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How to bridge the gap between profit and responsibility

10 January 2022

How to bridge the gap between profit and responsibility

Monday 10 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.2.1

Commentary: US funds get to grips with sustainable investing

By Taylor Pearce in London

Environmental, social and governance investment and regulation have grown exponentially in the US, posing new challenges and opportunities for investors. Consumers and clients are demanding more transparency and ESG products. How can financial institutions bridge the gap between fiduciary obligation and ESG...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/10/how-to-bridge-the-gap-between-profit-and-responsibility/

Financial sector must respond to need for greater climate investment

24 November 2021

Financial sector must respond to need for greater climate investment

Wednesday 24 November 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.47.3

Commentary: COP26 must prompt action on net zero commitments

By Tamara Singh in Singapore

The capital and finance innovation panel at COP26’s innovation hub saw many challenges being put to financiers across the globe, testament to the frustrations of citizens at the perceived lack of effort. At ‘one minute to midnight’, lip-service can no longer be tolerated and the time has come for...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/24/financial-sector-must-respond-to-need-for-greater-climate-investment/

Logistics Tech Summit: Trucking’s drive to net-zero carbon

30 June 2021

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ North American Logistics Tech Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How technology is driving net-zero carbon goals

DETAILS: FreightWaves’Danny Gomez talks with Matt McLelland about his new role at Covenant Transportation and how it is indicative of the company culture and a change in the industry. They discuss the role of technology in sustainability and the collaboration and government support needed to achieve net neutrality.

SPEAKER:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/logistics-tech-summit-truckings-drive-to-net-zero-carbon

NZCS chat recap: Tools available for meeting ESG targets

22 April 2021

Dan Scarbrough joins Danny Gomez at FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The state of the emissions market

DETAILS: A discussion on the growing role of environmental, social and governance initiatives, the tools available for meeting ESG targets and how firms are finding value in emission reduction efforts.

INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, and Dan Scarbrough, founder, president and COO at IncubEx, an incubator for exchange-traded products focused on the global environmental...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nzcs-chat-recap-tools-available-for-meeting-esg-targets

Shipping tech startups: ‘Amazing’ valuations, ‘huge surge’ in interest

16 February 2021

This could be a turning-point year for maritime tech startups — particularly those with a green twist. For a reason why, look no further than the January IPO roadshow presentation of ocean carrier ZIM (NYSE: ZIM).

“We are the new ZIM — the digital ZIM!” proclaimed the company’s CEO, Eli Glickman. He likened his company’s transformational aspirations to Airbnb, Amazon and Uber. He peppered his pitch with copious references to artificial intelligence, big data, sustainability, digital...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ship-tech-startups-amazing-valuations-huge-surge-in-interest

Fuel cell startup Nikola nears public trading debut

2 June 2020

Nikola Corp., the startup maker of Class 8 trucks electrically powered by batteries and fuels, expects its shares to trade under its own name on the NASDAQ later this week following a vote to merge with the “blank check company” that raised hundreds of millions of dollars for its public launch.

VectoIQ (NASDAQ: VTIQ) and Nikola shareholders scheduled what is expected to be a drama-free execution of the merger Tuesday morning. VectoIQ shares would begin trading under the ticker NKLA on Thursday.

Es...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/fuel-cell-startup-nikola-nears-public-trading-debut

“K” Line Selected as an Index Component by Dow Jones/RobecoSAM for 9th Consecutive Year

18 September 2019

“K” Line Selected as an Index Component by Dow Jones/RobecoSAM for 9^th Consecutive Year

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected again as an Asia Pacific Index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the leading global indices for ESG investing (*), for the 9th consecutive year since 2011.

DJSI, jointly operated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the United States and RobecoSAM AG of Switzerland, measures the performance of companies in terms of economic,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/09/18/k-line-selected-as-an-index-component-by-dow-jonesrobecosam-for-9th-consecutive-year/