Good morning. Here is the latest news, research and market analysis that sustainable technology partners need to know for Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
1. Partnership - Hospitality Sustainability: Hospitality design specialist Studio Moren has announced a strategic partnership with the Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA) – an international not-for-profit coalition driving the decarbonization of the hospitality industry – to provide expertise on sustainable architecture and interior design practices across the sector, HospitalityNet reported.
2. Private Equity Fund - Climate Protection: Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the fund arm of Goldman Sachs (GS.N), has raised $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund focused on investing in companies providing climate and environmental solutions, Reuters reported.
3. Funding - Clean Robotics: Keep an eye on CleanRobotics -- and its 2023 growth plans...
4. Boardroom Expertise: In the UK, 44% of firms monitored have board directors with professional sustainability experience; significantly above the 32% recorded across European firms, according to Ernst & Young.
5. Chief Sustainability Officer: Jindal Stainless -- a stainless steel company in India -- has named Kalyan Kumar Bhattacherjee as the company's first chief sustainability officer (CSO).
6. European Policy: The European Central Bank must adjust its monetary policy to make it more climate-friendly, even as it shrinks its bloated balance sheet to fight runaway inflation in the euro zone, an ECB board member said, according to Reuters.
7. Financial Services - ESG Business for Sale: Finance in Motion, a German asset manager focused on environmental, social and governance investing, is exploring a sale, Pensions & Investments reported.
8. Research - US Greenhouse Emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to research group Rhodium -- as reported by Reuters.
9. Australia Pollution & Emissions Policy: Australia's Labor government proposed to make the country's biggest polluters slash emissions by 30% over the next seven years, with some leeway for trade-exposed industries, such as aluminum and liquefied natural gas (LNG), Reuters reported.
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