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DP World Launches New Suite of Supply Chain Sustainability Solutions

DP World Launches New Suite of Supply Chain Sustainability Solutions

Dubai-based multinational logistics firm DP World announced today the launch of EcoRoute, a new suite of solutions aimed at helping businesses to build more efficient and lower-emissions supply chains. Key focus areas of the new solutions suite include network design, lower-carbon logistics solutions, emissions measurement and strategic partnerships. Ayla Bajwa, DP World Group Senior Vice President – Sustainability, said: “EcoRoute…

Michael Bloomberg Pledges $285 Million to Help Clean Energy Industries Take on Fossil Fuel Influence

Michael Bloomberg Pledges $285 Million to Help Clean Energy Industries Take on Fossil Fuel Influence

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced a new $285 million commitment to help clean energy industries scale up to meet rapidly growing power demand, with a focus on helping renewable energy industries to mature rapidly to compete with the political influence and financing and institutional capabilities of their fossil fuel counterparts. According to Bloomberg, the new commitment is targeted at assisting national…

Responsible investing is ‘fundamental’ to private credit underwriting

Responsible investing is a critical part of private credit underwriting and needs to be treated as a part of the core investment analysis, according to Vai Patel, head of responsible investing at Benefit Street Partners. Speaking to PA Future, Patel said responsible investing is often discussed as something separate to core investment analysis, but shouldn’t be. “Responsible investing is part…

Amazon, BlackRock’s Skyborn Sign Largest-Ever Clean Energy Purchase Agreement in Germany

Amazon, BlackRock’s Skyborn Sign Largest-Ever Clean Energy Purchase Agreement in Germany

BlackRock-backed Skyborn Renewables and Amazon announced the signing of a 600 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) for carbon-free electricity from the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, marking the largest single PPA ever signed in Germany. According to the companies, the new commitment will enable Skyborn Renewables to advance construction of the project, set to become Germany’s…

Danone, Mars Back New €150 Million Nature-Based Solutions Fund

Danone, Mars Back New €150 Million Nature-Based Solutions Fund

Impact investment platform Livelihoods announced the launch of its fourth fund, Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4 (LCF4), focused on developing nature-based climate solutions with goals to sequester or avoid between 7 and 10 million tons of CO2 over a 25-year period and sustainably improve the living conditions of 500,000 people. The company said that it has raised €124 million (USD$142 million)…

ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: ISO releases proposed net zero standard; EQT signs record sustainability-linked loan tied to portfolio company goals; Anthropic, Google back $900 million carbon removal fund; BoE integrates net zero transition risk into collateral framework; EBA integrates climate risk into bank stress testing; Bloomberg launches portfolio climate scoring and tracking solution; Mars hits U.S. clean energy milestone;…

Equinor Drops Renewable Energy Goal: “Seen for Several Years We Won’t Reach that Target”

Equinor Drops Renewable Energy Goal: “Seen for Several Years We Won’t Reach that Target”

Norway-based energy company Equinor has retired its target to reach 10 – 12 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, with CEO Anders Opedal citing less favorable economics for projects since initially setting the goal, and acknowledging at the company’s Capital Markets Day that “we have seen for several years that we will not reach that target.” The retirement…

Nestlé to Produce 1.5 Billion KitKat Bars with Regeneratively Farmed Wheat

Nestlé to Produce 1.5 Billion KitKat Bars with Regeneratively Farmed Wheat

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced the launch of a new partnership with UK-based regenerative agriculture company Wildfarmed, which will enable the use of regeneratively farmed wheat in the production of the company’s KitKat bars in the U.K. Regenerative agriculture practices are aimed at addressing the environmental impact of farming and agriculture, and include techniques to improve and restore…

Sweep Launches UK SRS Sustainability Reporting Solution

Sweep Launches UK SRS Sustainability Reporting Solution

Enterprise sustainability data management platform Sweep announced the launch of its new UK SRS solution, aimed at supporting UK-listed companies required to comply with upcoming mandatory sustainability reporting requirements. The launch of the new solution follows the release earlier this year by the UK government of the finalized UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), based on the sustainability and climate-related…