China could be on its way to becoming the world’s first major “electrostate”, with its electrification rate climbing to 30 per cent, ahead of the EU and US where electricity as a final share of energy has plateaued at about 22 per cent in recent years. Petrostate is a term that will be very familiar to most people — but electrostate maybe less so. Electrification is the process of swapping processes and technologies reliant on fossil fuels with electrically powered alternatives. Examples include switching from petrol to electric vehicles, installing heat pumps instead of gas boilers and replacing coal-powered blast furnaces in steelmaking. © CFOTO via Reuters Connect
Despite a plethora of headlines in recent weeks and months about companies retreating from diversity and inclusion programs, many companies continue to steer a steady ship on sustainability, because it is good for business over the long term, in addition to being good for the people and planet.“Diversity, equity and inclusion is going through a reckoning right now. There is a messaging problem, and for some companies, a problem around how they implement these practices,” says Michelle Marks, founder and managing partner at New York-based Ideas on Purpose, a creative agency focused on sustainability reporting.But, she adds, “It's important to decouple DEI from sustainability; The recent decisions companies have made around DEI is not indicative of pullback across the board. The underl...
JP Morgan has bolstered its green finance and advisory offering in Europe with a new division head to support clients across renewable energy and green technology.The Wall Street lender has promoted Kai-Christian Nerger to the newly created role of head of green economy banking for Europe within its global corporate banking business, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday said.Nerger, who has been at JP Morgan for more than 10 years, will lead a team helping the bank's European clients reduce their carbon emissions and benefit from growth opportunities in the green economy.Reporting by Virginia Furness; Editing by Ewan Harwood
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현대차·기아·현대모비스는 사외이사의 대표 격인 선임(先任)사외이사를 두는 제도를 도입한다고 27일 밝혔다. 경영 투명성을 강화하려는 목적이라고 현대차그룹은 설명했다.현대차 등 3사는 이달 회사별 정기 이사회에서 선임사외이사 제도 도입 안건을 각각 승인했다. 초대 선임사외이사는 심달훈 현대차 사외이사(전 중부지방국세청장), 조화순 기아 사외이사(연세대 정치외교학과 교수), 김화진 현대모비스 사외이사(서울대 법학전문대학원 교수)가 선임됐다. 선임사외이사는 사외이사만 참여하는 회의를 소집·주재할 수 있고, 사외이사를 대표해 경영진에 경영자료 및 현안보고를 요청할 수 있다. ...