GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 24, 2021

By Sarah Casey, Portfolio Director, Climate Council. Applying a climate lens to investing is, today, not an unfamiliar notion. Investing with a gender lens, however, is something less familiar but is an increasingly important consideration. The report uncovered some stark realities and inequities, including that only 2.3%

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, February 9 – A women-led, women-backed investment fund in Dakar, Senegal is getting an environmental bonus from the women entrepreneurs it supports. The post Mapping the climate edge for gender investors – and vice versa appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

27: Opportunities at the intersection of gender and climate. The post The Brief: Ten-figure net-zero funds, lending to Black businesses, alt-payday lending, solar irrigation in Africa, Caprock’s Nick Flores walks the talk appeared first on Impact Alpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Agents of Impact Call No.

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Africa 98

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

University of Oxford-led water security reserch programme ( REACH ) publishes its interdisciplinary Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. Findings include less visible climate change impacts, including gendered impacts and those on children, as well as the immediate impacts of droughts and floods.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We need vastly more diversity in age, gender, race, geography and from industry outsiders. However, there are encouraging signs as initiatives such as Anheuser-Busch InBev’s 100+ Accelerator and Microsoft’s $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund invest in innovative water and sustainability solutions.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The idea of having an energy strategy—presented as a plan to connect the dots between economic opportunity, our efforts to combat climate change, Indigenous reconciliation, and meeting future electricity demand—sees extremely strong support at 83%, with nearly half of all respondents (47%) saying such a strategy is “very important.”

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

ESG, as we’ve noted , has been one of investing’s bright spots in 2020, with tens of billions of dollars flowing into ESG-themed funds every quarter. According to Morningstar, ESG funds reached the $1 trillion milestone sometime during the second quarter of the year. Tower of Babel. investors, for their part, are catching up.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

11 – Bill Gates has been investing for years in breakthrough technology to help thwart climate change, from solar upstart Heliogen to alternative protein maker Impossible Foods to the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund. Partly for that reason, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stayed away from climate as a program area.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

As COP26 adaptation and resilience champion, I have met already with a number of female activists, advocates and leaders to hear their views and ideas about how we can ensure gender is at the centre of efforts to adapt and build resilience. Their insights and experiences are invaluable if we are to find the right solutions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Tech giant Amazon will encourage members of the Climate Pledge to step up their support of gender equity in climate solutions. Of course, VC money is just one form of finance, but the reality remains that capital and investment flows to businesses are nowhere near gender-balanced for many, many reasons.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2024

It is not a reach to say that failing to tackle gender inequality in the UK's green economy will handicap its ability to bring down emissions and mitigate the disproportionate harm climate change inflicts on women and girls globally. This is just a snapshot of the gender mix in one corner of the net zero transition.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

As a New York City resident, director of an energy consulting organization, an advocate of energy equity and a third-generation resident of public housing, I have a unique view of the structural barriers we must break down to solve the global climate crisis. It is a quarantined site whose children go to schools that receive less funding.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 15, 2020

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original With all eyes on BlackRock, asset manager’s ‘stewardship’ falls short on climate action. The post The Brief: BlackRock’s stewardship shortfall, Blackstone’s alt-dairy bet, KKR’s green collar, forestry in Africa, health tech in India, gender alpha funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 30, 2020

On October 27, the winners of the 2020 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were announced, shining a light on some of the best examples of what people across the globe are doing to combat climate change. As an entrepreneur herself, Dawn knows that the best solutions to climate change are also the most inclusive.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

EU-funded projects raising the profile of new ideas. The Innovation award recognises outstanding ongoing or recently completed EU-funded projects that show an original and innovative path toward the clean energy transition. Women in energy: closing the gender gap to advance the green and digital transition. EUSEW 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). We are at a critical juncture. million tons of carbon dioxide. “If

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The other option is ESG mutual funds. Here, you’ll pool funds with other ESG investors, and the fund manager will invest in causes you and the other members believe in. Meanwhile, social KPIs include worker diversity, gender pay equality, employee health and safety, and employment rate. Learn About ESG KPIs.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

