Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

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 […]

Compensation will help offset impact of carbon prices on electricity generation costs incurred from 2021 to 2030 Eligible companies will receive partial refund of indirect emissions costs Maximum aid per beneficiary will generally be 75% of costs incurred The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Greek scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive […]

EverWind Fuels, Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, Canada (CNW Group/EverWind Fuels Company) EverWind Fuels Company has received Environmental Approval for the initial phase of its $6 billion, 1 million tonnes per annum green hydrogen and green ammonia project located in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. The approval was issued by the Honourable Timothy Halman, Minister of Environment and Climate […]

The survey will remain open until 7 March 2023. DG Climate action launched a market-testing survey, to consult a wide range of stakeholders on key features of the future Innovation Fund and to establish an appropriate portfolio of support instruments that will best meet the market needs. The survey comes in a moment when the […]

In 2022, BBVA channeled €50 billion into sustainable business, up 41% from the €35.4 billion mobilized in 2021. The bank has now channeled a total of €136 billion since 2018, when it announced its sustainable business mobilization target through 2025. That target, set initially at €100 billion, was trebled in October 2022 to €300 billion, thanks […]

Linde will supply OCI by sequestering more than 1.7 million metric tons of CO2 emissions each year Linde will build, own and operate an on-site complex which will include autothermal reforming with carbon capture, plus a large air separation plant Project expected to start up in 2025 Linde announced that it has signed a long-term […]