Nedbank launches R2,1 billion Green Private Power Tier 2 Bond − fuelling private sector renewable energy growth in South Africa Nedbank, a pioneer in sustainable finance solutions, has announced the successful conclusion of a R2,1 billion Green Private Power Tier 2 Bond, which listed on the sustainability segment of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on […]
Read & Discuss »Momentum behind carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is reaching unprecedented levels, but implementation continues to lag behind, a new IEA report finds. With over 400 new carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects announced globally in the past three years in more than 45 countries, the IEA’s new toolkit sets out the policies that […]
Read & Discuss »Next week thousands of ESG News readers will head to Dubai for COP 28. They’ll be visiting one of the most interesting cities in the world, with lots to offer beyond the walls of Expo City. Getting there – if you’re going, you likely have your tickets and have heard that the hands-on favorite is […]
Read & Discuss »Eneco has submitted its planning application for the construction of the ‘Eneco Electrolyzer’, a green hydrogen production plant in Rotterdam’s Europoort industrial area. Green hydrogen is produced using electricity generated by renewable energy. Eneco is working together with Mitsubishi on this through the Eneco Diamond Hydrogen joint venture. By building the plant, Eneco can help […]
Read & Discuss »Just three years of intensive cross-industry collaboration can turn industrial decarbonization from an immovable economic barrier to an economic force compelling all industries to accelerate net zero action Fewer than one in five companies (18%) are currently on track to reach net zero emissions in their operations by 2050, and over a third (38%) say […]
Read & Discuss »Skanska has issued green bonds worth approximately SEK 4.5 billion to finance sustainable commercial real estate projects and other investments for climate transition. The issue generated substantial interest, attracting bids from around 40 investors. if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(“script”); s.async = true; s.type = “text/javascript”;s.src = ‘https://servedbyadbutler.com/app.js’;var n = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());} var AdButler = AdButler || […]
Read & Discuss »Global listed companies are on track to breach the emissions limit to keep temperature rise below 1.5°C in April 2026, as progress slows. Governments in 13 of the G20 nations are expected to accelerate their pace of decarbonization this decade, up to an average 4.5% a year from only 0.8% in the five years after […]
Read & Discuss »When Damion Searls ’92 first read a novel by 2023 Nobel Prize-winning writer Jon Fosse more than 20 years ago, he had to read a German edition because he didn’t know Norwegian. An American publisher had asked Searls to do a reader’s report of Fosse’s “Melancholy,” a fictionalized account of the life of a 19th-century […]
Read & Discuss »As police fanned out Thursday in pursuit of the gunman who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine — the deadliest U.S. mass shooting of the year — the nation once again confronted its epidemic of firearms violence. Every year in the U.S., tens of thousands of lives are lost to gun-related murders and suicides. The […]
Read & Discuss »With so many new ESG standards and regulations announced in 2023, many fear that disclosures would be incomparable and inconsistent. Thankfully, this “year of interoperability” marched forward when CDP announced an agreement to maximize alignment with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Under the agreement, CDP and the European Financial Regulation Action Group (EFRAG – which […]
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