KKR Raises $17 Billion for Infrastructure Fund, More than Doubling Predecessor Fund
Global alternative asset and private equity investor KKR announced today the final closing of its $17 billion KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV fund. The...
ECB Says Banks Falling Short on Climate Risk Disclosure, Need to Remedy Immediately
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the publication of its “Supervisory assessment of institutions’ climate related and environmentalEnvironmental criteria consider how a company...
Circular Chemicals Startup Encina Raises $55 Million to Fund Plastic Waste-to-Aromatics Buildout
Circular chemicals startup Encina Development Group announced today it has raised $55 million of equity capital to fund the construction of its first plastic...
Microsoft Reiterates Carbon Negative Commitment as Scope 3 Emissions Jump in 2021
Tech giant Microsoft announced the release of its annual sustainability report, highlighting the company’s progress towards its sustainability goals, which include commitments to become...
SAP, Maersk Join Climate Pledge as the Number of Companies Pledging Net Zero by 2040 Triples
The Climate Pledge announced today the addition of nearly 100 new companies, marking continued rapid growth in the number of signatories joining the initiative...
Nomura Joins Growing List of Japanese Financials Committing to Measure and Disclose Financed Emissions with PCAF
Japan-based securities and investment banking company Nomura announced today has joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), committing to measuring and disclosing the...
$130 Trillion Investor Group Calls on Over 10,000 Companies to Report Environmental Data to CDP
More than 10,000 companies will be receiving requests from an investor group including more than 680 institutions representing over $130 trillion in assets, to...
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...
Moody’s to Update its ESG Assessment Methodology
Moody’s ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential...
GAM Launches Low Carbon, Energy Transition-Focused Infrastructure Investment Strategy
Global asset manager GAM Investments announced the launch of a new low carbon infrastructure strategy in Australasia. The strategy will invest in private funds providing...