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In Search of the Exclusion Premium
June 7, 2024

In Search of the Exclusion Premium

Cheng-En Li, Research Analyst at MainStreet Partners, explores how market performance of large-cap companies is influenced by poor ESG practices. While grappling with uncertainty in capital markets caused by the exacerbation in inflation, mounting policy rates, and geopolitical tensions in 2023 and 2024, many institutions are now looking to align themselves more closely with good ESG practices in response to…

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John Cockerill Raises $250 Million to Build Out Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Business
June 7, 2024

John Cockerill Raises $250 Million to Build Out Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Business

Industrial equipment company John Cockerill announced a new agreement to raise €230 million (USD$250 million) for its subsidiary John Cockerill Hydrogen, in a deal led by energy services and technology company SLB, and Belgian public investment institutions SFPIM and Wallonie Entreprendre, and aimed at accelerating the deployment of the company’s electrolyzer technology, enabling the production of green hydrogen. Hydrogen is…

News 0 2 min read
June 7, 2024

Storage Systems can Empower Emerging Markets

Andrea Webster, Senior Advisor at SustainFinance, says innovation must disrupt the status quo in traditional energy systems. Idealists imagine clean renewable energy powering a content and peaceful world around us. Solar panels adorn rooftops and wind turbines swoop to catch the breeze. Reality paints a very different picture; we not only need to re-think and re-engineer the world around us,…

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June 7, 2024

Africa’s Untapped Opportunity

Eva Warigia, Associate Director, Investor Relations at New Forests, explains how responsibly-managed plantation forestry in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming an increasingly attractive asset class. The African continent hosts 17% of the world’s forests. However, nearly four million hectares of these are lost each year, leading to a 3% loss of gross domestic product associated with soil and nutrient depletion, according…

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June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read
June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read
June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read
June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read
June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read
June 6, 2024

EU SAF Action Highlights Reputational Risks to Airlines

Regulatory pressure over greenwashing increases as deadlines approach for widespread incorporation of sustainable fuel. An investigation by the European Commission (EC) into potentially misleading claims by airlines and sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is not expected to lead to direct sanctions, but leaves firms and their investors open to reputational risk. At the end of April, the EC and EU consumer…

Blog 0 5 min read