Holcim has announced its commitment to positively impact biodiversity by replenishing freshwater in water-risk areas and lower water intensity across all product lines.
Global enthusiasm for using natural climate solutions to fight climate change is on the rise, with research showing nature-based strategies could accomplish about a third of the emissions reductions needed to reach the Paris 2-degrees-Celsius target.
Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS) bonds, Sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), and Transition bonds reached $496.1 billion in H1 2021 as markets surge.
Ahead of COP26, the WorldGBC has expanded the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment with new requirements for property and construction firms to reduce carbon emissions.
Planned investment of £6.8 billion into new hydrogen projects is set to launch a green jobs boom over the next ten years, according to the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
From Promise to Action is a series of research reports, interviews with senior executives at multinational corporations, and events exploring how companies are translating net zero emissions goals into practice. It is designed to help corporate leaders understand how to set and achieve the kind of ambitious carbon reduction targets necessary to keep global warming below 1.5°C as recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
IFM Investors has set a 2030 interim emissions reduction target of more than one million metric tons of CO2e for its infrastructure asset class, as part of its commitment to target net zero by 2050.
The food giant has partnered with coffee pod manufacturer Dualit and On-Pack Recycling Label Ltd to produce aluminium pods that can be recycled at home if empty of coffee grinds.
In this paper, Qontigo’s Sustainable Investment experts review some of the most prominent forward-looking climate metrics (FLCMs) that are currently available to investors, including proprietary methodologies developed by dedicated providers.
How will the EU Commission’s sustainable taxonomy affect the ability of investors to assess the green credentials of financial products and what impact will it have on the real economy?
Siemens Gamesa introduces pioneering technology with world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades in a sustainable breakthrough for the wind industry
The first solar powered Park and Ride centre opens this week in Stourton – making it Leeds’ third Park and Ride service - with hopes to reduce commuting times and costs while curbing congestion and pollution in the city centre.
According to the SSI, environmental, ecological, social, and socio-economic impacts need to be considered to assess the sustainability of shipping fuels.
The airline is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by investing in more fuel-efficient aircraft, improving their operational efficiency, and investing in the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel.
Open Meter is one of the innovative solutions promoted by the report produced by the WEF
Forward-thinking policies helped accelerate European electric vehicle sales and put more than half a million EVs on the road. In Germany, sales have increased three-fold, and in Norway, over 70 percent of all cars sold are electric – as Will Ferrell reminded us in General Motors’ well-received Super Bowl ad.
The year 2020 marked a turning point for greenhouse gas emissions. They fell for the first time in our modern history, to a greater extent than during the 1970s oil shocks and the 1930s Great Depression (in absolute terms).
With asset owners, companies and regulators worldwide increasing efforts to reach global climate targets, the transition to low-carbon portfolios is gathering pace.
Today, nearly all music is consumed digitally via streaming services or downloads. But when the first MP3 players came onto the market in the early 2000s, many consumers were apprehensive: They didn’t understand how this new technology worked.
