News
21
Dec
ESMA Updates Fund Naming Rules for ESG and Sustainability in EU Markets
Category: ESG News
ESMA updates guidelines for fund names to combat greenwashing, introducing a "transition" category. Stressing an 80% minimum investment for sustainability, Paris-aligned benchmarks...
28
Mar
Repurposing Discarded Smartphones for Sustainable Building Control
Category: ESG News
Empa investigates repurposing old smartphones for energy-efficient building systems, potentially reducing energy consumption by up to 30%. By utilizing discarded smartphones' compu...
20
May
Climeworks Opens Carbon Capture Plant in Iceland
Category: ESG News
Climeworks has activated Mammoth in Iceland, now the world's largest carbon capture facility. It's designed to remove 36,000 tons of CO2 annually, leveraging geothermal energy for ...
31
Mar
Zurich aims for net-zero target in operations by 2030 instead of 2050
Category: ESG News
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is bringing forward by 20 years its target to achieve net-zero emissions in its operations.
05
Apr
Destinus Tests Successful Hydrogen-Powered Jet, Advances Sustainable Transportation
Category: ESG News
Destinus successfully tests hydrogen-powered passenger jet prototype to reduce travel times and promote sustainable transportation. €12m invested in Eiger plane and a hydrogen engi...
31
Jul
Switzerland’s Landscape Preservation in Focus: Swiss Foundation for Landscape Conservation Analysis
Category: ESG News
Switzerland's landscape conservation advances in the past decade face challenges due to parliamentary decisions on rapid renewable energy development, as warned by the Swiss Founda...
21
Sep
Exploring Energy Storage Solutions for Sustainable Energy Transition
Category: ESG News
Swiss researchers explore a power-to-hydrogen-to-power system's potential for storing surplus electricity sustainably. While it can balance seasonal energy gaps, cost and emissions...
03
Oct
Switzerland Faces Second Largest Decline in Glacier Ice Volume
Category: ESG News
Swiss glaciers have unexpectedly lost 10% of their ice volume in the past two years due to low winter snowfall and high summer temperatures. This alarming trend, exceeding projecti...
06
Nov
Bucher Industries’ Commitment to Reducing CO2 – One Solar Panel at a Time
Category: ESG News
Swiss engineering group, Bucher Industries, applauds Bucher Municipal's significant sustainability achievement. With 1,422 solar panels, they've cut energy consumption by 17-20%, a...
18
Dec
Swiss Investor responsAbility Pledges $500M for Green Tech
Category: ESG News
Swiss impact investor responsAbility launches a $500 million climate investment strategy for Asia. Focused on clean tech sectors, the initiative aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 10 ...