A new breed of consultants are helping small businesses navigate their journey to net zero. Steve Fawkes, managing partner at ep group, talks to Impact Investor about helping smaller players make better decisions about their energy transition
FREO Group has laid the groundwork for a ‘zero energy’ office building. Its new ESG group officer and sustainable real estate manager Miriam Esders tells Impact Investor why this innovative concept is the future.
In many ways, Miriam Esders has the perfect background for her new role as ESG group officer & sustainable real estate […]
The start of lithium-ion battery production at Northvolt’s large-scale ‘gigafactory’ in Sweden is the latest milestone in Europe’s drive to establish a homegrown battery manufacturing sector to meet the surge in demand for electric vehicles..
With the maritime sector agreeing to a 40% cut in emissions by 2030, private investors are increasingly betting on greening the maritime fleet, a market that may be worth up to $4tn.
The Swedish government together with the Nordic Green Bank has launched a new facility to scale up clean cooking technologies for up to 3 million Africans.
“In some ways, wind and solar investments are old news,” says Chris Leslie, Global Head of Sustainability at Macquarie Asset Management. “The focus now is on technologies that enable the energy transition.”
After years of negotiations, a deal on the rules governing global trading in carbon offsets was reached at COP26. Barbara Baarsma, CEO of Rabo Carbon Bank, expects a strong surge in demand for high-quality carbon credits.
To scale carbon trading the Voluntary Carbon Market will have to become more transparent, providing investors with clearer means for evaluating investment opportunities.
Friends of the Earth Netherlands, an environmental group which won a landmark climate court case against Royal Dutch Shell in May, said it may target the banks that finance polluting companies.
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