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Facing the storm: Caribbean countries make urgent call for more equitable climate funding

Corporate Knights

That’s part of the message that Racquel Moses, CEO of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator and a UN ambassador for net-zero, will be taking to the climate summit being held in Dubai starting this week. For Moses, more of the discussion needs to focus on equitability. Financing is a big obstacle. “It It is often a lack of bandwidth.

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Nordea Launches Climate and Environment Team to Drive Net Zero Strategy

ESG Today

Northern Europe-based financial services company Nordea announced the launch of a new Climate and Environment team, aimed at ensuring progress and group-wide alignment across its financing and investment activities towards its net zero goals.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

When she walked out that day in 2009, she wasn’t sure she still wanted to be an accountant. We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector. Recent reports from the U.K.’s

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Net Zero Leaders Thrive on Climate Risk – Robeco

Chris Hall

Companies leading the way in the net zero transition deliver higher average returns during periods of anomalous high temperatures and climate policy uncertainty compared to laggards, according to asset manager Robeco. . The post Net Zero Leaders Thrive on Climate Risk – Robeco appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Principal® Earns ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award

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A top 10 global real estate manager 1 , Principal has been an ENERGY STAR partner since 2009 and continues to integrate energy efficiency into its Pillars of Responsible Property Investing (PRPI) initiative. These principles align to the commitment by Principal Real Estate Investors to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” “The simple reality is that it’s no longer free to pollute in Canada,” Guilbeault told media Monday morning. “We

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Three Prominent Pension Fund Leaders Join Ceres Board of Directors

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“Their expertise and institutional partnerships are greatly valued and will go a long way in helping Ceres catalyze bolder private sector action and drive policy solutions throughout the economy to build a more just and sustainable net zero emissions future.”.