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Wall Street Wants to End Trump-Era ESG Fund Rule for 401(K) Plans
Money managers are pushing the Biden administration to scrap a rule that would curb use of ESG funds in 401(k) plans, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Chipotle Will Link Executive Compensation to Environmental and Diversity Goals
Chipotle Mexican Grill said executive compensation will now be linked to hitting targets tied to the company’s environmental and diversity goals.
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ESG Investments Surged in Asia-Pacific in 2020 as Sustainable Investing Takes Off, MSCI Survey Finds
With climate change cited as one of the major challenges, Asia-Pacific countries are among those leading the way on the issue.
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Fiat Chrysler Spent Over $300 Million on Green Credits in Europe Last Year — Mostly From Tesla
The automaker committed to spend about $2 billion on environment related fines and regulatory credits through the end of 2021.
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Ample Is Trying to Make Battery Swapping for EVs a Reality, Starting With Uber Drivers in the Bay Area
Ample has opened its first electric vehicle battery swap stations — in the San Francisco Bay Area. Uber drivers are their first customers.
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Walmart Says It Will Support U.S. Manufacturers With $350 Billion of Added Business
The retailer said the decision will benefit the environment and the U.S. economy, too, by sourcing goods closer to customers and creating demand for jobs.
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Volvo Says It Will Be ‘Fully Electric' by 2030 and Move Car Sales Online
Volvo Cars becomes the latest firm to detail plans for a future centered around electric mobility.
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Asia Is Playing ‘Catch Up' to Europe in the Electric Vehicle Market, Says Fitch Analyst
Asia is falling behind because European governments are taking strong measures to boost growth in the electric vehicle sector, says Anna-Marie Baisden from Fitch Solutions.
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This 23-Year-Old Uber Employee Used Her Stuck-At-Home Pandemic Time to Create Vegan ‘Eggs' — Now She's Turning It Into a Business
Uber employee and recent Stanford grad Grace O’Brien used the free time she had due to the Covid-19 pandemic to create Peggs, a plant-based egg substitute.
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Major Offshore Wind Farm Using 187-Meter High Turbines Starts to Produce Power
The U.K. is a world leader in the offshore wind sector.
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Not Just Tesla: Tech Analyst Says Electric Vehicle Stocks Could Soar 50% This Year
Electric vehicle stocks could climb by 50% this year, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives, who thinks there’s enough room in the market for Tesla rivals.
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This Multibillion-Dollar Company Is Selling Lab-Grown Chicken in a World-First
Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell.
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Human Waste Could Soon Be Used to Heat New Homes in London
The project could provide power to over 2,000 homes in Kingston upon Thames.
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China Lays Down Another Marker in the Offshore Wind Sector, Accounting for Half of Last Year's Installations
Europe is the largest market for offshore wind, but the Asia-Pacific region is catching up.
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Bill Gates: Nuclear Power Will ‘Absolutely' Be Politically Acceptable Again — It's Safer Than Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
Bill Gates says nuclear power will “absolutely” be politically palatable again. It’s safer than oil, coal, and natural gas and technology is improving.
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Chevron CEO on Modern Leadership: You Can't Be Afraid to Make Yourself Heard
Investing in a cleaner future “is not a cliff that will occur abruptly,” Chevron’s Mike Wirth told CNBC. “This will be an evolution more than a revolution.”
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Sweden Will Soon Be Home to a Major Steel Factory Powered by the ‘World's Largest Green Hydrogen Plant'
The iron and steel sector has a significant environmental footprint.
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Maryland Officials Investigating Death of Humpback Whale
Environmental officials are investigating the death of a humpback whale what was found stranded along the Maryland coast
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Climate Change Is Not Priced Into Markets But Its Effect Could Be Substantial, Experts Say
Climate change could lead to a significant rerating in some financial markets the moment that investors take its risks seriously, experts have told CNBC.
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President Biden to Visit Texas on Friday Following Deadly Winter Storm
President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Houston, Texas, on Friday, after a deadly winter storm struck the state last week.