Tag: Ethics and investment
Deutsche Bank threatens new trouble with the US judiciary
Deutsche Bank The bank is again targeted by US overseers. (Photo: dpa) new York Deutsche Bank has to grapple with the US Department of Justice again. The agency has informed…
Star investor Cathie Wood launches sustainable ETF
Cathie Wood Your Ark Innovation ETF achieved a return of over 150 percent last year – but recently it was significantly worse. (Photo: Bloomberg) new York It’s been a difficult…
Green top marks for 14 German corporations
Dusseldorf This list is considered the “gold standard” for the efforts of companies in terms of climate and environmental protection: Only companies that receive top marks from the non-profit organization…
Investment strategists criticize eco-focus in the ESG standard
Tesla production in Brandenburg Some active wealth managers are shunning the electric car maker Tesla. They see failings in the area of governance and consider the evaluation of the titles…
Allianz Leben keeps life insurance rates stable
alliance Allianz has a market share of almost 30 percent in life insurance in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Allianz Leben will keep the interest rates on life insurances stable in…
EIB boss Hoyer on the green restructuring and digital backlog in Germany
Dusseldorf Some describe the European Investment Bank as a powerful all-purpose weapon of the EU – others criticize the bank as an inefficient colossus. It is clear that the EIB…
Siemens: Sustainability as an existential challenge
Siemens headquarters in Munich The new headquarters, which opened five years ago, is particularly energy-efficient. (Photo: dpa) Munich Siemens wants to enforce more sustainability in its supply chains and significantly…
The schedule for the new organization for sustainability ISSB is set
The schedule for the project is already in place: “The ISSB will be operational in the first quarter of next year,” announced the former Finnish finance minister and ex-central banker…
Europe’s defense companies fear EU sustainability rules
Paris In her State of the European Union address, Ursula von der Leyen called on the continent to do more for its own security. “It is time for Europe to…
Why the EU taxonomy worries SMEs
Brussels When does a company operate sustainably? That is the big question that the European Union is trying to answer within the framework of the EU taxonomy. This is a…
Does the financial industry need more diversity for the transformation?
Financial district in Frankfurt An important signal was heard from the financial sector this autumn. “We banks want to be the driving force in the fight against climate change,” announced…
Financial investors: The new generation of locusts: The flood of big money is forcing private equity firms to change
Growth managers instead of brutal renovators: A new generation of financial investors is turning the corner in what was once so harsh an industry. .source site
Supervisory boards don’t think sustainably enough
The meeting of the G20 countries and the immediately following world climate summit in Glasgow turned out to be rather disappointing. Binding and ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions in…
Organic or conventional – which agriculture do we need?
Dusseldorf Organic is booming: Due to the corona crisis, sales of organic food in Germany rose by 22 percent to 15 billion euros in 2020, according to the industry association…
The economy is concerned about the dispute over sustainable energies
Construction of a gas turbine In view of the coal and nuclear phase-out, new gas-fired power plants are considered to be indispensable. Berlin It is about a single sentence in…
How useful are climate summits really?
Dusseldorf The 26th UN Climate Change Conference is over. The promises made before the two-week negotiations were high: “It is our opportunity to make history,” said EU Commission President Ursula…
Companies have to ring in the green turnaround themselves
coal-fired power station With its new strategy, RWE is focusing on renewables. (Photo: dpa) While the climate conference in Glasgow ended with a massive delay and some dissatisfied participants, the…
Justice ministers want more transparency in electrical appliances
Washing machine The European Ecodesign Directive sets certain requirements for product groups for which energy consumption is particularly relevant – for example, dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators and televisions. (Photo: dpa)…
Is a full circular economy possible?
Dusseldorf Humans extract more than 100 billion tons of raw materials such as oil, gas and metals from the earth every year – but only around nine percent of them…
Green substance instead of green marketing
What can the international financial markets contribute to the urgently needed green restructuring of the economy and thus to the fight against climate change? At first glance, a lot, because…