In this Green Dream video interview, Bethan Dixon, portfolio manager Quilter’s WealthSelect MPS team, discusses creating the sustainable and responsible portfolios from scratch in her bedroom in lockdown, and explains how the asset class mix is different to what else is on the market. Dixon also comments on the “political noise” around sustainability, the impact of artificial intelligence on electricity demand and countries’…
Carbon removal solutions provider Climeworks announced a new strategic partnership with enterprise application software company SAP, aimed at providing companies with end-to-end carbon management solutions, and introducing carbon removals into SAP’s own net zero strategy. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies like DAC are increasingly viewed as essential for companies – especially those with hard-to-abate emissions – to achieve their net…
Global assets in artificial intelligence (AI) and big data funds have surged more than sevenfold over the past five years, reaching $38.1bn by the end of Q1 2025, Morningstar’s report on investing in AI with funds has revealed. Record inflows in the first quarter of 2025 were attributed to a growth in interest from Chinese investors, buoyed by the success…
Weaker climate policy commitments, trade tariffs and geopolitical security concerns are reshaping the transition to net-zero emissions and immediate risks are taking precedence over long-term sustainability goals, according to S&P Global Ratings’ latest report. Net-Zero Transition Stutters As Geoeconomic Risks Increase looks into the net-zero transition and factors that are shaping this landscape, finding that rising geopolitical risks and the end…
Climate tech startup Fiber Global announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at expanding its platform to turn waste streams into sustainable building products. Founded in 2023, Brownsburg, Indiana-based Fiber Global reclaims materials such as paper and cardboard diverted from landfills to create durable, high-performing building materials with significantly lower greenhouse…
Climate tech startup Fiber Global announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at expanding its platform to turn waste streams into sustainable building products. Founded in 2023, Brownsburg, Indiana-based Fiber Global reclaims materials such as paper and cardboard diverted from landfills to create durable, high-performing building materials with significantly lower greenhouse…
Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced an agreement to acquire Australia-based independent power producer (IPP) Zenith Energy. Founded in 2006, Zenith is one of Australia’s largest IPPs, with a focus on sustainable and reliable hybrid power solutions for remote, off-grid resource sector clients and urban microgrids for commercial, industrial, and residential precincts – including serving Australia’s off-grid mining…
Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced an agreement to acquire Australia-based independent power producer (IPP) Zenith Energy. Founded in 2006, Zenith is one of Australia’s largest IPPs, with a focus on sustainable and reliable hybrid power solutions for remote, off-grid resource sector clients and urban microgrids for commercial, industrial, and residential precincts – including serving Australia’s off-grid mining…