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Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey

GreenBiz

Yes, but sustainable finance is far bigger than just the companies seeking capital to expand their operations or invest in clean technologies and other things. Sustainable finance is a way of deploying investment capital to create sustainable outcomes at a societal and economy-wide level.". Well, almost. trillion annually.

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Canada Announces Over $80 Billion Clean Tech & Energy Investments to Compete with U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

ESG Today

Canada unveiled its response to the emerging global race to scale up green energy and clean tech manufacturing capacity, with proposals for over $60 billion in tax credits and an additional $20 billion in sustainable infrastructure investments in its 2023 budget, presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland.

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Understanding the Crucial Role of Climate Scenario Analysis in Business Strategy

3BL Media

The regulatory changes and shifting market demands, as well as the opportunities to innovate and improve operational efficiencies that come with a global economy shifting towards low-carbon technologies. It anticipates governments fulfilling commitments like those in the Paris Agreement and national climate action plans.

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Canada to Phase Out Public Fossil Fuel Financing

ESG Today

The new “Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Self‑Review Assessment Framework,” – the first of its kind globally, according to the government – details a set of criteria to determine that subsidies to the energy sector must meet in order to not be considered inefficient.

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We’ve taken stock of corporate climate action and business knows what it needs to deliver the clean energy transition

We Mean Business Coalition

One set of actors that are most certainly moving fast are those companies at the forefront of clean technology transitions. In contrast to the global stocktake, which focusses on country-level emissions, the Corporate Climate Stocktake examines the pace of clean solutions adoption within economic sectors.

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A Hidden Risk — And Opportunity — in Clean Energy: Why the Energy Transition Cannot Happen Unless it Addresses Women’s Unpaid Care Work

James Militzer

Women are underrepresented in the clean energy sector According to the International Energy Agency , more than 770 million people — most of them in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries — have limited or no access to electricity, and 2.5 billion people lack access to clean technologies and fuels for cooking, lighting and heating.

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Chemours Announces Joint Venture Agreement With BWT to Enable the Capacity and Innovation Required by the Transportation Fuel Cell Market

3BL Media

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), European Green Deal, and other future-oriented policy frameworks on the EU and member state level, will drive significant changes to the energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries as well as spark innovation in clean technology with billions of dollars in new climate and energy spending.