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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

president will be taking aim at legislation that resulted in nearly US$300 billion in private-sector investments in clean energy, battery manufacturing and clean power generation, most business leaders recognize that concerns about a worsening climate crisis will grow regardless of shifting political winds. While the new U.S.

Banking

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If we want to compete, Canada needs a green and transition taxonomy ASAP

Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 , the Government of Canada has invested billions of dollars in practical efforts to lessen the effects of climate change and encourage clean economic growth. Together, a combined green and transition taxonomy can support a holistic approach to achieve a low-carbon transition.

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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

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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International Finance Corporation - IFC's Green Investment in Poland to Boost Manufacturing in the Electromobility Value Chain and Reduce GHG Emissions

Global Renewable News

MAY 28, 2023

To help build a robust electric vehicle (EV).

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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EU Launches Green Deal Industrial Plan

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Inflation Reduction Act , which allocates nearly $370 billion to areas including renewable energy and industrial decarbonization solutions, as well as green investment plans recently announced by Japan, the UK, Canada and India. We have long since argued that the fight against climate change is a must.

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BMW Invests $750 Million to Convert UK MINI Plant to All-Electric Production

ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The new investment follows BMW’s announcement in 2021 to expand company efforts to combat climate change, including goals to significantly reduce vehicle emissions throughout the lifecycle, reduce CO2 emissions by 40% per vehicle by 2030, and make a minimum of 50% of its global sales from battery electric vehicles by 2030.

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New hydropower certification and labeling scheme launched

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Developers, operators and manufacturers – from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iceland, Sarawak (Malaysia), the UK and the U.S. To meet the critical challenge of climate change, we urgently need greater investment in renewable energy such as hydropower,” Dr Khosla said.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

Clean Energy Ventures is focused on affordable clean energy, cleantech, climate change, water, and sanitation. With the goal of “mitigation of climate change through energy innovation,” Clean Energy Ventures are funding ~25 disruptive startups which each have the potential to reduce GHGs by at least 2.5

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Inogen Alliance Biannual Meetings - Local Impacts of Global Trends

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This money is flowing into private equity and greener investments in the region, particularly renewable energy. We’re seeing an increase in green investments from financial institutions, project development companies, utilities, manufacturing, tech sectors, and more.

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How to Make Your Organization Attractive to Green Investors

Eco Coach

MARCH 3, 2020

Some small business owners and managers were concerned that this would take a lot of time and not yield results, while others – including many green champions in small and medium sized businesses - saw it as a ‘must do’ for their business’ long-term financial sustainability.

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Reports showcase imaginative solutions for tackling hard-to-reach emissions

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Brian O’Callaghan, lead of Oxford’s Economic Recovery Project and another report author, explains, “In the shadow of COVID-19, government investment in green innovation can both help to constrain climate change and seed new industries to stand as powerhouses of economic growth in the long-term.”

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More Than a Pipe Dream?

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“More than 30 countries now have national hydrogen strategies – with more in the works – and we’ve seen some progress towards making these a reality through the introduction of targeted incentives,” says Isabella Hervey-Bathurst, Portfolio Manager for Schroders’ Global Climate Change strategy. Circular argument.

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Preparing for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference is only a few months away, and to say that expectations are high would be an understatement. She believed good progress was being made on Adaptation (the effort to secure protection for habitats and communities against the effects of climate change). What are the big priorities for COP?

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UK Fails to Reassure Investors on Net Zero Commitment

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This is the view of experts speaking to ESG Investor in response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Autumn Statement on 22 November, which many investors had hoped would increase certainty around the government’s climate policy ambitions following months of u-turns and rollbacks.

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The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

Climate spending: funding shortfall FY2015/16–2023/24 “With this report, Corporate Knights has given us a valuable and readable scorecard that highlights federal government initiatives to address climate change across departments and policy instruments. What was promised? What has been delivered?”

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The federal government is more than $14 billion behind in climate funding

Corporate Knights

APRIL 9, 2024

Climate spending: funding shortfall FY2015/16–2023/24 “With this report, Corporate Knights has given us a valuable and readable scorecard that highlights federal government initiatives to address climate change across departments and policy instruments. What was promised? What has been delivered?”

Clean Technology

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Spring statement suggests security supplanting climate as government priority

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

On defence, the government has said it plans to spend at least 10% of the MoDs equipment budget on things like drones- and AI-enabled technology, giving a boost to advanced manufacturing production in places like Glasgow, Derby and Newport. These are urgent requirements which need clear and decisive action because of their immediacy.

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Renewable Energy Shift Unstoppable Despite U.S. Election Result

We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This article was first published in Forbes The election of President Trump and the establishment of an administration closely tied to the fossil fuel industry is, without doubt, a major setback for global efforts to combat climate change. Companies invest in countries that offer long-term policy that is consistent.

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Navigating EHS and Sustainability in 2025: What to Expect From the Incoming U.S. Administration

3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Companies are under pressure from their customers and investors to deal with climate change. There is no denying that another Trump presidency will stall national efforts to tackle the climate crisis and protect the environment, but most U.S. There are also expectations for change on how the U.S.

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Firm Plummets To Earth

CleanTechnica

JULY 1, 2024

After a brief period when hydrogen for energy and transportation plays managed to mostly limp along without failing entirely, apparently it’s time for another spate of bankruptcies and closures. A few days ago, it was Hyzon’s time to admit failure. Having gone public via a reverse takeover SPAC, the firm.

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Firm Sinks Into Its Inevitable Fate

CleanTechnica

JUNE 26, 2024

I’m talking about Hyzon, the SPAC-funded US-based manufacturer of heavy vehicles. It’s been a while since I bothered to bash hydrogen for transportation or cleantech special purpose acquisition corporations (SPAC), but the intersection of the two just crossed my screen. Let’s start with SPACs and cleantech.

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EU Investment Rules Will Greenwash 90% of Airbus’ Polluting Planes

CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

T&E does not support the criteria under consideration for aviation, as it greenwashes the aircraft manufacturing’s legacy business and provides no incentives for genuinely green investments. Airbus, the EU’s main aircraft manufacturer, was co-drafting criteria for its own products.

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China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further

CleanTechnica

JANUARY 30, 2023

trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment. China spent $546 billion of 2022's $1.1

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

If we want to compete, Canada needs a green and transition taxonomy ASAP

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

International Finance Corporation - IFC's Green Investment in Poland to Boost Manufacturing in the Electromobility Value Chain and Reduce GHG Emissions

Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

EU Launches Green Deal Industrial Plan

BMW Invests $750 Million to Convert UK MINI Plant to All-Electric Production

New hydropower certification and labeling scheme launched

List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Inogen Alliance Biannual Meetings - Local Impacts of Global Trends

How to Make Your Organization Attractive to Green Investors

Reports showcase imaginative solutions for tackling hard-to-reach emissions

More Than a Pipe Dream?

Preparing for COP26

UK Fails to Reassure Investors on Net Zero Commitment

The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

The federal government is more than $14 billion behind in climate funding

Spring statement suggests security supplanting climate as government priority

Renewable Energy Shift Unstoppable Despite U.S. Election Result

Navigating EHS and Sustainability in 2025: What to Expect From the Incoming U.S. Administration

Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Firm Plummets To Earth

Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Firm Sinks Into Its Inevitable Fate

EU Investment Rules Will Greenwash 90% of Airbus’ Polluting Planes

China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further

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