GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. .

Biodiversity 540

Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 540

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

Saving energy is in the Grundfos DNA and is demonstrated by their heavy investment in R&D as well as by their ensuring that each generation of pumping products and solutions are increasingly effective and efficient.

Energy Monitor 179

Energy Monitor Climate change Sustainability Investment 179

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

The suit alleged that First Solar executives and officers misled shareholders between April 2008 and February 2012 about the extent of financial damage related to a manufacturing hiccup. Prior to the suit, First Solar had announced the discovery of a defect that impacted 4 percent of the panels it produced between June 2008 and June 2009.

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Logging Construction Investment 130

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

ImpactAlpha, September 30 – Vancouver-based impact investor Renewal Funds has been investing in environmental technology and sustainable consumer products since it launched its first fund in 2008. The firm has raised C$145 million ($109 million) to accelerate investing in early stage companies.

Transportation 80

Transportation Investment Sustainability Technology 80

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Schroders investment experts explain what impact the pandemic has had on sustainable investing and what it means for the future. Sustainable investing is not just about a company's financial success, but how it achieves that success. NMB: "I think it will last and in simple terms it's largely down to investment performance.

Investment 54

Investment Sustainability Europe Government 54

Impact Alpha

JUNE 15, 2020

LeapFrog Investments goes into this recession with capital on hand, the fortuitous result of having raised more than $700 million for its third fund last year. That’s a stark contrast to the last recession, when LeapFrog launched its first fund a week after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The emerging market impact investor.

Investment 72

Investment 72

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

7 – The Nigerian-born entrepreneur and investor was investing in zones of opportunity before there were Opportunity Zones. Muoto has acquired, rehabbed and operated low-income housing in South Los Angeles since 2008. ImpactAlpha, Jan.

Investment 91

Investment 91

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

I heard that in 2008 when oil prices first topped $100 a barrel. When prices are high, oil companies tend to invest a lot more into increasing production. But there is a lag between those investments and additional supply. That often results in a price crash in which investments dry up. This time there is no easy cure.”

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Lithium Demand Batteries North America 60

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

The recovery packages stipulated in the course of overcoming the impacts of the corona crisis can be an opportunity to channel needed investments into sustainable, green sectors and build back better. Investments into energy efficiency are predicted to fall by 9%, as financial savings are reduced because of COVID-19, according to IEA.

Energy 82

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Packaging 82

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The problem is that despite this momentum, even sophisticated investors lack the breadth and depth of commitment to avoid the vast majority of speculative oil and gas investments. GEM estimates current global pipeline plans represent nearly $1 trillion in new investment. The writing, as they say, is on the wall for oil and gas.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 223

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Covid-19 crisis will result in a "worse shock" to the economy than seen 12 years ago, according to the group, and "what worked for the 2008 financial crisis may not be sufficient to overcome this one". The group warns the shock to the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be tougher than the 2008 financial crisis. "We

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 10, 2020

Global investment in offshore wind more than quadrupled in the first half of 2020. Another major utility is getting out of America’s largest coal plant and making investments in solar-generated hydrogen. More new wind farms were approved at the height of the pandemic than during all last year. What does this activity tell us?

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 130

GreenBiz

JULY 16, 2020

The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. Think of how many households with multiple children have had to invest in additional devices in order to keep everyone online.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 447

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

Conway has invested in one other solar project, expected to provide annual electricity for 150 homes. Last month, Lightsource announced the financing of a 260-megawatt Texas project during a week when financial markets saw their worst since October 2008, which kicked off the Great Recession. “We have a very full plate.”

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Law Electricity Investment Construction 218

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.

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Incubators Incubators Resilience Innovation 420

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The bank also said it would not finance customers producing or buying beef or soybeans from land cleared or converted after 2008 in the Amazon, meaning BNP's clients must apply this cut-off date, and that it would encourage its clients to avoid producing or buying beef or soybeans from cleared or converted land in the Cerrado after 1 January 2020.

Policy 100

Policy Biodiversity Europe Investment 100

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

VIDEO: Chief executive of the responsible investment charity chats to BusinessGreen's James Murray about the rise of shareholder activism in driving climate action.

Investment 71

Investment Sustainability 71

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 14, 2021

Since 2008, U.S. Bank has invested more than $12.6 billion to help finance the development of more than 15 gigawatts of solar energy across the country,” said Eric Barr, Vice President of Renewable Energy Investments with U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, the tax equity and community investments subsidiary of U.S.

Investment 72

Investment Construction Electricity Energy 72

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

100 billion of private investment: A breakdown The Act seeks to implement the British Energy Security Strategy (BESS) that will unlock £100 billion of private investment in the energy sector and create 480,000 jobs by 2030. Let us have a look below at some of the key areas in which the Act will support private investment.

