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

Corporate Knights

But in the coming year, many businesses will have no such luck as they navigate major changes to the global tax and regulatory environment that has been encouraging investment in more sustainable technologies and practices. With sustainable investment, its the same story, Heaps says. While the new U.S.

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

Corporate Knights

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

To help build a robust electric vehicle (EV).

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

Corporate Knights

Together, a combined green and transition taxonomy can support a holistic approach to achieve a low-carbon transition. The urgent need for these taxonomies was recently emphasized by the large public investments offered to support the Volkswagen and Stellantis battery plants in St. Thomas and Windsor, Ontario.

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Solar jobs are leading the clean energy surge, but a worker shortage looms

Corporate Knights

While 2023 was not a banner year for green energy stocks, which became overvalued (see Sustainable Funds guide p. xx), preliminary data show it was another big year for investing in clean energy overall. The IEA projected that investors would smash previous green investment records, piling US$1.7

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ECB Stress Test: Banks’ Credit Risk Doubles by 2030 Under Slower Climate Transition

ESG Today

The accelerated transition scenario assumes a significant increase in energy costs in the near term, and substantially greater initial green investments, rising to €2 trillion by 2025, compared to only €0.5 These risks would be particularly acute for companies in energy-intensive sectors such as manufacturing, mining and electricity.

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EU Launches Green Deal Industrial Plan

ESG Today

In her speech introducing the plan today, von der Leyen highlighted how many countries are “stepping up their investment in the net-zero industry,” noting in particular the U.S.’ von der Leyen said: “Let me be very clear on this one: We welcome this, this is good news. We have long since argued that the fight against climate change is a must.

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