GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

But what will this possible transition to smaller hubs mean for the sustainability of office buildings where building designers and office managers have spent the last decade making every last inch of a multistory building as energy- and waste-efficient as possible? Large complexes have sustainabilities of scale.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The program targets having 30% of its budget financed through green bonds, and requires at least 37% of spending in Member States’ Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) must be used for sustainable investments and reforms in areas addressing climate change, such as green infrastructure and renewable energy.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Waste treatment and recycling is one of the themes driving GIB AM’s multi-thematic portfolio, according to Global Equities Portfolio Manager Stefanie Mollin. Waste management is a big – and growing – business, as the global scale of solid waste generation reaches vast proportions. billion tonnes.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 25, 2020

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Generation Q&A: How the pandemic strengthens the case for sustainable investing. Long-term sustainable investment theses once relegated to the fringes of the capital markets are suddenly fundamental to the global economy. Health and well-being. Remote work and collaboration.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Were also looking to expand our natural resource management theme in which we focus on water and waste, because those are also important drivers of biodiversity loss, which is another topic we want to address.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While some investments are neutral (deemed neither “clean” nor “dirty”), in many cases these companies are still investing most of their capital into assets that will either lock in further GHG emissions or become stranded assets as the energy transition takes shape. 17 Republic Services Inc Waste 13,862,083 2,200,930 -0.14

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

But are nuclear green bonds suitable for ESG-focused investors, given the long delays, cost overruns, and safety and waste risks of nuclear plants? Is the nuclear industry using a smokescreen of net-zero to cover up its sustainability problems? congressional hearings in the 1980s.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

The average percentage of sustainable revenues achieved by 2023 Best 50 companies is 46.3%, up from 36.8% They’re sinking more investment money into the green economy, too: the percentage of total investment dollars put toward sustainable investments is just shy of 50% for this year’s Best 50, up from 33.8%

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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3BL Media

MARCH 7, 2022

alone, fully one in six gallons of the fresh water we produce is wasted through old, leaky, deteriorating infrastructure, equaling 6 billion gallons of treated water wasted every single day before it has a chance to be consumed or otherwise put to productive use. In fact, 2.2 In the U.S.

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Sustainability Update

MAY 28, 2024

By Madeline Blankenship – Sustainability Reports Research Analyst Intern – G&A Institute Do you ever come home from grocery shopping only to discard 1/3 of your purchases? Absurd as it sounds, this is equivalent to the waste happening in the American food system. Waste in the food system creates multiple problems.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In that competitive environment, it is even more important to consider how the benefits from sustainable investments are measured, rather than focusing solely on the short-term costs associated with them. Traditional rate of return metrics often fail to capture the broader beneficial impacts of sustainable investments.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

1 Seventy percent of investors in full- or part-time jobs would probably or definitely include sustainable funds in their 401(k)s if offered by their employers’ plans. assets was either in sustainable investments or tied to ESG practices, 3 with assets set to surge from $35 trillion to $50 trillion in the next three years.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 5, 2024

We are also continuing to expand the types of emissions on which we report, such as the recent additions of water and waste emissions data. WATER AND WASTE We began gathering data on water consumption and waste in our buildings in 2020. Waste In 2022, 6,056 MtonCO2e was associated with waste.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Since inception, Generate Capital has raised over $10 billion, helped to produce over 320GWh of sustainable power and process more than 715Kt in organic waste. In addition to the new investment, Generate Capital also announced the launch of a strategic partnership with CalSTRS. Ten billion dollars is just a start.”

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

G100 Rank Company HQ Location Carbon Productivity % Non-Male Board Directors % Sustainable Revenue % Sustainable Investment Final Grade Climate Commitments. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. 56 75 CapitaLand Investment Ltd Singapore, Singapore $10,348 27% 38% 41% B- SBTi. G100 Rank 2022.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

billion at the final close of its inaugural direct private markets strategy dedicated to investing in climate and environmental solutions, the Horizon Environment & Climate Solutions I. GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Water security is a key part of our national resilience to long-term challenges, including climate change, which can only be fixed with joined-up policymaking and consistent, sustained investment over decades. The equation is more complex than more water equals faster economic growth.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2023

Originally published in FedEx's 2023 ESG Report Facilities We aim to continuously improve the sustainability, reduce the environmental impact, and increase the efficiency of our more than 5,000 air and ground hubs, local stations, freight service centers, and retail locations. FedEx Express recycled over 41.7

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3BL Media

MAY 30, 2024

This model relies on the continued extraction of new materials and ultimately leads to an accumulation of waste. A circular economy , on the other hand, strives to function in ways that reduce waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in circulation for longer. Modern industry has long perpetuated a linear economy.

