3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2024

Another entrepreneurial figure distinguished for her commitment to human rights and the environment was Britain’s Anita Roddick (1942 – 2007), founder of The Body Shop cosmetics company in 1976.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Think about our old incandescent lightbulbs, old houses and gaz guzzlers… The EU is already consuming less energy than in 1990 despite almost three decades of economic growth, while in the US since 2007, energy consumption has decreased by 3.6% while GDP grew too. Our future can be coal-free.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2023

A 2020 Carbon Tracker report outlined how Exxon’s shareholder returns deteriorated between 2007-14, with shareholders losing money between 2014-19, due to the company betting on “high cost, low return” and unsustainable assets in its portfolio of future development projects, including heavy oil and liquified natural gas (LNG).

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The 2007-09 financial crisis prompted several emergency changes to the structures, which reduced some risks – but also created new ones in the process. While that was the original aim, the industry subsequently went through a period that saw the utilities taken over and financially restructured to create short-term gains for shareholders.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Additionally, divestment campaigns and the fear of stranded assets have become each new year more pressing. In the US, electricity generation from coal went from 50% in 2007 to 15% now. Renewables are also more resilient, cleaner and more popular among voters. In such conditions, how could the coal industry survive?

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

It confirms the material importance of divesting from fossil fuels and decarbonising real estate.” . compared to 2007 levels by 2030. “[REPowerEU] shapes the transition trajectory and brings forward the urgency to act,” says Zsolt Toth, Senior Project Manager at the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). “It

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