-
Jeff Bezos Unveils Sweeping Plan to Tackle Climate Change
Bezos expects 80% of Amazon’s energy use to come from renewable sources by 2024, before transitioning to zero emissions by 2030.
- Categories
- Energy, Environment
-
Viewpoint: Can ‘Climate Finance’ Fund a Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy?
UN Climate Action Summit hopes to catalyse the private sector to lead global shift away from fossil fuels to renewables.
- Categories
- Environment, Finance
-
Climate Change Moves to Top of Investors’ List of ESG Issues
As institutional investors spend an increasing amount of time thinking about environmental, social and governance risks and strategies for dealing with them, the issue of climate change continues to push its way to the top of the list.
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
-
Press Release: Major Private Sector Institutions Present Solutions for Mobilizing Climate Finance
Drawing on the direct perspective of some of the world’s largest institutions across the investment chain, including private banks, asset managers, and asset owners, the report identifies concrete opportunities for leadership by the public and private sectors to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
- Categories
- Environment
-
Impact Tech Venture OpenSC Raises $4 Million in Seed Funding
OpenSC, an impact venture developed in partnership by the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia) and BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV), the global corporate venture, investment, and incubation arm of Boston Consulting Group, today announced that OpenSC has raised $4 million in seed funding from strategic impact investors.
- Source
- Press Release
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- supply chains
-
Viewpoint: How Making Smart Financial Decisions Can Have a Positive Impact on Climate Change
Skeptics question the effect of ESG investment on financial performance, but we emphasize that climate change and other ESG-related risks materialize only over the long term.
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
-
Viewpoint: 4 Key Questions to Help Investors Avoid Greenwashing
We believe investors should consider four key questions to cut through the sustainable investing confusion and avoid greenwashing.
- Categories
- Environment, Investing
- Tags
- ESG, greenwashing, impact investing
-
Viewpoint: China’s Belt and Road Global Infrastructure Plans Are Dooming the Planet
Unless the United States challenges Chinese claims and competes with Chinese development projects, Beijing will continue to diplomatically benefit from asserting leadership with little cost.
- Categories
- Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific