Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Cryptocurrencies have been condemned over their environmental record at a time when traditional investments have been rapidly moving towards greener environmental, social and governance (ESG) values. So how long will it be until crypto earns its green credentials?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New research published by UK100, a group of mayors and local government leaders in late September appears to show that a “retrofit army” of nearly half a million builders, electricians and plumbers will be needed to meet the Government’s objective of becoming Net Zero by 2050. 100 billion green investment.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The European Union, China, the United Kingdom and about 20 other countries are developing such taxonomies as a way of discouraging greenwashing and channelling investment to the climate transition. The EU’s taxonomy has been particularly controversial because of its inclusion of natural gas and nuclear as “green investments.”

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

By properly tallying up climate investments, starting with the federal government and large corporations, Climate Dollars aims to establish an accurate baseline of where we are at now versus what is required to ensure that Canada meets its 2030 emission-reduction commitments.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Shell took third place, with 19%, but quintupled its green investments (in wind, solar, hydrogen and EV charging) over 2021. Suncor invested 10.4% of its capital on green projects in 2022. But 2023 has been the year of oil industry backpedalling on renewables and doubling down on fossil fuels.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

This turnabout has been most pronounced in the green bond market, where power utilities have, controversially, been adding nuclear energy as an option for green bonds. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Founded in 2010, Amsterdam-based SkyNRG aims to build up SAF to enable the aviation sector to meet its 2050 net zero commitment. by 2030, in cooperation with strategic offtake partners. by 2030, in cooperation with strategic offtake partners. SkyNRG is looking to build dedicated SAF facilities in Europe and the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At a forum on sustainable finance in Ottawa this week, a parade of speakers, including Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, warned that Canada is falling behind global competitors in the race to attract the investment needed to fuel the transition to a net-zero economy. Canada is playing catch-up,” he acknowledged. “We

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

9 Read more about MetLife's Net Zero commitment. 1 Represents responsible investments managed by MIM at estimated fair value as of December 31, 2022. 2 For definitions of responsible investments, impact investments and green investments, please see pages 96 and 97 of the Sustainability Report PDF.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

As extreme weather events become stronger and more frequent, the Insurance Institute predicts that average annual severe weather claims paid by insurers in Canada will more than double between 2020 and 2030, increasing from $2.1 The transition to a low-carbon future, while necessary, introduces considerable investment risk.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

By properly tallying up climate investments, starting with the federal government and large corporations, Climate Dollars aims to establish an accurate baseline of where we are at now versus what is required to ensure that Canada meets its 2030 emission-reduction commitments.

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ESG Today

JULY 20, 2022

The strategy includes plans to significantly ramp the deployment of renewable energy, including boosting offshore wind capacity to up to 50GW by 2030. We look forward to working with The Crown Estate and all our other stakeholders to take these new UK offshore wind development projects forward in support of that commitment.”

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Japan has committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, with an interim 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030. In 2021, the government unveiled plans to roughly double the share of renewable energy to 36%-38% of the energy mix by 2030, from less than 20%.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tan Su Shan, Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS, said: “Accelerating net zero for supply chains requires the rapid scaling of low-carbon technologies and new, innovative financing models to drive adoption. The collaborative finance tool is a prime example of how we can create impact for suppliers.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the race to net zero, Victoria Judd, Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, explains how the US is lapping the UK and EU in stimulating its green economy. trillion of annual global investments may be required to achieve the emissions reduction aims for 2030, with possibly 70% coming from the private sector.

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3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

To maintain a chance to avoid the worst climate impacts, science says we need rapid, deep emissions cuts – at least 50 percent by 2030. We have limited time to transform investment patterns and capital allocation to avoid crossing tipping points that could lead to a hothouse earth.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The voluntary market is growing rapidly as companies scramble to meet emissions targets, with Shell forecasting that the market will be worth $10-40 billion by 2030. VCM has helped fund and facilitate significant green investment initiatives. Carbon credits are a pivotal tool in facilitating transition to net zero.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

With the UK High Court having now dubbed the government’s net zero strategy unlawful for the second time, the country is now considered a climate laggard, leaving sustainability-conscious investors rudderless. Whoever wins July’s general election will need to prioritise climate ambition and provide clear policy signals for investors.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

