Heineken announces plans to be carbon neutral in production by 2030
Heineken has announced a new ambition to decarbonise its own production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040.
SINV Europe 2021: Cross-sector collaboration needed to drive forward the sustainable finance agenda
Part 1 and 2 of the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2021 took place this week on the 13 & 15 April, convening stakeholders committed to driving forward the sustainable finance agenda from government, business, and the investment community.
Apple and partners launch first-ever $200 million Restore Fund
Apple and partners have announced a carbon removal initiative – the Restore Fund - that will invest in forestry projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere while generating a financial return for investors.
EnergyNest secures €110m investment for thermal battery boost
EnergyNest has announced it has signed an investment agreement with Infracapital.
Measuring What Matters: A New Approach to Assessing Sovereign Climate Risk
Four Twenty Seven’s new sovereign climate risk data provides detailed analytics that focus on key risk drivers for countries, measuring the amount of agriculture area, future population, and future GDP (PPP) exposed to climate hazards.
Stena Bulk reveals decarbonisation plan for net zero emissions by 2050
Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced 5 milestone decarbonisation targets, which set out the company’s roadmap to becoming a net zero emissions business by 2050.
OVO Energy and Ørsted sign major power purchase agreement
OVO Energy, the UK’s leading independent energy supplier, has announced it has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement with Ørsted, to buy green power from the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm.
UK’s Net Zero target is at risk without substantial change in corporate and public behaviour
The Energy Research Partnership has released a new report which has found that the UK’s Net Zero target is at risk without substantial change in corporate and public behaviour.
Covid-19, One Year On: Could We Have Predicted Lockdown Lengths?
To hinder the advance of Covid-19 as it spread around the world in early 2020, governments enacted lockdowns that shuttered businesses, limited social activity and stalled the global economy. The long-term impact of the virus was yet to be fully realized, but companies forced to shut down temporarily faced an immediate and pressing question: how long will the lockdowns last?
Climate Stress Tests to Be Mainstream for Banks, Insurers
Banks and insurers around the world are likely to face climate-related stress tests in the next two to three years as supervisors become increasingly aware of the urgency in gauging the risks from climate change, Fitch Ratings says in a new report.
Letter from the CEO of BuildingMinds
The world is undergoing profound changes on several levels: social, environmental, economic and technological. And the real estate sector must find appropriate leadership responses to these disruptive shifts.
CAC 40 ESG®: Leveraging the French SRI label
On 22 March of this year, Euronext launched the CAC 40 ESG® index, the first national ESG index derived from iconic CAC 40® index family.
Sustainable Investing: A new dawn
Discussing sustainable outcomes with leading ESG professionals.
Polestar unveils plans for ‘truly climate neutral’ car by 2030
In Polestar’s first annual review, the Swedish electric performance car brand announces its moonshot goal to create the first truly climate neutral car by 2030.
Climate Risk Macroeconomic Forecasting
Moody’s Analytics is expanding its capabilities to enable institutions to assess risks posed by climate change.
UK launches world’s largest ocean monitoring system to protect wildlife and biodiversity
The UK will pioneer the world’s largest ocean wildlife monitoring system to help protect life below water as part of the UK Government Blue Belt programme.