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy 147

Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

The One for One rule will ensure that banks making high-risk fossil fuel investments shoulder that risk themselves," she added. "It The campaigners warned that this sum is more than double the $2.3tr which was needed in the 2008 financial crisis, while 13.6 million jobs would be put at risk worldwide. million jobs at risk.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Investment 95

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As an intern in Lehman Brothers’ global power group in 2008, she watched the collapse of the investment bank happen in real time. Britta von Oesen knows risk. She’s lived it. Later, as a wind and solar developer in Italy, she watched European markets grind to a halt after feed-in tariffs were slashed. And in the U.S.,

Policy 100

Policy Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 100

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 9, 2024

About ThinkGeoEnergy Founded in 2008, ThinkGeoEnergy is the leading news platform for the global geothermal energy sector. The site provides a wealth of information and news on current development, technological innovation and challenges, policy, finance, investment and more.

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Geothermal power Africa Organic Politics 52

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 19, 2021

Norwegian investment giant Aker announced Tuesday it had taken a majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power, the global wind and solar project developer. The equity investment in Mainstream will help the developer finance ongoing construction projects, said Aker. GW of renewable capacity since 2008. Today it has a 1.4

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Construction Africa Investment Carbon 130

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

The most notable change from the country's package from 2008 was the absence of incentives to buy cars from the nation's auto giants — unless, that is, they are electric vehicles. Meanwhile, Total, France's oil major, ramped up its investments in offshore wind, announcing its first major investment in the sector this week.

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Europe Packaging Government Investment 214

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

The rankings place Schneider Electric SE at the top, after the French digital energy and automation specialist last year earned 70 per cent of its revenue from "sustainable solutions" while directing 73 per cent of its investment towards these goals, according to Corporate Knights. campaign, to align their strategies with the Paris Agreement.

Sustainability 94

Sustainability Electricity Real Estate Investment 94

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Founded in 2008 as California’s first not-for-profit, community choice aggregation program, MCE today serves over 1 million residents and businesses in four San Francisco Bay area counties: Contra Costa; Marin; Napa; and Solano. It’s no secret that the cost of solar energy has plummeted.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 375

GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. Since its inception, the focus has been on trying to build strong international policies in favor of green transport.

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Transportation Europe Electric vehicle Climate change 325

Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

VIDEO: Investment firm's chief sustainability officer Richard Burrett takes our questions on the importance of green investing, industry trends, and his hopes for reaching net zero. Earth Capital is an investment management group founded in 2008 which invests exclusively in sustainable technologies and infrastructure.

Investment 39

Investment Sustainability Technology 39

Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

VIDEO: Investment firm's chief sustainability officer Richard Burrett and chief investment officer Gordon Power take our questions on the importance of green investing, industry trends, and hopes for reaching net zero. It's track record extends to over 256 investments, generating an internal rate of return of 28.5

Investment 36

Investment Sustainability Technology 36

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

“Weak power prices and collapsing FX rates are severely damaging the economics of new investments across a wide range of countries. percent in 2008 during the Great Recession. There are calls for the sunsetting solar investment tax credit (ITC) to be extended beyond the end of the year. gigawatts to 123.6

Logistics 223

Logistics Construction Packaging Investment 223

GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

traded stocks, were filled by women in 2019, up from just 12 percent in 2008 — racial diversity has not. . And while gender diversity has improved significantly over the past few years — according to Institutional Shareholder Services , 45 percent of new board positions among the Russell 3000, representing 3,000 of the largest U.S.-traded

Investment 350

Investment Sustainability Pollution Organic 350

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The API2000 standard (also known as ISO28300:2008) was the first to require testing for leakage and correct calibration, including the specification of a maximum allowable leakage rate, when Edition VI was published in 2008. Certification is a particular area of weakness where breather valves are concerned.

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Pollution Aviation Education Investment 180

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

Therefore, we have identified Thames Water’s investment in improved treatment to comply with the EU Urban Wastewater Directive, which was adopted that year, as the crucial turning point.”.

Biodiversity 183

Biodiversity Organic Investment 183

T Rex Group

AUGUST 15, 2023

The private credit market is experiencing significant growth and transformation, driven by various factors such as the expansion of the global middle class, increased demand for credit from small and medium-sized businesses, and regulatory changes that have facilitated institutional investment in private credit. Led predominantly by the U.S.

Technology 52

Technology Investment Demand Europe 52

Clean Energy Canada

MAY 6, 2020

Following the 2008 financial crisis, countries around the world put together stimulus packages with varying emphasis on clean energy. These investments also paid off in reduced carbon pollution: since 2008, U.S. How many jobs are created per dollar invested? The answer? What questions should these criteria ask?

Pollution 75

Pollution Packaging Government Investment 75

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 16, 2020

16 – Jeremy Grantham called the Japanese bubble of the 1980s, the tech bubble of the 2000s, and the housing bubble of 2008. ImpactAlpha, Jan. The British-born value investor has been warning of the risks of climate change long before it was fashionable.

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Fossil fuels Fashion Climate change Agriculture 95

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Leila Janah founded Samasource in 2008 to help the emerging markets’ workforce The post Samasource raises $14.8 San Francisco-based Samasource trains and hires data reviewers in East Africa to tag photos and annotate other data sources for Fortune 500 companies.

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Africa Investment 94