Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Feature photo: A camera trap photo © MammalWeb (CC BY-SA 2.0) In their latest article, Pen-Yuan Hsing et al. describe the processes involved in launching and running MammalWeb – a successful camera trapping project that has produced over 440,00 classified image sequences and videos over the past decade. It is unlikely to come as a […]

Project ONE is the largest investment in the European chemical sector for a generation New cracker located in Antwerp will have the lowest carbon footprint of all European crackers “Our ethane cracker will set new environmental standards for Europe as well as help revitalize the whole of the European chemical industry.” INEOS Olefins Belgium has […]

Deutsche Bank’s Private Bank Germany and WWF Germany signed an agreement in Berlin for an initial two-year advisory service. The bank and the conservation organisation will work together in the coming months to further advance sustainable finance at Private Bank Germany and thus contribute to Deutsche Bank’s sustainability strategy. Philipp Gossow, Head of Sales Private […]

The agreement is for SPGA to manage the Tea Travel trail while PCA continues its work to conserve and maintain the rich biodiversity found there.( Plant Conservation Action group) Photo license  Purchase photo (Seychelles News Agency) – The Regional Environment Officers (REO) grant programme from the United States Embassy will continue to support the maintenance […]

The bonds launched at a yield of 4.8% Demand exceeded $2.75 billion Dubai Islamic Bank recently reported record profit for 2022 Dubai Islamic Bank, the biggest Islamic lender in the United Arab Emirates, is set to raise $1 billion from a sale of long five-year sustainable sukuk, a bank document showed on Thursday. The Islamic […]

American Water Works Company, Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that Lori Sutton will join the company as Chief Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (ID&E) Officer.  Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Lori will lead the Company’s ongoing ID&E efforts. “American Water is pleased to welcome Lori as she is a […]

Emma Ladouceur & Jonathan M. Chase discuss their recent article: The recovery of plant community composition following passive restoration across spatial scales. Find out more about what it takes for ecosystems to recover from disturbances and whether passive restoration is enough. Human disturbances can negatively impact species, biodiversity and ecosystems. Given enough time, will ecosystems […]

New solar and wind power purchases, energy efficiency investments, and green building construction among eligible bond allocations to support sustainable business Proceeds will go to new solar and wind power purchases, energy efficiency investments and green building construction Comcast aims to be carbon neutral by 2035 The firm’s inaugural green bond offering was largely underwritten […]

The global carbon credit trading platform Carbonplace has raised 45 million dollars in a seed funding round and has been incorporated as its own entity. BBVA, one of the nine founding banks, has participated in this round and has appointed its Head of Carbon Markets at BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking, Ingo Ramming, as a representative on […]

The editor’s choice for our February issue is “Loss of nitrogen fixing capacity in a montane lichen is linked to increased nitrogen deposition” by Peter Crittenden et al., which is part of a Special Feature on ‘Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand the Impacts of Global Change‘. Here, Associate Editor Frank Gilliam discusses the importance […]