GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

Public equity asset managers drive what kinds of companies are valuable and thus have the capital to grow, to what industries retirement savings flow by default and what companies can achieve a scale that affords them outsized political and policy influence. Finance & Investing. To add to the list, please fill out this form.

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Investment Climate change Real Estate Retail 536

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

New analysis from Association for Financial Markets in Europe and EY explores how more finance can be channelled towards nature-related projects. But there is a continuing lack of clarity over how best to manage and expand the still nascent nature-based finance sector.

Biodiversity 67

Biodiversity Government Policy Europe 67

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And we need proper financing of genuine recycling solutions to recover materials and manage fire risks. Until single-use vape producers, importers and retailers act to genuinely comply with and finance their legal environmental responsibilities then the calls for banning the sale of them will only strengthen.”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

TCFD risks are broadly defined into two categories: physical climate risk and "transition risks." Transition risks are the risks a company may face when society forces it to curtail its greenhouse gas emissions and the risks of impacts caused by policies and investments that lower emissions such as reductions in fossil fuel demand.

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Resilience Climate change Investment Government 352

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. The European Union brought in an important new framework for the finance sector last year but drew criticism for categorising gas and nuclear as green. New Regulation.

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Fossil fuels Investment Sustainability Ethics 92

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Additionally, luxury brands can leverage sustainable finance mechanisms and growing investor interest in ESG to partner on long-term value creation. In 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity will launch a new 10-year strategic plan with the Business for Nature coalition driving business support for policy changes and new targets.

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Innovation Fashion Resilience Sustainability 524

Renewable Energy World

MAY 6, 2021

The ‘other’ category, comprised of workers in fields like finance, legal, research, advocacy and communications, makes up 4% of all U.S. SEIA is advocating for policies that will grow clean energy deployment and lay the groundwork to hire and train those workers. solar workers?. Notably, the report shows that the U.S.

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Construction Policy Education Energy 86

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest development in this years-long fight came on Monday, when the European Commission’s scientific expert group, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), pushed back against including gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy, an official guide on sustainable investments.

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Investment Sustainability Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 89

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In my previous blog, Corporate Sustainability Training: Practical Employee Education , I discussed how sustainability education for the business consumer can be broken into two categories; Practical and Academic. Sustainability is a vast field that touches every aspect of our lives and business.

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Education Sustainability Policy Investment 148

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Marcus Fysh, a member of the “Net Zero Scrutiny Group” of MPs recently launched to push back against the government’s climate policies, told talkRADIO earlier this month the developing world should not be forced to follow greener economic pathways, speaking of the abject poverty he had witnessed in India.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Global warming Policy Climate change 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Marcus Fysh, a member of the “Net Zero Scrutiny Group” of MPs recently launched to push back against the government’s climate policies, told talkRADIO earlier this month the developing world should not be forced to follow greener economic pathways, speaking of the abject poverty he had witnessed in India.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Global warming Policy Climate change 98

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JUNE 24, 2021

This role will be responsible for coordinating with Development, Finance, Asset Management, Operations, Energy Management, Fundamentals, Policy, and Accounting teams with respect to projects, offtake products, risk management, pricing, and general business development activities. development, operations, finance, and accounting).

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Policy Energy Energy Sustainability 40

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 8, 2024

FOAK finance is finicky, to say the least. While not quite a plug-and-play formula yet, five primary financing buckets repeatedly back up FOAK with bucks: “Super Round” with Equity, Philanthropic or Catalytic Capital, Strategics, Government, and Project Investment. You’re ready to build.   Alignment.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 74

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In my previous blog, Corporate Sustainability Training: Practical Employee Education , I discussed how sustainability education for the business consumer can be broken into two categories; Practical and Academic. Sustainability is a vast field that touches every aspect of our lives and business.

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Education Sustainability Organic Policy 148

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last year, for example, Sephora became the first major cosmetics retailer to broadcast its policy on chemicals. We are fundamentally changing the way that chemical hazard data is created, maintained, distributed and financed. Target's Sustainable Product Standard came on the scene in 2013. Nike has its own Chemistry Playbook.

Plastics 504

Plastics Innovation Organic Retail 504

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

In a hugely competitive category, the judges were impressed by the breadth of Anthesis Group's offering, the huge impact of its projects, and its ability to execute against its ambitious expansion plans. Here are all the winners and highly commended entries from the night: Consultancy of the Year. Anthesis Group. Highly Commended: JLL.

Sustainability 69

Sustainability Carbon Climate change Innovation 69

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. A sustainability program launch event is the perfect time to establish and communicate new sustainability policies and practices. Finance and Accounting including applying carbon credits, minimizing paper billing and printing and remote working.

Business Energy Monitoring 144

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 144

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

While more ambition and much more action is still needed, there are significant accomplishments emerging from this COP: an agreement from over 100 countries to cut methane; an agreement on the rules necessary for a robust, transparent, and accountable carbon market; notable achievements on deforestation commitments and financing — and more.

