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Capital Flows, Sector Focus, Transport

Carmakers to fund decarbonisation with sustainable debt, says Moody’s

April 20, 2023
After a drop in issuance last year, the green bond market could...
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Solar energy panels and wind turbine
Capital Flows, Financials

Downgrades expected as MSCI amends methodology for ESG fund ratings

April 20, 2023
The ratings provider is implementing a new approach to swap-based exchange traded...
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Installing solar panels domestic
Energy, Sector Focus

Battery company WeCo cashes in on solar boom

April 20, 2023
Italian battery manufacturer WeCo, which has emerged as one of Europe’s fastest-growing...
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Fossil gas flaring
Energy, EU, Policy & Regulation, Sector Focus

EU hit with lawsuits over nuclear and gas taxonomy inclusion

April 19, 2023
Environmental organisations are challenging the inclusion of nuclear and fossil gas energy...
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Energy, Policy & Regulation, Sector Focus, UK

UK government consults on considering ‘non-price factors' in CfD auctions

April 18, 2023
Under the proposal, applicants to the UK’s contracts for difference scheme could...
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Financials, Sector Focus

Goldman Sachs AM: insurers could raise premiums and exit business lines due to climate change

April 5, 2023
Research by Goldman Sachs Asset Management has found challenges in insuring certain...
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Nike shoes
Retail & Consumer, Sector Focus

Nike hit by human rights shareholder resolution

04/04/2023
Investment activist Tulipshare is urging multinational sportswear group Nike to include specific contract clauses imposing human rights due diligence within its supply chain. US-based sportswear giant Nike should issue “a... Read more
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Munich RE headquarters
Financials, Sector Focus

Campaigners urge CEOs of 30 major insurers to tighten fossil fuel policies

04/04/2023
The chief executives of Zurich, Munich Re and other insurance groups should close “numerous loopholes in policies and standards" that allow the continuous underwriting of fossil fuel expansion, say campaigners.... Read more
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BP oil rig
Energy, Sector Focus

Energy majors fall short on renewables investment

04/04/2023
Less than a quarter of 2022 capex by each major was committed to renewable energy, according to a Reclaim Finance study. The world’s largest producers of oil and gas are... Read more
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Animals grazing on grasslands in Kenya
Agriculture, Capital Flows, Sector Focus

Kenya carbon offsetting project has ‘serious failings’, report finds 

30/03/2023
As part of its “Blood Carbon” campaign, human rights group Survival International has alleged in a report that a soil carbon project in Kenya does “not present a credible case for... Read more
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UK agriculture - farmer spraying field of wheat
Agriculture, Sector Focus, UK

Poor data is stalling UK agriculture’s net zero drive, report warns

28/03/2023
A government-commissioned study has called for better access to information and warns about a lack of guidance for farmers. A group commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural... Read more
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