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What will future green investment teams spend their money on?

GreenBiz

We asked Emerging Leaders in the space. Here are their answers

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Meet the CEO behind the A-list's favorite green investment firm

GreenBiz

An interview with Steve Oyer, CEO of i(x) Net Zero, the green investment firm founded by Warren Buffet's grandson and backed by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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These 6 green investments would kick-start Canada's economic renewal

Corporate Knights

Canada is investing only around 1% of GDP on climate response. Corporate Knights' Climate and Economic Renewal Plan lays out six major green investments. There’s no place like green homes. This will require a $3-billion-per-year investment.

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Time for a new UK green investment bank?

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, the new stream of funds chasing water investments

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Interest rate rises 'choking off' green investments

Environmental Finance

Interest rate rises risk 'choking off' capital-intensive green investments, a report by Positive Money has warned

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EU should simplify approvals for green investments, says steel executive

Financial Times: Moral Money

ArcelorMittal’s finance chief also calls on Brussels to match level of US environmental subsidies

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Ask the awkward questions about green investing

Financial Times: Moral Money

How can we invest to make the world a better place

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Green investing: the risk of a new mis-selling scandal

Financial Times: Moral Money

ESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming

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Combating inflation best way to support green investments, ECB says

Environmental Finance

The European Central Bank (ECB) has scotched a suggestion that it could introduce measures to insulate climate-themed investments from inflation, as it said ensuring price stability over the medium term is the best way to ensure inflation does not impair the energy transition

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BlackRock goes green? Investment giant joins Climate Action 100+ amid controversy

GreenBiz

The move comes just a month after the firm was accused of being 'full of greenwash' by former US Vice President Al Gore. Commitments & Goals Policy & Politics

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Impact Cubed's New EU Taxonomy Solution Provides Global Insights Into Green Investments

3BL Media

These new rules, intended to counteract greenwashing, spell out the criteria for a green investment and require market participants to disclose how they are aligned with them. Impact Cubed’s platform offers tech-enhanced tools to screen companies or funds, create ready-made compliance reports, or build investment products in line with the EU Taxonomy criteria. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing.

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD, EU and GCF strengthen green investments in Jordan

Global Renewable News

By Nibal Zgheib Highlights . Climate Change

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD promotes green investments in Egypt's small businesses

Global Renewable News

By Nibal. Climate Change

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Macquarie’s Green Investment Group Appoints Regional Leaders for Americas, APAC, EMEA

ESG Today

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced today a series of new appointments to its regional leadership team, including William Demas as Head of Americas, in New York, Edward Northam as Head of APAC, and Chris Archer and Sam Newman as co-Heads of GIG in EMEA.

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European Lawmakers Defeat Move to Keep Nuclear and Gas out of Green Investment Taxonomy

ESG Today

Sustainability-focused and sustainable investment groups reacted to the vote with disappointment. The post European Lawmakers Defeat Move to Keep Nuclear and Gas out of Green Investment Taxonomy appeared first on ESG Today.

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD, EU, GCF and Banque Centrale Populaire promote green investment in Morocco

Global Renewable News

By Nibal Zgheib Highlights . Climate Change

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD pledges new funds to promote green investment in the Kyrgyz Republic

Global Renewable News

By Anton Usov Highlights EBR. Climate Change

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD and donors help Tajik farmer access green investment

Global Renewable News

By Altynai. Climate Change

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EU wants to allow natural gas, nuclear in green investment

Renewable Energy World

” The green labeling system from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would define what qualifies as an investment in sustainable energy in the 27-nation bloc. News Policy & Regulation European Union green energyBy Samuel Petrequin.

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International Finance Corporation - IFC and Colombia Partner to Spur Green Investments

Global Renewable News

Colombia, with IFC's support, unveiled a. Climate Change

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD, GCF and EU boost green investments in Morocco

Global Renewable News

By Nibal. Climate Change

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BofA issues $2b sustainability bond targeting equality, economic opportunity, green investments

Environmental News Bits

Bank of America announced today that it has issued a $2 billion “Equality Progress Sustainability Bond,” with proceeds aimed at investments targeting advancements in racial and gender equality, economic opportunity, and environmental sustainability. Read the full story at ESG Today.

