Million for Private Equity Impact Fund
Impact investor North Sky Capital announced today that it has raised $250 million at the close of has closed its impact secondaries fund, Clean Growth VI (CG VI), aimed at investing predominantly in the energy transition, climate tech, the circular economy, and healthy living sectors. Founded in 2000, North Sky aims to create positive social […]
Amazon Hits 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Amazon announced today that it has achieved its goal to power its global operations with 100% renewable energy, hitting the milestone in 2023, 7 years ahead of its initial target. Amazon first announced its clean energy goal in 2019, pledging to match all of the electricity consumed across its global operations, including data centers, corporate […]
Private credit embracing ESG
Despite often being criticised as “woke” and anti-capitalist in the US, ESG, one of Wall Street’s most controversial labels, is quietly finding a foothold in the booming private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Spanish government approves €400m social impact fund
State-owned commercial company COFIDES will manage the fund, which will finance and invest into businesses and projects addressing social challenges across Spain. The €400m public investment in the fund will be channelled from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility as part of Spain’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, which was set up in response to […]
GRESB Launches Transition Risk Analytics Solution for Asset Managers
Real estate and infrastructure-focused ESG data provider GRESB announced the launch of its new Transition Analytics solution, a new set of emissions and activity analytics aimed at helping asset managers and owners to manage transition risk, engage their portfolio companies with detailed insights, and meet environmental commitments and reporting requirements. According to the company, Transition […]
UK Government Appoints Chris Stark to Lead New Clean Energy Transition Team
UK’s newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, announced the launch of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, a new initiative aimed at accelerating the UK transition away from fossil fuel and towards clean and locally generated energy. The government also announced the appointment of Climate Trust CEO and […]
BlackRock Launches Decarbonization Voting and Engagement Policy for Climate-Focused Funds
Investment giant BlackRock unveiled its new “Climate and Decarbonization Stewardship Guidelines,” setting out separate engagement and voting policies for investors specifically focused on the low carbon transition. The launch of the new policy may help BlackRock to navigate the complex pressures facing asset managers to meet growing demand to account for climate-related risk and opportunities […]
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Microsoft Signs Largest-Ever DAC Carbon Credit Purchase Agreement with Oxy’s 1PointFive
1PointFive, the Direct Air Capture (DAC)-focused subsidiary of energy giant Occidental (Oxy), announced today that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to deliver 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over six years, marking the largest-ever DAC-based CDR credit purchase agreement. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal […]
Schroders publishes first impact investment report
London-based asset manager Schroders has published its first impact investment report. The launch follows Schroders’ acquisition of impact investor BlueOrchard in 2019 which resulted in the development of Schroders’ proprietary impact framework. The framework has been independently verified by BlueMark, an independent provider of impact verification services. Schroders is the only large diversified asset manager […]
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 […]
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