Q&A: Bryn Jones, Head of Fixed Income, Rathbones
Our focus is not so much on industrial businesses but more on financial business and businesses that have a social impact including social housing, renewables, transport and those which reduce carbon. To be clear, it is not an impact fund, it is ethical sustainable fund.
Webinar Takeaways: How can asset stewardship bring about a low carbon economy?
On the 16th of September the Climate Council held a webinar in partnership with White & Case, welcoming speakers from State Street Global Advisors, EOS at Federated Hermes, Orion Energy Partners, IHS Markit and Encourage Capital discussing how asset stewardship can bring about a low carbon economy.
Green Goals For Heavy Industries In The Energy Transition
The steel, cement & heavy-duty transportation sectors that we have become deeply reliant upon, are the very same that weigh us down as we seek to new paths to a cleaner, net-zero society. We have looked at the impacts of three of the most ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors and what alternatives may look like from the perspective of their emissions, costs and practicalities.
Q&A: Andrea Course, Venture Principal, Shell Ventures
Andrea Course works in Shell Ventures as Venture Principal where she invests in innovative start and scale-up companies that accelerate the energy transition, focusing in the areas of ML, AI, Robotics and Decarbonization. Currently she sits on the boards of Innowatts (Digital Energy Platform) and Osperity (Intelligent Visual Monitoring). Andrea has 15 years of experience in the energy sector as both technical SME and investor.
How can asset stewardship bring about a low carbon economy?
This webinar will explore how asset stewardship can be an effective mechanism to motivate companies to build strategies that enable climate mitigation and adaptation and therefore bring about a low carbon economy.
Scottish Clean Energy Technology Showcase
The ‘Hydrogen Hype’ is well and truly underway, with many calling hydrogen the silver bullet. In this webinar, we will hear from regulators on what they’re doing to support hydrogen and utilities, clean energy players and investors who will be key in making low-carbon hydrogen the silver bullet.
Q&A: Alicia Eastman, Co-Founder & President, InterContinental Energy
ICE is a green fuel company focused on mega scale projects to deliver economies of scale and competitive pricing in green hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and other synfuels. We have announced three projects: two are in Western Australia totalling 76GW+ of upstream wind and solar and downstream production of up to 30 MTPA of green ammonia.
Climate & Gender Lens Investing: A critical piece of the puzzle?
Applying a climate lens to investing is, today, not an unfamiliar notion. Given that ‘environmental’ is a central pillar of ESG, reporting on climate and integrating it into business and investment decisions has had a lot of attention in recent years.
Will low-carbon hydrogen will be the silver bullet in APAC?
Hydrogen has widely been earmarked as the ‘golden key’ solution to unlocking a future energy supply that is clean, green and efficient. Central to this conundrum is the participation of the region with the highest energy consumption in the world – Asia Pacific. In this article we have sought to uncover the opportunities, challenges and realities in developing a regional hydrogen economy, and what that may mean for the global market.
Will low-carbon hydrogen will be the silver bullet in APAC?
The ‘Hydrogen Hype’ is well and truly underway, with many calling hydrogen the silver bullet. In this webinar, we will hear from regulators on what they’re doing to support hydrogen and utilities, clean energy players and investors who will be key in making low-carbon hydrogen the silver bullet.
Q&A: Katharina Lindmeier, Senior Responsible Investment Manager, NEST
We believe green financing can play a huge part in reducing carbon emissions and, in the process, help mitigate the severe impact climate change will have on our lives. But in the past, it has often been overlooked as banks’ biggest impact is indirect by financing carbon-intensive companies or projects and disclosure on these financed emissions has been poor.
Key Elements To M&A Within Renewables
An indicator of sectoral strength has often been the quantity and value of M&A activity over an annual period, providing a sense of capital inflows and corporate interest in developing markets. The renewable energy sector has enjoyed year-on-year growth in M&A deals for the past decade, with a slight and expected dip in early 2020.