Finance
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Misconceptions about Corporate sustainability? Fines of up to 5% of turnover
The European Parliament approves the rules on corporate responsibility. They also cover pollution, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss and apply…
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How low-cost funding can help the energy transition
A new IRENA report highlights the need for greater private sector involvement in financing energy transition projects, and closer public-private…
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Climate Finance: ESG funds invest $400 billion in Big Oil
The latest Carbon Tracker report highlights the lack of transparency of major asset managers on investments in major oil &…
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Gas and atom in green taxonomy, NGOs bring EU to court
The European Court of Justice has two cases against the European executive for having included gas and nuclear energy in…
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Ecological goods are growing despite the general global trade crisis
The UN organization for trade and development has showed that the global crisis has its significant exceptions: ecological goods, those…
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We must multiply low-carbon funding by 4 within 7 years
A BloombergNEF report analyzes the relationship between funding in low-carbon and fossil-based projects. The 2021 figure is 0.8:1, but to…
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A snail’s pace on ESG investments: here are the asset managers to reject
Two-thirds of the world’s 77 largest managers surveyed do not invest responsibly in ESG. Including the four industry giants. Bad…
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Gas and nuclear in EU green taxonomy, Greenpeace against Brussels
The environmental NGO addresses the European Court of Justice for the inclusion of fossil gas and atom in the list…
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Only 0.4% of global companies have credible transition plans
The update of the usual monitoring of Cdp on over 18,600 companies reveals a setback compared to last year: only…
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Major global banks do not lose the habit of investing in fossils. Even when they promise net-zero
From November 2021 to August 2022, 56 institutions joining GFANZ mobilized something like $269 billion to support the expansion of…
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