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SWISS, Lufthansa Group Sign Carbon Removal Deal with Climeworks

SWISS, Lufthansa Group Sign Carbon Removal Deal with Climeworks

Zurich-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal provider Climeworks announced today a new long-term agreement with Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines aimed at addressing the airline’s unavoidable CO2 emissions. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 directly from the atmosphere for…

Unilever Sets New Goals to Cut Value Chain Emissions by 2030

Unilever Sets New Goals to Cut Value Chain Emissions by 2030

Global consumer brands company Unilever announced today the release of its new Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP), outlining the company’s strategy to become a lower-emissions business and achieve its climate goals, and introducing new value chain emissions targets, amounting to a 39% absolute reduction in total targeted Scope 3 emissions by 2030. The new Unilever climate transition plan follows the…

Deep-sea Mining Deemed Financially Unviable

The fledgling industry could lead to an estimated half-trillion dollars in losses, with investors being urged to protect Earth’s “last frontier”.  Claims that investment in deep-sea mining (DSM) will unlock strong returns for investors have been described as a “false narrative” by non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker. As human attention increasingly turns to the Earth’s “last frontier” – the deep…

Matthews Transitions Asian Funds to Article 8

Re-categorisation marks latest shift to bolster sustainable investment and analytical resources, as focus on smaller firms offers greater impact for investors. Investment management firm Matthews has moved its last six UCITS funds to Article 8 to better meet demand from European investors seeking investment opportunities in Asia and emerging markets. The shift means Matthews’ funds now comprise 14 Article 8…

HEY GEN AI: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE GREENWASHING?

First published in the Financial Times’ Banking Risk & Regulation, the article by Cail Wyn Evans and Oliver Williams explores the adoption of GenAI to identify greenwashing. Continue reading at Mayerbrown.com. The post HEY GEN AI: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE GREENWASHING? appeared first on Eye on ESG.

HEY GEN AI: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE GREENWASHING?

First published in the Financial Times’ Banking Risk & Regulation, the article by Cail Wyn Evans and Oliver Williams explores the adoption of GenAI to identify greenwashing. Continue reading at Mayerbrown.com. The post HEY GEN AI: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE GREENWASHING? appeared first on Eye on ESG.

A DEEP DIVE INTO BLUE FINANCING

Although Environmental, Social and Governance-related (“ESG”) initiatives continue to face some political headwinds, and the ESG-linked debt market suffered a downturn in 2023, a nascent product type is piquing the interest of certain players in the sustainable debt space. Several debtors have entered the so-called blue financing space in an effort to contribute to the maintenance of the world’s waterways and…

Climate-Risk Disclosure Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted (in a 3-2 vote) final rules related to climate-related disclosures.  These rules had first been proposed in March 2022.  In his opening remarks, SEC Chair Gensler noted that the climate-change related disclosure rules will apply to public companies and to public offerings, and are intended to benefit investors by, among other things, providing comparable…

SEC Approves Scaled-Back Climate Disclosure Rules

SEC Approves Scaled-Back Climate Disclosure Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today the approval of its long-awaited requirements for climate-related disclosures for U.S. public companies, requiring companies for the first time to provide information in annual reports and registration statements on climate risks facing their businesses, plans to address those risks, the financial impact of severe weather events, and, in some cases, greenhouse…