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Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But they are among hundreds who will have travelled there by private jet. At COP27 in Egypt last year, around 315 private jet journeys took place. That’s why we set up a team of academic experts to estimate the carbon footprint of travel to this year’s meeting, COP28 in Dubai, for different modes of transport including private jets.

COP

COP Transportation Carbon Climate change

Green is good: The ESG talent war in private equity

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

ESG roles are opening at an increasing clip at private equity firms both small and large. What’s behind the trend, and how is private equity skilling and staffing up to meet the moment?

From Microsoft to private equity: Lucas Joppa on normalizing the ‘planet economy’

GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2023

In his new role at private equity firm Haveli Investments, former Microsoft Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa seeks to make striving for net zero just a normal consideration for every business.

Investment

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What the SEC proposed climate disclosures may mean for private companies

GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2022

For forward-thinking private companies looking to deepen trust with stakeholders leaning into enhanced ESG disclosure is a logical and supportable next step.

Choosing between the public and private sector? Why not both?

GreenBiz

MARCH 7, 2023

Working at the intersection of the public and private sectors gives you an opportunity to influence both and create impact.

Ideas for boosting private-sector investments for nature

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Just 14 percent of funding nature-based solutions is supplied by the private sector. That needs to change.

Investment

Private equity stakes its claim in sustainable investing

GreenBiz

AUGUST 2, 2021

Private equity is starting to see meaningful opportunity in climate finance.

Investment

Investment Sustainability

Wind farm developer launches private transmission and massive battery plans in western Victoria

Renew Economy

MAY 6, 2024

The post Wind farm developer launches private transmission and massive battery plans in western Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy. A wind farm developer is proposing a 100km transmission line and huge 1GW battery in Victoria's central west to connect up to 4GW of renewables.

Batteries

Batteries Energy Energy

Closing the gap between private and public company disclosure

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ESG reporting and transparency at private companies is essential for achieving net zero for the entire world, not just the public companies.

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 30, 2024

Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, a US Senate committee has found.

Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels Law Politics Energy

Science Based Targets initiative calls on private equity firms to set climate goals

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Six leading private equity firms sign up to the Science Based Targets initiative, as the group issues new guidance to help the sector decarbonize.

Private sector sees opportunity in federal ‘green bank’ fund

Impact Alpha

APRIL 11, 2024

The EPA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is intended to bring in at least seven times as much in private capital for. The post Private sector sees opportunity in federal ‘green bank’ fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment

Can the private sector make it a super year for nature?

GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2020

Biodiversity crisis is gaining traction in the private sector but a big disparity still exists between knowledge and action on climate and biodiversity.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity Climate change Agriculture

Lessons for private sector funding of conservation in a changing world

GreenBiz

MAY 25, 2022

Sponsored: The timing is prime for businesses to take on greater funding and collaborative leadership roles for biodiversity conservation, but more is needed to scale up private support.

Biodiversity

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector. It would create a focal point to engage the private sector to contribute to current and future priorities and to further accelerate the private sector’s focus on sustainability. Biden needs the private sector to help move this important work forward.

Sustainability

Sustainability Policy Investment Government

The Brief: Private equity’s role in managing impact

Impact Alpha

MARCH 12, 2024

The post The Brief: Private equity’s role in managing impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: ⚡ Tomorrow’s Plugged In: Tech equity in action. Google-backed Tech Equity Collective is working to double.

A private car ban could be coming to Berlin

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A citizen-led initiative to ban private car use in central Berlin is gathering momentum. If the campaign succeeds, the region would be the world's largest car-free zone.

Private 5G/4G cellular networks gain popularity as grids modernise

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2024

It’s estimated that private cellular networks for utilities will account for nearly $2 billion in cumulative infrastructure spending between 2023 and 2026. French multinational electric utility group EDF is deploying private mobile networks to bring secure cellular connectivity to its nuclear power plants.

Energy Monitor

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Power grid

Hunger is solvable with private sector action

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2023

Food companies and retailers of all sizes can, and must, leverage their resources to help end food insecurity for millions of Americans.

Retail

Innovating to future-proof private equity for impact

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 16, 2024

When starting in impact investing or private equity, did you ever wonder where commonly accepted fund terms come from? The post Innovating to future-proof private equity for impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Why are almost all.

