Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Fifth Wall—the largest asset manager focused on decarbonizing the real estate industry—has hired Alok Sindher as a Partner to expand the mandate of its Climate business to include infrastructure investing alongside the Firm’s leading venture and growth equity business. The Firm also added Heather McGeory as Head of Climate & ESG Partnerships to bolster the Firm’s ESG and decarbonization […]

Authors Jaime Coon and Nathan Alexander reflect on their recent perspective piece that discusses LGBTQ+ inclusion during ecological fieldwork, with recommendations for individuals, mentors, and institutions. All field ecologists have stories involving adventure, creative solutions to unexpected problems, challenging environmental conditions, truck failures, or insect infestations in the fieldhouse. But for ecologists from marginalized groups, […]

Preqin, a leader in empowering the alternatives community with essential data and insights, appoints Nosheen Amir-Ebrahimi as the firm’s first Chief Commercial Officer. Nosheen will oversee and drive Preqin’s commercial strategy, with a clear focus on designing best-in-class services and products to help the firm’s clients succeed in the ever-evolving alternative assets industry. Nosheen Amir-Ebrahimi, Chief Commercial […]

António Guterres calls on world leaders to put forward credible and transparent transition plans to achieve net-zero emissions Supports action against fossil-fuel companies similar to that against tobacco companies Argues for an overhaul of the global financial architecture and a change in the business model of multilateral development banks In a wide-ranging address that touched […]

Philanthropic giving totaled $810 billion in 2021, but just 2% went towards reducing emissions New initiative, Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), will leverage philanthropic capital to help generate the $3 trillion needed each year from public and private sources to tackle climate change and nature loss GAEA is a ground-breaking initiative supported by more […]

After introducing its Road to Progress vision in 2022, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) launches its Solar Photovoltaic Project with the goal of becoming energy self-sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emission of its manufacturing plant in Biñan, Laguna. IPC envisions itself to be the vital engine for the Philippine society towards a sustainable automotive chain, thus […]

Huang joins with a brief to find green building solutions for facilities management projects in Singapore. Former Building and Construction Authority of Singapore executive Benjamin Huang has been appointed by Singapore-based engineering firm Fonda Global as head of sustainability and environment. His role involves exploring green building solutions for the firm’s facilities management projects. Huang joins the company after […]

(Seychelles News Agency) – In 2022, Nature Seychelles outplanted 4,000 coral fragments, grown in 4 underwater nurseries in the Cousin Island Special Reserve Marine Protected Area (MPA), according to the environmental NGO. To get to this stage, the team at Nature Seychelles concentrated on building mid-water floating nurseries in 2021, collecting coral fragments, and stocking […]

The measure will support CSS as a viable and effective tool to mitigate the effects of climate change Aid be awarded via competitive tender to be concluded in 2023 Under 20-year contracts, beneficiaries will capture and store a minimum of 400,000 metric tons of CO2 per year starting in 2026 The European Commission has approved, […]

CalPERS has appointed Peter Cashion as managing investment director for Sustainable Investments. Cashion’s role will be to set the vision, strategy, and governance for CalPERS’ sustainability work and be responsible for leading all aspects of the fund’s efforts to develop and implement an economics-based ESG research and data framework to support environmental, social, and governance […]