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Why carbon tracking and reporting is necessary to hold corporations accountable

GreenBiz

In an interview with Bloomberg earlier this year, Cornerstone Capital Group CEO Erika Karp said the biggest challenges of ESG investment are data and measurement. KPMG’s 2020 Study on Climate Accounting estimates that $90 trillion of investment is needed to finance sustainable infrastructure and cities in the U.S.,

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$38 million renewable fund to offset blockchain energy use in US

Smart Energy International

Nelnet Renewable Energy Services has committed $3 million in capital to the fund and will serve as the fund manager over the duration of the investment. Green cryptocurrency mining demonstrated Energy Web, RMI, AIR partner on green blockchain action. In time, the goal is for its blockchain to become carbon negative.

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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out. are testing it out.

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New blockchain crowdfunding platform to launch for solar in Africa

Smart Energy International

Funding energy efficiency on the blockchain Initiate Talks: Jo-Jo Hubbard, Electron Oracles and blockchains – managing climate change in the energy sector. The crowdfunding will be launched on May 3 2022, for a two-week pilot period, with an investment target of $100,000 to show proof-of-concept. Have you read?

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. .

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AI and Blockchain start-up brought into major Scottish infrastructure framework

Envirotec Magazine

A six-year Framework with Morrison Construction and Scottish Water has been awarded to Hypervine , a cleantech construction startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology “to provide end-to-end site data for construction and mining firms, boosting efficiencies whilst enabling massive reductions in carbon emissions” (..)

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Can blockchain play matchmaker in financing the U.N. Global Goals?

Impact Alpha

Billions are currently being invested. Rather than a lack of capital, what is missing is a robust and efficient mechanism for identifying and enabling projects,” argues blockchain software firm ConsenSys and the World Wildlife Federation. Sustainable Development Goals. Global Goals?