Innovation

Innovation Investment

How to harness the transformative potential of public-private partnerships

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This shift towards stakeholder capitalism highlights the need for solid public-private partnerships.

Monarch Private Capital Backs 300+ MW of Solar Energy Installations

Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Monarch Private Capital , an investment firm that develops, finances and manages a diversified portfolio of projects generating both federal and state tax credits, closed on tax equity investments in four solar energy projects totaling 305 MW in Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. creating nearly 12,000 jobs.

Energy

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Solar Power

First smart meter certified for private LTE with Anterix 900MHz spectrum in US

Smart Energy International

MARCH 27, 2024

EASYMETERING has reported the US Federal Communications Commission approving its smart meter for use on Private LTE with the Anterix 900MHz spectrum. This is the first smart meter so certified and opens the way for potential deployment on private wireless networks throughout the mainland US, as well as in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.

Building Energy Monitoring

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Smart Cities Technology

How institutional investors can up their sustainability game in private markets

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Institutional investors – aka, Limited Partners, or LPs – are increasingly integrating sustainability into their investment processes for private markets. The post How institutional investors can up their sustainability game in private markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha. That requires managing.

Sustainability

Sustainability Investment

25 Differences Between Private Sector and Government Managers

POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The post 25 Differences Between Private Sector and Government Managers appeared first on POWER Magazine. You often hear it said that government should be run more like a business. But a senior industry executive with cabinet-level experience in the Reagan and Bush II administrations explains why it's not that simple.

Government

Monarch Private Capital, Elawan Energy Complete Two Texas Solar Projects

Solar Industry

APRIL 23, 2024

Monarch Private Capital and Elawan Energy announced the substantial completion of two utility-scale solar projects in Q4 of last year, located in Hill County and Bosque County, Texas. ” The post Monarch Private Capital, Elawan Energy Complete Two Texas Solar Projects appeared first on Solar Industry. MW capacity. MW capacity.

Energy

Energy Energy Innovation Investment

Deal spotlight: Keyword for private equity giants: infrastructure

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

ImpactAlpha, February 9 — It was Infrastructure Week in private equity. As the private equity earnings cycle gets underway, Apollo, KKR and Brookfield. The post Deal spotlight: Keyword for private equity giants: infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

A case study in private equity’s role in realizing impact

Impact Alpha

MARCH 12, 2024

Essential insights: The core of the debate Recent discussions have raised critical questions about the role of private equity in fostering resilient, inclusive. The post A case study in private equity’s role in realizing impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Resilience

How the private sector can help mitigate climate change

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Sponsored: Companies can drive collaborative actions towards preserving nature and reducing climate impact.

Climate change

The case for private-sector collective action

GreenBiz

JULY 14, 2022

What's at stake is not the competitiveness of one or another individual company; it is the legitimacy and viability of capitalism in the societies where it operates.

A call for private money to flow into green investments at Davos

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

As global leaders gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024, those in attendance must push for the mobilisation of trillions of dollars from private money into sustainable investments to combat climate change. And these resolutions can only be delivered with private money.”

Investment

Investment Climate change Resilience Global warming

Private Investment Needed to Scale Up Low-carbon Hydrogen Power – Wood Mackenzie

FuelCellsWorks

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Considerable private investment is required to scale up the low-carbon hydrogen economy in the United States by 2030, a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday, adding that the $7 billion.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Investment Carbon

The Brief: At Stake in 2024: ‘Impact alpha’ in public and private markets

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The post The Brief: At Stake in 2024: ‘Impact alpha’ in public and private markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ⚡ Last Chance to RSVP for tomorrow’s Plugged In call with Lenore Champagne Beirne of Bright Ventures. Champagne Beirne’s.

Conservation group to purchase worlds largest privately owned giant sequoia forest

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alder Creek, a 530-acre forest billed as the largest privately-owned giant sequoia property, will be acquired by century-old conservation group, Save the Redwoods League. The group will ultimately transfer the land to the United States Forest Service to safeguard the trees as a national treasure.

New York private college to shift from fossil fuel heating to geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Bard College , a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson, New York State, will soon replace its aging, fossil fuel-fired heating and cooling system located in The Charles P. Stevenson, Jr Library with a new state-of-the-art system that will run on geothermal energy.

Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring

Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Private equity has a significant opportunity to create financial and societal value through sustainability. The post Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table appeared first on ImpactAlpha. PE firms that invest in improving the management and.

Sustainability

Sustainability Investment

TPG NEXT anchors Black-led private equity strategy

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 16, 2024

The post TPG NEXT anchors Black-led private equity strategy appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, January 16 — TPG NEXT, backed by a $500 million allocation from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, has lined up a.

The Brief: Private financing to house homeless Californians

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The post The Brief: Private financing to house homeless Californians appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! And the answer is yes: we’ll be your Valentine! In today’s Brief: Featured: Impactful Real Estate SDS Capital deploys.

Real Estate

African pension funds back Adenia Capital’s fifth impact private equity fund

Impact Alpha

APRIL 5, 2024

Mauritius-based impact private equity firm Adenia Capital raised $470 million to invest in African businesses delivering essential goods and services. The post African pension funds back Adenia Capital’s fifth impact private equity fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Adenia tracks an.

Investment

Investment Africa

Impact Engine doubles down on “purpose built” private equity with $85 million fund

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Impact investing has become trendy among private equity firms as the sector seeks to redeem its reputation for debt-fueled and externality-laden profits. The post Impact Engine doubles down on “purpose built” private equity with $85 million fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment

AI Innovation in Complex Structured Finance and Private Credit

T Rex Group

MARCH 8, 2024

In the world of structured finance and private credit, we have yet to see much AI functionality empowering market participants, but it will be critical to keeping pace with the growth and complexity of the industry. The post AI Innovation in Complex Structured Finance and Private Credit appeared first on T-REX. Get in touch.

Innovation

Innovation Investment Technology

Private equity firm KKR agrees US$1 billion deal for UK developer Zenob? – reports

Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

US-listed private equity firm KKR is to acquire joint control of UK battery storage developer Zenobē in partnership with existing investor Infracapital, according to reports.

Batteries

Batteries Investment Energy Energy

Privately owned working forests are a climate asset

Impact Alpha

MARCH 21, 2023

The post Privately owned working forests are a climate asset appeared first on ImpactAlpha. When Fred van Eck, a New York investment manager, purchased 9,400 acres of Northern California and Oregon forest for timber production in the.

Investment

The role of private investment in sustainable infrastructure

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Investors are seeking investment-grade green infrastructure projects as opposed to one-off contracts.

Investment

Investment Sustainability

Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Green is good: The ESG talent war in private equity

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From Microsoft to private equity: Lucas Joppa on normalizing the ‘planet economy’

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What the SEC proposed climate disclosures may mean for private companies

Choosing between the public and private sector? Why not both?

Ideas for boosting private-sector investments for nature

Private equity stakes its claim in sustainable investing

Wind farm developer launches private transmission and massive battery plans in western Victoria

Closing the gap between private and public company disclosure

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds

Science Based Targets initiative calls on private equity firms to set climate goals

Private sector sees opportunity in federal ‘green bank’ fund

Can the private sector make it a super year for nature?

Lessons for private sector funding of conservation in a changing world

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

The Brief: Private equity’s role in managing impact

A private car ban could be coming to Berlin

Private 5G/4G cellular networks gain popularity as grids modernise

Hunger is solvable with private sector action

Innovating to future-proof private equity for impact

How to harness the transformative potential of public-private partnerships

Monarch Private Capital Backs 300+ MW of Solar Energy Installations

First smart meter certified for private LTE with Anterix 900MHz spectrum in US

How institutional investors can up their sustainability game in private markets

25 Differences Between Private Sector and Government Managers

Monarch Private Capital, Elawan Energy Complete Two Texas Solar Projects

Deal spotlight: Keyword for private equity giants: infrastructure

A case study in private equity’s role in realizing impact

How the private sector can help mitigate climate change

The case for private-sector collective action

A call for private money to flow into green investments at Davos

Private Investment Needed to Scale Up Low-carbon Hydrogen Power – Wood Mackenzie

The Brief: At Stake in 2024: ‘Impact alpha’ in public and private markets

Conservation group to purchase worlds largest privately owned giant sequoia forest

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Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table

TPG NEXT anchors Black-led private equity strategy

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African pension funds back Adenia Capital’s fifth impact private equity fund

Impact Engine doubles down on “purpose built” private equity with $85 million fund

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