EIB offers €400 m loan in its largest water financing in Jordan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced offering a €400 m loan in its largest ...
Sustainable Development
Report: Unequal access to financing, green technologies hindering green transition
A new World Economic Forum (WEF) report – entitled Accelerating an Equitable Transition: A Data-Driven ...
UN official: Only 17% of SDGs targets on track
United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohamed highlighted the critical state of the Sustainable Development ...
UNCTAD Report: Only 7.2% of global economy estimated to be circular
Only 7.2% of the global economy is estimated to be circular, and this share is ...
EBRD prices its largest ever green bond transaction at EUR 1 bn
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) priced its largest ever green bond transaction, ...
Dubai mural made of 112 kg of recycled plastic
The Sustainable City – Dubai said a communal art mural was made of about 112 ...
New report identifies 11 strategies to cut building emissions by 80% ..open $1.8 trln in global market opportunity
A new World Economic Forum report has identified 11 strategies that could abate building emissions ...
UNEP chief: Zero-waste approach can reduce gov’t costs by $70bn
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Inger Andersen said a zero-waste approach ...
Africa receives over $10bn to finance wind, solar electricity production ..one of largest projects in Egypt
Africa has received more than $10 billion in project finance for wind and solar electricity ...
Report: Value of global green bonds issued up 15% to $587 bn in 2023
The value of green bonds issued grew 15 percent to $587 billion in 2023, from ...
Egypt ranks 75th among 120 states on 2024 Energy Transition Index
Egypt ranked no 75th on the 2024 Energy Transition Index (ETI) which benchmarks 120 countries ...
Nasdaq report: Sustainability revenues up to $ 137 m in 2023
Nasdaq 2023 Sustainability Report said that sustainability revenue has grown rapidly over the past four ...
Report: 7–9 bn tons of CO2 should be removed annually in 2050
The 2nd Edition of State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report has identified a subset of ...
$21m CIRCLE Alliance to cut plastic use, support small businesses
Unilever, USAID, and EY have launched CIRCLE Alliance, a new public-private collaboration to support entrepreneurs ...
Guterres urges scaling up finance for developing states to adapt to violent weather
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres urged to “drastically scale-up finance to support developing countries ...
UNESCO Cairo to organize workshops on green conservation under partnership with NMEC
UNESCO Cairo will organize workshops on green conservation under a partnership with the National Museum ...
Netherlands allocates $27 m to promote Africa’s climate resilience
Netherlands earmarked $27 million to the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Program Multi-Donor Trust Fund. With ...
ADF allocates $13.2 m for Climate Action Window
The African Development Fund (AFD) approved allocating $13.2 million from its net income for the ...
Official: AfDB earmarked $964 m to tertiary education over past decade
Dr. Beth Dunford, the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human, and Social ...
GRI, IFRS team up to optimize use of GRI, ISSB standards together in sustainability reporting
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) collaborate to optimize the use of ...
What qualities do Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) need?
Chief sustainability Officers (CSOs) from Google, Microsoft, Siemens and First Abu Dhabi Bank highlighted four ...