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BlackRock Acquires Infrastructure Giant GIP for $12.5 Billion

ESG Today

Investment giant BlackRock announced today the acquisition of infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a cash and stock deal valuing the company at $12.5 billion, citing emerging long-term opportunities in areas including decarbonization, energy security, digital infrastructure, and supply chain transitions.

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Here we go again: Ontario’s reckless nuclear gamble

Corporate Knights

Demand for power reached its all-time high of 27,000 MW in the summer of 2006 and declined to 22,600 MW by 2022. The newest reactor in this country was built 30 years ago; the supply chains for many of the components are long gone. The gap never materialized. Now it is 2023. The government also plans to add four giant 1.2

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) Skeptics have criticized its commitment for not going far enough. .