Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Joanna Munro, global chief investment officer (CIO) at HSBC Asset Management, said: "Technology will play a major role in enabling the energy transition, funded by public money, private capital and philanthropic commitments like HSBC's Climate Solutions Partnership with the World Resources Institute and WWF.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Even for Seattle, where Saunders has managed to electrify a majority of the city’s fleet, the path to carbon reduction isn’t simple. "At He includes upfront capital investment, electricity costs and vehicle replacement cycles into his budget. Designing a strategy and buying the vehicles isn’t where the challenges end.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

million in capital expenditure per MWh when, in reality, the cost is only a fraction of that amount, at £50-70 per MWh. Civitas estimates that the total capital expenditure on onshore wind turbines will come to £810 billion. The report suggests that new onshore wind turbines will cost £1.3 These paragraphs will be amended and updated.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Salazar made this analogy at the Hart Energy 2021 Energy Capital Conference this summer on a panel discussion about banking loans for the oil and gas industry. Hart Energy 2021 Energy Capital Conference Source: Screen capture from video archive. Greg Determan, managing director at JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

Our team here at Green Busing Bureau strongly believes that this will be the year of mainstream sustainable business where every company, not just the purpose-driven ones, will be committed to being more eco-friendly and socially responsible. Stakeholder capitalism. Business as a force for good. Focus on people and employee engagement.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

The goal is to unlock private capital for reforestation efforts by reaching out to banking partners and other investors who have not yet been identified by the partner companies. The existing classes of capital, like all RFPs for carbon credits, all those billions of dollars of green bonds, they're just not well suited to start a forest.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

We have spent decades developing data for global investors to measure risk and opportunities related to climate change and ESG factors," said Nadia Laine, head of ESG products at MSCI. A version of this article originally appeared at Investment Week.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In addition, two feedstocks are also approved to produce SAF through co-processing (where the sustainable feedstocks are processed alongside fossil feedstocks through a hydrotreater). It is also a capital-intensive process to get the infrastructure in place for this pathway.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Travis Perkins head of pensions and financial wellbeing Paul Williams commented: "Signing up to the Green Pensions Charter will empower us as colleagues to make positive investment choices - another way for us to support our sustainable business agenda, building for better, in practice. This article first appeared at Professional Pensions.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Britishvolt is also currently looking at sites in the Canadian province of Quebec for its second factory, where it also plans to “create domestic IP.”. Prior to Britishvolt, I spent 17 years at A123 systems in the US, where I led a group that was focused on developing LFP cells. If it were, then everyone would already be doing it.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 26, 2022

The bank’s global head of private wealth talked about a customer survey the bank had just conducted. Of course, these terms also need details behind them, but at least they tell you something about the direction in which you’re headed. If you enjoyed this article, please pass it on. . They said that the No.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

meaning buying activity outweighed selling by over 3:1, compared to FFI: Equity, which has barely kept its head above water with 51. Edward Glyn, head of global markets at Calastone, said: "Caution on equity markets has prompted outflows from equity funds for two months in a row. This article first appeared at Investment Week.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Types of Operating Risks in Hydrogen Projects The identification, documentation, allocation and ultimately mitigation of risk, including operational risk, is relevant for any project but particularly hydrogen projects which are, by their nature, large, complex and capital intensive projects.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

As Adam Waterous, head of the private equity group Waterous Energy Fund, told the Financial Times: “This business is broken. The industry is going through a multiyear process of wringing capital out of the sector, not bringing new capital in.”. US energy indep. Shale Investors Looking for Greater Fools.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

These suppliers don't have easy access to capital," said Jane Ewing, senior vice president for sustainability at Walmart. These suppliers don't have easy access to capital," said Jane Ewing, senior vice president for sustainability at Walmart. "[The This article originally appeared at GreenBiz.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As more fleets of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles go electric, there’s a growing awareness that building the necessary charging infrastructure will be a complex proposition, requiring specialized expertise and considerable capital. TeraWatt has only recently come out of stealth mode, and has yet to announce any major customers.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

The remainder of this article discusses how these trends intersect to help shipping companies that are considering riding the “hydrogen wave.”. Additionally, in applications where the use of pure hydrogen would be impossible or infeasible, hydrogen can be chemically stored or converted into other fuels such as methanol or ammonia.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix Elsa Wenzel Wed, 10/07/2020 – 02:01 Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Lisa Williams , former chief product officer, becomes head of innovation, design and merchandising.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the end of the programme, there will be a demo day where each participant will pitch to Google's venture capital network. This article originally appeared at GreenBiz. Those chosen will receive equity-free support from Google during the programme's 10 weeks, access to $200,000 of worth of Google Cloud credits and mentorship.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2021

