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TPG Hires Scott Lebovitz as Head of Infrastructure for Climate Investing Platform

TPG Hires Scott Lebovitz as Head of Infrastructure for Climate Investing Platform

Global alternative asset manager TPG announced today the appointment of Scott Lebovitz Partner and Head of Infrastructure for the firm’s climate investing platform TPG Rise Climate, in a move TPG said was aimed at enhancing the strategy’s capabilities in infrastructure and real assets. Launched in early 2021, TPG Rise Climate invests in climate solutions around the world, and across asset…

Investor boost as EU scales up green subsidies

Investor boost as EU scales up green subsidies

Investors should benefit from new European Union support for green subsidies, according to global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. In the article EU scales up green subsidies – how you can benefit from new support for clean investments – which comes on the back of the EC’s adoption of changes to its state aid framework supporting the Net Zero Plan, first…

Banks Must Radically Change Climate Perspective

Around 90% of EU banks are exposed to climate transition risks, recent analysis from the ECB shows.  Banks globally are increasingly feeling two-pronged pressure from regulators and investors to up their climate ambition and stop financing fossil fuels.  In recent months, European banks have fallen under heightened scrutiny from the European Central Bank (ECB) on their climate disclosures and target-setting,…

GRI Launches Sustainability Reporting Standard for Mining Sector

GRI Launches Sustainability Reporting Standard for Mining Sector

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), one of the leading organizations promoting standardized ESG reporting, announced today the launch of its new mining sector reporting standard, aimed at enabling companies in the sector to disclose on a wide set of sustainability impacts, ranging from emissions and biodiversity to community impact and human rights. According to the GRI, the new standard comes…

Guest Post: Six Steps Leaders Can Take to Accelerate Their Sustainability Transformation Efforts

Guest Post: Six Steps Leaders Can Take to Accelerate Their Sustainability Transformation Efforts

By: Sol Salinas, Executive Vice President, Sustainability Lead for the Americas, Capgemini With the increase in extreme weather events all over the world, paired with rigorous regulations coming into effect, organizations are under constant pressure to respond and explore how they can transform their business to become truly sustainable. The good news is that for 63% of executives, the business…

Brookfield Raises $10 Billion for Climate Transition Fund

Brookfield Raises $10 Billion for Climate Transition Fund

Brookfield Asset Management announced today that it has raised $10 billion at the first close of global private equity fund focused on investments accelerating the global transition to a net-zero economy, the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF II). According to Brookfield, the new fund, launched last year, is already on track to exceed the size of its record-breaking predecessor BGTF…

China Sets Tougher Regulations for Carbon Trading Market

China Sets Tougher Regulations for Carbon Trading Market

China announced that Premier Li Qiang has signed new regulations for its carbon emissions trading system, including allocating responsibility to government ministries for overseeing and managing trading, and introducing stricter penalties for entities that falsify information, aimed at providing a legal framework for the country’s carbon market and strengthen control of greenhouse gas emissions in carbon intensive sectors. The new…

Oceans “Forgotten” in Nature-related Analyses – UNEP FI  

New research on disclosure frameworks finds different approaches to materiality and less attention to ocean-related risks.   Nature-related assessment and disclosure frameworks and standards pay insufficient attention to oceans, Romie Goedicke, Co-head of Nature at United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said, following the release of a comparative study.   The report found that while most…

Abstention Threatens CSDDD

Germany and other states could refrain from voting later this month, undermining the EU’s credibility as a sustainability leader.   Industry members, including ShareAction, have warned that the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) risked being hijacked by abstentions from member states in an upcoming voting session.   Although CSDDD is “too big to fail”, further revisions risk creating…

Asset Owners Urged to Jump into Deep End

The risks and impacts associated with ocean pollution and degradation are vast, but “easy wins” exist for investors.  To sufficiently address the climate and nature crises, asset owners must prioritise the world’s oceans and marine life, according to new research.  The paper makes the case that asset owners should look to understand the important role that oceans can play in…