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COP Methane Carbon Politics 52

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Finance and Biodiversity Day at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit got off to an explosive start yesterday morning, after developing nations walked out of talks on finance in the wee hours of the morning. However, on the side lines of the summit, some parties appeared to signal their readiness to work towards a deal on finance.

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Biodiversity Asia Policy Government 36

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

We call on the Commission to stand firm and prevent European public money from financing the ‘hydrogen hype’ via disproportionate climate-killing projects pushed by certain member states and lobbies,” Toussaint, who is a member of the European Parliament, told DeSmog. Successful projects are to be announced in November.

Fossil fuels 87

Fossil fuels Hydrogen Natural gas Europe 87

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

Climetrics uses a range of environmental data to assess the performance of equity funds, using a '1-leaf' to '5-leaf' rating system to score the green credentials of the portfolio of companies in any given fund, the asset manager's internal environmental actions, and their wider investment policy.

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Biodiversity Europe Waste Waste 36

EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

Important differences among shipping categories will drive how container, bulk, and tanker shippers approach the task at hand. To better understand what the energy transition pathway looks like, we talked with big players in each major shipping category about steps they are taking now. Container shipping: A.P. of all global emissions. 

Energy 52

Energy Energy Carbon-neutral Transportation 52

Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 5, 2023

From securing financing to forging a partnership with a developer , the inherent uncertainty around FOAK (or even the first few "early-of-a-kind") projects means everyone is on edge about the risks and unclear about the rewards—not to mention the returns. The valley of death isn’t only about a lack of financing.

Technology 82

Technology Hydrogen Demand Investment 82

Andrew Winston

MAY 26, 2022

I’m not thrilled about it, but not for wonky semantics reasons — in this case it’s the source of the language, the finance world, that poses problems. Even with the incredible chaos around defining ESG, it’s better to have finance people at the table than not. The Risk of Viewing Sustainability Through a Market Lens.

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Sustainability Investment Blockchain Fossil fuels 113

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Add in that Mozilla says , “modern cars are a privacy nightmare,” and represent the worst product category ever reviewed, and there are plenty of reasons to be proactive about EV charger security. Implementing requirements modeled after sectors that prioritise security, like finance and IT, would also be pragmatic.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 116

Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Policy Packaging Fossil fuels Politics 59

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

However, today's announcements, while including a host of measures impacting renewables, nuclear, carbon capture, hydrogen, and energy efficiency, extend far beyond energy, stretching into green finance, electric vehicles, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and nature markets. Detailing £11.6

Government 80

Government Hydrogen Carbon Investment 80

Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We believe this category is an excellent fit for the venture model and absolutely essential to building our new carbon economy. We have broken down the market into three categories: Data Generation , Insight Engines , and Applications. The core value proposition for companies in this category is analytics?—?mapping Applications.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 59

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Venture and growth form the foundational layer of the climate capital stack, setting the stage for subsequent project finance and debt layers to finance the best solutions, and cross the valleys of death into broad deployment. Underlying factors included production delays and inability to secure finance for production plans. 

Building Energy Monitoring 144

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects. Why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies? Loans and investment fuel growth.

Retail 28

Retail Policy Investment Europe 28

Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Isabella Teixeira, former Environment Minister of Brazil, said: "The entire reform of the development finance system will be discussed next year, and must deliver not only for climate, but for nature. In terms of next steps, countries must now embed these commitments in domestic policy and unlock the role of the private sector.

Biodiversity 41

Biodiversity Government Policy Politics 41

Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

With zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) days in the rearview mirror, deployments of real assets suddenly look real expensive again. Many growth assets were scooped up during the market peak, creating a current dearth of companies ready for growth-scale financing. Investors spent a lot of money in 2021 and 2022.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Transportation Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

The government dedicates six pages of its new report into the benefits of Brexit to net zero, climate, and environment policy - but do Ministers' boasts stand up to scrutiny? Many would slam this assessment as categorically unproven, if not actively misleading.

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Government Policy Plastics Waste 36

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 31, 2023

More specifically, the program collaborators are interested in carbontech innovations that are related to the following categories: Carbon Capture, such as atmospheric (e.g. The C2V Initiative, the CLC, and NYSERDA are welcoming applications from startups developing carbontech solutions for the accelerator’s third cohort.

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Carbon Startups Incubators Incubators 52

Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance this week announced the placement results of the first BTP Green syndicated issuance, the new Italian government bond designed to support public expenditures that deliver positive environmental impacts. Vestaire Collective announces $216m financing round. Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.,

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Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative North America Europe 78

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

US competition law has already been blamed in part for diluting the ambition of the Glasgow Financial Alliance on Net Zero (GFANZ) and its various sub-sectoral alliances in the finance sector. The draft guidance also invites parties to approach the CMA for informal advice, in what it is calling an 'open-door policy'.

Law 41

Law Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels 41

GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Increasingly, the stars are aligning for industrial emissions to take center stage, for three key reasons: demand for clean solutions is growing; technologies are maturing; and the conditions for policy solutions are ripe. Robust policy support will be key to rapidly scaling the transition.

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Natural gas Carbon-neutral Policy Innovation 515