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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Every company and every industry will be transformed by the transition to a net zero world.”. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

Last year we had great hopes that 2022 would be the year to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19. In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

In the 2022 report, it was followed by board issues (US$2.87 There were also more climate change-related shareholder proposals (265) filed by investors in the two years to mid-2022, compared with the previous period, said the US SIF Foundation. trillion in assets, having been the most important issue for the previous decade.

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Take Five: Immediately and Gradually

Chris Hall

Energy think tank Ember revealed that global growth in electricity demand (389 TWh) was met entirely by renewable sources in H1 2022. From black to red – There were mixed signals on the pace of the renewable energy transition this week.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: NatureAlpha Joins UN Biodiversity Data Initiative

Chris Hall

The report said financial services businesses require specialist software to track data and estimate Scope 3 carbon emissions stemming from their portfolio firms, with the 2022 Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures status report finding 43% of financial institutions rating Scope 3 GHG emissions as a ‘very difficult’ recommended disclosure.

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These 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023

Corporate Knights

For the first time, global investment in renewables rose above $1 trillion in 2022. The Clean200 uses negative screens. While we’ve made great progress since 2016, we need to go further faster. To be eligible, a company must earn more than 10% of total revenues from clean sources.

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