RMI, in partnership with four leading banks — Citi, ING, Société Générale, and Standard Chartered — along with aluminum industry stakeholders, has developed a first-of-its-kind framework to enable banks to measure and disclose their lending portfolios’ aluminum-related emissions. RMI announced the Sustainable Aluminum Finance Framework, the first climate-aligned finance framework for the aluminum sector, designed to […]
Read & Discuss »We’ve known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco, shows that, at least in the United States, the gap has been widening for more than a decade. The trend is being driven by the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Read & Discuss »Think of her as an influencer before Instagram — way before. Alice Lee Roosevelt, the oldest child of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, was a huge celebrity in her day. Today, she’s largely forgotten, overshadowed by her cousin Eleanor, who went on to marry another relative, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and become an influential first lady. But […]
Read & Discuss »Funding will reduce water and energy waste, which can lower carbon emissions, and help create lasting water or sanitation solutions for 20 million people The Bezos Earth Fund announced a $10 million grant to Water.org to increase access to sustainable, climate-resistant water and sanitation services in developing countries where inefficient water infrastructure exacerbates climate impacts and freshwater access. Purifying […]
Read & Discuss »Netherlands-based aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark led the round, joined by additional investors The Kitchen Hub, Peregrine Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, MOREVC, and CPT Capital FoodTech start-up Wanda Fish Technologies, Ltd., announces it has secured USD 7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Netherlands-based global aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark, with additional funding from […]
Read & Discuss »The project on the Baltic Sea will be developed by Baltic Power, with EIB financing backed by InvestEU. Poland will join Denmark and Germany in harnessing the clean energy potential of Baltic Sea basin. Once finished in 2026, the wind farm will generate nearly 4 200 GWh of clean energy annually. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an […]
Read & Discuss »New grants will benefit high schools and middle schools in cities across the United States Additional grantees include nonprofits in the U.S., France, Germany, and the UK that are training students for future careers Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) announced more than $20 million in new grants to U.S. school districts, along with education and workforce development […]
Read & Discuss »The PepsiCo Foundation, National Urban League, and Greater Baltimore Urban League will host a culinary tasting event to celebrate the success of the Black Restaurant Accelerator Program (BRAP). The event will showcase the achievements of grantees and highlight the economic impact of the program. The BRAP is a national initiative that provides funding, technical assistance, […]
Read & Discuss »Nuveen has named seasoned professional Ted Maa as their Managing Director of Private Equity Impact Investing. Nuveen, a globally recognised investment manager, has an enduring legacy of championing sustainable financial solutions. Last year, they underlined this commitment with the inception of the Nuveen Global Impact Fund, LP, an innovative fund that concentrates on investments tackling monumental […]
Read & Discuss »The projects, Podlasek y Wólka Dobryńska which will come into operation in the second half of the year, will have a combined capacity of 50 MW Iberdrola Poland expects to reach 1,000 MW of wind and solar PV capacity by 2030 Iberdrola has moved forward with its international expansion by completing the purchase of two onshore […]
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