Environmental Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

She developed its Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), which integrates globally recognised standards including the IFC Performance Standards, 2X criteria, UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). billion core portfolio.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. New product development is a great example.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This increase is a major development for the evolving ESG market. It is estimated that $15 trillion a year must be put toward green technologies to meet net-zero emissions. While there is still a long way to go to meet the Paris agreement, Free ended the panel with a simple blueprint to reach it. SOURCE: Nasdaq, Inc.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Amid frantic diplomacy and frustration countries debated the scope of the climate finance package for developing countries, and, separately, text including language addressing the transition away from coal, oil, and gas – among many other crucial issues. trillion per year by 2035. Achieving the $1.3 The UK will deliver its full plans in 2025.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Since then, the Paris Agreement and COP26 put forth new demands, resulting in more robust national climate action plans and the recognition that public and private sector initiatives across both developed and developing were required to achieve net zero. Contextualising carbon as a commodity.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Developed countries have belatedly reached a target for climate finance, only to be set a new one for nature. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9 billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

A deal to establish a new carbon market and trading scheme for offsets, comprising a bilateral system in which countries can trade credits to meet decarbonization targets, and a centralized system for offsets, with 5% of the proceeds going toward a climate adaptation fund for developing countries. . Where Investors Can Make a Difference.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

degrees Celsius by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. In developed countries such as in Western Europe, where farmers are heavily subsidized and the average livestock farm generated an income of 50,000 euros (about US$52,000) in 2020, there is an opportunity to connect subsidies to improvements in sustainability.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

The market for climate-aligned bonds has developed in response to a shortage of ESG-labelled debt, with investors seeking instead to identify the debt securities of firms deriving the vast majority of their revenues from climate-aligned activities. Green bonds accounted for around half of all issuance (US$488.8

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 When developing an investment decarbonisation approach aligned with +1.5°C trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Data from the Climate Bonds Initiative reveals sovereign global, social and sustainable (GSS) bond volumes increased by 103% in 2021 raising cumulative issuance to US$193 billion compared to US$95.2 Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 This compares with €28 billion in green bonds and €0.6

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The asset manager will now work with these companies to develop science-based emission targets. “We In general, the new plan promotes low-carbon development and the circular economy with new approaches to transport, energy production, and waste management policies. We are focused on helping them to deliver what is sensible.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Its key headlines – that adaptation finance flows to developing countries are 5-10 times below estimated needs and that overall annual adaptation costs could reach US$160-340 billion by 2030 – have implications for COP27 negotiators and investors.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 15, 2024

Governments signed up to the Paris Agreement are currently preparing the next set of plans to reduce their carbon emissions, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which are due by 2025. At this year’s COP29 in Azerbaijan, the governments of developed countries will be required to establish a new climate finance goal.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2015, 90 countries included actions for addressing buildings emissions or improving energy efficiency in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Local cities and governments have also developed codes. Some small progress, but not enough.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Customers and employees in emerging markets are demanding that companies set higher standards just as they are in developed markets. The Paris Agreement and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals require significant capital be directed toward emerging markets, but there is currently a massive funding gap.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

As countries move at different speeds towards developing their own standards, is this multiplicity an obstacle to a greener future? . Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand are in various stages of developing their own. . In terms of money flows alone, Asia-Pacific sustainable finance is on an upward trajectory.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

How to take advantage of the opportunities of decarbonization as a mechanism for development and economic recovery? The recovery phase calls for a solid green signal in investments, including a quality employment opportunities in the labor markets and strong private sector participation. Further, the IPCC 1.5 °C

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To accelerate this transition, UNEP has developed a Land Use Positive Impact Hub to support banks, asset owners and fund managers to determine how to measure the positive environmental and social (E&S) impacts of their land-use investments. Of the 51 climate-focused funds, representing US$30 billion AUM, only 10% were Paris aligned.

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Sustainability Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2023

More than 110 countries are striving to achieve net zero emissions in alignment with The Paris Agreement, yet Australia currently lacks a well-defined strategy for renewable energy. The kind of expertise we need to decarbonise our economy takes a long time to develop and is in short supply worldwide,’’ Kwak said. “We

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Against a backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tension, notably the growing mistrust between developed and developing nations, the deal was seen as a significant achievement, especially given the absence of impetus from global political leaders. This agreement is more than adequate to further acceleration and scale.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

And the Paris Agreement has given us a roadmap to get there through ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors. buildings to be more sustainable, clean energy manufacturing and climate research and development. . Financing the green transition.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Trust in the direction,” adds Freddie Huppé Campbell, 28, a Michif Two Spirit person who has been empowering Indigenous communities around the globe to seize renewable-energy development as a mechanism to assert sovereignty. But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Elevate the developing world. Gates has shared on his podcast how a personal urgency about the climate crisis built over time as he flew to developing nations for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's global health and poverty-reduction efforts. Develop innovative financial vehicles to scale green technologies.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In 2025, there is likely to be much scrutiny around US President Donald Trumps anti-green agenda. As widely expected, on his first day back in the White House, he signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and moved to scrap oil and gas exploration restrictions. An estimated 4.4

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

The US demonstrates the swift difference progressive leadership makes in driving sustainable finance policy. She says ASFI will be learning from what other countries have done on “what to do and what not to do”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

The government has also announced coordinated efforts to reduce carbon emissions, control pollution, expand green initiatives and promote growth. As part of these efforts, China has also sharpened its focus on green and ESG regulation. Meanwhile, UK-based NGO Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has been lobbying China on transition finance.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 29, 2025

After years of debate, the European Union Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) finally made its formal debut at the end of last year. However, all of the projects must comply with the taxonomys do no significant harm (DNSH) criteria, as well as be certified by a designated EU green bond reviewer.

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