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Big Consultancies are now advising on climate change. Will it conflict with their business-as-usual work?

February 20, 2023 by Emma Thomasson

The world’s top management consultancies - like BCG, Accenture, PwC, EY, McKinseys - who for decades have advised the biggest polluters, are now rushing into the business of helping companies cut emissions to become more sustainable, explains Emma Thomasson at Clean Energy Wire. The necessary expertise is in very short supply, so they are retraining staff, poaching environmental experts, and buying up smaller specialist firms. BCG is even running … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: Accenture, BCG, Climate, consultancies, emissions, ESG, EY, greenwashing, McKinseys, PwC, regulations, sustainability

2023 lookahead for Sustainable Finance: EU Taxonomy, ESG ratings, corporate disclosure laws, Europe’s “IRA”

January 12, 2023 by Luca Bonaccorsi

What will be the big issues for sustainable finance in 2023? Luca Bonaccorsi at Transport & Environment points at four. Firstly, the EU Taxonomy defines what counts as “green” investment. There has been much criticism of the inclusion of gas, and critics will continue publishing their analyses of what is truly sustainable and what is greenwash. Next, ESG ratings have also been severely criticised. They are an investor’s main tool for capital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: emissions, ESG, EU, finance, greenwash, investment, IRA, sustainable, Taxonomy

EC Consultation: ESG ratings need regulation to fix inconsistencies and bias

October 31, 2022 by Hazel James Ilango

There are multiple problems with ESG ratings and that’s why they need to be properly regulated, says Hazel James Ilango at IEEFA. Different ratings agencies have different methodologies that are difficult to compare. They can lack transparency and be biased due to industry, geographical location or company size. As for a company’s impact on the planet and society, it can be overrated or underrated due to the aggregation of Environmental, Social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: EC, ESG, EU, Europe, greenwashing, India, investment, ratings, regulation

How to ramp up Green Mortgages for climate-friendly house improvements

April 29, 2021 by Greg Hopkins

Green mortgages are used to finance climate-friendly house improvements. In the U.S. they already exist, but need to be made far more accessible and marketed widely. Greg Hopkins at RMI cites their report “Build Back Better Homes: How to Unlock America’s Single-Family Green Mortgage Market” to explain that the financial markets are looking increasingly favourably at lending that is certified as ESG (environmental, social, and governance). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy Tagged With: Biden, buildings, ESG, HVAC, insulation, investment, lending, mortgages, renovation, US

Five key metrics investors need to steer Oil and Gas firms into decarbonisation

December 4, 2020 by Ben Ratner and Erin Blanton

If the oil and gas industry won’t commit to meaningful strategies and milestones to decarbonise, investors must make them, say Ben Ratner at the Environmental Defense Fund and Erin Blanton at Columbia University. Already, Covid has shown how vulnerable the sector is to unexpected change. If the sector refuses to factor in rising decarbonisation ambitions and policies across the globe that vulnerability will continue for decades. At the same time, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: BP, Chevron, ESG, flaring, gas, investors, lobbying, methane, Occidental, oil, Pioneer, Repsol

Defining green investments, ending greenwash: the EU’s new Taxonomy Regulation

February 13, 2020 by Luca Bonaccorsi

When the EU Commission’s new Taxonomy Regulation is approved, expected in March, it will provide the legal framework to define what is a truly ‘green’ investment. As Luca Bonaccorsi at Transport & Environment explains, right now asset managers and national authorities are free to define what is green, allowing some to greenwash investments in things like oil and pesticides. The Taxonomy's purpose is to reduce ambiguity and therefore increase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: aviation, biofuels, ESG, EU, EVs, gas, investments, Nuclear, oil, shipping, TaxonomyRegulation

New EU green investment rules to make conservative German savers bite

September 12, 2019 by Benjamin Wehrmann

Germany’s past renewables successes have been underpinned by government and public funds and guarantees. Its future will depend more and more on private investment, which means citizens and small investors must opt to put their money into green investments and take on risk. The good news is that surveys show citizens are very willing. The bad news is that few are actually doing it. Is it because the banks aren’t promoting sustainable investments, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: ESG, EU, Germany, investment, MiFID, renewables, sustainability

“Responsible” ESG investments hit $20tn, a quarter of the world’s professionally managed total

April 9, 2019 by Todd Zeranski

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors measure the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment. ESG includes the energy sector, and the amounts spent show it’s no longer just an ethical choice, says The Rocky Mountain Institute’s Todd Zeranski. It doesn’t just save the planet, it saves our pensions. Why? From regulatory penalties to the cost of climate clean-up, fossil fuel investments are getting too risky and expensive. Those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: coal, ConEdison, ESG, fossil-fuels, investment, renewables, transition, Xcel Energy

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