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ESG Today

MAY 29, 2024

The fund’s sustainable investment universe will be determined by Candriam’s dedicated ESG team through extensive analysis and assessments, with the fund investing in companies from this universe, specifically targeting sectors that are positioned to benefit from long-term sustainability trends.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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ESG Today

JULY 11, 2024

based NLine Energy provides technology aimed at converting wasted energy found in steam distribution systems from boilers at commercial and industrial facilities into renewable power. The round was led by Mirova, the affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment, through Mirova’s impact private equity strategy.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2024

Million for Misleading Sustainable Investment Claims UK Sets Largest-Ever £1.5 Million for Misleading Sustainable Investment Claims UK Sets Largest-Ever £1.5 Million for Misleading Sustainable Investment Claims UK Sets Largest-Ever £1.5

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The announcement follows the launch in December 2021 of JPMAM’s first active sustainable ETF strategy , the JPMorgan Climate Change Solutions ETF (TEMP), targeting investments in companies positioned to benefit from the growing demand for climate change solutions. Gatch added: “J.P.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2025

Parallel performance In time, the need to restock Europes military may even challenge one of the most fundamental and longstanding tenets of sustainable investing: negative screening of controversial weapons. The fact that ten days have been scheduled, rather than the three needed in Rome for COP16.2,

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Partners with Pivot Energy to Develop Community Solar Projects to Help Tackle Scope 3 Emissions JERA Nex Enters U.S.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Business Benefits of Sustainable Finance Several advantages to sustainable finance go beyond producing dividends. Here are a few of the outcomes that contribute to a company's long-term sustainability and competitiveness. Another way companies reduce operational costs is through investing in a sustainable supply chain.

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Sustainability Matters

MARCH 20, 2024

UNSW scientists have developed a technique that promises to increase the number of times plastic waste can be recycled. Their method, which also removes dyes from the original plastic waste, has attracted the attention of the Arnott’s Group. Image credit: Minna Sophia Manu.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable solutions represented nearly two thirds of 2021 net sales. Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020. More than halfway to water and waste reduction targets four years ahead of schedule. Full results can be seen on the company’s 2021 Sustainability Dashboard. “In

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU lawmakers agree to delay sustainability reporting standards for specific sectors, non-EU companies; HSBC launches net zero transition plan; BlackRock invests $500 million in clean energy infrastructure developer; GRI launches biodiversity reporting standard; Capgemini survey finds most business leaders plan to increase sustainability (..)

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ESG Today

AUGUST 18, 2024

Solar Farms Alaska Airlines Invests in Sustainable Aircraft Developer JetZero Rio Tinto, BHP, Qantas Invest $53 Million in New Nature-Based Carbon Credit Fund ESG Reporting Microsoft Unveils New Multi-Framework ESG Reporting Solution Government & Regulators Texas Adds NatWest to Divestment List for “Boycotting” Energy Companies ESG Services and (..)

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Solar PV Manufacturing Capacity Green Data Center Solutions Provider Submer Raises $55.5

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Alfa Laval Launches Hydrogen Business Unit to Capture Clean Energy Transition Opportunities Southwest Signs Deal to Purchase up to 680 Million Gallons Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from Wood Waste Merck to Purchase (..)

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As part of the index methodology, the team applies their enhanced sustainable investment screening at both the issuer and bond level. The new fund provides exposure to the Solactive Global Green Bond Select Index developed in partnership with Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s dedicated Green, Social and Impact Bonds team.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We regularly leverage our operational experts such as KKR Capstone and our Sustainable Investing subject-matter experts to help our portfolio companies develop, shape, and enhance their climate-focused strategies. Includes investments by KKR and Global Atlantic (KKR subsidiary).

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers.

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