London-based start-up CarbonChain, which has created a carbon accounting platform based on artificial intelligence, has raised $10 million in series A funding. CarbonChain enables companies to make climate-aware decisions. The startup will use the funding...
On a sunny Thursday morning in San Francisco, a driver pulled a Nissan Leaf into a building, parked on a platform, and stepped out of the car. Then the platform lifted the car in the...
ESG can be an accelerator that drives profitability and growth. Do we really need ESG? Some think ESG is necessary to manage 21st century risks, while others say it merely obstructs business. While the conversation...
A University of Alberta researcher has found a way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while mining critical metals needed for renewable energy infrastructure — and has received funding to build a world-first demonstration...
Amid growing food and energy crises stoked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations,...
According to UNCTAD’s latest Global Trade Update, trade in “green goods”, which use fewer resources and pollute less, grew by four per cent in the second half of the year, reaching a record $1.9 trillion...
A group of leading companies, including GM, Ford, Google, and solar energy producers, have announced that they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs) to ease...
Based on FT analysis Despite the growing popularity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds, the past year has been a challenging one for the industry. In the third quarter of 2022, sustainable funds saw...
The government of Hong Kong has announced plans to raise up to USD 5 billion in green bonds, with the goal of promoting sustainable development in the region. The bonds will be issued in three...
Scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have made a potential breakthrough in green aviation: a formula for a new sustainable fuel for planes that will significantly reduce long-haul flight emissions. An interdisciplinary team led by Jagan...
