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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2025

With sustainable investment, its the same story, Heaps says. That green investment is key to a more sustainable future, telling us where companies are going as opposed to where they currently derive their revenues. C NZIA, NZAO 82 Bank of Montreal Montreal, Canada Banks $1,670,219 8% 61:1 46% 7% N.A.

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Connecticut Green Bank - Kickstart 2024 Sustainability Goals with Green Liberty Investment

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Building upon six consecutive sold-out issuances, Connecticut Green Bank launches ninth Green Liberty offering with Raise Green; investments start as low as $100 and support small business energy effi.

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

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

Skip to ranking BY Shawn McCarthy January 17, 2024 As 2023 came to a close, the World Meteorological Organization declared it to be the hottest year on record. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. “The

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EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Releases Proposals to Reduce EU Taxonomy Reporting Burden by a Third

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Taxonomy entered into effect in 2022 with disclosure requirements on the first two objectives, climate change mitigation and adaptation, based on the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, and with the other four objectives applying as of the beginning of 2024, based on the Environmental Delegated Act.

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To boost competitiveness, Europe proposes slashing key climate rules

Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

Adopted in 2021 and coming into effect for the 2024 financial year, the CSRD is the regulatory framework requiring firms to file social and environmental data and impact reports. Here are the main rollbacks proposed in the initial package.

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Banks Must Radically Change Climate Perspective

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Around 90% of EU banks are exposed to climate transition risks, recent analysis from the ECB shows. Banks globally are increasingly feeling two-pronged pressure from regulators and investors to up their climate ambition and stop financing fossil fuels.

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ECB Announces Increased Focus on Climate Risk, Green Transition

ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today a decision to expand its work on climate change, releasing a new “climate and nature plan 2024-2025,” outlining its roadmap for action in these areas over the next two years. Click here to access the ECB’s climate and nature plan 2024-2025.

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Will small modular reactors seed a nuclear renaissance?

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 8, 2022

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. A bad day to go nuclear.

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Take Five: Forest Fire

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Lending lobby – For complexity, scale and reach, the food retail sector is rivalled by few industries, with banking being one of the exceptions. As such, investors have found it extremely hard – but critical – to get a handle on the ESG risks of the banks in their portfolios, especially their impact on climate.

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UK Must “Harness the Power” of its Green Taxonomy – GTAG

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Our recommendations aim to align these objectives with government policy, tracking progress, consumer protection, national and local actions, private sector engagement, and international efforts,” she said. “By carefully considering these aspects, the UK can harness the power of its taxonomy to drive sustainable and green investments while preventing (..)

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Study of EU 100 largest companies shows streamlining and precision needed for optimal EU Green Taxonomy

We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The CSRD has already been adopted and will kick in from reporting year 2024. For example, a bank that provides a business loan to a non-financial company must, according to the Taxonomy regulations, also report which share of this loan is covered by the Taxonomy.

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More Than a Pipe Dream?

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Green hydrogen infrastructure needs to be developed ‘hand in hand’ with renewable energy capacity, according to experts. Much of the heavy lifting of the energy transition will be done through the roll-out of renewable energy – the development of green hydrogen depends on it,” says Hervey-Bathurst. Circular argument.

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Assembling the Pieces of the Carbon Pricing Puzzle

Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

The ETS, ETS 2 and the CBAM are the centrepieces of the EU decarbonisation agenda,” says Charles Boakye, Equity Analyst of ESG and Sustainable Finance at investment bank Jefferies. . Shipping companies can also expect to gradually fall under the ETS, with 40% of their emissions covered from 2024, 70% by 2025 and 100% by 2026. .

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Canadian investors stand firm on ESG despite ‘greenhushing’ trend, report finds

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

All but two of 27 institutions surveyed in December 2024 remain committed to ESG integration, the report states. Internal ESG trailed in previous surveys, but in December 2024 it ranked second at 48%, a result the report calls a striking shift.

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Seven sustainable finance predictions for 2025

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

Aconsequence of this pushback came on New Years Eve, when global financial behemoths Bank of America and Citigroup left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, one of the investment industry climate coalitions championed by the United Nations. In 2024, large U.S. In 2024, large U.S. What does this mean for the year ahead?

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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

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Canadian investors stand firm on ESG despite ‘greenhushing’ trend, report finds

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