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Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery

GreenBiz

Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery. Many are considering a tried-and-true method to boost economies in the short term and provide wide societal benefits in the long term: infrastructure investment. It's easy to see why: Demand is enormous. Katherine Davisson. Tue, 05/05/2020 - 04:23.

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IONITY announces €700-million investment to expand charging network

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European charging network IONITY has secured €700 million in new investment from current shareholders and a new investor: the BlackRock Global Renewable Power platform. This investment will enable IONITY to quadruple the number of its high-power 350 kW charging points to 7,000 by 2025.

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GB News Owner’s Hedge Fund Has $2.2 Billion Fossil Fuel Investments

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Paul Marshall is the chairman and chief investment officer of Marshall Wace, a London-based hedge fund that he co-founded in 1997. Marshall Wace is now one of the world’s largest hedge funds – an investment vehicle that bets on rising and falling share prices – with around $63 billion (£51.9 billion) in assets under management.

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Report: Global sustainable investment hits $35.3trn wordwide

Business Green

environmental, social and governance (ESG) cover investment approaches for more than a third of global assets, Global Sustainable Investment Alliance claims. In both cases, the report said it is largely due to changes in how sustainable investment is defined, the report explained.

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The world’s electrical utilities still progressing too slowly towards a renewable energy transition

Envirotec Magazine

As policymakers and leaders around the world prepare for pivotal climate discussions at COP28, the sector must seize the momentum to create more renewable energy, enabling other sectors to decarbonise, and shifting demand away from fossil fuels. There are small indications of change. These companies have a huge opportunity to lead the way.

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Carbon Markets Ripe for a Reset?—?Our Investment in Funga

Better Ventures

Carbon Markets are Ripe for a Reset — Our Investment in Funga Photo Credit: Filip Zrnzević The carbon sequestration market has been heating up lately (no pun intended). In 2020 alone, there were 95M tons of carbon credits purchased, a twofold increase from 2017, and estimates for 2030 are as high as 1.5–2 degrees celsius. 2 gitatons.

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‘Shame On You’: Indigenous Campaigners Demand JPMorgan End Fossil Fuel Finance

DeSmogBlog

JPMorgan is one of five major financial institutions to have invested a combined $6 billion in oil extraction projects in the western Amazon between 2017 and 2019, according to a study published by the NGO Amazon Watch. The post ‘Shame On You’: Indigenous Campaigners Demand JPMorgan End Fossil Fuel Finance appeared first on DeSmog.