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(FinanzNachrichten) 7 projects already being developed with first milestones to be reached as early as 2021; Airbus, Bureau Veritas and PSA International join the coalition; 14 members committed to accelerating the energy transition in transport and logistics Launched in late 2019, the Coalition for the Energy of the Future aims at accelerating the development of future energies and technologies to sustain new green mobility models and reduce the impact of transport and logistics on climate cha...

7 projects already being developed with first milestones to be reached as early as 2021 Airbus, Bureau Veritas and PSA International join the coalition 14 members committed to accelerating

MUFG Union Bank Launches Green Deposits in the United States News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MUFG Union Bank, N.A., today announced that it has launched Green Deposits for commercial and corporate clients to support sustainable projects that benefit the environment. Available in the United States, Green Deposits give clients the opportunity to invest their deposits in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) projects. MUFG will ...

E.Sun Bank and 32 Taiwanese companies launch ESG initiative to promote sustainability Staff writer E.Sun Commercial Bank (玉山銀行) on Friday launched its “E.Sun ESG and sustainability initiative” in a ceremony in Taipei, with Vice President William Lai (賴清德) and Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津) attending the event to express their good wishes. E.Sun Bank founder Huang Yung-jen (黃永仁), chairman Joseph Huang (黃男州) and the leaders of 32 Taiwanese companies, includ...

The growing appetite for green finance Bridge to a better tomorrow From the skyscrapers of Singapore to the river deltas of Bangladesh, the Covid-19 pandemic has drawn attention to global inequities, and expanded the gap between the world’s “haves” and “have-nots”. While banks and governments have been exploring green finance for some time, the pandemic has both highlighted the need for a just financial system and drawn attention to a broader issue facing the world: climate change. Pu...

Issues such as climate change are no longer “soft” elements that can be tucked away in a sustainability report somewhere.

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Mineração Vale Verde completes US$140m debt financing for Serrote development February 4, 2021 GMT Highlights US$140m debt financing raised to fully fund the project through to production Transaction is the largest greenfield mining project finance transaction to have reached completion since the beginning of 2020 and the onset of COVID-19, highlighting the strong underlying fundamentals of the project...

February 3, 2021 Trees are seen by the private sector as an attractive and accessible offset, easy to measure, easy to invest in and easy to promote. Photo by Jacob Lund on Shutterstock. If 2020 taught us anything, it was that plans can be derailed in an instant, priorities change overnight and what we consider to be pressing challenges one day can become low-priority issues the next. In 2020 all sectors — business, government and NGO — saw their best laid plans unravel or become irreleva...

ADIO launches ESG policy to foster long-term, sustainable growth in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, 3rd February, 2021 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has launched a new policy to maximise the environmental, social and governance (ESG) benefits of its incentive and public-private partnership (PPP) programmes for investors and the people of Abu Dhabi. ADIO’s policy outlines how ESG standards and considerations are integrated into investment and business decision-making regarding Abu Dhabi...

A Chinese backed solar plant in Cafayate, northern Argentina. Such projects would be given the green light by regulators under new proposals for Chinese overseas investment Credit: Alamy/ChineseDialogue BEIJING, Jan 15 2021 (IPS) - A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its overseas investments. If adopted, this would be a major departure from China’s usual appro...