Tag: Ecology and market economy
$ 130 trillion for Net Zero
UN Special Envoy Mark Carney The former head of the central bank is now mobilizing the financial sector for climate protection. (Photo: AP) London Deutsche Bank and climate protection –…
Do more with fewer resources
Anyone who still dismisses human-caused climate change as “scare tactics” is turning a blind eye to reality. Climate protection is the topic of our time. As the largest economy in…
Impact investing: Nixdorf heirs want to get entrepreneurs excited about sustainable investments
Dagmar Nixdorf wants to collect two billion euros through a new investment company. There are also other prominent names from the German economy. .source site
Investors want more green funds – and see sustainability as a system change
Wind turbines near Lichtenau Young people in particular want to invest their money ecologically. (Photo: imago images / Olaf Döring) Frankfurt The supply of investment funds that are managed according…
Environmentalists launch seals of approval for climate change efforts by large corporations
Orsted wind farm The wind power producer supports the first independent test standard for CO2 targets for companies. (Photo: obs) Zurich There is no shortage of climate protectors – at…
The hour of truth
By the beginning of October this year, more electric cars had already been registered in Germany than in the entire previous year. And among banks and financial institutions, the demand…
Invest sustainably: Investors usually do not have climate-friendly funds in their portfolio
An investigation denounces unclean investment products and puts pressure on investors. European small-cap funds do one of the best. .source site
Road to Glasgow – Experts now in the live stream
The way is clear: CO2 emissions must be reduced significantly by 2030 and 2045. A rethinking in the economy is already taking place. Nevertheless, there is a strong field of…
How companies develop strategies for climate protection
Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine Stopping coal mining is not enough: companies must reduce emissions in all value chains (Photo: dpa) Berlin A few days before the start of the World…
Insolvent Hahn airport: is the airport bankruptcy wave coming?
Frankfurt Another German airport is bankrupt. Hahn Airport in the Hunsrück had to file for bankruptcy a few days ago. In February, the management of Lake Constance Airport in Friedrichshafen…
Plea for more sustainability
The transition to sustainable finance is one of the greatest challenges facing the financial sector. That is why the discussion about how we can base our investment criteria on the…
Why the banks will only benefit from the green boom in the future
Frankfurt Do good and earn money at the same time. For Bernie Mensah, President of International at Bank of America (BoA), this is not a contradiction in terms. Like most…
As an entrepreneur, can you also be an activist?
Dusseldorf When changing to a sustainable economy, many entrepreneurs feel in a bind: On the one hand, transformation processes such as decarbonization reduce profit. On the other hand, there is…
Hempel’s strategy for sustainable growth
Dusseldorf When Lars Petersson, CEO of the Danish paint and coatings manufacturer Hempel, talks about sustainability, he means a lot of things at once. Because the term, according to Petersson,…
SAP, Salesforce and Microsoft on climate neutrality
Smoking chimneys in the steel mill The determination of CO2 emissions has so far been tedious – several software manufacturers offer solutions. (Photo: imago images / Jochen Tack) Dusseldorf In…
Large German companies are committed to the 1.5 degree path
Steel production at Thyssen-Krupp in Duisburg The companies are pushing for an internationally coordinated climate policy. (Photo: AP) Berlin On the occasion of the United Nations (UN) Climate Week in…
These companies are fighting climate change together with Bill Gates
Bill Gates The billionaire’s climate initiative gets support. (Photo: AP) Bill Gates’ “Breakthrough Energy” project receives billions in support from business: seven large companies want to help make climate-friendly technologies…
UBS European boss Christl Novakovic in an interview about sustainable investments
Christl Novakovic Government subsidies for renewable energy are part of the problem. (Photo: UBS) Ms. Novakovic, in your opinion, what is a sustainable investment – and what is not?That is…
ESG and DAX reform: step backwards instead of modernization
Philine Erfurt Sandhu The author is a lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. (Photo: press photo) A historic reform of the Dax comes into force on September…
Ex-Blackrock manager: “Don’t buy sustainability funds”
Frankfurt Tariq Fancy was part of the system. As Blackrock’s top manager, he regularly flew from customer meeting to customer meeting in a company jet in order to sell so-called…