COP27 has just ended and while the agreement to develop a loss and damage fund is a real victory for vulnerable nations already devastated by climate change impacts, UN climate talks once again failed to address the root cause of these impacts: fossil fuel production. For women, fossil fuel impacts are even more devastating.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit investor in climate technology for deep community impact, introduced its latest cohort, bringing its total amount of investments to $79M. These 15 climate companies will join an existing portfolio of more than 150 investments. With this latest cohort, Elemental is infusing another $12.5M

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute and Environmental Defense Fund among those to clinch six figure donations in $791 funding round. Bezos, the world's richest person, emphasised that the $791m tranche of funding was "just the beginning" of the Earth Fund's $10bn commitment.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2021

While these are small steps, Amazon has committed to tackling climate change in two big ways. Bezos Earth Fund Last winter, Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos announced the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment to fighting climate change. Here is the list of grantees. Here is the list of grantees.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. degrees Celsius. That’s just the table stakes.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

A panel of female founders share their experiences raising funds, as well as the opportunities, hurdles, and how you can replicate what’s worked! of VC funding in 2020 according to Harvard Business Review. Based on PwC State of Climate Tech 2021 , Climate tech now accounts for 14% of VC investment. March 24, 2022.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Companies pursuing gender-equitable climate initiatives will be in a better position to do business in a net zero economy, writes Rupal Kantaria from Oliver Wyman. Thousands of global leaders, diplomats, and activists gathered this month in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 14, 2022

million) fund, focusing on investments in solar and wind energy, energy storage technologies, and other technologies that enable and advance decarbonisation and the energy transition. The proceeds of the issuances are expected to be used to fund the Group’s ordinary financing needs, including refinancing of outstanding indebtedness.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

All respondents were homeowners over 18, and they represented a variety of ages, genders and regions. Federal programs that fund public charging include uptime requirements , so charging providers will soon be forced to raise their games.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 25, 2022

We are proud to announce a new multi-year commitment from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to expand our mission to redesign the systems behind climate change. million over five years brings the total funding from ONR to more than $90 million. This commitment of $32.5

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Think of COP28 as climate trade show meets Disneyland meets Davos. Like Disneyland, at COP28 you can choose your own adventure – from hubs on energy transition and climate finance, to side events and roundtables in swanky hotel ballrooms, or serious negotiations in the sectioned-off blue zone. All of climate all at once.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Smart Pension today committed to halving emissions across its investment portfolio within the next decade before reaching net zero ahead of 2050, targets the UK retirement fund claimed put it ahead of the deadlines contained in the Paris Agreement. Smart Pension's announcement sets a glowing example for the pensions industry," said Curtis. "In

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

World’s largest proxy advising firm has updated its guidelines for fund managers to vote against board members who fail to account for climate risk. It comes as major investors around the world have pledged to leverage their significant clout to push companies towards introducing stricter environmental and climate policies.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

Government-backed climate risk research programme REACH highlights social impacts of water insecurity and climate change. Women, children, sick, and elderly people at are the highest risk of death in climate-related emergencies such as floods, the research suggests.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Since starting a solitary strike against climate inaction in Kampala in January, 2019, aged 22, Uganda’s Vanessa Nakate has emerged as one of the world’s most celebrated youth climate justice activists. The whole interview can be watched by visiting the Climate Consciousness Summit 2023.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2022

Now a champion of diversity and inclusion, she’s empowering everyone to take climate action by offering data-driven insights into individuals’ and organizations’ energy use, alongside personalized carbon reduction recommendations. percent of all venture capital funding went to women-led companies in 2020.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

While Trees Forever provided the materials and tree planting expertise, Campus Ambassador Lauren Litterer educated attendees on the benefits of tree cover in densely populated cities, why equitable tree distribution is so important, and how the recently-passed climate law is making this all accessible. It definitely put a smile on my face.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Only 15 out of 102 shareholder resolutions on climate and social issues received majority support from asset managers over the past year, according to new research this week from ShareAction, which analysed the voting decisions of 60 of the world's largest asset managers from September 2019 to August 2020.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

A panel of female founders and venture capital investor share their experiences raising funds, investing as well as the opportunities, hurdles, and how you can replicate what’s worked! of VC funding in 2020 according to Harvard Business Review. Learn more about raising capital in the cleantech and climate tech space as a woman in 2022.

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