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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. When we launched this ranking in 2005, the green economy was a quaint idea.

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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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H&M Launches Green Loan Program to Finance Suppliers’ Emissions Reductions Initiatives

ESG Today

According to H&M’s 2022 Sustainability Report, Scope 3 makes up nearly 99% of the company’s emissions. Of these, over 60% derive in supply chain areas including fabric production, garment manufacturing, raw materials and transport. But we also see that impactful climate action requires collaborative financing.

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

ESG Today

The announcement marks a win for the UK’s Sunak government, which has set goals to establish itself as a hub for sustainable investment, but has come under fire for not sufficiently responding to the clean energy and industry packages launched by other major economies the U.S.

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Momentum Building on the Path to 2050

Chris Hall

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. This places huge demand on all parties involved in the PV industry, from investors through to manufacturers, installers and end users.

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New hydropower certification and labeling scheme launched

Renewable Energy World

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. Leading IHA members have declared their support for the new certification scheme, according to a release.