On the same day, the EU Council and Parliament conjured up a smokescreen by agreeing to prioritise investment in a “ terribly long list ” of green technologies. The act gives the green light to net zero valleys , clusters of clean energy production sites, to be granted rapid approval.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The UK’s net zero transition depends on huge amounts of private capital that can only be unlocked through climate policy certainty. According to the CCC report, the UK will continue to need some oil and gas fields until it reaches net zero, but this “does not in itself justify the development of new North Sea fields”.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced today the acquisition of BayWa r.e. AG, added: “GIG has played a leading role in driving the net zero transition and is well placed to take BayWa r.e. AG’s specialist biogas platform, BayWa r.e. Matthias Taft, CEO of BayWa r.e.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

Pension scheme says country’s new framework will support its net zero strategy; asserts that divestment of fossil fuels amounts to “passing the buck ”. HOOPP aims to engage with investee companies to reduce their carbon emissions “brick by brick” and views divestment as “passing the buck”, said Wissell.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

More details promised on sector-specific net zero roadmaps to stimulate investment in sustainable infrastructure. The UK government has acknowledged the need for greater policy clarity to enable the flow of investment into key sectors to deliver sustainable infrastructure and transition to net zero.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Last September, OTPP committed to reduce its portfolio carbon emission intensity by 45% by 2025 and 67% by 2030, compared to a 2019 baseline. Last year it held C$30 billion in green investments, including in renewable energy (Equis Development), sustainable agriculture (Vayda), and real estate (Cadillac Fairview’s waste diversion efforts).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Disorderly transition and portfolio risks loom large. 2025 will cause a fundamental re-appraisal For investors with 2030 and net zero commitments, the Stocktake / Ratchet cycle will show that success from significant company and policy engagement since 2015 has been difficult to spot. None of this will be fun.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Last September, the UN marked the halfway point to their 2030 deadline with a special conference – which rallied support for a US$500 billion per annum stimulus plan – while world leaders also sought to identify and clear blockages in the international finance system in Paris. billion) green investment pledge.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors and policymakers signalled mixed progress in their support for net zero transition this week, ahead of a critical report from scientists. In Japan, progress is even slower, admittedly, but anticipation is high.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Collectively, mainland Europe and the UK is targeting net zero by 2050 – an objective set out as part of the European Green Deal by the European Commission – and realising this target will require significant investments in clean energy year on year.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

Net-zero CO2 energy systems entail: a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and use of CCS in the remaining fossil system,” says the report. This explainer looks at the potential of CCS in CO2 emissions reduction and the net zero pathways of investee firms in asset owners’ portfolios.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

On climate, ministers also agreed to accelerate the renewable energy transition, collectively increasing offshore wind capacity by 150 GW by 2030 and solar by 1 TW. Sitting uncomfortably – A change of tactics now seems clear for asset owners seeking more credible and transparent net zero transition plans from investee firms.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

According to the International Energy Agency, US$4 trillion of clean energy investment will be needed annually by 2030. A key factor in meeting demand for climate-positive investment could be the growth of climate-aligned bonds. “If ESG bond issuance reached US$1 trillion in 2021 for the first time according to Refinitiv.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

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. Since then over 500 companies have signed on, committing to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. C global warming target.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Green hydrogen has huge potential and multiple use cases, but cost concerns and operational risks linger. The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Egyptian Presidency put Adaptation and Africa front and centre of COP27 with the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda , an ambitious plan to drive public and private investment toward achieving ?30 At least US$1 trillion of this needs to be annually invested in EMDEs. The finance sector .

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). By November, GFANZ organizers conceded that the 2030 emission-reductions targets would not be mandatory, acknowledging the one-year-old agreement had no teeth.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

Malaysia, for example, offers a Green Investment Tax Allowance on green assets for the owners of those assets and companies that undertake green technology projects, and a Green Income Tax Exemption for service providers, including a separate category for owners of solar photovoltaic systems.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.” The electric vehicle industry is another good opportunity with China targeting 40% of new vehicle sales to be EV by 2030. “We

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