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Neither Kaizen nor Kodak

Neither Kaizen nor Kodak

WisdomTree Research Director Mobeen Tahir considers whether Toyota is navigating a road to success or steering towards its own downfall. On 28 May, the Financial Times published a news article titled, ‘Toyota bets on new line of combustion engines in challenge to Tesla’. Having previously criticised Toyota’s lack of progress on electric vehicles (EVs), my initial reaction was, is this…

Is AI the Answer to Board-level Lack of ESG Knowledge?

Helle Bank Jørgensen, Founder of Competent Boards, and Dr Henning Stein, Finance Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, explain how the technology can empower boards to address sustainability challenges. ESG considerations have been rising up corporate agendas for years, yet meaningful knowledge of them often remains poor at the highest levels. A recent study by Competent Boards and Copenhagen Business…

Pension Supervisors’ Principles-based Approach

IOPS Head Dariusz Stańko talks about the importance of integrating sustainability factors into pension funds’ investment and risk management processes. The amount of assets in pension plans in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries grew by over 8% to US$53.1 trillion in 2023, equal to 82.4% of their total GDP. With such huge financial firepower, pension funds…

UK SDR Impact Stretches Beyond Retail Investors

UKSIF confirms interest from institutional investors in how labels will add credibility to funds’ sustainability credentials.  The UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) package may have been designed with retail investors in mind, but it also has implications for the institutional market to consider.  Finalised in November last year, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) UK SDR rules were intended to improve…

Three Procurement Challenges for Renewable Energy Projects

Investors must be aware of major blockages to movement in the construction supply chain, says Richard Black, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland. Construction is heavily reliant on the importation of goods and materials, with procurement being a key element of the industry. Unfortunately, the process of sourcing, acquiring and paying for goods has recently been beset with problems, with global factors…

ClimeCo Launches New Tool to Match Companies with Nature-Based Solutions Projects

ClimeCo Launches New Tool to Match Companies with Nature-Based Solutions Projects

Sustainability solutions company ClimeCo announced today the launch of NatureLink, a new tool aimed at matching organizations with fully vetted, high-quality nature-based solution (NBS) projects alinged with their specific goals, budgets and priorities. Nature-based solutions, according to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems that address societal challenges…

Climate Change is Fueling Hurricanes. Reducing Greenhouse Gases Will Help

Hurricane Beryl, which knocked out power to almost 3 million homes in Texas this week, is just one more illustration that the frequency and intensity of these tropical storms and hurricanes have been increasing. The science regarding extreme weather is clear: Climate change is the main reason. The effects of global warming on weather patterns, sea levels, and atmospheric conditions…

NLine Energy Raises $11 Million to Drive Expansion of Industrial Clean Energy Tech

NLine Energy Raises $11 Million to Drive Expansion of Industrial Clean Energy Tech

Clean energy technology company NLine Energy announced that it has raised $11 million, with proceeds aimed at expanding its business helping commercial and industrial facilities to decarbonize in North America and internationally. Founded in 2010 with an initial focus on developing small hydropower projects, Oregon, U.S.-based NLine Energy provides technology aimed at converting wasted energy found in steam distribution systems…

KPMG Launches New Climate Reporting Resources Hub

KPMG Launches New Climate Reporting Resources Hub

Global professional services firm KPMG announced today the launch of Clear on Climate Reporting, a new digital hub aimed at helping companies provide reporting to investors and regulators on the financial implications of climate-related risks and opportunities on their businesses. According to KPMG, the new hub is being launched as companies are seeing greater climate change-drive broader stakeholder scrutiny of…

Amazon Launches Free Climate Solutions Platform to Help Decarbonize Supply Chain

Amazon Launches Free Climate Solutions Platform to Help Decarbonize Supply Chain

Amazon announced the launch of the Sustainability Exchange, a new platform offering free access to sustainability tools and resources used by the company to decarbonize its operations, aimed at sharing its learnings and experiences to help other companies – particularly those in its supply chain – to address their climate footprint. The launch of the new platform follows Amazon’s co-founding,…