Atlantica Included in Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index
January 27, 2021 – Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc (NASDAQ: AY) (“Atlantica” or the “Company”) , the sustainable infrastructure company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The GEI includes 380 companies across 11 sectors and 44 countries and regions.
Santiago Seage, Atlantica’s CEO said: “By becoming members of 2021 Bloomberg GEI Atlantica demonstrates its commitment to addressing gender equality and women empowerment. In 2018, we became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and selected Gender Equality as one of our core Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, we issued our Diversity and Inclusion Policy and in 2020 we joined the Women’s Empowerment Principles. We intend to continue demonstrating our commitment to gender equality.”
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc: Atlantica Included in Bloomberg s Gender-Equality Index
January 27, 2021 - Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc (NASDAQ: AY) ( Atlantica or the Company ) , the sustainable infrastructure company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The GEI includes 380 companies across 11 sectors and 44 countries and regions.
Santiago Seage, Atlantica s CEO said: By becoming members of 2021 Bloomberg GEI Atlantica demonstrates its commitment to addressing gender equality and women empowerment. In 2018, we became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and selected Gender Equality as one of our core Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, we issued our Diversity and Inclusion Policy and in 2020 we joined the Women s Empowerment Principles. We intend to continue demonstrating our commitment to ge
By Luigi Serenelli2021-01-27T15:08:00+00:00
The Pensionsfonds of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has fallen under criticism for adopting contradicting policies for its sustainable investments.
The Ministry of Finance for the state said the extraction of fossil fuels had never been used as exclusion criteria for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) policies in view of the economy in North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the reply to an inquiry by a Green MP in local parliament, the Ministry added that coal is necessary as a “bridging technology” to generate electricity.
In the inquiry, Green MP Monika Düker also raised the question on whether the pension fund’s investments in coal-based power generation were compatible with exclusion criteria used for allocations in businesses that were “particularly problematic” from a sustainability standpoint, and with the best-in-class approach part of the investment guidelines.
SES-IMAGOTAG: SES-imagotag: Return to strong growth in H2 2020
H2 Sales of €170m (+35%)
Record increase in Q4 order entries to €202m (€455m on a full year basis)
Good visibility around improved outlook for 2021
Net cash position at +€3m thanks to marked improvement in working capital
Sales (€m)
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Clorox Achieves Goal of 100% Renewable Electricity for U.S. and Canada
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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) announced today that it has achieved its goal of 100% renewable electricity for its U.S. and Canadian operations four years earlier than originally planned. One of Clorox’s ESG (environmental, social and governance) goals, achieving 100% renewable electricity for U.S. and Canada reflects the company’s long-time commitment to climate stewardship.
“At Clorox, we feel a sense of urgency to address climate change given current warming trends resulting in significant impacts on our planet and global communities,” said Ed Huber, Clorox’s Chief Sustainability Officer. “As a society, we’re at a pivotal point, with the health and well-being of future generations at stake. We recognize businesses