Year: 2022

McKinsey & Company Releases 2021 ESG Report on Accelerating Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Stuart Mitchell

McKinsey & Company has released its 2021 ESG Report and shared progress the firm is making on its path to achieve net-zero climate impact by 2030. McKinsey is committed to creating positive, enduring change in the world and the report lays out the commitments, actions, and progress against our ESG framework. Bob Sternfels, Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company, said: “2021 was a year of remarkable human resilience in balancing work, life priorities, and societal needs. We too often talk about trade-offs between growth on one hand and societal…

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P&G, Global Partners Create Value and Sustainable Growth

Stuart Mitchell

The Procter & Gamble Company gave its Partner of the Year award to 11 companies. This is P&G’s highest recognition of External Business Partners that have gone above and beyond in delivering exceptional and sustained value in service to the Company’s consumers, retail partners and other stakeholders. P&G is proud to recognize these companies that have been among the very best and to celebrate them for being an integral member of its supply ecosystem. Additionally, P&G recognized six suppliers that have demonstrated industry-leading environmental sustainability commitments and impact as part…

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EIF supports €2.5 billion of climate action investment with five venture capital, private equity and infrastructure fund partners

Stuart Mitchell

At last month’s COP27 climate conference, the European Investment Fund (EIF), Europe’s largest venture capital and private equity financier, signed investments totalling €247 million to enable five equity funds to back €2.5 billion of climate action investment that helps to deliver the European Union’s climate and energy targets. The new financing contributes to the European Green Deal, the roadmap for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, and REPowerEU, the plan to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition. The investment agreed…

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Demonstrators show smart local energy systems’ net zero benefits

Stuart Mitchell

Prospering from the energy revolution demonstrator trials show smart local energy systems can make a real contribution to net zero delivery, but barriers remain. Background to the demonstrator trials Findings from Innovate UK trials are showing that place-based energy projects could bring major benefits for towns and cities by: helping them decarbonise more rapidly supporting the drive to net zero catalysing investment right across the UK At the same time, the trial projects have identified barriers in the way of rolling out such systems more widely. 2 new insight reports…

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BNP Paribas Asset Management outlines roadmap for achieving net zero portfolio emissions by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

As a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, BNP Paribas Asset Management has committed to supporting the goals of net zero greenhouse gas (‘GHG’) emissions and to support investing aligned with net zero emissions by 2050.  BNPP AM has today outlined its Net Zero Roadmap, covering the progressive alignment of its portfolio investments with the goal of reaching net zero emissions, together with associated efforts across its stewardship activities and its operations.  BNPP AM’s Net Zero Roadmap is based on 10 commitments targeting net zero portfolio emissions by…

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