sustainability

Siemens raises growth target with digital drive

Siemens (SIEGn.DE) unveiled targets on Thursday to outpace the market by combining its core engineering business with digital expertise in…

4 years ago

What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

Scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 to have any hope…

4 years ago

Britain’s biggest investor drops AIG, others from some funds over climate

Legal & General Investment Management, Britain's biggest asset manager, said on Tuesday it would drop four companies from a number…

4 years ago

Trafigura, Yara sign MoU on clean ammonia for shipping fuel

Global commodities trader Trafigura (TRAFGF.UL) and Norway's Yara (YAR.OL) said on Monday they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming to…

4 years ago

Swiss to vote on whether to become first European nation to ban synthetic pesticides

Switzerland could become the first European country to ban artificial pesticides in a June 13 referendum which backers of the…

4 years ago

Amid hiring troubles, rising prices, U.S. growth gains speed -Fed

The U.S. economic recovery accelerated in recent weeks even as a long list of supply chain troubles, hiring difficulties, and…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE G7 to back minimum global corporate tax and support economy – draft

Finance ministers from the group of seven rich nations (G7) will vow this week to support their economies as they…

4 years ago

The pandemic’s impact on government budgets calls for renewed commitment to the SDGs

By Hyun H. Son, Véronique Salze-Lozac’h COVID-19 has brought unprecedented economic and development challenges but it also offers opportunities for financing solutions…

5 years ago

Canada’s top pension funds boost investments in high-carbon oil sands

Canada's biggest pension managers boosted their investments in the country's major oil sands companies in the first quarter of 2021,…

5 years ago

As interest rates hit bottom, debt does matter, says Barclays

With global borrowing costs probably as low as they can go, high debt levels will start to matter more in…

5 years ago