ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements TotalEnergies, Equinor, Shell to Invest Over $700 Million to Expand Carbon Storage Project Kimberly-Clark to Reach 100% Renewable Energy at Kleenex Manufacturing Site Frontier Signs $33 Million Carbon Removal Purchase (..)

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

Consider that it has convinced more than 70 Apple suppliers to use renewable energy to produce products on its behalf , an effort funded in part by close to $5 billion in green bonds issued by the technology giant as well as a dedicated pool of money in China. . Now, it's wandering farther into uncharted territory.

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

Many investors are already familiar with green bonds, which have been on the market since 2007. Green bonds finance a specific project or projects with an environmentally beneficial purpose. Since then, companies have issued new types of bonds to finance a range of green, social and sustainable projects (Display).

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 17, 2022

billion 10-year green bond, proceeds from which will be used to deliver key environmental sustainability initiatives under two pillars of its pep+ agenda: Positive Agriculture and Positive Value Chain. Read the full story in Food Business News. PepsiCo, Inc. has closed on a new $1.25

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Environmental Finance

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A senior European sustainable bond investor has argued that automobile manufacturers should look to direct green bond investment away from 'sport utility vehicle' (SUV) electric vehicles to more efficient equivalents, but this may have to be a future step for these issuers.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

The current green bonds used to offset GHG emissions can be expanded to identify a roadmap that supports individuals within a corporation’s community or supply chain. Although interests may not align, the purchasing power of these groups can be harnessed to pinpoint cleaner financial decisions.

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3BL Media

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2023, the company reported sustainability highlights including: Issuing an inaugural $500 million green bond, with proceeds used to fund new or existing eligible green projects in the areas of circular economy, renewable energy, pollution prevention and control, and energy efficiency. a 5% increase compared with 2022.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Green bonds Corporations can issue green bonds to raise funds for new and existing projects with environmental benefits. These bonds are dedicated to financing or refinancing projects related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable waste management, clean transportation, and water conservation.

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ESG Today

MAY 16, 2023

Its plans are to begin the shift to Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking from blast furnace (BF) steelmaking and to manufacture more no-oriented electrical steel sheets (NO). The demand for low-carbon steel is set to rise as manufacturers worldwide strive to decarbonize their supply chains.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2023

Eastman Chemical Company today announced that it has closed its offering of $500 million principal amount of 5.750% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2033, which is the first investment grade USD-denominated senior unsecured green bond offering by a U.S. issuer in the chemical sector.

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ESG Today

APRIL 2, 2023

Manufacturing Government & Regulators Canada Announces Over $80 Billion Clean Tech & Energy Investments to Compete with U.S. Billion Green Bond Private Equity & Venture Capital JPMorgan Builds Out Sustainable Growth Private Equity Team ESG Data Startup Atlas Metrics Raises €5.2

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: From gleaming arrays of solar panels on factory roofs to innovative manufacturing processes, being a leader in sustainability requires ground-breaking technology and the courage to do things differently. A global conversation. Investing for a Smarter Future.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 1, 2023

29 – In October 2021, a paper manufacturer in Kalamazoo, Michigan, issued $100 million of what it called “green bonds” through. The post The winding road to ESG standards in the municipal bond market appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Honestly, a lot of our partners — our bottlers, our co-manufacturers, our suppliers — I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me and say, "Hey, this is really exciting. A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond. It was a $1 billion green bond. How can we help? We're in on it."

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The new green financing scheme lays out how ROP will raise green, social or sustainability bonds for projects that support renewable energy sources, loans and similar instruments in the international capital markets.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Assent Launches Supply Chain Sustainability Reporting Solution for Complex Manufacturers. Anglo American Ties Interest on $745 Million Bond to Climate, Water & Job Creation Goals. Union Pacific Issues $600 Million Green Bond to Fund Decarbonization Investments. ESG Reporting & Disclosure. ESG Services and Tools.

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ESG Today

JULY 3, 2022

responsAbility, ESG-AM Launch Bond Fund Targeting Industrial Decarbonization Leaders. Amundi Launches Corporate Green Bond Fund. Kraft Heinz Purchases Renewable Energy to Power Most of US Manufacturing. Guest Post: ESG Risks in the Supply Chain and Identifying Weaknesses. ESG Investing. Energy Transition.

