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Will small modular reactors seed a nuclear renaissance?

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights does not consider new nuclear power projects to be “green” in its Sustainable Economy Taxonomy. In its fall fiscal update, the federal government introduced an investment tax credit of up to 30% for clean energy technologies, including SMRs. Westinghouse, which was then owned by Japan’s Toshiba Corp.,

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Q1 2021: Amazon goes big, Ørsted is a fan of corporate procurement 

GreenBiz

The TVA procurements (mentioned above) were both through TVA’s program, Green Invest, which bills itself as a model that "offers business and industry an effective, timely and cost-competitive solution to aggressively meet their sustainability goals.". Utility programs are attracting corporate buyers . last year. .

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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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Tennessee sunshine to power Jack Daniel’s

Renewable Energy World

This Middle-Tennessee solar project is another win for TVA’s nationally-recognized Green Invest program, which has already secured solar farms to help meet the renewable energy goals of auto manufacturers, data centers, local power companies, cities, and universities. “Our Since 2018, Green Invest has attracted nearly $2.7

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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. Characterising green employment: The impacts of ‘greening on workforce composition. Kuralbayeva, K.

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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. “We did the best job possible with limited qualitative corporate disclosure.” “Now

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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.