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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

billion in green industries; Deloitte signs deal to capture and store carbon in concrete, and more. Sustainable Finance Ericsson Issues Inaugural €500 Million Green Bond to Fund Network Energy Efficiency Initiatives Private Equity & Venture Capital Sustainable Building Tech Startup Vizcab Raises $5.5

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S&P Acquires Largest Sustainable Bond Rating Provider Shades of Green

ESG Today

Leading credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics provider S&P Global announced today the acquisition of the largest external reviewer of sustainable bond and green financing frameworks Shades of Green from Norway-based Center for International Climate Research (CICERO).

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ICE Launches TCFD Reporting Solution for Asset Managers

ESG Today

ICE stated that its new service leverages its climate transition data and analytics, corporate entity data, and green bond data, to providing required data and information for the metrics and targets reporting required in the TCFD framework.

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

The company recently closed a green bond offering that will help it transition to predominantly renewable sources of power. Its supply-chain control-tower services leverage data analytics and automation to improve efficiency throughout supply chains.

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How Fortune 500 Companies Set and Measure Sustainability Goals

Strategic Sustainability Consulting

A new way to fund sustainability and renewable energy investments is through green bonds. According to the Environmental Finance Bond Database , in 2020, “green, social and sustainability-linked bond issuances surpassed $600 billion, nearly double from the year before.

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Guest Post: Three Ways AI Can Transform ESG Reporting

ESG Today

An example would be asking AI for the latest Green Bonds and a list of companies where the proceeds could be effectively used. Enabling Predictive Analytics One of the most transformative applications of AI in ESG reporting is its ability to power predictive analytics.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

We choose mathematically and analytically and concentrate on those communities on the wrong side of the poverty line.". A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond. It was a $1 billion green bond. I've got history in sustainability, but I'm a business guy.

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