ESG Today: Week in Review
This week in ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to...
BlackRock Exits Net Zero Coalition, Says Move Won’t Change How it Manages Investments
BlackRock announced that it has decided to leave the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, a major multi-trillion dollar group of investment managers committed...
XOCEAN Raises $118 Million to Meet Growing Demand for Blue Economy Data
Ocean data company XOCEAN announced that it has raised €115 million (USD$118 million) in a new funding round. The company said it will use...
EQT’s New Transition Infrastructure Strategy Acquires Distributed Energy Company Scale Microgrids
Private equity and venture capital investor EQT Group announced today the distributed energy company Scale Microgrids through its recently launched Transition Infrastructure strategy, from...
AXA XL Appoints Katherine Gerber Head of Energy Transition, Americas
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of insurance group AXA, announced the appointment of Katherine Gerber as its Head of Energy Transition...
SGS Acquires GHG Verification Services Provider Aster Global
Geneva-based testing, inspection and certification company SGS announced the acquisition of carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) validation and verification services firm Aster Global EnvironmentalEnvironmental...
Aon Hires Lloyd’s of London CEO John Neal for New Climate Solutions Role
Risk capital and human capital solutions provider Aon announced the appointment of John Neal, who has been serving as CEO of insurance marketplace Lloyd’s...
Aegon, Cazenove to Adopt FCA’s SDR Sustainability Focus Label for Funds
Asset managers Cazenove Capital and Aegon Asset Management each announced plans to use the new “Sustainability Focus” label introduced by the UK Financial Conduct...
EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Unveils Proposals to Simplify, Expand EU Taxonomy
The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), an expert group mandated by the European Commission to advise it on the development of sustainable finance policies,...
Manufacturing Decarbonization Startup Karman Industries Raises $7.5 Million
Cleantech startup Karman Industries announced that it has raised an additional $7.5 million in VC funding – following a $4 million pre-seed financing announced...