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

JULY 7, 2021

Census Bureau, “water-intensive sectors like manufacturing use 18 billion gallons of water per day in their processes, and account for nearly one quarter of freshwater withdrawals.” A new way to fund sustainability and renewable energy investments is through green bonds. Water as a Sustainable Goal According to the U.S.

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3BL Media

JUNE 18, 2024

Includes enhanced disclosures in line with Green Bond principles and specific investments like the Fort Saskatchewan Alberta Canada project. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. and its subsidiaries.

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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. The standard is cited in the San José Declaration on Sustainable Hydropower, to be issued at the conclusion of the World Hydropower Congress, as the means to demonstrate a project’s sustainability.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

According to BondLink, the new resource “significantly improves” the ability of municipal issuers to highlight how they’re addressing current ESG credit risks and showcase their green bond programs to investors in the US$4 trillion municipal bond market. of ESG issuance for 2021, according to the IHS Markit.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

“We believe that the landscape is evolving into a bond picker’s market, and security selection will be increasingly additive to our future return.” . The Aidu Wind Farm has launched a €150 million green bond that will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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3BL Media

MAY 16, 2022

100% use of electricity from renewable sources in Brazil, Peru and UK manufacturing facilities. Issuing the Company’s first green bond in September 2021 – at the time the largest issuance in the packaged foods and consumer goods industry. Climate & Environment. 21% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions (baseline 2018).

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

They include world-leading businesses in sectors like bioscience, manufacturing and information technology. The Essential Portfolio Selection (EPS) Quintet Earth UCITS fund is managed by DWS and aims to combine equal exposure to green bonds and low-carbon equities.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2022

A suggested core KPI for auto manufacturers of auto parts is ensuring a percentage of produced or sold vehicle components are zero emissions. Secondary KPIs include outlining the degree of recyclability of sold vehicle components. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

The result is an ESG investor’s nightmare, combining opaque supply chains with forced labour and resource-intensive manufacturing. Golden green – Australia took another step along its belated path to net zero under the Albanese government with the issuance of A$7 billion (US$4.7 billion) in green sovereign debt.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The country also controls the global EV battery supply chain, including 80% of the world’s raw material refining and 60% of its battery component manufacturing. China’s green bond issuances are set to exceed US$100 billion this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

However, there are other funding solutions, such as providing impact finance to clean cookstove manufacturers and distributors through equity investments or green bonds. Impact finance can subsidise stove costs, making them more affordable to low-income consumers.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

The EU taxonomy covers activities that contribute up to 80% of European greenhouse gases: electricity, transport, forestry, building, information and communication technologies, and manufacturing. Agricultural activities are currently in development. Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation SFDR (Effective Jan.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But it is possible to assess the taxonomy alignment of certain instruments such as green bonds, due to issuer requirements, and this is reflected in the number of fixed-income Article 9 funds with relatively high alignment levels. Very few funds are reporting exposure to taxonomy alignment higher than 0”, said Bioy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Gates recently noted, for instance, the Swiss firm Climeworks ' success with direct-air carbon capture to improve cement-making, but its processes are 10 times more expensive than needed to erase the green premium of traditional cement-making. There's a whole new GreenBiz event in April for the emerging green finance space.).

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ESG Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

Billion in Inaugural Green Bond Offering. GM Issues its First Green Bond to Power Clean Transportation Investments. Heavy Duty Electric Truck Manufacturer Orange EV Raises $35 Million to Meet Growing Demand. Carlyle, GIC, Back Gigawatt-Scale Green Ammonia Developer Eneus Energy. Sustainable Finance.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors. buildings to be more sustainable, clean energy manufacturing and climate research and development. . It supports electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption. It will be the most significant public investment in America since the 1960s, dramatically reducing U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Take two car manufacturers, one making its own tyres while the other outsources to a tyre manufacturer. Cardano favours sustainable bonds that “provide an efficient solution for pension funds looking to hedge interest rate risk across liabilities while investing sustainably”, says Martindale.

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Sense and Sustainability

MARCH 12, 2020

I’ve worked on a number research and advisory projects for investors, manufacturers, and public sector clients and I’m most proud of the renewable energy policy I helped draft for Namibia in 2016. They have limited access to financing that would allow them to invest in distributed generation and energy efficiency solutions.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

SIMA Funds has recently raised one of the largest commercial and industrial solar green bonds in Africa, which is solarizing businesses and other projects in productive use sectors such as manufacturing, agro-processing, healthcare and education, along with other businesses of various types.

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