In 2019, I wrote two articles that highlighted how ExxonMobil said it would be successful in shale where others had failed, and claimed that its scale and expertise would enable it to produce oil in the Permian Basin for only $15 a barrel when at the time the industry averages for producing oil were closer to $50 a barrel.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

With the capital clout to drive investment in green technology, pensions can become superpower in the fight against climate change," she argued. She said the DWP's stewardship proposals "will help support trustees monitor, engage, and where necessary, intervene". This article first appeared at Professional Pensions.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

A lower capacity factor means plants are being run less often and not providing full output, which increases operating and capital costs. New solar power would have a slight edge over wind for more locations in Ohio, although there are about half a dozen places where costs for solar and wind would be within 10% of each other.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And some sources are pointing to evidence of a tight labor markets where laid off tech candidates are finding new jobs in with relatively quick turnaround. Mission > Money An early stage startup is often capital constrained and cannot offer competitive compensation in comparison to more established tech companies.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This is a trend we’ve seen play out in many of our portfolio companies, which have been able to compete head to head with large tech companies that are offering much richer pay packages. energy savings), and better capital allocation decisions. McKinsey has a good overview of these here. Come join us!

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

These are the final pieces of the Paris Agreement required to complete the jigsaw and activate the UN deal agreed in 2015: Transparency, Article 6 and Common Timeframes. In short, it would entail regular UN-run assessments to see what capitals are up to, how badly they're being hit by impacts, and how successful various policies are.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As a recent Bloomberg article reports, fear of the electric future is an underlying reason for the United Auto Workers strike against GM – the first in over a decade. The Wall Street Journal reports that GM has redirected capital to invest in electrification and autonomy by making deep cuts at legacy locations.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Sandy MacDonald, head of sustainability at SLA, said: "As you would expect our first step is to reduce our emissions as much as we can - and we have long-term targets in place to do this - and then we offset what remains. This article originally appeared at Investment Week. Standard Life Aberdeen is one such business.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 23, 2021

Meanwhile, many urban water systems are in dire need of repair,” said Seb Beloe, head of sustainability research at WHEB Asset Management. “Add in desalination, agriculture and wastewater management, and water stands to become one of the world’s biggest capital-growth opportunities.”

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

A lower capacity factor means plants are being run less often and not providing full output, which increases operating and capital costs. New solar power would have a slight edge over wind for more locations in Ohio, although there are about half a dozen places where costs for solar and wind would be within 10% of each other.

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Business Green

JUNE 12, 2020

We are a really critical part of this food supply chain, and we can fill a gap when there is a crisis," said Shireen Santosham, head of strategic initiatives at Plenty, which sells vegetables at 20 locations around the San Francisco Bay area. Vertical farms are hoping to capitalize on this moment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

We are exploring new ways to further engage and make a difference by bringing together our collective intellectual, experiential, emotional and social capital — independent from any individual company - to help the next generation of sustainability leaders achieve success. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com. Look ahead.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 26, 2021

How treasurers can lead their company’s impact investing Catherine Berman Mon, 04/26/2021 – 00:05 When you think about who makes the greatest social and environmental impact with corporate dollars, you probably think of the head of ESG or the chief investment officer, not the treasurer. Don’t fall victim to analysis paralysis.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It's an early-stage, sometimes loosely defined space, where many solutions remain unproven, but the long-term payoffs in terms of sustainability and cost reductions could be enormous. said Anna Marciano, head of U.S. The eyes of traditional investors are widening to the landscape as well. legal sustainability at Nestlé USA. "If

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It had been conceived in London earlier that year, when Günther Thallinger, CEO of German investment giant Allianz and a passionate advocate for bolder climate action, walked into the headquarters of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), his head buzzing with ideas. "Günther

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

At Lebensbaum, applying true-cost accounting to its upstream processes involves going back to suppliers where raw materials are harvested. Topics Food & Agriculture Climate Change VERGE 20 Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 0 Sponsored Article Off GreenBiz photocollage.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2022

"Shopify is proud to have been working with Planetary through our Sustainability Fund since early 2020, and as their first customer we're confident that their ACT Platform is a game changer for carbon removal," said Stacy Kauk, head of sustainability for Shopify, in a statement. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

Lila Preston, co-head of the growth equity strategy at London-based Generation Investment Management , the firm founded by former Vice President Al Gore and one of the two lead investors in that $80m Nature's Fynd round, adds another dimension to that definition. They are in service of helping the climate.".

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