Initiative Ireland wins Innovation of the Year at the Irish Pension Awards Nominated for 5 awards, including Property Manager, Risk Manager, Passive Manager, ESG & SRI Manager and Innovation of the Year which it won. […]
Category: Social Impact
New investor guide to negative emission technologies and land use
Corporate demand for forest-related carbon removal could generate $800bn in annual revenues by 2050, worth a market capitalisation of $1.2 trillion today, surpassing the current market capitalisation of oil & gas majors – new study […]
Thirty of the world’s largest investors set unprecedented 5-year portfolio decarbonization targets
Implementation of targets represents substantial decoupling of portfolio emissions from global economy Thirty of the world’s largest investors with $5 trillion assets under management have collectively agreed on concrete portfolio decarbonization targets that follow the […]
General Electric to Pursue Exit from New Coal
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—SEPT. 21, 2020—General Electric today announced an intent to exit the new build coal power market. The company, while gaining increasing positive attention for developments in wind turbines and other renewable technologies, has been […]
Principles for Responsible Investment releases new framework for signatories to take action on the Sustainable Development Goals
World’s leading proponent of responsible investment releases report with five-part framework for investors to help achieve SDGs LONDON – Today, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment released a new report on Investing with SDG Outcomes providing […]
Initiative Ireland Launches 2020 Housing Report with Focus on Homelessness and COVID-19
Dublin, Ireland 23April 2020, Initiative Ireland (www.initiativeireland.ie) today published its third annual housing report, entitled Housing 2020. The report highlights that there was an 18% increase in new housing delivered in Ireland during 2019, which […]
#CovidBizMap – A New Online Platform to Help Firms Collaborate on Coronavirus
TechIreland and InterTradeIreland, have launched a new cross-border online platform to allow businesses to see quickly, in and beyond their region, who they can work with to combat the many supply chain and manufacturing challenges generated by the coronavirus […]
Social enterprise partners with African Union’s Great Green Wall to Build “Billion Dollar Baobab” Value Chain
African superfruit baobab could be worth $1bn to rural Africa Incomes generated for 1,800+ women to date, transforming 11,000 lives 12,000 new baobab trees planted, reversing desertification in Sahel UK health food brand & social […]
I-Form Uses 3D Printing to Bridge Personal Protective Equipment Gaps in Fight Against COVID-19
I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, is using its expertise in additive manufacturing (3D printing) to provide much-needed PPE (personal protective equipment) to frontline staff working across the health service in Dublin. Since […]
Initiative Ireland Appoints CIO and joins UN PRI (Principles for responsible Investment)
Initiative Ireland the property finance and impact investment specialist, today announced that it has signed the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). By doing so Initiative Ireland is committing to the six global principles of responsible investing and reporting. […]
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