Autor: Jordy Leo

23 mar GCF invierte USD 250 millones en infraestructura africana para reforzar la resiliencia climática 

Publicado en 14:46 2023-03-23 por Jordy Leo

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), a USD12bn international climate finance facility, has committed USD253.7m to Africa for supporting infrastructure that can withstand the impact of global warming, as reported by Bloomberg on March 21. The funding will serve as an anchor investment in the Infrastructure...

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23 mar El Reino Unido gastará 1800 millones de libras esterlinas en aumentar la eficiencia energética y reducir las emisiones 

Publicado en 14:40 2023-03-23 por Jordy Leo

The British government has announced GBP1.8bn (USD2.2bn) in financial allocation for increasing energy efficiency and cutting emissions in homes and public buildings throughout England, as reported by Reuters on March 21. Among the GBP1.8bn package, the Social Housing Decarbonization Fund and Home Upgrade Grant will...

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23 mar Google, LevelTen prueban proceso simplificado para PPA de energía renovable

Publicado en 11:18 2023-03-23 por Jordy Leo

Google [GOOG:US] has inked a partnership with renewable transaction infrastructure provider LevelTen Energy to speed up the purchasing process for clean energy and help companies execute their decarbonization goals, as reported by ESG Today on March 21. LevelTen Energy has developed a faster and easier...

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22 mar El primer ministro de Vietnam insta a los bancos a otorgar préstamos preferenciales para proyectos de energía verde 

Publicado en 12:38 2023-03-22 por Jordy Leo

Vietnam Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh has called on banks to provide preferential loans with extended repayment periods to attract foreign investors to develop green power projects in the country, as reported by Bloomberg on March 19. This request came in response to a...

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22 mar Mexican Regulator to Punish State Oil Firm Pemex for Illegal Gas Flaring  

Publicado en 12:16 2023-03-22 por Jordy Leo

Mexico's northern state Nuevo Leon warned that it would seek penalties for indebted state-owned oil company Pemex after detecting a significant increase in visible emissions from its Cadereyta refinery on March 19, as reported by Reuters on the same day. Pemex stated that it has...

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22 mar Empresas petroleras canadienses piden al gobierno que financie proyectos de captura de carbono 

Publicado en 12:02 2023-03-22 por Jordy Leo

Geneva-based oil producer International Petroleum Corp [IPCO:CN] could add carbon capture and storage (CCS) procedure to its oil sands project in northern Alberta, Canada, if the government offers additional financial incentives, as reported by Reuters on March 19. The company, together with Canada's biggest oil...

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22 mar Starbucks, Nestlé, Microsoft Partner with Largest Private Recycler of the US 

Publicado en 11:27 2023-03-22 por Jordy Leo

Starbucks [SBUX:US], PepsiCo [PEP:US], Nestlé [NESN:SW], SK Group [034730:KS], Unilever [UNA:EN], and Microsoft [MSFT:US] have joined a new recycling and reuse infrastructure platform, Circular Services, in a move to avoid landfill costs and achieve sustainability goals, as reported by ESG Today on March 17. The...

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16 de marzo Principales fondos de pensiones australianos criticados por no hacer lo suficiente por el clima

Publicado en 11:39 2023-03-16 por Jordy Leo

Activist investor group Market Forces alleged that Australia’s five largest pension funds were not doing enough to push fossil fuel companies toward decarbonization, as reported by Reuters on March 15. The five schemes, including Australian Super, Commonwealth Super Corp, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super, and...

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16 de marzo UK’s Top Enterprises Required to Achieve Broader Ethnic Diversity Targets 

Publicado en 11:30 2023-03-16 por Jordy Leo

Parker Review Committee, an independent review organization set up by the UK government in 2015 to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards, has proposed new ethnic diversity targets for Britain’s top listed and private companies, as reported by Reuters on March 13....

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16 de marzo BoE explora nuevos marcos regulatorios de capital para capturar mejor los riesgos climáticos 

Publicado en 10:43 2023-03-16 por Jordy Leo

The Bank of England (BoE) issued a report setting out its latest thinking on climate-related risks and regulatory capital frameworks, including the challenges it encountered and further work required in determining how climate change will impact the financial institutions it regulates, as reported by Reuters on March 13. The report found that existing capability and regime gaps create uncertainty over...

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16 de marzo Los fondos de pensiones del Reino Unido pueden votar en contra de los directores de Shell y BP por objetivos retrasados de reducción de emisiones

Publicado en 09:50 2023-03-16 por Jordy Leo

Two of the UK’s largest pension funds threatened to vote against the renewal of some directors at Shell Plc [SHEL:US] and BP Plc [BP:LN] at their annual meetings if the two oil giants fail to improve their commitments to reducing carbon emissions, as reported by Financial Times on March...

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16 de marzo Microsoft firma su primer acuerdo de eliminación de carbono basado en el océano con Running Tide 

Publicado en 09:26 2023-03-16 por Jordy Leo

Microsoft [MSFT:US] firmó un acuerdo de dos años con la empresa estadounidense de salud oceánica Running Tide para eliminar 12 000 toneladas de dióxido de carbono equivalente (C02e), según informó ESG Today el 10 de marzo. Running Tide está diseñando e implementando un océano -sistema basado en la eliminación de dióxido de carbono (CDR) que utiliza procesos naturales como la fotosíntesis y...

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15 mar La UE lanzará una nueva ronda de pruebas de estrés relacionadas con el clima en el sector financiero 

Publicado en 11:52 2023-03-15 por Jordy Leo

The European Union’s (EU) financial regulators will carry out a comprehensive system-wide analysis of the financial sector’s resilience to climate-related risks, according to a letter by the European Commission, as reported by ESG Today on March 10. The commission suggested in the letter that the...

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15 mar Mitsubishi Motors desembolsará USD 12 000 millones para desarrollar autos ecológicos para 2030 

Publicado en 11:49 2023-03-15 por Jordy Leo

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors [7211:JP] released a plan to boost its investment in developing electrified cars including hybrid and battery electric vehicles by 2030, as reported by Nikkei Asia on March 10. Under the plan, the automaker will shell out as much as JPY2.5tr (USD18.8bn)...

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09 mar El Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. presenta una demanda antimonopolio contra la adquisición de Spirit por parte de JetBlue

Publicado en 09:26 2023-03-09 por Jordy Leo

El Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. presentó una demanda civil antimonopolio para detener la propuesta de adquisición de JetBlue Airways Corporation [JBLU:US] por USD3.8bn de su rival de ultra bajo costo más grande y de más rápido crecimiento, Spirit Airlines [SAVE:US], debido a preocupaciones de que la el acuerdo daría como resultado tarifas más altas y opciones reducidas para las rutas para los consumidores...

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