Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

A currently in-vogue solution that has surprising backing across the political spectrum in the UK is the idea of carbon dividends. Carbon dividends work by recycling the proceeds of a carbon tax back to households. This further strengthens the case for carbon dividends. Choosing the right redistribution strategy. Klenert et al.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 26, 2020

Chalk it up to the resilience dividend. The post Investments in resilience pay dividends in combating the corona pandemic appeared first on ImpactAlpha. How have Singapore, Hong Kong and Seoul succeeded in tamping down the pandemic, while Italy and the U.S. have struggled?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Reducing future losses, increased productivity, and social benefits — that’s a pretty healthy ROI.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Dividend target and policy under review at £841m trust, amid 'challenging environment' for UK battery storage sector

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Financial Times: Energy

APRIL 19, 2024

Ofwat criticises failure to improve infrastructure in letter seen by Financial Times

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2021

Reports reveal the government is actively considering carbon dividend plans that would help lower income households cope with any increase in energy bills. Idea of a carbon tax on gas, supported by rebates to lower/middle income households, is potentially a good one.

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Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Water company seeks to avoid government bailout as officials make contingency plan for its failure dubbed Project Timber

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Financial Times: Energy

MARCH 9, 2024

State-owned energy group helps boost Saudi Arabia’s finances with payments rising 30 per cent in 2023

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Energy Energy 95

Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Wind developer says moves needed to create ‘leaner and more efficient company’

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 6, 2020

The company cut its dividend for the first time in 75 years. A few days ago Bloomberg posted an article showing that energy demand has just dropped by the largest percentage since World War II (which was the last time Shell cut its dividend). Norway’s Equinor previously announced a two-thirds dividend cut, and now Shell has followed.

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Financial Times: Energy

APRIL 15, 2024

In 32 years since privatisation £78bn has been paid out of utilities

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 26, 2020

14: Recovery capital, resilience dividend, impact-linked debt forgiveness, local mobilization, GPIF’s new chief appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Innovative and intrepid entrepreneurs in emerging markets already were on the front lines of climate change, urbanization and access to basic services. Local capital providers are working to.

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Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Earnings at mining and trading group halve as commodity prices soften

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees Smart Metering Services (SMS) post lifted dividends, citing increased smart meter installations – up to 40,000 per month – and their first grid-scale battery project coming online. The Patagonia Purpose Trust now owns all voting stock of the company (2% of the total stock).

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Financial Times: Energy

JANUARY 31, 2024

Company announces further $3.5bn of share buybacks as 2023 profits top $28bn

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Canary Media

MARCH 4, 2024

But the climate dividends would be huge: more than 40… Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Cutting fossil fuels out of our homes and commutes can be a formidable challenge.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Plus, an update on corporate adoption for the ESG reporting framework developed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 31, 2024

Plan to raise shareholder payouts by 4% follows surprise $7.3bn profit in final quarter despite fall in gas prices Shell’s investors can expect another year of growing payouts after the oil company reported better than expected profits of more than $28bn (£22.13bn) for 2023 in one of its most profitable years on record.

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Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Annual profits dip from £3.3bn to £2.8bn

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Community investments pay dividends John Davies Mon, 02/15/2021 – 00:00 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. See original here: Community investments pay dividends. You can download the entire report here.

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FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Enagás has announced notable achievements and strategic plans, focusing primarily on its significant investments in hydrogen infrastructure, aligned with the

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The rest is here: Climate action’s triple dividend. Reducing future losses, increased productivity, and social benefits — that’s a pretty healthy ROI.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A seemingly simple shift in lithium-ion battery manufacturing could pay big dividends, improving electric vehicles' (EV) ability to store more energy per charge and to withstand more charging cycles, according to new research led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Financial Times: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But nine companies out of 10 have raised or held payouts steady

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UK energy storage fund manager Harmony Energy has said revenues in 2023 were significantly lower than 2022, postponing its dividend, after peer Gresham House said the same thing earlier in the week.

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Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

CVR Energy has paid out $3.2bn in dividends to feared activist’s public investment vehicle

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 1, 2024

The five “super-majors” – BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies – showered shareholders with dividend payments and share buybacks worth $104bn in the 2022 calendar year, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Continue reading.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

Others noted that markets could be responding to the fact BP delivered a less aggressive dividend cut than rival Royal Dutch Shell, which slashed pay-outs by two thirds earlier this year. Want to find out more about the net zero transition and how it will shape the coming decades?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Making a carbon dividend model work in practice is harder than you might think, warns Edward Birkett.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Stuart’s meeting with the corporation’s UK boss, Louise Kingham, last year came days after BP had announced a record profit of $28bn (£23bn) for 2022, raised its dividend to shareholders, and rowed back on its aim to cut its carbon emissions by 2030. Households were also enduring very high energy bills.

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Renew Economy

MAY 9, 2023

The Labor budget lacks ambition to leverage massive decarbonisation opportunities – and fails to deliver substantial social dividends through gas tax reform. The post Labor’s budget is good for climate and renewables – and great for the gas cartel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Financial Times: Energy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Mining group halves dividend after reporting 31% slide in earnings

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

It contends that fairness should be at the heart of plans to decarbonise the economy, and that the policies it sets out would ensure the shift to net zero provides a "people's dividend" by boosting job opportunities, infrastructure, and health, while also cutting daily costs for many.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Research projects designed to harness solar energy in space are driving new approaches to the technology that could pay dividends on Earth. The post Space-aged solar innovation: Is it coming down to Earth? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Read the rest here: Episode 199: Home Depot’s circular blueprint, IBM CEO lines up behind carbon ‘dividend’ Plus, an update on corporate adoption for the ESG reporting framework developed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Industry-leading financing providers Dividend, Mosaic, and Sungage Financial support the Aurora solar community

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Also in today’s newsletter, energy execs pay lip service to decarbonisation with generous shareholder dividends

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