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Why needless growth isn’t needed

GreenBiz

Stop investing in companies that explore for needless new drilling sites — they’re wasting their money and ours." If the world heeds that advice, we’ll leave a lot of stranded assets lying around. Why needless growth isn’t needed. Emily Chasan. Thu, 05/20/2021 - 02:00. public pension fund, at a meeting more than two years ago.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

While some investments are neutral (deemed neither “clean” nor “dirty”), in many cases these companies are still investing most of their capital into assets that will either lock in further GHG emissions or become stranded assets as the energy transition takes shape. 17 Republic Services Inc Waste 13,862,083 2,200,930 -0.14

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Ardian deploys evergreen clean energy fund in Spain

Environmental Finance

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Now is a great time to optimize energy in buildings. You'd think.

GreenBiz

What a waste of time and money. . The result: Commercial office spaces could become stranded assets, subject to write-downs and operating losses. . About half of all buildings were built before 1980 , and many are old, dumb and wasteful. Anecdotal evidence suggests similar numbers in the United States. . You’d think. .

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CDP Adds Reporting on Plastic-Related Impact and Risks to Disclosure System

ESG Today

However, ahead of future policy developments, CDP is pleased that our system – through which more than 18,700 companies worth half of global market capitalization already disclose – can accelerate plastic-related disclosure and access to data at scale: this will be the foundation of transformative action to end plastic pollution and waste.”

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Partners Group invests $450m to US transition power developer

Environmental Finance

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

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TPG Rise Climate acquires Aurora Energy Research

Environmental Finance

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