Institutional investors are pushing for the real living wage to hit the high street this proxy season. The UK retail sector is under increasing pressure to pay their workforce a real living wage, as investors prepare to challenge the sector’s biggest offenders at AGMs in the coming months. Members of responsible investment NGO ShareAction’s Good Work investor group – including…
Schneider Electric Provides Environmental Data for 50,000 Products to Help Decarbonize Construction Projects
Energy and electrification advisory, services, and software solutions provider Schneider Electric announced a partnership with construction and manufacturing-focused sustainability platform One Click LCA to provide AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) professionals with environmental data on more than 50,000 electrical products, and enabling data-driven sustainable design decisions. Under the new partnership, Schneider Electric will make Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) on the…
China Issues its First Sovereign Green Bonds
China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued the country’s inaugural sovereign green bond, raising RMB 6 billion (USD$824 million) to support projects and initiatives aimed at achieving environmental objectives ranging from climate change mitigation and adaptation to natural resource and biodiversity conservation. The new 3-year and 5-year maturity bonds debuted on the London Stock Exchange, making the offering not only China’s…