WBCSD, Leading Businesses Launch Vision and Pathways to Global Sustainable Transformation
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced today the launch of Vision 2050: Time to Transform, laying out a vision of a...
Brown Advisory Hires 3 PMs for New Sustainable Fixed Income Team
Independent investment management firm Brown Advisory announced today the appointment of three portfolio managers, Chris Diaz, Ryan Myerberg, and Colby Stilson, for the launch...
NatWest Partners with Microsoft to Help Companies Measure and Reduce Carbon Footprints
NatWest Group, the largest business and commercial bank in the UK, announced today a collaboration with technology giant Microsoft, aimed at helping UK businesses...
Air Liquide Launches ESG Initiatives Including Decarbonization, Access to Care, Hydrogen Development
Leading industry and healthcare-focused gases, technologies and services company Air Liquide announced the launch of ACT, a new set of sustainability initiatives covering a...
GRI Looks to Improve Human Rights Transparency in Sustainability Reporting Standards
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), one of the leading organizations promoting standardized ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for...
UK Launches Consultation on Mandatory Climate Reporting
The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced today the launch of a consultation seeking views on proposals to require...
World’s First Electric-Heated Steam Cracker Furnace Could Lower Chemical Production Emissions 90%
Chemical giants BASF and SABIC and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde announced today an agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically...
HSBC Launches Asia’s First Sustainability-Linked Derivative Product
Global banking and financial services company HSBC announced today the launch by HSBC Global Markets in Korea of Asia’s first sustainability-linked derivative product, a...
Leading Businesses Call on Japan to Accelerate Renewable Energy Commitment
A group of leading global and Japan-headquartered businesses have issued a call on the Japanese government to significantly increase its ambitions for renewable energy,...
Sustainability-Focused Investors and Orgs Join Call to Keep Fossil Gas out of EU Taxonomy
Several sustainability-focused investors and investment organizations have signed on to an open letter, along with scientists and NGOs, calling for new fossil gas projects...