All Renewables articles
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Future Quality Insights: The path to clean, secure and affordable energy
Investment Insights from the Global Equity Team: Today’s choices and tomorrow’s returns
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5G & Energy Crisis: Saving Trees with Green Data Centers
As the adoption of 5G increases and energy consumption rises, calls for technology innovations to achieve sustainable development are ringing loudly.
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Emerging Market Insights: Optimism on 2023 outlook
We are optimistic that emerging markets, in particular Chinese equities, can post positive returns in 2023.
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JD.com engagement case study
JD.com has demonstrated its effort to improve its governance and ESG reporting in recent years. The company separated the chair and CEO roles earlier this year and released its first ESG report that focused on its ESG commitment, including climate change mitigation.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL and project developer Premier establish joint venture for solar and wind power in Spain
Grünwald, 08/12/2022 – Following years of successful cooperation, KGAL is establishing a joint venture with Spain’s Premier Group for its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund. The Spanish partner is contributing its own domestic solar PV project pipeline to the joint venture for further development. KGAL provides financial, operational and strategic support.
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An Interplay: Real Economy and Portfolio Decarbonization
Real-world decarbonization is the reduction of emissions in the real-world economy. In the investment context, this refers to underlying equity and debt issuers (such as portfolio companies and sovereigns) improving their carbon profile. Broadly, the frameworks are aimed at decreasing carbon exposure in portfolios by prioritizing emissions reductions in the real-world economy. Investors may influence issuers through various channels.
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Governments & companies: act now on climate change
It is one thing to hear dire predictions of global warming from scientists. It is quite another to feel the heat and see its consequences.
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Fueling a new climate response
Commitment to sustainability has been tested this year against a backdrop of war, economic slowdown, and surging energy prices. Despite the difficulties, we believe these problems will ultimately serve to accelerate the energy transition and prompt investors to double down on opportunities for sustainable investing.
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Asset Manager News
Natixis IM International Finances Niche Waste Management Plants
Natixis Investment Managers International (NIMI), has helped to finance a series of waste processing plants in the UK, continental Europe and the US.
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Mirova Invests In The Independent Renewable Power Producer Sunly
Independent power producer Sunly raises around 200 million euros to build and expand its renewable energy portfolio in the Baltics and Poland.
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Why the Climate Transition Will Reshape the Global Economy: In Graphs
Climate change is one of the greatest risks of our time—and tackling it will likely drive a number of shifts across the world that investors need to understand.
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United States: a green industrial policy in the making
The US Congress’s August approval of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) came as a surprise to most observers. With the mid-term elections just months away and no majority in Congress, no one expected new legislation to be passed. Yet, the Democrats and Republicans managed to reach a compromise. We discuss below the measures announced to promote the environmental transition, which is the centrepiece of the act.
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S&P 500 Decarbonization: Drawing the Path to Net Zero
As reported in S&P DJI’s Climate and ESG Index Dashboard, climate indices can include both absolute and benchmark-relative goals. Absolute goals could include, for example, a certain target level of weighted average emissions among index constituents, while a relative goal might insist on an improvement in comparison to a benchmark such as the S&P 500®.
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ESG & sustainability: increasingly popular terms that mean different things
Helene Winch, Head of Responsible Investing, discusses the similarities and differences between two commonly-used terms in the world of responsible investment: ESG and sustainability.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL Research: Green hydrogen is key for climate protection and energy independence
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL in conjunction with Aurora Energy, Fraunhofer ISE, Roland Berger and Watson Farley & Williams, produced a White Paper “Green H2 Investments – from Buzz to Boom”, which concludes that the development of a green hydrogen economy should be vigorously pursued.
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*Learning from the past, looking into the future*
When evaluating future long-term investment opportunities, it is vital to consider the past as well as the present. Examining the interconnections between the drivers of previous industrial revolutions, and technological advances, can help us assess the role and value of those of today: are they independent quick fixes or vital components in a new environmental infrastructure?
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Why ‘green’ hydrogen is the energy pathway of the future
‘Green’ hydrogen – made from renewable energy sources – is seen more and more as the holy grail in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. With a wide range of applications, green hydrogen could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by a third in the coming decades at a reasonable cost, making it an attractive investment option. Thibaud Clisson and Julien Bouyssou explain.
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Biomaterials: nature’s renewable alternative
While chemicals are useful, they are also harmful and resource-intensive. Biomaterials are part of the green chemistry industry that represents a non-hazardous and resource-efficient alternative with enormous potential.
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The Energy Transition
Clive Burstow, Head of Global Resources, discusses why resources companies are part of the solution, rather than the problem, in the transition to a cleaner world.
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Why green hydrogen can play a crucial role in the energy transition
Soaring gas prices and a renewed focus on energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have highlighted growing interest in hydrogen as an energy source. What’s more, green hydrogen – made from renewable energy - could be key to reaching net zero targets, while also bringing potential new opportunities for investors.