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Catherine McKenna on Carbon Tax, Green Investments, Election

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At the press conference that followed, I talked to the Minister about the progress on carbon tax, Liberal’s green tech investments, trade deals with Europe and China, and the upcoming federal election. Historic investments are gone. We are committed to making the investments.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

Businesses and investors have a critical role to play in biodiversity and conservation efforts and need to invest in sustainable production and extraction methods. The future lies in impact investing. Leadership COP green investing

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Southeast Asia to establish its own framework for green investments, but natural gas remains a feature

Eco-Business

Southeast Asia is establishing a green finance rulebook to bring greater accountability to sustainable investments. Balancing the needs of countries that have different ambitions to cut carbon emissions will be a major test

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More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery

Eco-Business

Building back greener could create millions of jobs and trillions in economic opportunity, the World Economic Forum says

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Regulators rein in the ESG bandwagon

GreenBiz

The new rules: Green investing become a matter of serious concern for regulators — not to mention companies and investors

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How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation

Impakter

Lauren Richards Climate Change Green Finance Central Banks climate considerations European Central Bank green bonds green economy Green finance Green investing Green lending Green transition Monetary policies net zero economy

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Fund managers call for disclaimers on ‘climate-friendly’ products

Financial Times: Moral Money

Clients should be warned that explicitly ‘greeninvestments can have lower returns

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For EU Parliament Gas And Nuclear Are Climate-friendly

Impakter

The European Parliament backed EU rules labelling investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly: 278 MEPs voted in favour of the resolution, 328 against and 33 abstained. Environment Impact EU EU Green Deal European Union Green Investment Nuclear Power

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Natural capital opportunities 'few and far between'

Environmental Finance

Unearthing nature-related investments in innovative areas is challenging but could boost Jupiter's Green Investment Trust, its managers tell Genevieve Redgrave

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Greening the Industrial Sector’s Operations

GreenBiz

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by the US Congress, there are now incentives to drive the growth of the green energy sector.

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How to Push Wall Street to Ditch Fossil Fuels for Clean Energy

Alaistair Marsh

Tweaking capital rules to prioritize green investment, a global price on carbon and public-private financing are a few tools that could get banks to move their money. . world

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How Biden's climate agenda aims to trigger a 'good-paying' jobs boom

Eco-Business

New US president aims to create more than 10 million decent jobs through US$2 trillion green investment in economy

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Macquarie Launches Biomethane Platform as EU Looks to Ramp Investment

ESG Today

Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced today the launch of VORN Bioenergy, an investment platform for the development, construction and operation of biomethane projects, established as the EU aims to significantly ramp investment in the space over the next few years.

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“Australia is under new management”: Bowen tells clean energy investors

Renew Economy

Federal climate minister Chris Bowen says Australia now "open for business", calling on investors to seize a $130 billion green investment opportunity.

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EU plans may boost Asian nuclear ambitions but progress likely to stutter, say analysts

Eco-Business

Geographical and technical hurdles coupled with a gas glut in Asia mean nuclear power is unlikely to gain a toehold in the region, despite its inclusion in Europe's “gold standard” green investment rulebook

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EU Parliament Goes Green for Nuclear Energy

Energy Central

European Parliament Votes To Include Nuclear in Its Green Taxonomy (NucNet) Members of the European parliament have decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

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Macquarie’s GIG Invests in US Renewable Energy Platform Galehead

ESG Today

Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced today an investment in US-based renewable energy development platform Galehead Development, aimed at helping the company advance 6 GW of renewable energy projects and commercialize its geospatial and land analytics platform.

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Macquarie spins out new business to accelerate offshore wind, including in Australia

Renew Economy

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group will launch Corio Generation, a specialist offshore wind developer with projects across the world, including Australia.

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EU's new green finance rulebook aims to curb greenwash

Eco-Business

The European Union Taxonomy creates a new framework for what qualifies as a green investment. What could this mean for the Asia Pacific region

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Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

Corporate Knights

The clean energy transition has been powered by activists and innovators – but it can be achieved only when business leaders recognize that both prosperity and survival hinge on shifting their investment to low-carbon systems.

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Feds roll out climate requirements for companies that receive big government contracts

Corporate Knights

If companies want to do big business with the Canadian government going forward, they’ll need to prove how green they are. However, OSFI does not intend to regulate the banks’ own lending and investment practices to ensure they are consistent with 1.5°C

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