All ESG/SRI articles – Page 25
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Green hydrogen - The energy of the future
The development of green hydrogen as an energy source of the future offers numerous investment opportunities linked to the energy transition. While still a young industry, hydrogen was the fastest growing sector globally in 2022 among those contributing to this transition, with investment more than tripling from 2021.
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Italy: where prudence meets potential
Italy’s large dependence on Russian gas and other commodity imports left it vulnerable to the war in Ukraine.
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Asset Manager News
Shaping Our City Through Education and Work Experience
Our ambition is to shape our city and have a positive impact on the neighbourhoods in which we are invested.
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Investment opportunities in Latin America: Renewables, Nearshoring and Consumption
The Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity team discusses the three themes of renewables, nearshoring and consumption in Latin America from an investor perspective.
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Fiorino: Many banks, multiple outcomes
Fiorino considers the many alternatives as the market wave function rolls over the banking sector in 2023…
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Financial inclusion and banking: A billion-person opportunity?
The banking and telecommunications sectors are uniquely positioned to positively impact socioeconomic wellbeing and a multitude of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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IPUT appoints three international design and placemaking firms to lead long-term research study, Making Impact
PUT Real Estate (‘IPUT’), Ireland’s leading property company and the largest owner of offices and logistics assets in Dublin, announces the launch of Making Impact; one of the world’s first ever studies to value the impact of placemaking on a city neighbourhood on a longitudinal basis.
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Biodiversity : It’s Time to Protect Our Only Home - N°3 Addressing Biodiversity in Mining & Metals, Utilities, Paper & Forest Products
We classify utilities, mining & metals, and paper & forest products as sectors with primarily direct impacts on biodiversity as the majority of their operations happen on owned or directly managed assets.
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Unleashing the power of the “S” in ESG
The “E” in ESG is fairly well understood in terms of what environmental stewardship entails and how to measure it. Not only is it critical to improve operational efficiency of buildings to save on utility spend, but with the building sector being responsible for 40% of all emissions, there is a heightened focus on reducing the industry’s carbon footprint.
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Carbon credit use is reshaping timberland investments
Carbon markets are entering a period of accelerated evolution that now requires the incorporation of carbon values.
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ESG: Carbon markets offer a compelling way to restore wildlife and nature
While most markets and investment managers around the world are focused on the challenges of inflation, rising interest rates and recessionary risks, the most urgent challenges we face are more existential in nature: namely, catastrophic climatic change and the accelerating collapse of our planet’s life-sustaining ecological systems.
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New impact fund KGAL Core 5 LIFE reaches first closing and acquires sustainable residential property in Málaga
KGAL Core 5 LIFE, one of the few Article 9 residential real estate funds with a European focus, has received capital commitments in the hundreds of millions.
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Primonial REIM Germany Perspectives: Investor's view on the German Real Estate Market
Winter is in full swing and even historically cold December weeks have not led to energy shortages or even blackouts in Germany. There is little to suggest that this situation will change in the coming months.
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What the energy transition means for infrastructure investing
The energy transition is providing numerous infrastructure opportunities as the world moves from hydrocarbons to renewable energy.
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Podcast
Fixed on ESG, Ep. 10 - Biodiversity 101: Dissecting COP15 with Planet Tracker
A discussion on the importance of biodiversity and the successes and misses of COP15 with special guests from Planet Tracker.
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Sustainability watch: electric vehicles, hydrogen power, and natural capital
A sustainability revolution is underway and we believe it provides one of the biggest investment opportunity in history.
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Lifting the lid on packaging and food waste
In the seventh article in our Insights series on the social and environmental impacts of the global food system, Lisa Lange examines the problem with plastic food packaging, and highlights some positive engagement outcomes.
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European stocks rally as recession fears recede
The re-opening of China’s economy should provide a relative tailwind for Europe compared to other regions.
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Shifting the spotlight: The value of biodiversity
The biodiversity around us is critical. Forests, peatlands and grasslands act as natural carbon sinks that absorb and store CO2. However, the threat to global biodiversity levels is at a tipping point.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL and PFALZSOLAR join forces to build solar parks in Greece with a total capacity of 176 megawatts
Investment and asset manager KGAL, and project developer and general contractor PFALZSOLAR, are entering into a joint venture for the development and construction of two solar parks in Greece.