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Wellington Management and MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change will work together on climate change research.

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Wellington Management, MIT to partner on climate change research

This week, Wellington Management, the global investment firm that manages some $1.4 trillion on behalf of pensions, endowments and other institutions, announced along with the…

Investable UniverseJanuary 28, 2022

The Port of Antwerp and Port of Montreal pledged at the COP26 climate summit to pursue first green North Atlantic green shipping corridor.

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Ports of Antwerp, Montreal pledge to create a green shipping corridor

The ongoing COP26 global conference on climate change in Glasgow has floated at least one (potentially) transformational industry plan. On Thursday, the Montreal Port Authority…

Investable UniverseNovember 4, 2021

Cervest, which uses AI to assess asset-level climate risk for government, finance and corporate clients, gets VC round led by Draper Esprit.

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AI-driven climate risk platform gets Series A venture capital round

On Thursday, London startup Cervest, which has developed what it calls the world's first AI-powered Climate Intelligence (CI) platform, announced that it has raised $30…

Investable UniverseMay 20, 2021

Apple and co-investor Conservation International launch Restore Fund, a forest carbon capture investment fund to be managed by Goldman Sachs.

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Apple and Goldman Sachs start a forest carbon sequestration fund

This month, tech giant Apple announced the launch of a "first-of-its-kind" carbon removal program, the Restore Fund, to invest in forestry carbon sequestering projects while…

Investable UniverseApril 27, 2021

Grid planners will have to take climate change scenarios into account regardless of energy source, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute.

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Report: Texas outage proves U.S. grids must model for climate change

Last week's deep-freeze in Texas, which disrupted the lives and safety of millions of people left without heat, power and water after a snowstorm led…

Investable UniverseFebruary 22, 2021

Commodity demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has taken off of late, due to government incentive programs on the U.S. West Coast, E.U. climate targets, and initiatives from the airlines themselves.

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Sky-high demand for sustainable aviation fuel drives new price benchmark

This Friday marks the launch of a new U.S. price benchmark for the rapidly accelerating market for sustainable aviation fuel (also known as bio-jet fuel…

Investable UniverseDecember 4, 2020

bp is partnering with five other oil majors on an offshore carbon capture project in the U.K. North Sea.

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BP recruits oil majors in carbon capture bid to cut U.K. emissions in half

On Monday, British energy multinational bp announced that it is partnering with fellow oil and gas majors Eni, Equinor, National Grid, Shell and Total on a…

Investable UniverseOctober 26, 2020

Nuveen, the $1 trillion asset manager, has formally joined Climate Action 100+ and will roll out a new climate change portfolio risk program for all asset classes in which it is invested.

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Nuveen joins Climate Action 100+ and launches climate portfolio risk program

On Monday, Nuveen, the $1 trillion asset manager of TIAA, announced that it is joining investor-led climate activist group Climate Action 100+, and rolling out…

Investable UniverseSeptember 21, 2020

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