article thumbnail

This Week’s Fund News: New CBRE, NN Group Venture Targets Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

Chris Hall

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. The programme will target a broad range of ESG themes, aligning with the objectives of the EU’s environmental taxonomy.

article thumbnail

Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations

GreenBiz

A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. The eyes of traditional investors are widening to the landscape as well.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Fired up: Meet 30 youth leaders sparking change

Corporate Knights

Kristen Perry 26, Toronto managing director, Spring Investing Collective Kristen Perry is blazing a trail for under-represented Canadians to participate in impact investing. “I There’s a lot of work to be done to advance the circular economy and ensure that we are moving away from a linear ‘take-make-waste’ system.”

Net Zero 354
article thumbnail

The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.