Postings

What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs have to do with sustainability, a circular economy and COVID-19, asks Jan Hein Simmons.  Everything!  He argues we are ignoring the fact that we live in a closed system as long as we focus on linear economic growth for shareholders – at the exclusion of many stakeholders.  He remin ...

"Green loans" are used to finance green projects, whereas "sustainability linked loans" are linked to the borrower's sustainability performance.  In the European Union in recent years, there has been rapid growth in green financial products only for use to fund green sustainable projects.  Unlike green loans, the use o ...

The business case for sustainable hotels establishes the benefits for each of the different participants in a hotel development project.  By working together to integrate sustainability into the development of new builds and retrofits, the best financial benefits are realized for all parties along the hotel value chain ...

Green loan principles (GLP) facilitate and support environmentally sustainable economic activity through use of green loan products.  Green loans are any type of loan instrument made available exclusively to finance or refinance in whole or in part new and/or existing eligible "green projects".  Financial institutions ...

The EU budgets for 2021-27 aim to boost recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and advance EU societal objectives, including the European Green Deal.  The €1.8 trillion package reflects a 30% climate target on all EU spending, the EU 2030 emissions reduction target, halving the Just Transition Fund (JTF).  It turns the Euro ...