Japan Looks to Issue $157 Green Transition Bonds to Support Clean Energy Transition
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida outlined plans to issue 20 trillion yen ($US 157 billion) in new green transition bonds, as part of a...
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...
Private Equity Tech Investor Vista to Have All Portfolio Companies Set GHG Reduction Targets This Year
Enterprise software-focused private equity investor Vista Equity Partners announced today the launch of the Vista Climate Pledge, a new initiative under which all of...
Canada Sets Mandatory Climate Disclosure as top Priority for Sustainable Finance Council
The Government of Canada announced the next step in its process to introduce mandatory corporate climate reporting, setting it as the new top priority...
Shareholders Vote for Improved Deforestation Policies at Home Depot
A proposal calling on home improvement retail giant Home Depot to increase its deforestation elimination efforts received support from a majority of shareholders at...
AXA IM Aligns 65% of AUM with Net Zero
Global asset management firm AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced that it has aligned approximately two thirds of its nearly €900 billion of assets...
DOE Launches $3.5 Billion Direct Air Carbon Capture Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday plans to fund $3.5 billion of large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) projects to remove and store...
T. Rowe Price Appoints Poppy Allonby as Head of ESG Enablement
Global investment manager T. Rowe Price announced today that it has hired Poppy Allonby for the newly created position of Head of ESGEnvironmental, social,...
Regulators, Standard Setters Urged to Align ESG Reporting Initiatives
Global standard setters and regulators are being urged to coordinate and align their sustainability reporting initiatives, in order to create globally consistent disclosure systems,...
Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark Sign €135 Billion Offshore Wind Pact to Deliver the “Green Power Plant of Europe”
Ministers from Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark announced they have signed an offshore wind pact that will make the North Sea the “Green Power...