3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

Emphasizing the impact of a company’s core products and services, the Global 100 is one of the world’s most valued and transparent sustainability ratings. To determine its rankings, over 6,000 companies were assessed across 25 key performance indicators including sustainable investment, carbon productivity and racial and gender diversity.

Net Zero 147

Net Zero Shipping Sustainable Investment Decarbonize 147

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. International shipping accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). What progress has the IMO made?

Shipping 81

Shipping Net Zero Stranded Assets Development 81

ESG Today

JUNE 11, 2023

Launches Clean Hydrogen Strategy UK Bans Shell, Petronas, Repsol Ads in Greenwashing Crackdown Germany Launches €50 Billion Industrial Decarbonization Subsidy Program Guest Post: Why Governments Must Prepare Their Infrastructure for a 2°C Warmer World EU Regulators Find Growing Greenwashing Risk for Banks, Asset Managers ESG Reporting & Disclosure (..)

Greenwashing 101

Greenwashing Decarbonize Banking Net Zero 101

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

For example, Planet commits to reducing operational GHG emissions by utilizing renewable energy options in leased offices, working with travel partners that help reduce carbon emissions, streamlining their shipping for purchased goods and services by reducing the number of shipments and opting for ground transportation.

Carbon Offsets 130

Carbon Offsets Net Zero Supply Chains Supply Chain 130

Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Dow Jones, Arabesque, Snowflake, Qontigo, Util, ESGdatapoint and RightShip. .

Analytics 75

Analytics Shipping Sustainable Investment Net Zero 75

Corporate Knights

JUNE 5, 2024

Kingston’s ambitions “Canada will never be the cheapest country to produce a battery, but it will be the greenest,” Abdul Razak Jendi, sustainable investment manager at the Kingston Economic Development Corporation , the municipality’s sales and marketing arm, told Climate Home. It is close to the U.S. Lawrence River.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Clean Technology Manufacturing 190

B the Change

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Explaining the COVID-19 pandemic’s configurational effects on companies’ sustainability strategies and practices,” the team presents findings from interviews with 25 businesses in four African countries. Our research shows that if a company makes judicious sustainability investments before a crisis, it creates important strengths?—?including

Supply Chains 104

Supply Chains Supply Chain Shipping Sustainable Investment 104

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Financial Gains and Competitive Advantage While consumer demand and regulatory pressures remain drivers, financial and operational benefits are increasingly steering sustainability investments. Additionally, 30% view sustainability as a means to enhance supply chain resiliencea critical attribute in an era punctuated by disruptions.

Supply Chain 100

Supply Chain Supply Chains Decarbonize Corporate Social Responsibility 100

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

The High Seas Treaty provides the certainty needed for greater sustainable investment into the ocean, says Karen Sack, Executive Director at the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). They are also cost-effective investments that will help meet the Paris Agreement and Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

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Banking Paris Agreement Shipping Sustainable Investment 52

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

times higher than the UK's own greenhouse gas emissions (excluding aviation and shipping). Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 trillion USD in fossil fuels.

Net Zero 113

Net Zero Divestment Stranded Assets Banking 113

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Europe’s new code – As Ursula von der Leyen mulled over the composition of her top team for the next five years , the European Commission’s incoming finance chief was already getting advice on the future of sustainable investment. It’s harder to say how much of NZAM members’ collective US$57.5

Stewardship Code 78

Stewardship Code Paris Agreement Climate Change Net Zero 78

Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Transport and Shipping: Land, Air, Water This session was moderated by Renato Mazzoncini, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanics at Politecnico di Milano who highlighted that decarbonization of the transportation sector is dependent upon new technologies, specifically around batteries and alternative fuels.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Decarbonize Paris Agreement Shipping 52

Jon Hale

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But ESG value funds can help companies improve their sustainability profile through active ownership. And Another About Active Ownership Indeed, one of the great untold and still unfolding stories of sustainable investing is the impact that is being achieved through active ownership.

Sustainable Investment 52

Sustainable Investment Shipping Climate Change 52

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While aspects are far from perfect, Europe’s progress on its Fit for 55 package, which also tackles emissions in sectors such as aviation and shipping , could well see it generate even more green jobs than its neighbour. Will Texas hold’em? –

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Banking Shipping Sustainable Investment 52

Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BlackRock, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, SUSI Partners, AXA IM Alts, Octopus, KGAL and M&G. . SUSI Partners , a Swiss fund management firm with €1.7

Net Zero 40

Net Zero Shipping Impact Investing Sustainable Investment 40

Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2022

As further growth opportunities emerge, investors still need to exercise due diligence when accessing green revenues through fund solutions, said report author Lee Clements, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at FTSE Russell. Different funds have different definitions of ‘green products and services’.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Manufacturing Global Economy Shipping 52

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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Decarbonize Paris Agreement Development Digitalization 52

Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

On a more industrial level, the ship-breaking industry in Bangladesh is an example of the “vital and highly undervalued role in global recycling” that developing nations play. Finally, plastic products should be redesigned with recycling in mind using individual polymer plastics.

Waste 52

Waste Regenerative Net Zero Development 52

ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This week in ESG news: Microsoft announces one of the largest-ever carbon removal deals; Amazon signs deal for low-carbon shipping; Bloomberg survey finds nearly all execs plan significant increase in ESG data investment; Nearly $2 billion raised for green steel buildout; Allianz to invest over $20 billion in cleantech, climate solutions; GRI aligns (..)

Net Zero 117

Net Zero Sustainable Investment Shipping Banking 117

Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

If 2020 was the year sustainable investing went mainstream, then 2021 was the year it was tested. As of spring, the sustainable investment ecosystem is looking ripe for growth, with even more new mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the market. Overall, 2021 was a mixed bag for sustainable investing.

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Sustainable Investment Greenwashing Net Zero Shipping 363

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I needed to be back in Toronto to present our latest sustainable investment research to attendees at a summit hosted by the Principles for Responsible Investment , whose signatories manage US$121 trillion in assets. Around 4 a.m., To my dismay, the high winds would hold steady for the next 48 hours.

Net Zero 157

Net Zero Global Economy Clean Technology Shipping 157

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Billion to Build Chemical Plant with Capability for Zero Carbon Footprint Government & Regulators Biden Unveils Plans for U.S.

Net Zero 98

Net Zero Supply Chains Supply Chain Decarbonize 98

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The EU’s green finance rules must be grounded on science, 130 NGOs and experts have told the European Commission after it proposed to designate fossil-fuel powered ships, bioenergy, hazardous chemicals and other polluting activities as "sustainable" investments.

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Shipping Sustainable Investment Climate Change 0