GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Why IKEA is investing in sustainable mobility. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. For the company known for its delicious meatballs and DIY shelves, the investment isn't actually that surprising. Holly Secon. Tue, 11/03/2020 - 00:30.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave? About 77 percent of ESG funds that existed 10 years ago are presently available, whereas only 46 percent of traditional investment vehicles maintain that survivorship. A declining investment rationale for fossil fuels. Mon, 09/21/2020 - 00:30.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments. bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Finance & Investing.

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Australia runs a great risk of failing to meet its ambitious but achievable renewable energy goals, writes Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory, who explains why utility-scale energy storage is among the crucial tools in the country’s energy transition toolkit.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. They care as citizens, consumers and business owners.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry. received $37 million in compensation for fossil fuel industry lobbying. Law firms cannot maintain reputations as socially responsible actors if they continue to support the destructive fossil-fuel industry.".

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Firm confirms plans to scale back green energy efforts and fundamentally reset strategy Business live latest updates BP will abandon its green ambitions by increasing its oil and gas investment to $10bn a year as part of a fundamental reset of the troubled companys strategy. barrels of oil a day by the end of the decade.

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Canary Media

JUNE 14, 2024

In 2024, about $2 trillion will be invested in clean energy projects — a first for the rapidly expanding sector. The amount is nearly double what will be invested in oil, coal, and gas this year, according to the International Energy Agency’s new report “World Energy Investment 2024.” Since 2015, the ratio of…

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets. This isn't Amazon's first investment in biofuels. Last year, Neste delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel via pipeline for airlines refueling at San Francisco International Airport to use.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Navajo Power is a social benefit corporation focused on utility-scale solar development and is committed to investing profits into local community development projects to "maximize the economic benefits of clean energy for tribal and affected communities.". But these organizations can’t do it alone.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2025

This event is more than a celebration of sport it is a global stage where the country can either reinforce its role as Europe’s biggest fossil fuel producer or rise to the occasion and lead a just transition away from oil, gas and goal production. This is not climate leadership. It is greenwashing. And it must stop.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Hydrogen can replace fossil fuels in combustion-heavy industries or power fuel cell vehicles without tailpipe emissions. However, most hydrogen produced today relies on fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, which compromises its environmental benefits. The promise of hydrogen is no longer just theoretical.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

Heinz will use the funding to install heat pumps, moving away from a dependence on fossil fuels to heat water at its plant in Kitt Green, near Wigan (image credit: Rosemarie Mosteller / Shutterstock.com). Heinz, which received over 2.5 Heinz, which received over 2.5 Hanson Cement in North Wales will use its 5.6

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Geothermal energy holds the potential to provide abundant renewable energy at equivalent cost to fossil fuels, and targeted investments could quickly speed its development, according to a new report from Cornell researchers and the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force (CATF).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8 percent (£1.8

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 4, 2024

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €400 million (US$437 million) to support the solar and battery storage development plans of Greek renewables developer Mytilineos.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Here are three key logistics and transport areas where the UK should be ramping up investment in hydrogen in 2025. Hydrogen fuel cells are the perfect solution for longer-haul trucks which dont go back to a depot overnight to charge. But hydrogen can provide a clean fuel alternative for long-haul shipping.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 1, 2024

US public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year Private equity firms are using US public sector workers’ retirement savings to fund fossil fuel projects pumping more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to an analysis.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

Its goal is to integrate the financial sector’s attempts at going green, including green business investments, exclusionary policies for certain fossil fuels and the industry’s ESG policies, into one complete strategy. . Wells Fargo has pledged to lend or invest $200 billion to sustainable businesses and projects by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These include the controversial energy company Drax , the fossil fuel lobby group Offshore Energies UK , and the gas company Cadent. OEUK is the “leading representative body” for the country’s oil and gas industry, while its members include some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, such as Shell, ExxonMobil, and Equinor.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 15, 2024

The post How oil barons and right-wing billionaires are manipulating the free market to extend fossil fuels appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The House Judiciary Committee has delivered a clear message to the free market: shut up about climate change or pay the price.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A new partnership may pave the way for more than £400 million to be invested in recycling facilities across the UK. It will convert this waste into ultra-low sulphur diesel to replace fossil fuels in the transport and heavy-machinery sectors. Each facility is designed to accept 20,000 tonnes of plastics each year.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week fired a shot over the bow at Wall Street companies that promise to help investors avoid putting their money into fossil fuels and tobacco — but steer funds towards those companies anyway. WisdomTree did not respond to a request for comment from DeSmog. WisdomTree is hardly alone.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Anthoni Salims Strategic Investment The development of this groundbreaking facility ties back to the vision and investments of Anthoni Salim, Indonesia’s influential billionaire. Countries globally can leverage hydrogen-ready plants to transition current fossil fuel systems toward flexible and sustainable energy models.

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TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2024

However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric power plants driven by fossil fuels. Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

The material is created by repurposing discarded ropes and nets from ocean vessels which is then combined with recycled engine oil to reduce reliance of virgin fossil fuel-based ingredients. The LEGO Group has introduced a new, more sustainable material for selected LEGO tires, made from recycled fishing nets, ropes, and engine oil.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The UK government’s move to award £22 billion in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, DeSmog can reveal. Others engaging regularly with ministers on CCS policy include heavy manufacturing companies, CCS technology firms, lobby groups, and investment funds.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Continued investment in carbon-intensive industries will drastically increase the amount of "stranded assets" as the world moves to net-zero emissions, researchers warn.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. Subscribe here.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Tufton Street Links Politicians fronting the PopCon group have a history of working with anti-green think tanks and supporting more fossil fuel extraction. billion invested in fossil fuels via his investment fund Marshall Wace. billion invested in fossil fuels via his investment fund Marshall Wace.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The deposits you make at your retail bank for personal and business accounts sustain the bank’s ability to make loans and investments. Loans and investment fuel growth. Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Reform has also received more than £500,000 since the last election from Jeremy Hosking, whose investment firm Hosking Partners had more than $134 million (around £108 million) invested in the energy sector at the close of 2021, two thirds of which was in the oil industry, along with millions in coal and gas.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The report projects a rapid shift in the global energy mix, with the share of renewables in global power generation expected to double in the next 15 years while total fossil fuel demand is projected to peak before 2030, depending on the scenario. C by 2100, and reaching a 1.5°C C pathway is increasingly challenging.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

How These Companies Are Tackling Climate Change Using Green Hydrogen Green hydrogen is paving the way for a sustainable future, offering a clean and carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels. Green hydrogens potential to replace fossil fuels in transportation , manufacturing, and energy generation is immense.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. The fossil fuels used to power the company's vehicle and airline fleets contribute to 92 percent of FedEx's carbon footprint, according to its most recent sustainability report.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2022

Dependence on imported fossil fuels can never deliver the energy security we need – nor does it allow us to address global climate change. And while renewables are scaling up rapidly, the annual buildout rates are still insufficient to overcome dependence on fossil fuels. Countries are facing an energy and climate crisis.

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