Switzerland-based global private markets investor Partners Group has appointed Oliver O’Bryan as its new Head of Sustainability, responsible for leading the firm’s sustainability strategy across investment, corporate, and its client pillar. O’Bryan takes on the new position after more than 4 years at Partners Group in a series of sustainability-focused roles, including most recently serving as Senior Sustainability Lead. Prior…
Schneider Electric announced the launch by its SE Advisory Services consulting practice of Resource Advisor+, a new AI-powered energy and sustainability intelligence platform aimed at unifying emissions and energy management, supply chain sustainability, climate risk, and sustainability reporting solutions into a single ecosystem. The new platform is being launched with two initial core products, aimed at enabling companies to manage…
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced today the first close of the Allianz Credit Emerging Markets (ACE) strategy, raising $690 million in commitments for the new fund aimed at mobilizing large scale private investments in support of the goals of the Paris Agreement, and accelerating progress toward the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The firm said that it…
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today the appointment of sustainability reporting veteran Susanne Stormer as the Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the governance body responsible for setting the GRI Standards. GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are one of the most commonly accepted global standards for sustainability disclosure by companies, developed to enable consistent reporting across companies and…
By: Sorouch Kheradmand, Global Head of Partner Sustainability, Schneider Electric What is the business case for sustainability? Corporate sustainability is still too often perceived as complex, non-core, and disconnected from business performance. Combined with growing regulatory pressure, heavy reporting requirements, and greenwashing risks, sustainability is frequently framed by executives as a compliance and risk-management burden rather than a value driver….
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday the publication of a new legal opinion, declaring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) frameworks and programs included in more than 100 state laws unconstitutional. While focusing primarily on DEI programs in schools and state and local governments, in a statement announcing the release of the new 74-page opinion, Paxton, who is currently…
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit announced the issuance of a series of sustainable bonds, raising €4.75 billion aimed at financing projects aligned with a broad range of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The transaction, which included 5-year (€2 billion), 10-year (€1.75 billion) and 14-year (€1 billion) sustainable benchmark notes marks the largest ESG-labelled bond issuance by a…