Toxic air pollution is affecting over 3.1 million school children across England
City Hall analysis shows 3.1 million school children are being exposed to air pollution levels exceeding World Health Organisation limits on PM2.5.
UK Government announces plans for a world-leading hydrogen economy
The UK’s first-ever Hydrogen Strategy will unlock over £4 billion in investment and create thousands of jobs in the move to establish a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK by 2030.
UK Government’s Blue Planet Fund to provide £16.2m to protect world’s ocean & enable marine recovery
This first amount of funding from the UK’s £500 million Blue Planet Fund will be used for five programmes aimed to tackle climate change, enable marine recovery, and reduce poverty in developing countries.
Samsung unveils 2025 sustainability commitments for ‘tangible climate action’
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new 2025 commitment to act more sustainably across its mobile product lifecycles and business operations
Mitie announces plans to achieve a net zero estate by 2025
Mitie has unveiled its new roadmap to achieve a net zero estate by 2025.
SFDR: laying the foundations of a stronger sustainable investment market
The end of June 2021 marked the latest deadline in the introduction of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). From that date, larger financial firms will have to begin disclosing the “Principal Adverse Impacts” their investments have on social and environmental issues.
UK R&I announces £10.5m to develop new tools to help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change
The government-backed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) agency has announced new funding to support sustainability projects aimed to help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change.
A boost for wind energy – an integral part of UK’s net-zero plan
The UK’s offshore wind industry is taking new strides in energy innovation as Siemens Gamesa and GRI Renewable Industries expands its production in the north-east.
BP announces project for blue hydrogen production facility to be completed by 2030
BP has announced that the clean hydrogen facility in Teesside (H2Teesside) will be completed by 2030.
IPCC: Human influence has warmed climate at ‘unprecedented’ rate
In a new landmark report, the IPCC has found that human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe.
UK Government challenges investors to create an ‘Investment Big Bang’ for a green recovery
The Prime Minister and Chancellor believe that now is the time to unlock the hundreds of billions of pounds sitting in UK institutional investors and help drive the UK’s green recovery from the pandemic.
The finance sector, COP26 and building a connected global green economy
They say money makes the world go round. With COP26 on the horizon, that well-known saying has added currency. But how will the UK’s financial sector be playing its part? Gina V Hall, the Carbon Trust’s Investment Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance, investigates…
DHL announces order of first-ever all-electric cargo planes
DHL announces order of first-ever all electric cargo planes from global manufacturer Eviation.
UNFCCC: Just over half of countries signed up to Paris Agreement submit NDCs before deadline
This week marked the cut-off date for the submission of new or updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to be included in a UNFCCC synthesis report that will be issued later this year, ahead of COP26.
NatWest Group surpasses climate and sustainable funding and financing target
NatWest Group has completed £9.5 billion worth of climate and sustainable funding in the first half of 2021, exceeding its target of £20 billion in 2020-2021 six months early.
ESG Insights from Alternative Data: Lessons from Seneca ESG & Eagle Alpha Hackathon
Seneca ESG led Team Stoics in the third Eagle Alpha Data Hackathon in May 2021. As more corporations and funds commit to a net-zero economy and investment strategies, the Eagle Alpha Data Hackathon posed the challenge of how investors may get reliable ESG ratings free of greenwashing, social washing and huge gaps in governance reporting.