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The potential of green bonds in emerging markets

Renewable Energy World

Since 2011, annual global energy transition investment (renewable energy, CCS, electrified transport, hydrogen, electrified heat, energy storage) has almost doubled, from $290b to $501b. Clearly the green finance revolution has taken the world by storm, with investment in low-carbon energy remaining robust throughout the pandemic.

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White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

100 billion green investment. Analysis conducted by UK100 and Siemens, shows that a £5bn investment by the Government could unlock £100bn of private sector investment toward meeting the Net Zero goals by 2050. Tackling climate change and providing people good jobs of the future go hand in hand.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

Now we can measure this green business exposure for the majority of companies and are able to count annual green investments that run into the trillions, growing six times faster than the economy at large,” Heaps says. Nowhere is that more true than with regard to climate change and the clean energy transition.

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Greenwashing Risk Grows in China ESG Funds

Chris Hall

In 2018, the Asset Management Association of China, a self-regulatory body set up by the sector, released Green Investment Guidelines for trial implementation. The guidelines define the concept of green investment, and set out basic objectives, principles, and methods of supervision.

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Take Five: Into the Stratosphere

Chris Hall

In a case brought by investor Richard Tonetta, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the 2018 compensation deal – the biggest in US corporate history – did not satisfy its test of fair price and process, asserting that Tesla’s board had no need to offer the 21.9% billion) green investment pledge.

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Here’s How Amazon’s Sustainability Pledge Is Going, 5 Years After Jeff Bezos Promised To ‘Beat The Paris Agreement’

We Mean Business Coalition

This article was first published in Forbes Today 100 CEOs announced a push for governments to boost the business case for green investment, in the run-up to COP29 in Azerbaijan. Both Paris and the 2018 IPCC report warned of the catastrophic climate impacts we would see across the world if we do not limit global warming to 1.5°C,

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USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

Eco-Business

"Investing in companies that have a direct impact on land use is a powerful lever to mitigate climate change," said Angela Hogg, USAID's Regional Development Mission for Asia's Environment Office Director. "We Rabo Foundation's investments are spread over 22 countries, including seven in Asia.