By taking a deeper, more comprehensive approach to understanding risk, companies can mitigate climate hazards and build resilience into the life cycle of their infrastructure and capital projects. To manage the risk inherent in long-life-span building projects, infrastructure players have traditionally sought predictable revenue streams. Now, governments, investors, and other industry stakeholders face extreme uncertainty—even as […]
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Accelerating green growth in the built environment
The industries that make up the built environment are highly fragmented and slow to change. Creating green growth requires shifts in how players design, build, operate, and decommission assets. The world is coming together to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, and all industries and sectors will need to contribute. The built environment […]
Accelerating capital projects to secure advantages in the net-zero transition
Ambitious net-zero deadlines require speedy project completion. Here’s how leaders of capital projects can strike a balance between the costs and benefits of accelerating delivery. Moving toward net-zero emissions is an urgent priority for companies today, and it is creating a massive wave of projects driven by sustainability concerns. As we discuss in an earlier […]
Low-carbon energy investment lagging in developed economies: study
NEW YORK: Investments in the low-carbon technology needed to reduce planet-warming emissions in emerging markets sank in the past four years even as financing jumped in developed economies, according to a study released on Tuesday. Building more clean power generation sites in emerging economies to help wean them off fossil fuels will be high on […]
Tetra Pak’s Latest Sustainability Report Highlights New Milestones – EQ Mag Pro
Tetra Pak published its Annual Sustainability Report highlighting the company’s global achievements and progress in the last year and details the actions to help realise resilient and sustainable food systems. A special South Asia supplement released along with the report highlights the local initiatives taken to promote a low-carbon circular economy – ranging from helping […]
Researchers invent anode material to aid ultra-fast charging, ensure long life of lithium batteries – EQ Mag Pro
New Delhi : Soon, you will be able to charge your battery-based gadgets or even electric vehicles at an ultra-fast speed as a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has invented a new anode material that enables lithium batteries to […]
Analysis of the Technological Innovation System for BIPV in Spain: IEA PVPS Report – EQ Mag Pro
This report analyses the Technological Innovation System (TIS) of the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) technology in Spain as it was in March 2022; the analysis aims to facilitate and support the implementation of BIPV and the innovation and industrial BIPV solutions development. It starts by identifying the actors, networks, and institutions to perform the structural […]
McKinsey supports global industry in driving decarbonization
At a B20 side event in Indonesia, “Technology and market innovation for decarbonization,” McKinsey’s Martin Santoso laid out the firm’s contributions. On 26 August, the B20 Trade and Investment Task Force, alongside the ICDX Group and the Ministry of Trade of Indonesia, held a side event that focused on the technology and market innovation required […]
Decarbonization: The new frontier for investment and innovation
McKinsey’s recent conversations with Dr. Andrew Steer, president and CEO at the Bezos Earth Fund, and Dr. Jang Ping Thia, lead economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) respectively, illuminated the importance of collaboration and the sharing of a collective vision in achieving decarbonization. Mindset, industry collaboration, and communication are key to moving Asia […]
ESG ratings space needs regulatory intervention – EQ Mag Pro
IEEFA considers ESG ratings to be instrumental, but their lack of comparability, clarity and alignment could create divergence and confusion among investors. Regulatory intervention is a crucial step for developing market confidence and protecting investors. The relevance of ESG ratings will otherwise remain uncertain. Market supports interventions to safeguard healthy, sustainable finance The pressure is […]