Green Investments Begin To Pay Off For Big Banks
Bloomberg says green investments are starting to pay off for the international banking community and are creating more cash flow than investments in fossil fuels.
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Texas Is Going To Send Lots Of Solar Modules All Over The USA
A gigantic new solar module factory is just the tip of the renewable energy revolution taking place in Texas.
SEC Wants To Prevent ESG Funds From Greenwashing Following Tesla’s Removal From The S&P 500…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to prevent ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) funds from greenwashing. The SEC published a fact sheet with amendments calling for funds to show proof of their claims and to disclose how they choose companies and vote at annual meetings. This news comes … [continued]
Former BlackRock Exec Explains Why “Green” Investment Strategies Won’t Work
When BlackRock chairman Laurence Fink first began rethinking his company’s stance on climate change, he turned to Tariq Fancy to help him figure out what “green” investing should look like. In 2018 and 2019, Fancy was the company’s chief investment officer for sustainable investing. Last year, Fink shocked the investment … [continued]
Double The Green In Your Investments! 2019 Investment Returns Show ESG Funds Are Getting Even…
Environmentally, socially, and governance shareholder proposals and employee concerns are swaying corporate policies — and investment opportunities.
CoPower At The Forefront Of Canadian Clean Energy Financing
For David Berliner, the thirty-one-year-old founder of CoPower, fighting climate change means figuring out the financing. “Cutting-edge cleantech is exciting, but the reality is that the basic technology needed to make deep emissions cuts is already here.”
Xtreme Green EVs For Police, Security, Military, Farming, & Mining Industries
In the renewables world, passenger car electric vehicles get a lot of attention. However, there is also an emerging market for work space electric vehicles that has to date received little attention. This article, exclusive to CleanTechnica, seeks to bridge this gap. At NCES 7.0 last year, a vendor, Xtreme … [continued]
Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit
Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but Robert N. Stavins in his New York Times runup to the conference was the only writer I … [continued]
Top 20 Cleantech News & Commentary (April 5)
Following up on my first cleantech and politics roundup yesterday, here are 20 more great or important stories from the past day or so. I’ve decided to also bold the stories I think are the most worth checking out.
South Korea Investing $7.18 Billion In New Smart Grid
Once again, South Korea is taking the green initiative by investing $7.18 Billion into a Smart Grid in an effort to curb their country’s CO2 Emissions and improve the efficiency of their electricity market. This major overhaul is headed up by Korea Electricity Power Corp (KEPCO) and they hope to … [continued]
